Depending on which thread you follow, Nico is a melancholic, sword-wielding wanderer from a lesser-known late-2000s webcomic or doujinshi series—possibly French or Japanese in origin. The art style is unmistakable: scratchy ink lines, heavy contrast, and a world soaked in perpetual rain and rust. Nico rarely speaks. When they do, the dialogue is sparse, almost poetic. Think Blame! meets Guts from Berserk , but with a quieter, more resigned sadness.
Nico is still walking that flooded highway, broken compass in hand. And somewhere, on an old hard drive or an unindexed server, simonscans’ files wait in digital sleep. simonscans nico
Maybe that’s enough. Have you ever stumbled across a lost scanlation or forgotten webcomic that stuck with you? Drop a comment below—or share your own “simonscans” story. Depending on which thread you follow, Nico is