What is "realism"?

Leftover Soup is a fairly realistic comic, in that it doesn't feature robot sidekicks or talking cats. It's also an unrealistic comic, in that it features characters with extreme personalities and opinions, and occasionally events occur that are improbable.

Leftover Soup can vary in tone and intensity. There are big storylines about little things and little storylines about big things. There's been more strips devoted to games - to people sitting around and pretending - than there have been devoted to life and death.

I imagine different readers read Leftover Soup for different reasons - some of you like the silliness and the punchlines, some of you like the philosophical back-and-forth, some of you like the chemistry between characters, some of you are invested in the overarching plotline. I try to keep balance. Pacing is difficult, in an artform like this.