Subnormality

Subnormality is a satirical and often absurdist webcomic by a cartoonist who uses the pseudonym Winston Rowntree. Rowntree is a former resident of Regina, Saskatchewan who now lives in Toronto, Ontario. The strip appears at Rowntree's own website and occasionally at Cracked, where Rowntree also publishes the related webcomic "Abnormality".
Style and development.
"Subnormality" makes heavy use of written language; it is frequently verbose, often featuring large portions of text in the form of lengthy monologues and dialogues, narrative boxes, or thought balloons. Occasionally, as in the strip "The Line", it will heavily integrate text within the image and/or consist almost entirely of text. This heavy use of text is acknowledged by the comic's slogan, "Comix with too many words since 2007". When asked in an interview about his use of words, Rowntree said: "In terms of the amount of text in a given comic, I make absolutely no efforts whatsoever to limit that. If what I want to say is 2000 words then that’s how much text is gonna be in there. I would write a book, but I am not a skilled writer or thinker."
In tone and content, strips are occasionally just absurd or parody, and are often comedic; however, some, such as "The Line", are not humorous in tone and even many of the comedic strips often make comments on human nature (often misanthropic or deconstructive in nature) or current politics (often left-leaning).
In an interview with "Observer", Rowntree stated that he hopes to keep "Subnormality" alive for as long as possible.
Characters.
The names of the characters are generally left unspecified, and there are a large number of them, varying unpredictably. These are some of the recurring characters:
Reception.
In 2013, "Subnormality" was nominated for a "Slate Magazine" "Cartoonist Studio Prize" in the webcomics category, and won the same category in 2015 for a page titled "Watching". Tris McCall of "Inside Jersey" listed "Subnormality" among the "best webcomics" of 2013, praising its large scale despite its imperfect visual quality.