Stand Still, Stay Silent

It received a Reuben Award in the "Online Long Form" category in 2015.

It is recorded as the work of Minna Sundberg. Publication is recorded by Hiveworks. The recorded date of publication is 2013. It is associated with Finland and Sweden. The record gives 2013 as its date of establishment or first appearance. The recorded subject matter is post-apocalyptic fiction, infectious disease and language.

• Title — Stand Still, Stay Silent • Author — Minna Sundberg • Url — https: sssscomic.com/ • Status — Complete • First — 2013 11 01 • Last — 2022 03 28 • Publisher — Hiveworks • Genre — Post-apocalyptic fiction

Stand Still, Stay Silent portrays a post-apocalyptic Scandinavia, set in the near future but echoing a mythical Nordic past populated by legendary monsters and human mages alike. The narrative begins with a prologue depicting groups of families and strangers around present-day Scandinavia, all witnessing the early phases of a pandemic. The plot, however, picks up a century later with their descendants: "poorly funded and terribly unqualified" researchers venturing outside the heavily fortified settlements that make up what remains of the known world. Their adventures in the ruined "silent world" have been compared to a travelogue by Comic Book Resources. Sundberg is a fan of maps and topography, and her comic makes extensive use of projections of coastlines, mountains, and fjords, as well as charts including a language family tree. These and other expository insertions (such as in-world advertisements) provide context on the regions the characters visit, the hazards they face, and the subtle and overt ways their world has diverged from the reader's own.

Sundberg created the 500-page long "practice" webcomic A Redtail's Dream in 2012 while studying graphic design in the university of industrial arts in Helsinki. After finishing it, she started Stand Still, Stay Silent in November 2013. Since then, she has held an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to publish a print version of the webcomic, which earned almost $125,000 USD. On 27 September 2018, the first "adventure" of the comic ended, with Adventure 2 beginning on 14 October 2018. The 1534th page of Stand Still, Stay Silent was released on 28 March 2022, ending the comic.