# Favorite webcomic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655 "2012-01-06T19:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/1 "2012-01-06T19:41:56Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the Wizard of Id thread so I thought I’d start this one. Mine: [abstruse goose](http://abstrusegoose.com/) [cyanide and happiness](http://www.explosm.net/comics/2666/) [hyperbole and a half](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/) [phd comics](http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php) [smbc](http://www.smbc-comics.com/) [the oatmeal](http://theoatmeal.com/) [xkcd](http://xkcd.com/) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/2 "2012-01-06T19:48:28Z")
Order of the Stick Least I Could Do ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/3 "2012-01-06T19:59:52Z")
The first ones on my list of favorites: [www.userfriendly.org](http://www.userfriendly.org) [www.somethingpositive.net](http://www.somethingpositive.net) [www.irregularwebcomic.net](http://www.irregularwebcomic.net) [www.sinfest.net](http://www.sinfest.net) [www.questionablecontent.net](http://www.questionablecontent.net) [www.pvponline.com](http://www.pvponline.com) > **[Anti-Vaxxers](https://xkcd.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![Deegeea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/4 "2012-01-06T20:04:28Z")
Order of the Stick (linked above, I’m just chiming in that it’s one of my favorites) [Gunnerkrigg Court](http://www.gunnerkrigg.com) [Megatokyo](http://www.megatokyo.com) [Bad Machinery](http://www.scarygoround.com) [Candi](http://www.candicomics.com) I also read daily (or however often they’re published), so runners up for favorites Questionable Content El Goonish Shive Erfworld xkcd Quiltbag (formerly Penny & Aggie, still at URL by that name) College Roomies from Hell!!! (I forget how many exclamations are officially in the title) Dragon Doctors I used to read daily, but stopped for some reason (not sure what the reason was): Schlock Mercenary Dominic Deegan I like as much, or almost, as the ones above, but for some reason only read intermittently or sporadically: Red String Yu+me There’s a lot more that used to be favorites, but ended. Phoenix Requiem was the most recent to end. 1/0 and Unicorn Jelly longer ago. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/5 "2012-01-06T20:20:50Z")
Ones not mentioned, yet… [Kevin and Kell](http://www.kevinandkell.com/) [Scandinavia and the World](http://satwcomic.com/) Neils (From the same creator as SatW, and frequently NSFW, due to sex and or violence, so no link. You can find one on the SatW site.) [Sandra and Woo](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/) [The Guilded Age](http://guildedage.net/) (One of the writers is the same as Penny and Aggie/Quiltbag, the current artist is the twin brother of the current artist on Penny and Aggie/Quiltbag.) [Shortpacked!](http://www.shortpacked.com/) [Dumbing of Age](http://www.dumbingofage.com/) (From the same creator as Shortpacked!, set in an alternate universe, using characters from all of the creator’s previous comics - Shortpacked!, Roomies!, It’s Walky! and Joyce and Walky! - at college (the setting for Roomies!), and without some of the weirder crap that’s happened in the main universe.) [Maliki](http://www.maliki.com/en/)…the English comics are translated by fans and uploaded fairly sporadically in no particular order…the original French comics are updated more often. And mentioned, but not linked… [Quiltbag](http://www.pennyandaggie.com/). ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/6 "2012-01-06T20:41:09Z")
The ones I’ve been regularly following lately: Oglaf Order of the Stick Full Frontal Nerdity Penny Arcade PvP Diesel Sweeties Deep Fried/Weapon Brown I used to follow Space Moose, Bob the Angry Flower, Achewood, Nodwick and a number of others that I can’t remember at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/7 "2012-01-06T20:43:23Z")
A few of my favorites have already been listed so I’ll go with two new ones: [Darth and Droids](http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0001.html) It’s set in a universe where Star Wars never existed but the characters are role playing D&D style, the story of star wars from start to finish. It’s hilarious in that, while it follows the screenshots of Star Wars, they actually manage to create a different plot and character motivations. They’re just now starting Episode IV, so they’re literally halfway through the webcomic. [The Adventures of Dr. McNinja](http://drmcninja.com/issues/). He’s a ninja. And a doctor. And Irish apparently. And he fights pirates! And Dracula! And a zombified time travelling clone of Ben Franklin. Along with his 12 year old orphaned sidekick who grew a mustache through sheer force of will. Oh and some of them are in color. It’s good and bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/8 "2012-01-06T20:50:41Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > The first ones on my list of favorites: > > [www.userfriendly.org](http://www.userfriendly.org) > [www.somethingpositive.net](http://www.somethingpositive.net) > [www.irregularwebcomic.net](http://www.irregularwebcomic.net) > [www.sinfest.net](http://www.sinfest.net) > [www.questionablecontent.net](http://www.questionablecontent.net) > [www.pvponline.com](http://www.pvponline.com) > [www.xkcd.com](http://www.xkcd.com) Forgot about userfriendly and sinfest, used to read those all the time. Back on my feedreader they go… ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/9 "2012-01-06T20:55:28Z")
PHD was genius for the first couple hundred, but I feel like it suffered the same plight that many “themed” comics experience: it ran out of material and just has to recycle. There are only so many good grad-school jokes and funny observations. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/10 "2012-01-06T21:00:47Z")
Has userfriendly started posting new comics? It seems to be in reruns for the last few years. [http://www.sheldoncomics.com/](http://www.sheldoncomics.com/) is a good one as is his other comic Drive. Drive is a continuing story so you need to go to the beginning [http://www.drivecomic.com/](http://www.drivecomic.com/) [http://shilongpang.com/](http://shilongpang.com/) is another good graphic novel updated once a week ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/11 "2012-01-06T21:10:57Z")
[Sluggy Freelance](http://www.sluggy.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Deegeea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/12 "2012-01-06T22:02:59Z")
Darths and Droids, how did I forget it? But I knew I was forgetting a couple. I read that one as often as it comes out, too. I used to read Kevin and Kell, and I used to read the one the same guy wrote before he wrote Sandra and Woo. And I’ve occasionally spent time reading Pvp online, but (a couple years ago? I don’t remember exactly) I lost interest in it more than completely. To the point where I have a slight revulsion at the thought of reading it again (and not really any idea why, but the feeling that I don’t want to know… ). On the converse, Something Positive always seems good when I read it, which is whenever it does a crossover into something I read, or one that I read did a guest comic for it - but I still never read it. I do know why, but not sure I can explain it. It’s the sarcasm and tone; I find them hostile in a way that makes me feel about that comic like I do about someone who I like, but feel like they don’t like me. So I stay away unless pulled in by someone else, but enjoy the visits that happen then. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/13 "2012-01-06T22:20:00Z")
Nobody’s mentioned “Girl Genius” yet? Here’s my list: [Dinosaur Comics](http://www.qwantz.com/index.php) - an internet classic [Dr. McNinja](http://drmcninja.com/) - A several long (50-100 strips each) storylines. The humor is dead-on. [Girl Genius](http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php) - One long storyline. A seminal influence on the steampunk genre. Great story. Great art. [Oglaf](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538473) - Hilarious pornographic comic. Extremely funny. Extremely NSFW. [Order of the Stick](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html) - I’ve never played D&D, but the story sucked me in and I’m completely and hopelessly hooked. [Penny Arcade](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/) - I’m not a serious gamer, but theirs is one of the only brands of humor on the internet that will actually make me laugh out loud. Sometimes uncontrollably. [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal](http://www.smbc-comics.com/) - One (or a few) panel comics daily. Often nerd-humor. Usually good for a smile. [XKCD](http://www.xkcd.com/) - The paragon. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/14 "2012-01-06T22:36:52Z")
Girl Genius [Schlock Mercenary](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-12); where my username comes from. Order of the Stick [A Miracle of Science](http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos000.html) (even though it’s finished) [Goblins](http://www.goblinscomic.com/) [8-Bit Theater](http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/) [Digger](http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=3) Oglaf ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/15 "2012-01-06T22:46:05Z")
In addition to several of the ones already mentioned, I enjoy Gisele LaGace’s webcomics: _[Menage a 3](http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/room_for_two_more_(vol1))_ (which is sometimes NSFW), _[Eerie Cuties](http://www.eeriecuties.com/articles/strips-ec/(chapter_1)_it_is_gonna_eat_me!)_, and _[Magick Chicks](http://www.magickchicks.com/articles/strips-mc/tis_but_a_trifle)_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/16 "2012-01-06T22:53:01Z")
I also liked Erik Schoenek’s _[Loserz](http://the-qlc.com/loserz/)_ and Nick Wright’s _[Treading Ground](http://www.treadingground.com/?p=29)_, but both have ceased adding new strips. They’ve both been theoretically replaced by new spin-off series - _[Quarter Life Crisis](http://the-qlc.com/go/1)_ and _[Idle State](http://theidlestate.com/?webcomic_post=1-phoenix)_ - but these new series are not being updated either. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/17 "2012-01-06T23:14:53Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > [www.pvponline.com](http://www.pvponline.com) > [@Tengu](#): > > [Kevin and Kell](http://www.kevinandkell.com/) > [Sandra and Woo](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/) These, Oglaf, [Misty the Mouse](http://www.mistythemouse.com/), [TwoKinds](http://twokinds.keenspot.com/), [Wapsi Square](http://wapsisquare.com/), and [Sequential Art](http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php). [A Doemain of Our Own](http://www.doemain.com/) had a good nine-year run (and a couple of panels that aren’t quite safe for work). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/18 "2012-01-06T23:53:04Z")
Just remembered [Trashed](http://www.derfcity.com/comix/trashed2/2trash.html), which is inspired by the author’s experiences as a sanitation worker. NSFW in various places but the main page is fine. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/19 "2012-01-06T23:59:04Z")
[Dork Tower](http://www.dorktower.com/) [PS238](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/index.htm) [Full Frontal Nerdity](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655/20 "2012-01-07T00:41:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [Dork Tower](http://www.dorktower.com/) > [PS238](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/index.htm) > [Full Frontal Nerdity](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php) More I had forgotten about. Couple more added to the feedreader. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-webcomic/608655.md?page=2)