Interview with Alex Norris, of "oh no" Webcomic Name fame

NORRIS: My comics have always largely been about exploring the link between joy and sadness, and finding humour in despair, so I think when I started this format the mix of heartbreak and silliness just sort of came naturally and I like to take it as far as I can. Interesting things happen when you say two opposing things at the same time. Ive always seen Webcomic Name as a sort of celebration of failure, and I think the mental twist in that prevents the repeated oh no from becoming completely depressing!

NORRIS: This is probably my most-asked question, and I usually say it sounds like someone who is disappointed but used to being disappointed, or reading from a script. If I ever turned Webcomic Name into a video format, I would probably get readers to send in their version of the oh no and use a different one each time. I like that the oh no speech bubble is basically a visual motif now because you see it so often as you read my comics it loses the verbal meaning and just becomes a symbol.