# So, Recommend Me Some Webcomics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751 "2010-10-20T06:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/21 "2010-10-20T20:22:34Z")
For really doing a lot with the medium: [Dresden Codak](http://dresdencodak.com) I also like these, that I don’t think have been named: [Cat and Girl](http://catandgirl.com) - a bit cerebral, I guess [Spinnerette](http://krakowstudios.com/spinnerette/) - superheroics. In Columbus. [Misfile](http://misfile.com) - OK, really a novel, read from beginning. [Flaky Pastry](http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com) - just wacky, but pretty art. Oh, & I should mention T. S. Wood’s [Yet Untitled](http://www.resafantasyarts.com/yetuntitled13.html). And [Head Trip](http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com) Both of those are mostly gag-oriented. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/22 "2010-10-20T20:25:02Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I love LFG, but it stopped being closely connected to WoW lore or current events a LONG time ago. Once they started into the continuity of the plot, they threw any non-cosmetic WoW elements out of the carriage. What makes me laugh is the plot is so clearly _not_ WoW any more, but it gets listed on WoW Insider’s Sunday comics roundup regularly. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/23 "2010-10-20T20:32:12Z")
Just remembered a webcomic I read that’s actually Everquest based (instead of Everquest/MMORPG spoof like The Noob), [WTF Comics](http://www.wtfcomics.com/). Horrible, horrible at keeping up with the update schedule, though, but if you’re coming in new, there’s a fairly large archive to catch up with. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/24 "2010-10-20T20:41:32Z")
A few different titles can be found on[comicmix.com.](http://www.comicmix.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/25 "2010-10-20T21:39:41Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > I’ve not been able to check Axecop for a while. [“Written by a 5 year old, and illustrated by his 29 year old brother”](http://axecop.com/), every bit as good as that sounds. I just read some of Axecop and it is indeed awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/26 "2010-10-20T22:00:29Z")
Of ones that haven’t been mentioned yet, I think the only one of my regulars is [Piled Higher and Deeper](http://www.phdcomics.com/), about life or the lack thereof in grad school. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/27 "2010-10-20T22:36:03Z")
I’ll add [Being Five](http://beingfive.blogspot.com/) to the growing list. It’s a comic blog written from the POV of a 5 year old. And Exiern ([noparse][http://www.exiern.com/[/noparse]](http://www.exiern.com/%5B/noparse%5D)) is getting better now the strip itself is doing well enough to not be thinly-disguised NSFW. I’ve no-parsed the URL because other bits on the page are NSFW ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/28 "2010-10-20T23:09:25Z")
_Girl Genius_ is a must! [Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic](http://yafgc.net/) [Dungeons & Denizens](http://dungeond.com/) [Least I Could Do](http://leasticoulddo.com/) (slightly NSFW) [Atomic Laundromat](http://www.atomiclaundromat.com/) [Sandra And Woo](http://www.sandraandwoo.com/) [Evil Inc](http://www.evil-comic.com/) And, a promising newcomer well worth watching— [The Deadlys](http://www.thedeadlys.com/) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/29 "2010-10-21T00:23:42Z")
Well, to go through the better ones in my RSS feeds: - [Amazing Super Powers](http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/): continuity-free, generally rather dark - [Bad Machinery](http://scarygoround.com/): essentially the sequel to Scary Go Round (itself one of my favorites) - [Dead Winter](http://deadwinter.cc/): a zombie-apocalypse comic, pretty slow moving (without a lot of zombies, frankly); has some nice, detailed art if you don’t mind the style - [GastroPhobia](http://gastrophobia.com/): comedic, well-drawn, about an ex-Amazonian warrior and her son in a farcical ancient Greece - [The Meek](http://www.meekcomic.com/): very, very pretty, tightly plotted, well-scripted - [Necessary Monsters](http://www.necessarymonsters.com/): a heist/horror movie mashup; very clever, takes itself _just_ seriously enough ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/30 "2010-10-21T02:09:48Z")
Not updated since last year, apparently, and not an ongoing story but a “comic strip”, I guess - but very clever and makes a very entertaining half hour to go through - A Simple Apology: [http://mgleim.com/apology/?p=4](http://mgleim.com/apology/?p=4) ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/31 "2010-10-21T02:17:28Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > Well, to go through the better ones in my RSS feeds: … And a few more that I missed. It might be obvious to those who are familiar with the comics I mention, but I’m really quite a stickler for the art. Less-than-professional is okay, as long as the artist _tries_ and does good work conditional on the skills available (see e.g. early/mid Scary Go Round; John Allison is a model of self-improvement, and Bad Machinery is as good as anything out there). I just don’t see anything appealing about – say – Order of the Stick. - [Nobody Scores](http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/): Clever, surreal. Used to be one of my favorites but its author seems to have more or less given it up, possibly with some comics-are-crap related angst. - [The Abominable Charles Christopher](http://www.abominable.cc): Very cute, realistically-drawn-talking-animal related. Professional. The one-offs can be very good; the plot-heavy threads give the impression of the author not having any plan at all. - [The Phoenix Requiem](http://requiem.seraph-inn.com/): It’s not my favorite comic by a long shot, but clearly a lot of care goes into its creation. The characters may be a little … plasticine, but I’m a sucker for detailed, careful environments, and she delivers. Of the ones already mentioned by others, Dresden Codak, FreakAngels, and Gunnerkrigg Court all get my vote. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/32 "2010-10-21T03:10:45Z")
[Multiplex](http://www.multiplexcomic.com/) - a comic about the staff of a multiplex theatre ---
**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:** [October 21, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/33 "2010-10-21T03:42:34Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > - [The Abominable Charles Christopher](http://www.abominable.cc): …the plot-heavy threads give the impression of the author not having any plan at all. This is because, unfortunately, he doesn’t. I can’t be bothered to find the cite, but he mentioned it in an interview early on in the comic. Even so, I really liked this comic for a while until the site was inexplicably blocked at my office and I lost track of it. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/34 "2010-10-21T05:17:05Z")
The two I read on a daily basis are the already mentioned Questionable Content(I love Screaming Bird BTW) and the yet to be mentioned Cyanide and Happiness. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/35 "2010-10-21T05:22:35Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Menage a 3](http://www.webcomi%5BURL=%22http://www.menagea3.net/) - A man and two women sharing an apartment. Occasionally NSFW. Read the 1st 4 of this one and love it! ---
**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:** [October 21, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/36 "2010-10-21T07:05:42Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Read the 1st 4 of this one and love it! Looks like the strip is heading towards an interesting sceneThere are three parallel plotlines of women becoming interested in Gary. So I’m anticipating a big scene where Amber, Sonya, and Yuki all put a move on him at the same time. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/37 "2010-10-21T09:16:44Z")
Some good stuff already mentioned. I’ll add the completed webcomic [A Miracle Of Science](http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos000.html). It starts out B & W but goes to color at Chapter 2. It’s set in a world beset by Mad Scientists, with a cop who specializes in hunting them down paired with a Martian partner for a particular case. “Martian” in this setting referring to a rather cute young woman from the Martian group mind, which is more technologically advanced than everyone else. Unusual in fiction for being a benevolent group mind. > [@Raguleader](#): > > I’d also recommend [Schlock Mercenary](http://www.schlockmercenary.com). Very funny, well written sci-fi action webcomic. The best part is, there’s plenty of it to read! (It’s been updating daily for over ten years, only missed an update for a day or two because the server _exploded_. I can’t make that up.) Actually it didn’t even miss an update then; an “Emergency Schlock Mercenary Backup Page” was set up for the duration without missing a beat. That’s the comic my username comes from btw. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/38 "2010-10-21T09:52:37Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Some good stuff already mentioned. I’ll add the completed webcomic [A Miracle Of Science](http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos000.html). It starts out B & W but goes to color at Chapter 2. It’s set in a world beset by Mad Scientists, with a cop who specializes in hunting them down paired with a Martian partner for a particular case. “Martian” in this setting referring to a rather cute young woman from the Martian group mind, which is more technologically advanced than everyone else. Unusual in fiction for being a benevolent group mind. > Actually it didn’t even miss an update then; an “Emergency Schlock Mercenary Backup Page” was set up for the duration without missing a beat. > > That’s the comic my username comes from btw. There was a beat missed, just maybe not a day’s worth of beats. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/39 "2010-10-21T11:01:08Z")
This has been really educational so far! I’m especially looking forward to the story-arc based comics, but all the strips are going to be very interesting as well. Thanks a bunch to everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751/40 "2010-10-21T12:14:17Z")
[Hipster Hitler](http://hipsterhitler.com/2010/08/ironic-invasion/) A good site for finding webcomics is [The Belfry](http://belfrycomics.net/). You can search by genre, update frequency and it has a PG-13 filter, if you want to keep it clean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-recommend-me-some-webcomics/557751.md?page=3)