An animated comic series
A whole city. Meet the first building. Thirty-six neighbours. Nobody is who they seem.
DeTown. is a comic series set in a whole city. It starts with one building and its thirty-six neighbours, and the city keeps growing. Read it here for free, watch the animated chapters with voices on our channels, and vote for your favourite character.
Chapters
Come tour my building. Nobody here is who they seem.
Dil: Come tour my building. Nobody here is who they seem.
Tick: Tour starts now! Under three minutes! Nobody ever finishes!
Dil: A clock runs this place. He has never once been on time.
Bugui: Wel-wel-welcome! Going up! Going up! Also going up!
Dil: Captain Brickle guards the door. Asleep since Tuesday.
Gable: Floor one. Every paper lives here. Every key costs extra.
Bloom: Order! Silence! Applause! Not necessarily in that order!
Gable: Applause is billed separately.
Dil: Elected by himself. Twice.
Mortimer: Pamphlet? Everyone eventually needs one.
Chef: It is not exploding. It is RISING!
Dil: Genius, he says. The ceiling disagrees.
Clank: Rising, falling, whatever. Nobody thanks the mop. Nobody.
Dil: Easy, Lobo. Step back. Slowly.
Seraphine: Sign here, darling. The small print is very small.
Quell: Good news! Your lease ends. Also you. Smile!
Seraphine: Sign now, regret later. I bill both.
Dil: Never sign on this floor. Smile anyway.
Sable: I only cheat at cards. Contracts are harder.
Granny: I feel a storm coming.
Dil: She knits the disaster, then calls it prophecy.
Bobbin: I unknit it. You are welcome.
Tick: Under two minutes! Skip a floor!
Juno: Delivered first! Penny, you are slow!
Penny: Delivered faster! Wrong door! Wrong building!
Dil: My floor. The briefcase stays closed. Everyone has a theory.
Reiko: Hi, my lovelies! Today I cry on camera!
Dil: A hundred thousand followers. Not one friend.
Prisma: I copied her trend. Then her feelings. Then her password.
Reiko: She copies me. It is free marketing.
Calypso: La la la laaa!
Mur: Sorry, door. Sorry, wall. Hello, you.
Crumb: I am not afraid! My helmet is just shaking!
Dil: One protects. One hides. One lives in the wall.
Miguita: Welcome! Rent is due, by the way!
Biscuit: Everyone is a suspect. Especially the hairdresser.
Dolores: Walk-ins welcome. The snakes only bite liars.
Silk: I made dinner. And a web. Do not sit.
Biscuit: I am not sleeping. I am investigating my eyelids.
Maelstrom: Sweetheart! Gravity is optional! Eat something!
Remy: Sorry to bother. I am here for nobody. Sorry.
Maelstrom: Reaper, sweetheart, eat something. You look dead.
Duchess: Tea, darling? It is still warm.
Vesper: Psst. Do not drink the tea.
Dil: Lobo. Do not touch the tea.
Duchess: Just one tiny favor, darlings.
Dil: No name on it. How convenient.
Duchess: Do take a cup. Everyone does.
Tick: Three! Two! One! Time!
Barnacle: Every day! Time! Every single day!
Dil: One envelope. Thirty neighbours. Watch who gets it.