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Title: Web Comics
Post by: Selinea on April 21, 2012, 03:21:54 am
Anyone here read web comics? What do you guys read?

I read Gallows Humor, Romantically Apocalyptic, Maggot Boy, and Dr. McNinja.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Drake_XIV on April 21, 2012, 03:30:36 am
I'm a webcomic connoisseur myself.

L.A.W.L.S.
Nerf This
Scout Crossing
Questionable Content
Gunnerkrigg Court
Sam and Fuzzy
Dr. McNinja
MSPA
What Do You Do
Least I Could Do
Menage a Trois
Something Positive
XKCD
Awesome Hospital
Arg!
Shortpacked
Dumbing of Age
Penny Arcade
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Jefbot
Perry Bible Fellowship
Saturday Morning Breakfast Comics
Sandra and Woo
Bittersweet Candy Bowl

And some more...
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: McSod on April 21, 2012, 03:37:02 am
Read a few m'self.

Romantically Apocalyptic is one of my favourites. I'd go so far as to call m'self a minion of zee capteen.
I also do SMBC, Goblins (mostly due to that recent contest dealie. Found it when it was beatin' out RA, though it's somethin' I feel I should'a known about beforehand), Dangerously Scene, and a bit of So... You're A Cartoonist?, used to do Questionable Content, Nerf This an' Something Awful fairly frequently but it's been a while. Used to be a rather big fan of Detective Sleuth, too.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Higurashi on April 21, 2012, 03:37:54 am
Goblins is the best webcomic ever made.
Some other ones I keep bookmarked are:
QC
Oglaf
Dr. McNinja
Shortpacked!
No Rest for the Wicked
Sequential Art

And actually reading ctrl+alt+del right now. It's average.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Drake_XIV on April 21, 2012, 03:40:40 am
I forgot about all the Walkyverse works.

And CAD is interesting, although it is rather tiresome outside of arcs.

And Dangerously Scene is actually called Scout Crossing
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: mesaprotector on April 21, 2012, 04:40:17 am
I've read quite a few webcomics via marathon archive dumps when I was bored and curious - XKCD, Goblins, and Cyanide+Happiness come to mind. The two I currently follow are Homestuck (http://mspaintadventures.com) and Gunnerkrigg Court (http://gunnerkrigg.com).
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Selinea on April 21, 2012, 04:45:35 am
Yay, more ways to procrastinate!

One of my friends just recommended Left Handed Toons, so I'm reading that right now. I hope I'll have time to read everything here soon (except maybe the juggernaut that is Homestuck, many Homestuck fans scare me...)
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: mesaprotector on April 21, 2012, 04:51:15 am
Yay, more ways to procrastinate!

One of my friends just recommended Left Handed Toons, so I'm reading that right now. I hope I'll have time to read everything here soon (except maybe the juggernaut that is Homestuck, many Homestuck fans scare me...)

Homestuck fans are... terrifyingly obsessed. Take any trope about fandoms and turn it up to eleven (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UpToEleven). The comic by itself, on the other hand, is actually really good.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Drake_XIV on April 21, 2012, 05:02:46 am
I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you there.  Not all of us Homestuck fans are obsessed.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Arum on April 21, 2012, 05:18:21 am
I like:
XKCD
Cyanide and Happiness
Romantically Apocalyptic
Babylon Sticks
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Korugar on April 21, 2012, 05:23:51 am
I read quite a few on a regular basis, but my top three are:

Girl Genius is my third most favorite. It's a bit difficult to get into at first, since it just throws you into a situation where you aren't connected to the characters, so it seems uninteresting for a little while. However, if you become interested, and work past that point, you will find quirky humor, a creative world, and many deeply fleshed out (if OP ;) ) characters.

Goblins is my second favorite. It started as a semi-generic slapstick D&D webcomic, but quickly turned into an incredible storyline. The colors are vibrant, the characters become real, and the writing is amazing. The only reason I don't place this above and beyond anything else I've touched is that there are only two updates a week, and the author occasionally misses updates due to various reasons even then. Despite this, it's brilliant webcomic.

My favorite webcomic is called Schlock Mercenary. Space mercenaries who deliver a laugh every day. The story sometimes moves slowly, due to spending time on humor, and the fact that each daily update (aside from Sunday, which is much longer) is only one line of panels, but the writer keeps you entertained, and still manages to move at a steady pace. The artwork as improved over the years, and is quite good, and these characters are also well written and likeable. There are enough that they cannot be fleshed out as much as those in Goblins, but there are still a core of characters whose personalities are quite distinct. While I cannot press any particular point forward as the webcomic's quality that makes it so good, the overall combination leaves nothing (at least for me) to be desired, and it truly is a great webcomic.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: McSod on April 21, 2012, 06:52:07 am
This all reminded me that it had been a week or two since I looked at Goblins (Even though I did mention in m'self). The last few pages are pretty powerful, 'fer bein' what it is. Especially after all the hubbub Thunt had with the contest and that one gal, an' the mess, with the stuff and things.

NOTE: I'm being vague, 'cus I don't mean to bring that up here, as it got itself quite out of hand. If you don't know 'bout it, count yerself lucky.

But I have to applaud the man.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: KSmash on July 19, 2013, 08:03:27 am
I would like to suggest a few korean webcomics that have been translated into English:

Tower of God
Magician
Dr. Frost

You can find the originals at Naver.com and the translated version at batoto.net
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Aknelo on November 09, 2013, 09:30:40 am
Many of the webcomics I read have been listed here, like:
QC
XKCD
Scout Crossing
Something Positive

I'm also a fan of:

Girls with Slingshots
Invisible Bread
Crazy Sunshine
The Devil's Panties (has a pretty sizeable archive, dating back to 2001)
Two Lumps
Bridges
Teahouse (18+)
Mahou Shonen Fight!
Everblue
PrinceofCats
Cans of beans

My reading taste is pretty varied!

There are other comics listed here by others that I haven't had a chance to look into yet, but have been meaning to.  Gunnerkrigg Court is one example.


Girl Genius is my third most favorite. It's a bit difficult to get into at first, since it just throws you into a situation where you aren't connected to the characters, so it seems uninteresting for a little while. However, if you become interested, and work past that point, you will find quirky humor, a creative world, and many deeply fleshed out (if OP ;) ) characters.

Girl Genius I never got into, quite likely for the reason you mentioned above, where I didn't enjoy it from the very beginning.  It didn't grab my interest and I tried reading it for I think nearly 30 pages  :(  I'm willing to try again, because I know a lot of people do think very highly of it, and it seems like the sort of genre I would enjoy.  I just couldn't get into it at the start.

Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Counting on December 12, 2013, 02:16:49 am
I myself read

Questionable Content
Girls With Slingshots
Wasted Talent
Romantically Apocalyptic
C Section Comics
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: dragonsdemesne on December 12, 2013, 03:54:37 am
Only two, but neither have been mentioned that I saw.

The Noob
Order of the Stick

They both make fun of AD&D and other RPGs.  I also occasionally look at xkcd, but that was already mentioned.  I'm not really much of a comics person, so that's all I've got.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: Atom_heart on December 12, 2013, 12:02:30 pm
XKCD, Axe Cop, Oglaf, and I absolutely love Nedroid. His 200 bad comics challenge is just genius.
Title: Re: Web Comics
Post by: andretimpa on December 12, 2013, 12:22:44 pm
Precocious
PhD comics
Slightly Damned
The Order of the Stick
Flipside comics
Edmund Finney's Quest to find the Meaning of Life
Bittersweet Candy Bowl
Nedroid
Ozy and Millie (finished)
xkcd
Sandra and Woo
Nuklear Power (8-bit theater, How I killed your Master, The Dreadful)
Goblins
Endtown
Wizard School
Kila Ilo
Grrl Power
Kiskaloo (dead, but worth it)
Hyper Death Babies (dead, but the 'Anomaly' and 'Is this Legal?' series are priceless dark humor. Therest of the site is garbage)
Perry Bible Fellowship (mostly dead)
The Parking Lot is Full (finished)
blarg: