Oh man webcomics

[Farvana]

January 28th was an awesome day and I didn't even know.

Buttercup Festival came out of it's three year hiatus. (http://www.buttercupfestival.com)

I... I'm seriously tearing up here, man. The world gets a little bit more beautiful with every panel.

[Poisonedv]

I hate most of the popular webcomics, but love ones like this.
Also, I don't get the hubbub about xkcd. Well, I GET IT, but I think it's stupid reason. Stupid pretentious webcomics. Stop taking yourselves so seriously, you're a webcomic.
I used to read Questionable Content, xkcd, and penny arcade. ugh. I hate my former self.

[Farvana]

XKCD was alright like a year or two ago. Then it became nonstop wish-fulfillment and beating on straw men.

Also, dude needs to get an artist. If you're gonna do stick figures, do them right. (http://www.skinnypanda.com/pasteplist.php?striptype=sf)

[Kaatridge]

I really need to read more webcomics. It looks like I'm missing out on something.

I didn't like xkcd either.

[Poisonedv]

Anyone know more comics similar to Patrick's Raymondo Person?


OH, btw, heres my list on none shit comics
Raymondo Person and anything by patrick (of course) (http://chickennation.com)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (http://smbc-comics.com)
KinokoFry (http://kinokofry.com)
Perry Bible Fellowship ("pbfcomics.com)
Beaver and Steve (beaverandsteve.com)
incidentally, I found out about all these webcomics from seeing or talking to the authors on forums.

[chuanoplast]

Adding to the list:

Minus (http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus.html)
Bear and Kitten (http://south20th.com)
Lucid TV (http://lucid-tv.com)

OH! Totally forgot Anders Loves Maria (http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com), which is updating again after a short hiatus.

[Poisonedv]

Let me appened Grumps and Captain Exclesior to that list, too.

[Farvana]

Octopus Pie (http://www.octopuspie.com) is excellent, as is Pug Davis. (http://www.sugarboukas.com/PD).

And Achewood. (http://www.achewood.com) Oh god, Achewood. If I was stuck on a desert island with an internet connection that only allowed me to read one webcomic and nothing else (Why, yes, I can make that more contrived if I really try), Achewood would be it.

[Kaatridge]

Oh no! It says I can't read, because I am under 18!

I like bending rules.

[Dan]

Oh no! It says I can't read, because I am under 18!

Have you read our site Terms & Conditions (http://www.eegra.com/pages/show/id/34/) lately? ;)

[Poisonedv]

Have you read our site Terms & Conditions (http://www.eegra.com/pages/show/id/34/) lately? ;)
What's more important than the age of the sites userbase, is this:
We are not responsible for any of the following possible events which may result from your access to our site over the Internet:

ii. viruses or other harmful components;

iii. unintended modification, destruction or disclosure;
GASP :p

[Kaatridge]

I don't see anything restricted under 18 here. I think when I joined it said 13 or over too.

[Dan]

I have been reading things by KC Green (http://capn-special.livejournal.com/). I am especially fond of this:

http://img8.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/2070/2070238ee164a5c4b5ac378029dfd6237bfc576.gif

The last three panels, and "fuck your charts" in particular, make this one of my favourite comics EVER.

EDIT: Fix'd typo.

[Farvana]

KC Green makes me smile in my pants.

This is a favorite of mine: http://horribleville.com/d/20070715.html

[OrphanTrain]

I actually happen to like XKCD, even though I don't understand half of it. Y'know... it has it's moments.

Personally, I happen to like a little series called Rice Boy (www.rice-boy.com), which isn't a weekly thing but more of a story. That's already finished. But it made me cry at the end, and I always judge the greatness of a comic/book/movie by if it made me cry at the end. ALWAYS. Except for romantic comedies, 'cuz then it's a different kind of crying. The "I just wasted ninety minutes of my life" kind of crying.

[Poisonedv]

I actually happen to like XKCD, even though I don't understand half of it. Y'know... it has it's moments.

Personally, I happen to like a little series called Rice Boy (www.rice-boy.com), which isn't a weekly thing but more of a story. That's already finished. But it made me cry at the end, and I always judge the greatness of a comic/book/movie by if it made me cry at the end. ALWAYS. Except for romantic comedies, 'cuz then it's a different kind of crying. The "I just wasted ninety minutes of my life" kind of crying.

I like you, kid. You've got spunk.

[chuanoplast]

Meredith Gran and R. Stevens are in San Francisco tonight. Should I go see them (answer: yes).

[Poisonedv]

Meredith Gran and R. Stevens are in San Francisco tonight. Should I go see them (answer: yes).

Where? I wish I was there. That is where I partially take residence... there, central illinois, and Pittsburgh. PS: Pittsburgh sucks.

[Farvana]

ENVY

[va5el1ne]

I don't mind xkcd. I like PBF but it hasn't been updated in ages!

[Farvana]

Hey

Platinum Grit (http://www.platinumgrit.com)

This might be the third best comic I've ever read (Nausicaa and Bone take 1st and 2nd, so that should be indicative of quality).

[Patrick Alexander]

Platinum Grit is so great. One of my favourite comics, and drawn by one of my favourite people!

[Farvana]

I so wish they made enough with it to work on it full time

I want more so bad

[Kaatridge]

Kid Radd, (http://www.kidradd.com/) after all these years, still amazes me. One of my favourite sprite/web comics, right next to Neglected Characters. (http://www.smbhq.com/nc/)

[Poisonedv]

Kid Radd is the only good spritecomic

[Farvana]

I'll second that.

I tend to reread the whole run every three months or so, it's that good.

[etnlIcarus]

I don't get Kid Radd. Is it meant to be funny or is it just a faux-nostalgia trip?

[Farvana]

Yes

And a decent enough story besides.

When your competition is Bob and George, it's not hard to stand out.

"But then why doesn't anyone manage to???" I don't know, shut up.

[etnlIcarus]

Yes it's meant to be funny or yes nostalgia?

[Farvana]

Both.

It starts slow and kind of stupid (it was more an exercise in html to begin with), but builds up into something cinematic.

[Farvana]

Doublepost for BREAKING NEWS


Minus (http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus.html) has ended with pretty much no fanfare. I have mixed feelings, and I think I really need to sit down and reread the archives before I come to any conclusions.

I did love the earlier comics; having a capricious, simple child with the powers of a god actually made for some bizarre comics, and the fact that the antagonists usually were more sympathetic characters than Minus herself was really well done.

It got completely bizarre around the end and I completely lost track of where Minus was or who the characters are, so I'm not sure if the ending was actually appropriate.

[Farvana]

Jesus this is sad

Well, since no one cared about Minus, how about taking a look at The Good Crook. (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/magnoliapearl/crook/series.php) I found this a couple days ago and really enjoy it. Nice art, good characters.

[Poisonedv]

Why read a comic, created as an artform to escape reality, just to get sad again? I don't read sad comics for that reason. I read some gritty, moody, maybe slightly sorrowfull comics, but nothing "oh the main characters girlfriend just died im going to bawl my eyes out"
This isn't related to anything recently posted in this thread, but I felt like saying it
Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

[Demaar]

I loved Minus. I stopped reading after I lost access to the internet after a house fire though, so I need to catch up. Had no idea it ended. Anyways, yeah... the comics I read... they're not really that great.

I dunno why, but I like Perfect Stars (http://www.perfectstars.com/). I think it's probably 'cause of the art style. I wouldn't call it great... or even good really. It's just different from what I've seen a web comic artist try. The content can be weird too. Maybe I just like it cause it's weird? Damn that's a cop-out.

Also like Girly (http://girlyyy.com/) too. Again, love the art style and it's got pretty weird/random content.

Another is Three Panel Soul (http://www.threepanelsoul.com/index.php) which is mostly just a dude's art experimentation blog thing in comic form. It has its moments though.

The rest I read regularly have already been mentioned. I was hoping someone would say B^U so they could get a verbal stabbing from everyone. Even if they were being sarcastic.

[Poisonedv]

I just read kid radd again. damn that is a good comic.

[Farvana]

Another is Three Panel Soul (http://www.threepanelsoul.com/index.php) which is mostly just a dude's art experimentation blog thing in comic form. It has its moments though.

3PS is actually the continuation of one of the better college comics, Mac Hall.

And by better, I mean it visibly and drastically improved pretty quickly.

[Twyatt]

I just read kid radd again. damn that is a good comic.

Oh man, Kid Radd, EVERYONE should read Kid Radd.

I think I might also have a read through of Minus, just to see what it's like, the starting premise as Farvana describes sounds like my kind of thing.

[Matt]

I don't think the good-natured humour of Nedroid (http://nedroid.com/) has been mentioned yet. Nedroid (real name Anthony Clarke) also does some art and webcomic books; unfortunately his website is updated fairly irregularly. You might know it for The Sad Bear and it's sequels or the 200 comics in 8 hours. I'll post one; It might be an acquired taste:

http://nedroid.com/imagesb/askbeartato-unavailable.gif

[Miss]

Meh, Im not much of a webcomic reader.
I love Patricks's work though, Raymondo Person, the 24 hour comics and the hilarity comics are hilarious.

I pop into cyanide and happiness now and then. Other then that, meh.

[Farvana]

Not even Wondermark (http://www.wondermark.com)?

The Onion prints Wondermark.

[chuanoplast]

Best music/webcomic combo ever:

This here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVW8n8UBm34)

and http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20080722.html

[Dan]

http://www.wondermark.com/comics/302.gif

I am seriously in tears over this. Oh man.

[Dan]

Is it just me or is Castle Vidcons kind of shit? I don't understand why so many people seem to like it. It just ... it isn't funny.

[Demaar]

Can't help but agree. It was kind of novel at first, but it grew old pretty quick. I've read much worse though.

[Captain Awful]

I just checked out Castle Vidcons. I think it's because they reference old stuff, and it's all "Nostalgia!". People are sold on that shit, all I have to do is shout "Tecmo Bowl" at a college and I'll get back pats from all the bro dawgs.

[Kaatridge]

Dr. McNinja (http://www.drmcninja.com/) is funny.

[Reasonableman]

Heartily agreed. The over-the-top-ness is, well, top-notch.

[Usernamehere]

so does anyone even check out comics like penny arcade and crtl alt delete any more?


Me? I check out fanboys-online.com, awkwardzombie.com and Anders Loves Maria. I check out vgcats every so and then but other then that, not much.

Kid Radd was a fantastic webcomic, btw.

[Kaatridge]

I still read Penny-Arcade, used to read F@nboys and still very much enjoy Awkward Zombie.

[Aahmyface2]

23

Best. KC Green. Comic. EVER.

[Dan]

SO DAMN GOOD (http://capn-special.livejournal.com/134746.html).

(Seriously, this is some of KC's best work.)

[Farvana]

Goddamn KC

GodDAMN

The "No, I don't understand" panels had me laughing for 10 minutes straight.

[Dan]

I love the arsehole fairies. The "go fuck yourself" panel is just pure gold.

[Farvana]

"Your arm's just flappin' there... smackin' your... hip?" "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF"

I can just imagine some little midget doing that with such intensity that you stand there trying to figure out what the fuck he's doing.


The Go Fuck Yourself line fell a little flat due to the fat ass bitches afterward.

[Demaar]

Wow that was pretty weird. Amusing, but weird.

[chuanoplast]

I really hate the Robster in the new Dr. Mcninja comic (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=32&issue=13). So gross.

[The flying banana]

Started reading Awkward zombie after the recommendation here. It appeals to my nostalgia for Zelda and my love of smash bros, and takes the piss out of things which don't make sesne in either. I love it.

[Dan]

Why do I keep reading 8-bit Theater? I know it's bad. It just drags on and on and on and on and it never gets any better, but still I read it.

[Scribe]

I don't know, but I feel the same way about Dominic Deegan, and yet I keep going back every evening to see what's happened.

Maybe someday you'll tell your grandkids about how you read 8bt from beginning to end back in the day. All... *checks* 1055 and counting. That'll garner you a lot of respect.

It's good to see that Black Mage is still sassy.

[Demaar]

Oh man, thanks Scribe. By mentioning Dominic Deegan you reminded me I haven't checked out "Your Webcomic is Bad and You should feel Bad" in ages.

Edit: Shit, still hasn't updated since April :(

[Farvana]

You know, I gave Dominic Deegan money back when it was like 6 months old and it wasn't apparent that it would never improve.

If any of you ever travel time, you need to find me when I've got that debit card in hand and punch me in the face.

[Scribe]

I wouldn't, because no doubt I'd come across you in a bar some time after that, and we'd have a brilliantly scripted conversation like this one (http://dominic-deegan.com/comic.php?id=2052&save-as=20081104.gif). "Which condition, Dex? There were so many of them. Alcoholism? Drug dependency? Or have you taken up abuse again?" Mookie, you've outdone yourself. Panel 5 is also a favourite.

Tell me though, was the bonus desktop you recieved as horrendous desktop sized as they look in the thumbnails?

[Scythemantis]

Was Wonderella (http://nonadventures.com/2006/11/04/bound-for-vengeance/) mentioned yet? It's adorable. She's a terrible person.

I must agree about Achewood, with its subtly weird and witty dialog and things that don't sound funny when described aloud but just get funnier and funnier every time you read them.

[munroe]

Was Wonderella (http://nonadventures.com/2006/11/04/bound-for-vengeance/) mentioned yet? It's adorable. She's a terrible person.

I must agree about Achewood, with its subtly weird and witty dialog and things that don't sound funny when described aloud but just get funnier and funnier every time you read them.

Chris Onstaad is an American treasure. It's easily the best webcomic, if just for the universe alone.

[Farvana]

Huh. Looks like Fanboys' domain got sniped.

[Kaatridge]

Snap.

[shMerker]

Is anybody familiar with Copper (http://www.boltcity.com/copper/)? How about Gunnerkrigg Court (http://www.gunnkrigg.com)? Those are my favorites that haven't been mentioned here yet. Copper is apparently the result of Bill Waterson (http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/) and Hayao Miyazaki (http://www.onlineghibli.com/) secretly having a baby, and Gunnerkigg Court is a great combination of folklore-inspired fantasy and disarmingly likeable characters.

I'm also a big fan of Penny Arcade, Dr. McNinja, and 8-bit theater, which others have already mentioned.

[Farvana]

OH HOLY FUCKING MOTHER OF GOD

COPPER UPDATED

I'm a big fan of Kazu and the Flight anthologies (I have 1-3, my ex has 4 {god dammit}); I thought someone had mentioned GC earlier. Gunnerkrigg isn't brilliant, but it's definitely enjoyable.

Dresden Codak wishes it was Copper but with more merchandise.

[shMerker]

I love Flight. I have volumes 4 and 5 and Flight Explorerer. I got my Flight 4 signed by Kazu Kibuishi and a bunch of other artists at San Diego Comic Con '07. Speaking of Flight, Ryan Estrada Day is now one of my favorite holidays. You may have noticed back when he did a guest strip for Eegra that he also did a guest strip for everybody else that week too. One of my favorites was his strip for Templar, Arizona (http://www.ryanestrada.com/2008/09/20/comics/guest-strips/templar-az/).

Oh hey, I don't think anyone has mentioned Sarah Ellerton (http://www.seraph-inn.com). I really love her artwork and she deserves props simply for being the most professional webcomic artist in existence. When she says there will be pages on Monday and Thursday she means it.

Edit: I just remembered that Chainsawsuit (http://www.chainsawsuit.com/) exists. There was a recent strip (http://www.chainsawsuit.com/20081223.shtml) that I think a lot of people here would appreciate.

[Farvana]

Oh, yeah, Phoenix Requiem. The art always seemed too clean for my tastes, and the pacing is glacial, but I can see why people like it.

[shMerker]

Have you seen it recently? The artwork has shifted toward more a of a soft-shading look gives everything a lot more warmth. But yeah, Inverloch moved slowly and Phoenix Requiem is moving more slowly. Although the subject matter seems more appropriate for the pacing this time around.

[Farvana]

Has anyone else tried to follow Kagerou (http://www.electric-manga.com/)? I liked it when I first started getting into webcomics, but now I just don't see it getting anywhere.

[shMerker]

I've seen it before. I couldn't make heads or tails of anything in it.

I recently discovered MS Paint Adventures (http://www.mspaintadventures.com) since it's been featured on VG Cats for a couple of months now. It's a comic that has multiple pages per day and is done in the format of a text adventure with "commands" requested by readers. It is completely off the wall and does an excellent job of taking the piss out of text adventure games and video games in general by basically embracing their inherent madness.

[Demaar]

Web comics bother me when the creator tries to stick to a single style and they don't try experimenting or evolving their art. You can see that in that Phoenix Requiem comic Farvana mentioned. The art HAS improved, but you REALLY have to pay attention to notice the difference.

The worst offender of this is cut/paste comics (B^U).

[shMerker]

The improvements were more noticeable in Her earlier comic, Inverloch. In fact, when the comic was going to be published in print, Ellerton went back and redrew a lot of early pages to match the current style.

Improving art often requires a bit of experimentation. And experimentation is good, because it leads to better ways of doing things. But if your goal is simply to simply tell a story then it can also be a distraction, especially since a lot experiments lead to things that don't really give you anything.

[Demaar]

Oh, well, if she went back and redrew the early comics then replace that comic's name with something else.

[shMerker]

Why? It was the same script, just new drawings.

Most webcomics begin with a sucking period where the artist doesn't really know what they're doing and just basically learns about making comics by releasing completed comics pages. For comics that are so focused on an overarching storyline it makes lot of sense to go back and replace those pages with something that fits the whole better.

Film animators do something similar, saving the earliest scenes of the movie for late in the production schedule. This way they can have an engaging opening that effectively establishes the characters and makes full use of anything they learned along the way.

[Demaar]

No no, I agree. I'm saying my criticism doesn't apply to that comic then because I can't judge its full transition in its artwork for that very reason.

[shMerker]

Oh, now I get it. I was confused before. I thought you were saying that someone shouldn't be allowed to remake stuff or some other kind of Han-shot-first-cultural-five-second-rule thing.

Does anybody read Atomic Robo? It's not a webcomic but it is written by Brian Clevinger of 8-Bit Theater. If you'd like to see what 8-Bit Theater would look like with a few minor improvements, like an artist and a sense of direction, then I heartily recommend it. There are about a dozen issues out so far including the free comic book day issue that came out earlier this year(and that I believe is still on the nuklear power website somewhere) and the first 6 have been collected in a trade paperback.

It's sort a science fiction alternate history action-adventure about a robot built by Nicola Tesla who helped defeat the German Laufpanzers(walking tanks) during World War II and then went on to do everything from flying to Mars to fighting impossibly large insects, as well as killing his arch-nemesis, Baron Von Helsingard dozens of times. It's a comic that's just plain fun to read.

[Healy]

If you like silly puns in a semi-fantasy setting, I can think of no better webcomic than The Princess Planet! (http://www.transmission-x.com/_princess_planet/?p=4) I am reading through it right now.

[chuanoplast]

It's like pun heaven.

[Malefact]

If you like silly puns in a semi-fantasy setting, I can think of no better webcomic than The Princess Planet! (http://www.transmission-x.com/_princess_planet/?p=4) I am reading through it right now.

Wait, why on earth has no-one mentioned either The Order of the Stick (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/ootscast.html) or Erfworld (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/erf0001.html)?

Both have a great story and characterisation going on, but wonderful and silly puns abound throughout.

Furthermore, although Rice Boy has finished, The Order of Tales (http://www.rice-boy.com/order/) (his second project) is equally amazing.

[Captain Awful]

Buttersafe is pretty funny. I think of this as the anti-XKCD (http://buttersafe.com/2009/01/22/the-center-of-the-universe/). Better yet is A Simple Apology (http://www.meatsandfishes.com/apology/), this one (http://www.meatsandfishes.com/apology/index.php?date=2008-09-25) had me laughing for ages.

[fasturnating]

I like GastroPhobia (http://gastrophobia.com). It's cute and funny and cute.

Also Nintendo Super Squad (http://www.drunkduck.com/Nintendo_Super_Squad/index.php?p=101710). Try to count the different ways Mario has been drawn.

[Healy]

I like GastroPhobia (http://gastrophobia.com). It's cute and funny and cute.

Also Nintendo Super Squad (http://www.drunkduck.com/Nintendo_Super_Squad/index.php?p=101710). Try to count the different ways Mario has been drawn.

The Super Squad guy posts at my other forums. He's a nice guy, if really slow with the comics.

Also Gastrophobia is great and needs more love.

[I-ray]

Cooltendo's troll comments on every NSS strip are a brilliant touch. It's amazing how so many people take them very seriously.

Brawl in the Family (http://www.brawlinthefamily.com) seemed amateurish and bland at first, but it's actually really clever sometimes. Well, about as clever as a video game comic could possibly get.

http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/Images/24-WineforTwo.jpg

Edit: christ, I love this comic so much. (http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/comic115.html)

[Beavis Saves]

I recently discovered MS Paint Adventures (http://www.mspaintadventures.com) since it's been featured on VG Cats for a couple of months now. It's a comic that has multiple pages per day and is done in the format of a text adventure with "commands" requested by readers. It is completely off the wall and does an excellent job of taking the piss out of text adventure games and video games in general by basically embracing their inherent madness.

Andrew Hussie does this, and his stuff is generally stellar and often completely fucked up. Check out his other work here (http://www.andrewhussie.com/comics.php) most everything is good, but if you want to be awkward-ed out, Humanimals is the way to go.

[annie]

I will second Skinny Panda (http://www.skinnypanda.com), mentioned by Farvana. I love it like my firstborn, and Phil Cho will not update. He is like the man who does not pay child support to my firstborn.
John Campbell, however, is NOT one of the many deadbeat babydaddies in the land of webcomics! this isn't actually the reason why pictures for sad children (http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php) is awesome, though.

[Neen]

I don't know if it's been posted before, but I really like The Abominable Charles Christopher (http://www.abominable.cc/)

And this fellow (http://www.kukuburi.com/cast/rendo/) from this comic (http://www.kukuburi.com/2007/08/09/one/) comes to mind whenever I see Orson.

[I-ray]

The Nineteenth-Century Industrialist (http://thebaron.comicgenesis.com/d/20070116.html), one of the best webcomics that nobody ever reads. It's a damn shame that the author had to drop it in favor of a creepy blog about Ayn Rand, of all things.

[Demaar]

MS Paint Adventures is about the only thing I'm following these days. Still have my bookmarks for other things, but find that I'm just not checking on them. I do like Brawl in the family though, and some of the ones you guys have posted have been chucked into my bookmarks too :D

[antikhaoz]

My favorite web comics in descendant order:

Gone with the blastwave ( discontinued, if I'm not mistaken. Best fucking webcomic ever)
http://www.blastwavecomic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=1

Perry Bible fellowship ( discontinued)
http://pbfcomics.com/

Nintendo Super Squad ( discontinued and the final ones suck, horribly )
http://www.drunkduck.com/Nintendo_Super_Squad/index.php?p=101710

The first ones are pure gold:

http://comics.drunkduck.com/Nintendo_Super_Squad/pages/de52b74b248a5ea39a3759e3dd6b3a88.jpg
http://comics.drunkduck.com/Nintendo_Super_Squad/pages/6be27c5785fb970cd2856684d002fdda.jpg


Looking for Group ( still active, thank God)
http://www.lfgcomic.com/

[porkchop]

My favorite webcomics

SUPER MEGA (http://www.supermegacomics.com/index.php)
quite random and surreal. a bit like white ninja

electric retard (http://electricretard.com/index.html)
very angry and adolescent, it seems that the guy is just trying to be as outrageous and offensive as possible. which is at the very least, not boring.

[Neen]

Guise Guise, I just read through Problem Sleuth (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4) and I feel like a better person because of it. It's whimsically awesome, but at the same time adheres to a strick set of internal rules*. It's quite long, but don't let that stop you.

EDIT:*By which I mean it makes it up as it goes along but never contradicts past events.

[porkchop]

I have to say ms paint adventures is pretty awesome.

[Captain Awful]

I just went through that Problem Sleuth. It is hilarious.

[Scribe]

You probably know by now wether or not you like Questionable Content. Regardless though, this recent guest strip from Lucid-TV is totally awesome.

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1365

Incidentally, Lucid-TV is brilliant, and I had no idea. Despite it being posted on the first page and probably a bunch of others after. Still, here we go.

http://www.lucid-tv.com/index.html

[Demaar]

Problem Sleuth is my favourite ever. The epilogue ain't up to snuff, but still good...

[liam3000]

comics r gh3y, mangas 4 LYF`

[loinbread]

comics r gh3y, mangas 4 LYF`

so you browse megatokyo and... sore thumbs?

[shMerker]

Maybe he just doesn't read webcomics. Or maybe he reads one of the many fan-translated mangas available on the internet. There are quite a few.

[Ensenada]

What the hell? Sore Thumbs is actually still around? Who knew a comic could get by for five years on people reluctantly checking if it still existed?

[Neen]

Though today's is a little weak, Moe (http://www.firmanproductions.com/) is a pretty good comic. Perhaps even excellent. You may recognize him for his brief cameo in Problem Sleuth.

And I just caught up on Pictures for Sad Childeren. I thought Pual* was a mouth-piece for the author back when it launched, and consequently, the jokes flew over my head. Except calling Paris a bullshit town -- which is hilarious no matter the context. Anyway, I know it was brought up here before, but I tought I'd add my two cents.

*He's a ghost.

[Kaatridge]

Guys! Guys. Great. (http://kiwisbybeat.com/great.html) Oh, I don't mean its great, thats just the name of the the comic. I think its fantastic.

[liam3000]

ah guys I didnt realise you were talking about that post that a friend made in my name. I was browsing eegra when he arrived, and well you've seen what it led to. anyway, I enjoy both comics and manga, not just one or the other

[Bitterly Indifferent]

I am shocked and outraged that no one in this thread is discussing the Widow's Revenge (http://www.gamingsucks.com/widowsrevenge/) comic.

[shMerker]

That is depressing.

[Ensenada]

http://www.gamingsucks.com/widowsrevenge/page/6/

Wait, did she just hide the kids for years so she could make that joke?

Where's John Solomon when you need him?

[Bitterly Indifferent]

What about the only one I've seen commented on (http://www.gamingsucks.com/widowsrevenge/2006/07/24/the-phone-call/#comments)? The comment's actually funnier than the strip.

"You laugh now, but disappointing strangers on the internet is worse than letting your marriage disintegrate because there is a larger number of people involved!"

[Ensenada]

"You laugh now, but disappointing strangers on the internet is worse than letting your marriage disintegrate because there is a larger number of people involved!"
For a moment I thought you were talking about the comic itself being disappointing. Which I would agree with. Widows' Revenge is worse than brutal spousal abuse leading to a trial separation which finally results in a drunken murder/suicide.

Notice how their Cafepress shop is a menagerie of every part of the internet that you've become sick of, including Cafepress shops.

[shMerker]

I don't think drawing comics about how miserable you are qualifies as a form of revenge, even if it does depict the source of your misery as a total crapsack. If she really want's revenge she should start distributing embarassing personal information about her husband. Maybe she could auction some of his stuff on e-bay. Maybe she could log into his account and trash something valuable. Or get creative. Pose as him to foment conflict between his guildmates. This woman puts the passive in passive-aggressive.

[Ensenada]

Or maybe that murder suicide thing I mentioned. That would work too.

[Muz]

Oh God, that Widow's Revenge is so depressing. Normally I'd read at least 5 panels before judging.. but I read 3, and I just couldn't bear to read the rest.

[Neen]

I can literally not read that comic. It's just a mess of garbled chicken-scratch.

[Ensenada]

Your brain is trying to protect itself.

[antikhaoz]

Though today's is a little weak, Moe (http://www.firmanproductions.com/) is a pretty good comic. Perhaps even excellent. You may recognize him for his brief cameo in Problem Sleuth.


Moe is my new favorite webcomic. holly shit, I love it.

[shMerker]

Brian Clevinger just posted the Atomic Robo Free Comic Book Day comic book...day (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/27/fcbd-09-page-1/). It's a hilarious piss-take on super-villains and the sort of fights they have with super heroes. It also has a gunfight between a robot and a dinosaur.

[Flounderman]

Man I haven't read 8 Bit Theater in years and years. I should try and get back into it, I used to love it. It was only sprite comic worth reading.

[chuanoplast]

NEW CHAPTER OF PLATINUM GRIT (http://platinumgrit.com)

[Demaar]

Brian Clevinger just posted the Atomic Robo Free Comic Book Day comic book...day (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/04/27/fcbd-09-page-1/). It's a hilarious piss-take on super-villains and the sort of fights they have with super heroes. It also has a gunfight between a robot and a dinosaur.:(
He used logic to destroy the fun of time travel.

[Kaatridge]

NEW CHAPTER OF PLATINUM GRIT (http://platinumgrit.com)

This chapter is really good, too.

[shMerker]

:(
He used logic to destroy the fun of time travel.

Yeah but he's a massive hypocrite about this stuff. You should read the story about the giant ants from the first volume.

[shMerker]

Warbot In Accounting (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/warbot_001/) is like nothing else Brian Clevinger has written. I'm not sure if I like it. It's basically the same joke over and over again. Then again maybe that is the joke.

[Ensenada]

I would like Warbot more if it were a straight-up Dilbert parody, I think. In the first panel, an ill defined character would ask Warbot if he got the memo. Followed by a beat panel, and then Warbot...making war on him.

It's pretty great as is, though.

[shMerker]

Maybe you would prefer something like this (http://lff1127.deviantart.com/art/The-New-Guy-25766919)?

[Ensenada]

You misunderstand. I want to see the cast of Dilbert brutally murdered.

[Neen]

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/00249_2.gif

I didn't think I could love MSPaint Adventures anymore than I already have, but there you have it.

[Captain Awful]

Maybe you would prefer something like this (http://lff1127.deviantart.com/art/The-New-Guy-25766919)?

I've been looking for that flash video for three years, seriously. I could kiss you shMerker, with tongue.

[shMerker]

I didn't think I could love MSPaint Adventures anymore than I already have, but there you have it.

Have you seen the most recent "page"? It's taken the jump from being a comic about adventure games to almost being a full-blown adventure game.

[Demaar]

The easter eggs were fun.

[Ensenada]

Lightning Made of Owls (http://www.mezzacotta.net/owls/?comic=79) seems to be a experiment to determine what would happen if you put a bunch of terrible artists in a room with a bunch of people with terrible senses of humor. It's sort of interesting in concept, though.

[Neen]

Have you seen the most recent "page"? It's taken the jump from being a comic about adventure games to almost being a full-blown adventure game.

It was a nice novelty, but it really didn't add much.

[Demaar]

I've gone back to it after the reveal that Mr. All-caps is the Wayward Vagabond. It's a little more interesting after knowing that.

[Neen]

In one of those rare moments where I decide to click an ad, it was also one of the rare moments I wasn't thoroughly disappointed--My Cardboard Life (http://mycardboardlife.com/) is cute, and I really dig the style.

[Ham Denture]

http://www.abominable.cc/archive/

Also, Raymondo Person's pulling up from its dive, which is good. Eustace.

[Demaar]

That My Cardboard life thing IS cute. Reckon I'mma chuck it in my (recently cleaned out) comic bookmarks folder...

[Neen]

Gunshow (http://gunshowcomic.com/). It is good. You read, yes.

[shMerker]

Oh yeah, Gunshow is wonderful. For those who haven't clicked yet, you should know that it's by K. C. Green.

Why does it seem like everybody is either switching to or adding on a black and white gag strip? So far, in addition to Green I count Straubslip Krisis, Scott Cats, Tim Banality, and Apple Hawk as being part of this trend. Anyone else I'm missing? And yes, I'm going to let you decode all of those horribly contrived nicknames yourself. Have fun with that by the way.

[loinbread]

Oh yeah, Gunshow is wonderful. For those who haven't clicked yet, you should know that it's by K. C. Green.

Why does it seem like everybody is either switching to or adding on a black and white gag strip? So far, in addition to Green I count Straubslip Krisis, Scott Cats, Tim Banality, and Apple Hawk as being part of this trend. Anyone else I'm missing? And yes, I'm going to let you decode all of those horribly contrived nicknames yourself. Have fun with that by the way.

Scott Dewitt from Fanboys also has a black-and-white "minis" side strip, it is updated very infrequently though. Sorry I wasn't able to come up with a nickname for him.

[Demaar]

Dott Screwitt

[shMerker]

I also forgot Patch Sanders, whose strip was always black and white, but has switched over to a more quick gag-strip format recently.

[shMerker]

Let's Destroy Metal Gear (http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/) is lot's of fun if you're ever enjoyed or suffered through any of Hideo Kojima's uncompromising visions.

[Neen]

Nobody Scores (http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/)

Largely incomprehensible, but it's purty

[Neen]

Oh man, Cat Rackham (http://www.catrackham.com/) is just terrific. I mean seriously, you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you don't read it.

[Gatas Brilhantes]

Kittens and chronic depression? It's a winning combination!

[shMerker]

If you subscribe to Brian Clevinger's RSS for the dysfunctional adventurers and the existentially bankrupt robot then you already know about How I Killed Your Master (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/04/how-i-killed-your-master-001/). There are very few webcomics that really do action well. this seems promising in that area.

[Healy]

Comic Pot Pie (http://comicpotpie.frontal-lobe.net/?page_id=13) looks like it could be a lot of fun. It's basically a webcomic based around the comic replacement experiment (http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=366) Tailsteak did a while back Right now there's nothing going on, but hopefully after a couple replacement comics get going it'll be pretty active. I just sent in a comic a couple hours ago and the reply was pretty prompt.

[Demaar]

Awww man. MS Paint Adventures? SO rad the past couple of months. It's actually quite ridiculous how far it's come in a year. It's become one of my favourite THINGS ever (not just comic). Andrew Hussie is a pretty cool guy.

[The flying banana]

Andrew Hussie, Ryan North, Nick Wolfe, Ramon Perez... Canada is a land of webcomic artists.

[Demaar]

Hmm, can't say I'm familiar with Nick Wolfe and Ramon Perez's work, but I shall check 'em out :D

[Neen]

Not sure if its Canananadian, but Basic Instructions (http://basicinstructions.net/) is exceptionally well-written. I really can't pick a favorite amongst them.