Cliffside

About

Cliffside refers to a cartoon pilot created by Liam Vickers about an outlaw named Waylon "Two-Bit Jerry," his partner Jo, and a spider-woman they meet named Cordie. They reside in Cliffside, a western ghost town surrounded by monsters. After the pilot was posted online, it gained critical acclaim on blogs and social media and developed an online fandom, particularly surrounding Cordie.

History

On May 20th, 2018, Liam Vickers posted the pilot for Cliffside to his YouTube channel. The pilot gained over 1.6 million views in a little over three months (shown below). Prior to posting the pilot, he had been updating his website^[1] with designs, inspirations, and practices used to create Cliffside.

Online Presence

The pilot began generating buzz shortly after being posted. Vickers was interviewed by Toon Boom,^[2] who called Vickers "the next Seth MacFarlane." The pilot was praised on ComicCon.com.^[3] It also has pages on IMDb^[5] and TV Tropes.^[6] The series has over 3,200 likes on Facebook.^[7]

While the pilot gained praise after it was initially posted, it saw a marked increase in popularity in late August of 2018. In a thread about the series posted to 4chan on August 24th, 2018,^[4] users theorized that YouTube's recommendation algorithm had been prioritizing the videos, with one user observing that in three days, the view count on the video jumped from 300,000 to over 1 million.

Cordie

As the series grew in popularity, a fandom developed around Cordie, a spider-girl who appears to develop a massive crush on the protagonist over the course of the episode. Fan art of the character was published on DeviantArt and Tumblr (examples shown below).

Search Interest

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