Zodiac Blues

Zodiac Blues is a serial slice-of-life webcomic by Mexican artist Adalisa Zárate that follows the life of Elin as she gets fired from her job and, desperate to show she can live on her own, gets the first job she can, working at a comic book store that she just happens to be passing by when she made the decision. Knowing next to nothing about comics, she is determined to do her best, while she starts learning about the weird world of comic book and sci-fi fandom.

Zodiac Blues started in 2004, hosted in Comic Genesis, but went on hiatus until 2008, to go on hiatus again that same year until 2010, when the author restarted it from the beginning in its own domain.

Tropes used in Zodiac Blues include:

• Alpha Bitch: Lia.
• Deadpan Snarker: Howard.
• Genki Girl: Nancy is not exactly hyper, but she is always smiling, always happy and nothing seems to faze her. She also tends to speak a lot in netspeak
• Hello, Nurse!: Nancy again.
• Plucky Girl: Elin.
• Shirtless Scene: Danny is one costume choice away from becoming a Walking Shirtless Scene.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Elin and Marcia.
• Speech Bubbles Interruption: Usually, when Phil is speaking.
• Webcomic Time: With some Schedule Slip and a brief Series Hiatus, the Comic Con arc ended up taking a long time to produce.