Sara and David

Sara and David is an Anime-style 3D webcomic, created by Alexander Aberle. It is set in the fictional city of Rose City, USA, and the storyline is currently in the year 2003.
Sara and David started on June 10, 2002 with the Issue "David's Walk", which is the last issue. No further issues have been produced, but the author made it clear that he was not ending the comic. The website went down in early 2010, removing access to most of the comics from the internet. A blank website came back on June 10th, 2011, simply saying "Happy 9th Birthday".
On November 28th, 2011, it was announced that on December 1st, 2011, an "Advent Restoration" would take place. Every day from December 1st to December 24th, several of the old comics would be restored to the Sara and David website. On December 25th, 2011, a new issue is scheduled to be released, followed by a normal Monday & Friday release cycle.
Style and Creation
Sara and David is heavily influenced by the Anime style. The comic is created with Lightwave 3D, using D-Creation's unReal Cel Shader.
Variations of reality (dreams, other-worldly experiences, video-games) are done without cel-shading.
Stylistic changes
There has been a few style changes since Sara and David inception in 2002.
* Issue 0088: Hair specularity changed from a standard-type specularity to more of a "band" across the head.
* Issue 0137: The eyes were changed to a new style. Hair was given a "texture" to break up the monotony of single color hair.
Animated Issues
Occasionally, an animated issue of Sara and David is released.
There are currently only three animated issues:
* Issue 0065: Good-Bye..., Published on February 14th, 2003. Before the era of Flash Video, this issue achieved animation by scaling and replacing images. Music used: Hikari/Simple and Clean by Hikaru Utada from Kingdom Hearts.
* Issue 0125: Fight for the Fate of the Earth, Published on October 27th, 2003. This issue attempted to make the comic interactive, allowing readers to choose when to switch to the next dialog panel. Music used: Mona Lisa Overdrive by Juno Reactor & Don Davis.
* Issue 0170: Download, Published on July 7th, 2006. This was the first issue to use Flash Video, instead of the previous method. This issue is generally considered to be the worst of the animated issues. The Alexander has often said that if he re-did this issue, the traveling through the data-stream sequence would be severely shorter. Music used: Doctor Who Theme - Death Metal Remix (Unknown Author)
Characters
Main characters
* Sara Conner: One of the title characters, Sara is a gamer at heart. She works at a store called Ultra Gamers playing video games to attract male customers. She lives in an apartment with David, but only as a room-mate.
* David Anderson: The other title character, David works as a website programmer for a publication company. He loves playing video games, and is quite proficient with a sword.
* Alex Aberle: Alex is Sara and David's next-door neighbor and friend. He works as a web comic artist.
* Maya Stevens: A student of Rose City Community college, Maya has a gentle. She would never do anything bad to anyone if she could help it. Her adoptive parents disappeared on 9-11, and she doesn't remember her birth parents. She was the girlfriend of Max, until Max proposed. She wanted to accept, but felt she had to know about her real family before starting a new one with Max. And she could only do that by leaving and looking for them.
* Max Tanson: Obsessed with Demons and their powers, Max is the owner of a small occult bookstore when protecting his friends, and is considered the brains of the Matt & Rodney team. He owns the only existing , which he calls the Matmobile.
* Rodney Stone: Rodney is a mischievous person with a heart of gold. He's a little dense at times, and clueless the rest of the time, but he would never do anything to severely hurt someone. However he would have no problems playing a prank on them... Matt is his best friend in the whole world. Wherever Matt goes, Rodney is sure to follow. Rodney is a possible heir to the Stone Family Fortune, worth around $4.3 Billion USD.
* Domo-Kun: Summoned by Max, Domo-Kun is a demon using the appearance of Domo for unknown reasons. His powers are incredible, and seem limitless. He only speaks one word, Oro, but everyone seems to understand him anyways.
* Niku: An alien from another planet, not much is known about Niku or her people. She arrived on Earth as a Warrior, attacking the city and indiscriminately killing people she perceived as weaker than her. This continued until she faced Domo-Kun. They fought intensely until Domo-Kun suddenly disappeared. She was about to kill Max, when David intervened and stopped her. She fell for David when he spared her life, and has begun to live as a human ever since. She's started to learn English, and currently lives in the apartment above Sara and David's, with Annie Mae.
* Yuna: Yuna is a Succubus. She showed up looking for her brother Domo-Kun, but the reason why is unknown. She played a part in Nori's leaving. Gets pissed off to no end when people compare her to Yuna from Final Fantasy X.
* Annie Mae: The newest member of the cast, not much has been revealed about Annie, other than she, like so many other girls, is in love with David.
Recurring characters
* Mrs. Cummings: Owner and landlady of Sara and David's apartment complex. She's rather old and mean, and is the only person that Niku and Domo-Kun find scary.
* Amanda Conner: Twin sister of Sara, Amanda is a TV star, going by the name Amanda Stardust, working on a show called The Rurori. An altercation occured between Sara and Amanda that causes Sara to hate her, although the reason for this feud has never been given. Sara eventually forgave her in Issue 0046. Amanda is in love with David.
* Alice Ross: News Reporter for Action 5 News.
* Steve Koski: News Anchor for Action 5 News.
* Pete Turner: News Reporter in Air-5 for Action 5 News. Heard, but not seen.
Former Main Characters
* Nori Soseki: Alex's girlfriend, Nori was a medical student, until her airplane exploded. She was given a choice of dying on that plane, or becoming a Living Angel, and being able to say goodbye to her friends and family. She chose to become an angel, and said her goodbyes to her friends in issue 0162.
Other characters
These are characters that have made an appearance, but are not recurring, or don't recur very often.
* Lance Boil: Sara's boyfriend, and Millionaire in his own right. He rents an apartment in Sara's building so he doesn't become an out-of-touch millionaire.
* Joanne Conner: Sara's little sister. Is also in love with David.
* Steven Conner: Sara's older brother.
* Francine Conner: Sara's mother.
* James Conner: Sara's father.
* Richard Jenkins: Manager of Ultra Gamers. Bit of a nerd with big glasses.
* Ultra Gamers Boss: Owner of Ultra Gamers, not much is known of the Boss. He stays in the shadows.
* The Watcher: A mysterious man who seems to have something against David.

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