Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Webcomics, Part 2

Nic Buxom by Nic
Autobiographical comic by a professional dominatrix. Interesting subject presented in a cute way.

The Non-Adventures of Wonderella by Justin Pierce
Wonder Woman as a lazy, selfish alcoholic. Once a week, usually parodies whichever superhero movie just came out.

NSFW
: Oglaf by Trudy Cooper

Fantasy + sex = hilarity. The main plot concerns an extremely unlucky apprentice to a sorceress. Some jokes do require knowledge of Celtic folklore or Oscar Wilde to understand.

Our Valued Customers by MRTIM
Strange things said by real people in a comic book store, illustrated. Distinctive art and, being based in reality, always surprising.

Overcompensating by Jeffrey Rowland
Jeffrey Rowland runs Topatoco and supplies the image for necrosis. This is, very loosely speaking, his journal comic. Often features other artists from this list as characters.

Penny Arcade by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins
This one is obvious. It's been running for over a decade, defined the gaming webcomic as a subgenre, spawned conventions, a charity, a game series, an online reality show, and potentially a feature film.

The Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
This has been on hiatus since 2008. The general rule of comics is the fewer words, the better. Gurewitch is the master of conveying meaning quickly through art alone, or a handful of words. His artistic range covers a variety of styles as well.

pictures for sad children by john campbell
imagine magical realism that's so depressing it loops around and becomes hilarious. this is like that.

Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques
If you're reading this because you were in my circle of friends in high school, you already have favourite characters and ships you'd die to defend. For everyone else, very good slice of life comic with a large roster of characters, great art evolution and serious character beats amidst the hilarity. Also most of the characters are on Twitter.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner
Before you start reading this: the red circle below the comic has an extra panel. Nothing worse than being halfway through the archive before you realise that. Statistically the second funniest thing ever. In some cases the image will establish an expectation, the caption will subvert it, the second line of the caption changes the meaning again, and the extra panel again changes the meaning. Weiner has also written other comics on this list, and has a sketch comedy show.

Scenes From a Multiverse by Jonathan Rosenberg
Well drawn, very funny comic about life in an "ordinary, everyday multiverse". Each week readers vote for one scene to be continued the next week, so each week Rosenberg is trying to create more interesting characters and settings than the last.

NOT SAFE FOR WORK. SERIOUSLY, THIS IS "THE ARISTOCRATS" TERRITORY HERE:
Sexy Losers by Clay
One of those cases where the content warning tells you everything you need to know.

Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida
Another long runner. The allegory can get a bit dense at times, but the art is great, especially the extra long, colour Sunday strips. Slick is my id.

Snowflakes by James Ashby, Chris Jones and Zach Weiner

More kid friendly than most of this list. Seven kids in an orphanage have adventures. One believes Jesus was a Viking, and has memorised the pressure points of a kraken.

Three Panel Soul by Matthew Boyd and Ian McConville
Autobiographical comic following on from Mac Hall, which I admittedly never read. Brilliant art in a variety of styles.

Tree Lobsters by Steve D
Conversations between arboreal lobsters, usually about skepticism or science fiction.

Wigu by Jeffrey Rowland
I've only read the more recent stories, but this has a thousand page archive. At this point, it's a kid having adventures involving a surreal alternate dimension. Since the author also writes Overcompensating and manages merchandise for most of the comics on this list, it's not updated often.

Wondermark by David Malki !
Webcomic made from photoshopped 19th century illustrations. Features ironic shirts, aliens and the majestic piranhamoose.

xkcd by Randall Munroe
You knew this was going to be here. Second or third webcomic I started reading in high school, took the zeitgeist by storm, Munroe as voice of a geek generation, inevitable backlash, equilibrium, etc.

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