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Just trying to help out…
We did this thread just a few weeks ago
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398176&highlight=comics
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I posted that thread specifically so I could link to it in threads like this. Thanks for saving me from having to search for it, Icarus!
[QUOTE=jayjay]
It should be noted that Queen of Wands has been over for about a year now, though that shouldn’t stop folks from checking out the archives. Kestrel for QoW now appears intermittently in Something Positive.
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Well, I did say it had been over a year since I was actually able to check in on it. I was aware it ended though.
Schlock Mercenary, which I take my username from. Der Trihs is in the first panel, in fact. And yes, **Subway Prophet **, the art and dialogue do get better.
Girl Genius. Alternate world with mad scientists, aka “Sparks”, everywhere. One of my favorite scenes.. Starts out B&W, then goes to color.
A Miracle of Science. A future world where Mad Science is a recognized mental disorder and a major social problem ( the Mad Scientists keep trying to Rule The World ). The solar system is largely colonized and many planets and moons are terraformed, even Venus. Starts out B&W, then goes to color.
Vexarr. Incompetent aliens invade Earth, get squished.
Ghastly’s Ghastly Comic, much of which is NOT work safe.
Since the more prominent titles get mentioned very often, I’ll shout out some underrepresented favorites:
Alien Loves Predator. “The Odd Couple” was never this odd…
Inkpen. A hilarious smash-up of comic books, comic strips, comic characters, comic everything.
Count Your Sheep. Superficially it’s a cute strip about a mother, a daughter, and their sleep aid, but there’s a deeper backstory that gets played out for devoted readers.
Kevin & Kell. A conventional “funny animal family” strip that would be right at home on the comics page, yet manages to squeeze in a good dose of geek humor and genuine characterization.
Twisted Kaiju Theater. Poop jokes, Japanese pop culture, and general geekery done with plastic Godzilla toys.
Scary Go Round is my absolute favorite, but I also read Penny Arcade, Order of the Stick, Elf Only Inn, Perry Bible Fellowship, and San Antonio Rock City/Nothing Nice to Say.
I can’t stand Questionable Content.
I’m surprised only one person responded with the Perry Bible Fellowship. I rank that right behind Calvin and Hobbes and the Farside on my list of comics.
Weebl and Bob counts, right?
I’ve read some of the previously mentioned comics on and off… But I came here specifically to push The Perry Bible Fellowship. Odd, absurd humour; little or no text; absolute lack of a story. Something you don’t have to follow and can easily get into and read in the wrong order.
Ones not yet mentioned, that I read regularly, include Rob and Elliot, Penny & Aggie, Patches & Goblins.
Google your own damn links, I’m doing this in quick-reply.
[QUOTE=jayjay]
Sally Forth, not Mary Worth. Mary Worth is the old meddling biddy. Sally Forth is the humor-so-understated-you’d-better-not-blink businesswoman married to the feckless manchild.
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The author of ML is going to kill me now, isn’t he?
In my defense, I have been reading a lot of The Comics Curmudgeon, where Mary “Drunk-Killer*” Worth is a much more common topic than Sally “Three-Facial-Expression” Forth.
*(Aldo Kelrast: O Stalker Lad, Captain Kangaroo, lover of fine whiskey and flying in his car.)
Icarus: Bah. I never claimed to be original, I guess.
And still more great contributions. I’ll have to check out the old threads now, too.
My full list:
Aoi House, a manga “harem comedy” about two college boys who get kicked out of their dorm for showing hentai on the communal TV. They see an ad for a house occupied by an anime club, called “Aoi House”, and decide to check it out. It turns out that the place is actually called “Yaoi House” (yaoi being gay hentai), and the residents are all beautiful girls who are fans of the stuff. Hilarity ensues.
Chugworth Academy, about a group of high school friends. Very funny.
Goblins: Life Through Their Eyes: a Dungeons & Dragons based comic, told from the perspective of the goblins rather than the adventurers.
Inverloch, a fantasy story with beautiful, somewhat Disney-esque, artwork.
The previously-mentioned Something Positive.
Zogonia: Another D&D based humor strip. Very very funny, but the artist seems to be taking a hiatus, as the front page of the site now says, " The next scheduled update for zogonia.com is July 30th, 2007." Maybe he’s in jail, I dunno.
AppleGeeks, a comic about adventuring Mac users. Outstanding artwork.
Perry Bible Fellowship rocks.
Irregular Webcomic: On top of the Lego-based artwork, the Australian author has a PhD in physics and uses his strip and annotations to teach science. He’s also a fun guy to talk to. Through e-mail I discovered that he visited my podunk town last year while visiting the US and Canada (he had photos to prove it).
Freefall, an amusing sci-fi strip.
No Pink Ponies, a strip about a young, attractive woman who owns a comic book/gaming store.
[QUOTE=Derleth]
In my defense, I have been reading a lot of The Comics Curmudgeon, where Mary “Drunk-Killer*” Worth is a much more common topic than Sally “Three-Facial-Expression” Forth.
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Heh! I discovered Comics Curmudgeon (possibly through a Dope thread…don’t remember) just before Thanksgiving and I’ve been reading it every day since. I’m seriously considering adding the online version of Apartment 3-G to my daily reading, just because they spend so much time on that one.
The only three webcomics I read (Dilbert not included) are:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/
The last being irregularly updated as per the author’s whim, but it being rather funny as it is about the author and the different facets of his personality. The title is a play on the word ‘comedy’ and ‘committee’
– IG
[QUOTE=Improv Geek]
The only three webcomics I read (Dilbert not included)
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You’re damn right Dilbert is not included. I didn’t think I’d have to do this, but to prevent massive thread creep I’ll restate part of the OP: Newspaper comics do not count as webcomics. A webcomic was born (that is, first conceived) for the Internet, not a newspaper or comic book or self-published badly-mimeographed handbill.
If nobody stomps on this soon, the thread will degrade into people listing off comics that I cannot read (because they are not online and I don’t have a good bookstore within 500 miles of me) and probably have little interest in (because I don’t like most newspaper comics). And that would just be stupid.
Some ones I frequently read:
Penny Arcade
Wondermark
Dinosaur Comics
Sinfest
Megagamerz
Indietits
I’m sure there are others, but most have been mentioned.
[QUOTE=Emerald Hawk]
Some good ones have been mentioned so far, but I have to post a link to my favorite, Dresden Codak.
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Holy shit that’s awesome! If that guy’s not a Doper, he should be. Damn.
I used to be heavy into Sluggy, but it’s gone off the rails way too often lately. The Oceans Unmoving plotlines were, well, unmoving - also nonsensical, pointless, and stretched across a great many months. It seems to have gotten somewhat better just recently, but I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.
No one’s mentioned Megatokyo yet. It’s about two Americans stuck in Japan until they can make enough money to get back home. There are a lot of jokes about anime, video games, and general geekiness. I like the art style a lot, although characters’ faces tend to look fairly similar. He’s been getting better lately.
Another D&D-inspired one is MIndflayed.
Casey and Andy . . . but it’s gone on indefinite hiatus. 