Favourite Webcomics
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Order of the Stick
Erf World (They're on the same site)
Apple Geeks
Abian (I REALLY wish she'd get over being engaged and start updating again! Last update was in February.
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
Marlith
Girls with Slingshots
Looking for Group (RICHARD IS WIN!)
El Goonish Shive
Questionable Content
XKCD
Suburban Jungle
Final Sunrise
Sluggy Freelance
Post Nuke
Dreamland Chronicles
Dr. McNinja
Gone With the Blastwave (Speakin' of infrequent updates...
That's all the ones I read.
Erf World (They're on the same site)
Apple Geeks
Abian (I REALLY wish she'd get over being engaged and start updating again! Last update was in February.
)Ctrl+Alt+Del
Marlith
Girls with Slingshots
Looking for Group (RICHARD IS WIN!)
El Goonish Shive
Questionable Content
XKCD
Suburban Jungle
Final Sunrise
Sluggy Freelance
Post Nuke
Dreamland Chronicles
Dr. McNinja
Gone With the Blastwave (Speakin' of infrequent updates...
That's all the ones I read.
Mine are:
XKCD
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Cyanide and Happyness
Go-Girly
Penny Arcade
Gone With the Blastwave
Looking for Group
XKCD
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Cyanide and Happyness
Go-Girly
Penny Arcade
Gone With the Blastwave
Looking for Group
Alrighty then, lemme list them.
Penny Arcade and VGCats for their awesome videogame humour.
Dr McNinja for the stunningly awesome mixture of childish imagination with professional comic art.
MSPaint Adventures for the stunningly awesome mixture of nerdy adult imagination with charmingly quaint childish MSPaint art and copy-pasted pics.
Dragon Tails (the first webcomic I ever read) for its likeable silly cast, but sadly the comic's been dead for a year.
Ozy & Millie, now ended, for being like a funnier wittier Peanuts with animals.
Doc Rat for the same reason but in smaller bites, standardised and Australian, add to that a hilarious monthly caption competition I enjoy.
XKCD because I feel smart.
Penny Arcade and VGCats for their awesome videogame humour.
Dr McNinja for the stunningly awesome mixture of childish imagination with professional comic art.
MSPaint Adventures for the stunningly awesome mixture of nerdy adult imagination with charmingly quaint childish MSPaint art and copy-pasted pics.
Dragon Tails (the first webcomic I ever read) for its likeable silly cast, but sadly the comic's been dead for a year.
Ozy & Millie, now ended, for being like a funnier wittier Peanuts with animals.
Doc Rat for the same reason but in smaller bites, standardised and Australian, add to that a hilarious monthly caption competition I enjoy.
XKCD because I feel smart.
El Goonish Shive
The Wotch
The Dragon Doctors
Misfile
Yahtzee Takes On The World
Angular Mike (also by Yahtzee)
Stupid Fox
The Wotch
The Dragon Doctors
Misfile
Yahtzee Takes On The World
Angular Mike (also by Yahtzee)
Stupid Fox
I read a lot, so bear with me while I try to organize things. Basically, when I get into webcomics, I look for two really big important things: Characterization and Story. I'm also quite partial to comedic webcomics simply because my life is dreary and stressful.
My favorites, the undeniable gems:
Questionable Content = I just finished reading this and loved it. It has amazing characters and the kind of humor that's right up my alley. The story expands upon itself and it?s one of the few webcomics I've read that hasn't lost its sense of humor in favor of drama over the years. Even the latest strips have consistently made me giggle and thus I cannot get away with reading it in class instead of paying attention to lecture.
The Phoenix Requiem = Absolutely beautiful artwork and it also gets props for a gripping story. It's a Victorian romance/supernatural fantasy, and a must-read if you need something a little more serious.
Girl Genius = Awesome. There are a lot of characters, yes, but each one has their own little role to fulfill. Just like in the Harry Potter series, even the minor characters have some importance, and the story would not be the same without them. It's a mix of steampunk and fantasy with a storyline that's very original (you rarely find ?original? these days). It too is another comic that has been around a while and not lost its touch.
Something Positive = Cynical humor, 'nough said. Love it! It has all your essential mockery of life's woes.
Order of the Stick = I have never even played D&D and this webcomic sparked an interest in me in perhaps learning how-to someday. Burlew is a fantastic storyteller, and like the comics above manages to hold on to his ability to mix humor and character development. The storyline maintains its comedic fun while not taking itself too seriously. Be prepared for a slow server, but I hear that problem is finally getting fixed.
xkcd = An intelligent webcomic. Its tagline, ?A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language? is probably the best and easiest way to describe it.
The Dreamland Chronicles = CGI style, and very, very attractive, graphics. I could not stop reading once I started. Scott Christian Sava has created a truly immersive world that literally appeals to all ages.
**I pretty much love all of these above webcomics equally.
More fun reading:
Applegeeks = I'm not exactly an Apple fan, but I still enjoy and get a good laugh out of the story.
Johnny Wander = Enjoying it so far. It's a nice ?slice of life? type comic.
Fey Winds = snarky, doesn't take itself too seriously. I like where it's going in terms of the story.
Earthsong = the story so far is decent enough to keep me interested, but I feel like it's still budding.
Punch an' Pie (read Queen of Wands first since it comes first and is also a great read) = both comics are pretty funny, but do contain their serious points that deepen character development and make them pretty well-rounded in my opinion.
I check these on occasion for updates:
Megatokyo
8-bit Theater (sorry guys, it finally lost me when the story really seemed to wander aimlessly)
VG Cats
Penny Arcade
Rooster Teeth
I'm really unsure where to put Ctrl+Alt+Del. I do read it since it updates regularly but I definitely enjoyed the earlier comics much, much more. In a comparison, where Megatokyo made a somewhat smoother transition out of the humor genre Ctrl+Alt+Del decided to put on the brakes a little later, heavier, and with a more uncomfortable impact. Due to that, I can't really give complete thumbs up or thumbs down, but something more of an awkward horizontal wriggle. The characters don't seem to have the drama-bone in them required to handle some of the story arcs, in my opinion. From what I've seen of others' opinions, it's a ?like it or hate it.?
...that's my soapbox, but hey, I enjoy discussing my reading.
My favorites, the undeniable gems:
Questionable Content = I just finished reading this and loved it. It has amazing characters and the kind of humor that's right up my alley. The story expands upon itself and it?s one of the few webcomics I've read that hasn't lost its sense of humor in favor of drama over the years. Even the latest strips have consistently made me giggle and thus I cannot get away with reading it in class instead of paying attention to lecture.
The Phoenix Requiem = Absolutely beautiful artwork and it also gets props for a gripping story. It's a Victorian romance/supernatural fantasy, and a must-read if you need something a little more serious.
Girl Genius = Awesome. There are a lot of characters, yes, but each one has their own little role to fulfill. Just like in the Harry Potter series, even the minor characters have some importance, and the story would not be the same without them. It's a mix of steampunk and fantasy with a storyline that's very original (you rarely find ?original? these days). It too is another comic that has been around a while and not lost its touch.
Something Positive = Cynical humor, 'nough said. Love it! It has all your essential mockery of life's woes.
Order of the Stick = I have never even played D&D and this webcomic sparked an interest in me in perhaps learning how-to someday. Burlew is a fantastic storyteller, and like the comics above manages to hold on to his ability to mix humor and character development. The storyline maintains its comedic fun while not taking itself too seriously. Be prepared for a slow server, but I hear that problem is finally getting fixed.
xkcd = An intelligent webcomic. Its tagline, ?A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language? is probably the best and easiest way to describe it.
The Dreamland Chronicles = CGI style, and very, very attractive, graphics. I could not stop reading once I started. Scott Christian Sava has created a truly immersive world that literally appeals to all ages.
**I pretty much love all of these above webcomics equally.
More fun reading:
Applegeeks = I'm not exactly an Apple fan, but I still enjoy and get a good laugh out of the story.
Johnny Wander = Enjoying it so far. It's a nice ?slice of life? type comic.
Fey Winds = snarky, doesn't take itself too seriously. I like where it's going in terms of the story.
Earthsong = the story so far is decent enough to keep me interested, but I feel like it's still budding.
Punch an' Pie (read Queen of Wands first since it comes first and is also a great read) = both comics are pretty funny, but do contain their serious points that deepen character development and make them pretty well-rounded in my opinion.
I check these on occasion for updates:
Megatokyo
8-bit Theater (sorry guys, it finally lost me when the story really seemed to wander aimlessly)
VG Cats
Penny Arcade
Rooster Teeth
I'm really unsure where to put Ctrl+Alt+Del. I do read it since it updates regularly but I definitely enjoyed the earlier comics much, much more. In a comparison, where Megatokyo made a somewhat smoother transition out of the humor genre Ctrl+Alt+Del decided to put on the brakes a little later, heavier, and with a more uncomfortable impact. Due to that, I can't really give complete thumbs up or thumbs down, but something more of an awkward horizontal wriggle. The characters don't seem to have the drama-bone in them required to handle some of the story arcs, in my opinion. From what I've seen of others' opinions, it's a ?like it or hate it.?
...that's my soapbox, but hey, I enjoy discussing my reading.
PA is certainly good, as is Buttercup Festival, in a far more artsy kind of way. And Gone with the Blastwave - if only it were to update slightly more often!
Questionable Content is alright, and I've been a fan of XKCD, but he seems to be slipping recently. I dunno, but his later comics just don't have the snap the earlier ones did. Maybe its just me.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and Cyanide and Happyness both have a great mix of off color humor. Also a fan of Jump Leads (British sci-fi thing) - didn't see that mentioned yet.
I used to kinda like CAD. But its truly atrocious now. The storylines are bland and don't move, and the art is primarily an exercise in copy and pasting. And Tim Buckley always comes off as an arrogant ass, so all in all, not a great package.
Questionable Content is alright, and I've been a fan of XKCD, but he seems to be slipping recently. I dunno, but his later comics just don't have the snap the earlier ones did. Maybe its just me.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and Cyanide and Happyness both have a great mix of off color humor. Also a fan of Jump Leads (British sci-fi thing) - didn't see that mentioned yet.
I used to kinda like CAD. But its truly atrocious now. The storylines are bland and don't move, and the art is primarily an exercise in copy and pasting. And Tim Buckley always comes off as an arrogant ass, so all in all, not a great package.
-Pictures For Sad Children: "it is about a bad feeling you get when you are feeling good, or a good feeling you get when you are feeling bad".
-Dresden Codak: not as good as it use to be, "Hob" kind of shot the whole thing in the foot, but the most recent update was worth it
-Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: continuing the single-panel tradition Larson left the world
-The Gun Show / Horribleville: I put these in the same bullet because to me they're basically the same comic, just one focuses on K.C. Green himself and is longer
-Nedroid Picture Diary: simple laughs accompanied by artwork by a fantastic colorist
-Antihero For Hire: not as good as it use to be, but it was one of my first webcomics, so I tend to stick with it for nostalgia
-A Lesson Is Learned, But The Damage Is Irreversible: a brilliant project that helped open the spectrum to what a purely electronic-based comic is capable of. Sadly it is on what appears to be permanent hiatus, but it is engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring on many levels.
-Kate Beaton Comics: she does comics making fun of historical figures, literary figures, and herself. Yeah, it's an odd mix, but I assure all that she's fairly talented.
-Angel Moxie: it's like Calvin & Hobbes' style of humor in a Sailor Moon style setting.
-Octopus Pie: probably the best "slice of life" comic I've seen yet (don't bother touching Templar, Arizona - that one is a snooze-fest)
-The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: proudly carrying on the internet's fascination with ninjas flipping out and doing awesome stuff. I could have sworn it inspired The Venture Brothers by it's style.
-Dinosaur Comics: kind of hit-or-miss, but still a classic, I appreciate it most when they do literary humor (being an English major).
-Shortpacked!: read it for the nerd jokes, not the awful storyline.
-Evil Inc.: a hilarious daily strip-style comic that explores how much eviler supervillians would be if they banded together and started a megacorporation. I highly recommend this one; the guy who does it is really talented and has a great sense of timing (something about 95% of all joke webcomics lack)
-Three-Panel Soul: The art is what draws me in. The humor is kind of lacking, but the artist is quite talented.
-Dresden Codak: not as good as it use to be, "Hob" kind of shot the whole thing in the foot, but the most recent update was worth it
-Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: continuing the single-panel tradition Larson left the world
-The Gun Show / Horribleville: I put these in the same bullet because to me they're basically the same comic, just one focuses on K.C. Green himself and is longer
-Nedroid Picture Diary: simple laughs accompanied by artwork by a fantastic colorist
-Antihero For Hire: not as good as it use to be, but it was one of my first webcomics, so I tend to stick with it for nostalgia
-A Lesson Is Learned, But The Damage Is Irreversible: a brilliant project that helped open the spectrum to what a purely electronic-based comic is capable of. Sadly it is on what appears to be permanent hiatus, but it is engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring on many levels.
-Kate Beaton Comics: she does comics making fun of historical figures, literary figures, and herself. Yeah, it's an odd mix, but I assure all that she's fairly talented.
-Angel Moxie: it's like Calvin & Hobbes' style of humor in a Sailor Moon style setting.
-Octopus Pie: probably the best "slice of life" comic I've seen yet (don't bother touching Templar, Arizona - that one is a snooze-fest)
-The Adventures of Dr. McNinja: proudly carrying on the internet's fascination with ninjas flipping out and doing awesome stuff. I could have sworn it inspired The Venture Brothers by it's style.
-Dinosaur Comics: kind of hit-or-miss, but still a classic, I appreciate it most when they do literary humor (being an English major).
-Shortpacked!: read it for the nerd jokes, not the awful storyline.
-Evil Inc.: a hilarious daily strip-style comic that explores how much eviler supervillians would be if they banded together and started a megacorporation. I highly recommend this one; the guy who does it is really talented and has a great sense of timing (something about 95% of all joke webcomics lack)
-Three-Panel Soul: The art is what draws me in. The humor is kind of lacking, but the artist is quite talented.
I'm surprised that Achewood [http://www.pbfcomics.com] haven't been mentioned (disclaimer: I only read the first and last pages). I also read PA and xkcd, like most everyone else.
anyone who likes cad is a goddamn noob scrublord who needs to get out
Seriously though, Perry Bible Fellowship [http://pbfcomics.com/] was really good when it was being updated. Stopped a while though.
Truck Bearing Kibble [http://truckbearingkibble.com/] is good, kinda like the marginally-poor-man's PBF.
Seriously though, Perry Bible Fellowship [http://pbfcomics.com/] was really good when it was being updated. Stopped a while though.
Truck Bearing Kibble [http://truckbearingkibble.com/] is good, kinda like the marginally-poor-man's PBF.
