# Recommend me some webcomics! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328 "2008-08-26T17:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/21 "2008-08-26T22:19:58Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Beat ya to it, **NAF**. But it’s good enough it deserves to be linked twice. Heck, three times, even. It’s one of the few long-running comics out there whose [first comic](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml) is still a completly accurate descriptor of what the current comic is like. [/QUOTE] Rat’s. I agree it deserves the second mention though. Randy has also managed to have the characters age and mature in a realisitc fashion as the series has progressed while keeping it just as funny as it ever was. It’s one of the few web comics that I would buy in book form, and one of the few that doesn’t have a book out. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/22 "2008-08-26T22:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] Thanks for Dr. McNinja! Without that recommendation I wouldn’t now know there’s something called “Maple syrup urine disease!” For real! [/QUOTE] I like Dr. McNinja enough that I bought the shirt. I also had it get recognized in 7-11. Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/23 "2008-08-26T23:00:56Z")
Stop what you’re doing and read **The Perry Bible Fellowship**. You owe it to yourself. Really, you do. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/24 "2008-08-26T23:03:38Z")
Another vote for _Schlock Mercenary._ And it’s **daily** and the author has never missed a day. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/25 "2008-08-26T23:05:46Z")
For something more surreal, try [_Stickman and Cube._](http://www.drunkduck.com/Stickman_and_Cube/) In fact, tvtropes has a whole page on [Dada Comics.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DadaComics) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/26 "2008-08-26T23:08:41Z")
[Sinfest](http://www.sinfest.net/) [Penny Arcade](http://penny-arcade.com/comic) ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/27 "2008-08-26T23:54:54Z")
[Copper](http://boltcity.com/copper/). You must read it. There’s not a lot of material, but it’s so… indescribably beautiful, surreal, sad, funny, peculiar, bizarre, and comforting all at the same time. It feels very much like a spiritual relation of Calvin and Hobbes. If you enjoyed C&H (and really, who hasn’t?) you’ll love Copper. Another favorite of mine is [Gone with the Blastwave](http://blastwavecomic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=1), about a seemingly pointless war in the post-apocalyptic ruins of some vast city. Beautiful art and lots of dark humor. One more somewhat obscure recommendation is [Fleep](http://www.shigabooks.com/shigabooks/csfolder/fleep.html), a short series of strips about a guy who wakes up to find himself mysteriously trapped in a phone booth encased in concrete, and with only uncertain memories of how he got there. He has to use the limited resources at his command to figure out a way to escape. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/28 "2008-08-27T00:24:02Z")
[Scandal Sheet!](http://scandalsheet.comicgenesis.com/d/20020603.html) by former doper Chef Troy [Truck Bearing Kibble](http://truckbearingkibble.com/) which is keeping my need for [Perry Bible Fellowship](http://pbfcomics.com/) at bay [Friendly Hostility](http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20040108.html) the heir to [Boy Meets Boy](http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20000922.html) [Sinfest](http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1) which is delightfully insane [Two Lumps](http://www.twolumps.net/d/20040316.html) which is required reading for any cat owner [The Comics Curmudgeon](http://joshreads.com/) for all your comic-mocking needs ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/29 "2008-08-27T01:35:48Z")
Can anyone dig up the previous thread on this? I know there were some in there I’ve been meaning to get back to, and the 300 second search is really getting annoying. Note: don’t search “webcomic” in titles only. In the meantime, I’ve recommended this one before, but [Ghastly’s Ghastly Comic](http://www.ghastlycomic.com/d/20010510.html) is highly amusing. The tagline is “Tentacle monsters and the women who love them.” I didn’t think tentacle rape lent itself to all that much humor, but it’s really well done. Linked comic is SFW, but clicking through the archives will uncover scenes of tentacle sex and or penii. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/30 "2008-08-27T02:22:30Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Can anyone dig up the previous thread on this? I know there were some in there I’ve been meaning to get back to, and the 300 second search is really getting annoying. [/quote] [Here’s one.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=468014) [Here’s another.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=419365) [QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] In the meantime, I’ve recommended this one before, but [Ghastly’s Ghastly Comic](http://www.ghastlycomic.com/d/20010510.html) is highly amusing. The tagline is “Tentacle monsters and the women who love them.” I didn’t think tentacle rape lent itself to all that much humor, but it’s really well done. Linked comic is SFW, but clicking through the archives will uncover scenes of tentacle sex and or penii. [/QUOTE] Ha; yes that’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/31 "2008-08-27T05:20:35Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] Can anyone dig up the previous thread on this? I know there were some in there I’ve been meaning to get back to, and the 300 second search is really getting annoying. Note: don’t search “webcomic” in titles only. [/QUOTE] [I mentioned one or two other comics in this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398176) ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/32 "2008-08-27T11:05:38Z")
Some others that haven’t (I think) been mentioned: UserFriendly: [http://www.userfriendly.org/](http://www.userfriendly.org/) Geeky, technology-based humour. What the Duck: [http://www.whattheduck.net/](http://www.whattheduck.net/) Based around photography. PhD: [http://www.phdcomics.com/](http://www.phdcomics.com/) Hilarious strip about graduate school and academia. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/33 "2008-08-27T12:03:28Z")
I want to put in a plug for [Real Life Comic](http://www.reallifecomics.com/) . Start at the beginning. Has geeky overtones, but is quite good. And, he’s from my old hometown! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/34 "2008-08-27T12:46:29Z")
I’m not sure if it’s technically a comic, but I’m very fond of [A Softer World](http://www.asofterworld.com/) – it’s often poetic, sometimes darkly funny, gut-wrenchingly melancholic and I really can’t recommend reading through the whole archive in one afternoon if you’ve got booze and sharp objects in the house. (Though if you absolutely must read through the whole archive in one afternoon, having at least booze at hand is recommended, and at some point, sharp objects just ain’t so bad any more, too.) ---
**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:** [August 27, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/35 "2008-08-27T21:22:04Z")
[Misty the Mouse](http://www.mistythemouse.com/) hasn’t been updaded in about a year and a half, and was completely offline for months, but is a good read. [Kevin and Kell](http://www.kevinandkell.com/) isn’t strictly online anymore (at least one newspaper has started carrying the strip). AFAIK, [Pibgorn](http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn) is still online only, and I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned it. [A Doemain of Our Own](http://www.doemain.com/) is winding down but the archives are online. A couple dates in there, such as 7/20/05, aren’t exactly work safe. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/36 "2008-08-28T02:13:59Z")
[QUOTE=ultrafilter] [Sam and Fuzzy](http://www.samandfuzzy.com), one of the best webcomics out there. It started out as a gag-a-day comic, but has developed one of the tightest story arcs I’ve ever seen while retaining all of the humor. This one really deserves your attention. [/QUOTE] I just got done catching up on the archives for this one. Once the story gets rolling, it really is very good. Bonus: He draws women well. Yow. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/37 "2008-08-28T12:19:37Z")
Hmmmn no mention of [Achewood](http://achewood.com/index.php?date=12272001) or [Wigu](http://www.wigu.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/38 "2008-08-28T12:34:13Z")
I’ve recently been enjoying [Nodwick](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2001-03-27) , [Full Frontal Nerdity](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2001-11-29), and particularly [PS238](http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2001-11-29). All three are apparently written by the same guy(s). Nodwick and Full Frontal Nerdity are both comedic D&D/roleplaying comics, the former being about an NPC and his hellish mistreatment at the hands of his party, the middle being a “RPG buddies get together and say stuff” piece, and the latter essentially looking like the K-6 version of \*\*Magellan \*\*, insofar as it’s about an elementary school for the (superpowered) children of superheroes. [Crimson Dark](http://www.davidcsimon.com/crimsondark/index.php?view=comic&strip_id=1) is a great scifi comic about privateers. I used to hate [Misfile](http://www.misfile.com/?page=1), but it’s grown on me as the writing has gotten better. Oh, and [Arrogance in Simplicity](http://arrogance.comicgenesis.com/) definitely deserves a look. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/39 "2008-08-28T12:39:25Z")
Another mention here for _The Adventures of Dr. McNinja_ (Now In Glorious Extra Colour! ;)), which is brilliantly absurd and never fails to make me smile. I’m seriously tempted to get a shirt, but I just can’t decide which one! 😃 I’m also going to mention those webcomic staples [Penny Arcade](http://www.penny-arcade.com) and [Ctrl+Alt+Delete](http://www.cad-comic.com). They’re both gaming orientated, and Penny Arcade is (IMHO) the consistently funnier of the two (Ctrl+Alt+Del has recently taken a turn for Teh Serious, which isn’t really what I’m after in a webcomic, but YRMV). You don’t have to be a gamer to fully appreciate either of them, but it does help with some of the references… ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328/40 "2008-08-28T13:26:15Z")
I forgot to mention [Medium Large](http://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/) by Ces Marculiano who is the writer of **Sally Forth**. ML is much better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-webcomics/461328.md?page=3)