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April 21st, 2013 
Homestuck fans from left, Flynn Dickson as John Egbert, Steven Payne as Sollux Captor, Allyson Marshall as Jade Harley, Caitlin Stannett as Meulin Leijon and front Georgia Logan as Nepeta Leijon. Picture: Marsden Luke
Source: Gold Coast Bulletin
FORGET Spiderman and Superman – Homestuck is the most popular comic you’ve never heard of, and it’s coming to a teenager’s bedroom near you.
The online animated comic, which tells the story of a group of friends battling to save the world from inside a computer game, has been enthralling web users worldwide since 2009 but has only just begun to gain cult status with Australian teens.
So exclusive is the fan base that teams of teenage “Homestuckers” flocking to the Supanova pop culture conventions – like Sunday’s convention on the Gold Coast – have been greeted with bewilderment by other comic book fans unfamiliar with their costumes.
“When you go to cons (conventions) you see a lot of people cosplaying it, but compared to other things it’s kind of secret,” said 17-year-old fan Jono, who is planning on dressing up as Homestuck character “Crowbar” for the Sydney Supanova event in June.
“A lot of people who use Tumblr and other blogging sites will recognise us because there’s a greater presence of us on the internet, there are millions of fans in America but in Australia it’s still kind of secretive.”
So passionate are Homestuckers about the series that last October its creator, American artist Andrew Hussie, raised more than $2.4 million in fan donations to develop a spin-off video game, due out next year.
That prompted Hussie to put the series on hiatus last Sunday, an event marked by Homestuckers worldwide with parties and meet-ups.
Now fans face several months wait for the ultimate conclusion to the comic, which is already more than 6000 pages long.
But until then fans will meet up at Supanova like at the Gold Coast on Sunday and in Sydney and Perth in June.
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