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8 1/2 by Eleven is a webcomic drawn by Canadian author and artist Lucas Teodoro da Silva, also known as Lucas TdS.

It follows the lives of six university students living in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada).

The two main protaganists are Leyla Dumont and Nillan McMillan.

The comic is focussed mostly on the relationships between the six lead characters, and slowly unveils details about both their present lives and their past lives in a series of stories, which are divided into chapters.

The comic moves in semi-real time, similar to the time found in the popular syndicated comic strip For Better or For Worse. Well, before For Better or For Worse kicked into reruns for infinity, that is.

What this means for you, the reader, is that reading the strip is best done from a point in the story where you can make sense of what's going on. I've divided the Books into coloured blocks. If you start at the beginning of any of the coloured blocks, you should be able to read from there without getting confused or lost.

Throughout the course of a year, weather and climate changes are noticable in the comic. The period of the year covered by each chapter is noted in italics under the chapter name.

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BOOK ONE

1 BEACH
Summer 2004


001-012
Jessica, Scott, Leyla and Nillan go to the beach. Nillan and Leyla discuss their mutual attraction.
2 CHANGE
September 2004


013-021

3 BREAKUP
October 2004


022-027
4 CONFIDENCE
October 2004


028-033

5 COME WALK WITH ME
Fall 2004


034-042
Nillan and Leyla take a walk on Vancouver's famed Wreck Beach.
6 DRAW A BLANK
Winter 2004


043-063
Nillan's computer breaks, forcing him to visit a nerdy guy at the repair shop while Sam runs after Jessica's heart.
7 DOUBLE TROUBLES
January 2005


064-091
After Jessica loses her job at the Body Shop, she's forced to tutor a frat boy to make some dough.
8 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
Spring 2005

092-101
Leyla finds that she's unable to tell Nillan that she truly loves him.
9 MILK RUN
Spring 2005 /
September 2003


102-112
Sam fills in some of the details about Leyla's past, helping the reader to perhaps understand her hesitation towards falling in love with Nillan.
BOOK TWO
10 PLAY
May-June 2005


113-135
Nillan attempts to write a play. It doesn't work out so well.
11 HIP HOP, YOU THE LOVE OF MY LIFE
June-July 2005

136-161
Sam decides that he would rather not spend his life fruitlessly persuing Jessica. Although he doesn't know it, she is disappointed by this decision.
12 SILENCE, SWIFTLY MOVING AND STILL
July 2005

162-165
Nillan drives Leyla home and they converse along the way.
13 DUCKS AND GEESE AND BIRDS BETTER SCURRY
August 2005

166-182
Leyla and Nillan go on a picnic. They are later joined by Jessica, Scott and Cinn.
14 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
August 2005

184-193
Nillan attempts to write a play. It doesn't work out so well.
15 I'M JUST A LOVE MACHINE
September 2005

194-219
Cinn accompanies Jessica to a frat party where she doesn't feel she fits in. While wandering the campus, she bumps into Nillan, who is in a similar situation. They spend the evening discussing their respective love lives (or lack thereof).
16 STOP IN THE NAME OF
Late October 2005

220-231
Leyla meets Nillan in his university class and they talk about silly things. Then, for some unknown reason, Leyla breaks into tears and leaves.
17 NOT QUITE THERE
November 2005


232-250
Jessica and Cinn discuss their love lives, family background and racial identity. Meanwhile, Nillan and Sam eat pizza and escape from the rain. Nillan learns that Sam has a new girlfriend named Madeline.
18 YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME
December 2005


251-267
Zöe, Nillan's little sister, is introduced. Nillan meets Leyla and they walk and talk before entering a coffeehouse. Leyla's mysterious Montréal past is at last revealed.
BOOK THREE
19 IMAGINATION
mid-January 2006



268-281
20 JUST ANOTHER GOODBYE
February-March 2006

282-314
21 APRIL IN MONTREAL
April 2006


315-336
22 MAYDAY
May-June 2006

337-363
23 EVERYTHING JUST BEACHY
July-September 2006

364-407
24 BEEHAVE
September 2006

408-417
Bees frighten Jessica as she picnics.
25 PUMPKIN
October 2006

418-438
Nillan and Leyla go shopping for a pumpkin for Hallowe´en.
26 BLAME FATHER TIME
November 2006

439-493
27 BLAME MOTHER NATURE
February 2007

494-520
Cinn and Jessica discuss Cinn's inability to have a boyfriend.
BOOK FOUR
28 FORGET OF HER
April 2007

521-537
Nillan receives counselling from his younger sister.
29 CINN AT THE BEACH
Summer 2007

538-556
Nillan goes to the beach, and Cinn flirts with him.
30 FLYIN' HOME
August 2007


557-576
Leyla returns from Montréal, much to Cinn's chagrin.
31 REST FOR THE WEARY
September 2007

577-587
Leyla and Nillan fall asleep in the library.
32 BIRTH OF THE COOL
October 2007

588-602
Leyla and Nillan attend the baby shower for Miles, Sam's newborn son.
Bruno's girlfriend Anahi is introduced.
33 A CHANGE WOULD DO YOU GOOD
October 2007

603-616
Bruno's tells his backstory, as well as Herbert's.
34 WALKIN'
January 2008

617-633
Nillan and Leyla take a walk and discuss their relationship without discussing their relationship.
35 WEIRD
February 2008

634-656
Nillan bounces some of his concerns off of Sam.
36 TIME CHANGES
May 2008

657-670
Nillan bounces some more of his concerns off of Sam.
37 CHOOSING
June 2008

671-686
Leyla has to choose where she will attend university, even though it could lead to heart-ache.
38 THE LOOK OF LOVE
September 2008

687-715
Cinn needs a new toothbrush. Leyla visits Vancouver to see Nillan before going to her new university.
39 READING THE SITUATION
October 2008

716-751
Nillan meets Cinn for some pizza. Meanwhile, in San Diego, Leyla attends a hockey game at a sports bar. Nillan is hit on at work and meets Cinn again for a walk.
40 THINKING ONE THING AND DOING ANOTHER
December 2008

752-754
Zöe wonders if Nillan has a thing for Cinn.
41 CHEW IT OVER
December 2008

755-760
Nillan discusses his relationship with Scott.
42 LETTERS
January-February 2009

761-776
Nillan remembers the past and writes letters to Leyla.
BOOK FIVE
43 GIRL'S NIGHT OUT
February 2009

777-795
Zöe takes Nillan out for a night on the town.
44 WRITING
April 2009

796-799
Nillan writes some music.
45 FACE IT
May 2009

800-811
Nillan works at a boring job and tries to figure out how to live life.
46 RE-BOOT
September 2009

812-
Zöe takes control of Nillan's life in a desperate attempt to make him less boring.
   
















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