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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: magus on February 19, 2012, 07:32:50 PM

Title: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: magus on February 19, 2012, 07:32:50 PM: soooooo do you read any? someone linked me to this one and i wanted to share since it's pretty cool albeit short

http://abaddoncomic.com/

another nice one

http://nedroid.com/
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 19, 2012, 07:37:01 PM: http://www.awkwardzombie.com - Generally video game-inspired comics

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/index2.php - Story-based fantasy series

http://harkavagrant.com - Historically-inspired insanity [best webcomic ever]

http://www.oglaf.com - NSFW fantasy porn comics

http://pbfcomics.com - Employs lots of irony and insanity, mostly dead now

http://dresdencodak.com - A webcomic about science
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Gazunta on February 19, 2012, 08:22:08 PM: Is it against the rules of the internet to plug my own stupid webcomic? OH WELL BANNED FROM THE INTERNET.

http://www.blowthecartridge.com - suggest an old video game, I will make a comic about it

http://www.funnywebcomic.com - breakfast radio hosts, perverted chocolate bars, tales of being a boring old man living in the suburbs.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 19, 2012, 08:31:50 PM: holy crap, it's GAZ :bow2

edit: and yes, 22 years later, i can admit that shadow of the beast (amiga) is totally naff.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:08:01 PM: Oglaf is the fucking shit, it has reduced me to tears on occasion

Recent fave (ongoing story, unfinished):
http://hicksvillecomics.com/magicpen/
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 19, 2012, 09:16:58 PM: Space Moose - not a webcomic officially but fuck it, I'm still including it.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 19, 2012, 09:24:51 PM: www.harkavagrant.com and www.penny-arcade.com are all I read. Kate released a collection recently- apparently working on all sorts of crap now so her site updates are going to be slower. OH WELL.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:32:51 PM: Valentine's Day Oglaf :nsfw

spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://oglaf.com/media/comic/obligation_day.jpg)
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Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:33:34 PM: Prowess

:nsfw

spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://oglaf.com/media/comic/omulette1.jpg)
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Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Shaka Khan on February 19, 2012, 09:43:23 PM: Broken links, man. You might want to rehost.

Anyhow, Olgaf looks cool. It took me a while to find the right feed link though.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:44:08 PM: pics show up fine for me, your internet is shitty
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Vizzys on February 19, 2012, 09:45:22 PM: doesnt work here either brah
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on February 19, 2012, 09:46:54 PM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:44:08 PM
pics show up fine for me, your internet is shitty

They don't work for me either. Maybe they show up because of your temporary internet files?
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:50:29 PM: jeez go to oglaf.com then
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Diunx on February 19, 2012, 11:08:14 PM: smh
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 01:29:38 AM: www.girlswithslingshots.com

www.xkcd.com

www.explosm.net

www.leasticoulddo.com

www.questionablecontent.com

Those are the ones I read daily.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Human Snorenado on February 20, 2012, 02:33:22 AM: No love for Achewood? It's consistently bizarre and occasionally incredible.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: pilonv1 on February 20, 2012, 06:40:01 AM: I used to read Questionable Content and Diesel Sweeties before I had less time. BRENDAN BREWER is ace though.

Love Hark & xkcx, and sad that PBF is dead :(
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Timber on February 20, 2012, 07:06:17 AM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on February 20, 2012, 02:33:22 AM
No love for Achewood? It's consistently bizarre and occasionally incredible.
Achewood was the best before whatever happened to Onstad happened.

xkcd and Questionable Content are really vile.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 20, 2012, 09:46:04 AM: I only read Penny Arcade, I'm so mainstream.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Reb on February 20, 2012, 02:05:32 PM: Quote from: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 01:29:38 AM
www.girlswithslingshots.com

www.xkcd.com

www.explosm.net

www.leasticoulddo.com

www.questionablecontent.com

Those are the ones I read daily.

Jesus christ, are you fucking kidding me?
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Joe Molotov on February 20, 2012, 02:19:33 PM: Quote from: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 01:29:38 AM
www.questionablecontent.com

Those are the ones I read daily.

I don't think that link is linking to what you think it's linking.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Shaka Khan on February 20, 2012, 02:36:33 PM: I stopped reading explosm a long time ago. I only really liked Rob's work, but now anymore. Either he changed or I changed.

Also, leasticoulddo is drawn a flaming homosexuals/bronies. Deadly combo.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 04:24:12 PM: i secretly enjoy xkcd, but i hate its fans so so so so much.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 04:25:08 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on February 20, 2012, 02:19:33 PM
Quote from: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 01:29:38 AM
www.questionablecontent.com

Those are the ones I read daily.

I don't think that link is linking to what you think it's linking.

Whoops.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/index.php

Also, sorry my tastes don't fit you guys? Uh... my bad? I thought we were just posting webcomics we read, so I did. -shrug-

I also catch Oglaf from time to time, but I don't keep up with it.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 04:28:28 PM: i <3 you tehjaybo, but i hate ANY gamer/nerd comic written by a man that stars a largely female cast. it's wrong on SOOOO many levels, wish fulfillment being the worst and, errrr, i can't think of the best, maybe the implicit white knighting of the whole gender?
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Shaka Khan on February 20, 2012, 04:31:44 PM: This is my current list of subscriptions:

(http://i.imgur.com/WWedm.png)

Excluding the ones I added last night, I dislike 70% of that list.

The only consistently good comics on that list are Modern World (when my foreign brains get the references) and Hark A Vagrant.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 05:29:32 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 04:28:28 PM
i <3 you tehjaybo, but i hate ANY gamer/nerd comic written by a man that stars a largely female cast. it's wrong on SOOOO many levels, wish fulfillment being the worst and, errrr, i can't think of the best, maybe the implicit white knighting of the whole gender?

I understand that, but I think that's part of why I like them. It only makes sense that it would appeal to me to read about things that I would like (I.E. Largely female casts in my life, etc). Also, some of the storylines are really good in these. Like LICD recently had a depression storyline that was a more serious humor note, which appeals to me as I have some severe depression that runs in the family, and I've been having to deal with lately.

Everything that I read appeals to me in one way or another. I think they're funny, I enjoy the art style, or I just enjoy the stories. I would think that is the only reason that anyone would read any kind of thing such as this.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: tehjaybo on February 20, 2012, 05:32:07 PM: I'm just glad that no one reads this piece of shit:

http://www.asofterworld.com/

Some of my friends used to LOVE this, and every time I looked at it, I had NO clue why. Take three unrelated B&W pics, put some stupid unrelated sentence fragment over each one, hit webcomic.

??? ??? ???
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 05:49:04 PM: :yuck
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: magus on February 20, 2012, 05:50:31 PM: some other stuff

www.nerfnow.com - mostly jokes about TF2
www.brawlinthefamily.com - nintendo jokes
http://www.smbc-comics.com/ - i know at least one other borean read this
http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c365/peachifruit/hiimdaisy/ - hilarious retelling of metal gear solid and phoenix wright
http://sevening.smackjeeves.com/comics/1122908/0004/ - a guy redrawing the whole of FF7 in comic form,kind of lame jokes but i really digs how he draws some of FF7 BG
www.wafflehouseninja.1up.com - i don't have much to say about this one
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 20, 2012, 05:51:12 PM: So webcomics are about as bad as newspaper comics.

Good to know.

edit:
(http://cdn.brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comics/2012-02-09-397-AnotherRescue.jpg)

Clearly, much worse.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 06:07:08 PM: anything about nintendo is guaranteed awful, eegra excepted
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 06:09:32 PM: The only good Brawl in the Family comics are the ones with Waluigi:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/29/191-triloigi/
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/21/small-delay/
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 06:16:53 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 06:09:32 PM
The only good Brawl in the Family comics are the ones with Waluigi:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/29/191-triloigi/
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/21/small-delay/

no
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Dickie Dee on February 20, 2012, 06:18:27 PM: no Cyanide and Happiness ???

Also, Kate Beaton is :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-4UEPGYZc8
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: MrAngryFace on February 20, 2012, 06:49:09 PM: have both her books- awesome.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 07:08:45 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 06:16:53 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 06:09:32 PM
The only good Brawl in the Family comics are the ones with Waluigi:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/29/191-triloigi/
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/21/small-delay/

no

yes
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 20, 2012, 07:23:25 PM: Yeah, most of those vidgame gag comics are just dreadful. There is an amazing amount of real comics work available for free but I guess that's not what this thread is interested in. I meet my daily gag strip needs with the Fantagraphics Krazy Kat editions I keep in the john :heart
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Flannel Boy on February 20, 2012, 07:25:25 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 07:08:45 PM
Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 06:16:53 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 06:09:32 PM
The only good Brawl in the Family comics are the ones with Waluigi:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/29/191-triloigi/
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/21/small-delay/

no

yes

no
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Mandark on February 20, 2012, 07:42:00 PM: Quote from: Flannel Boy on February 20, 2012, 05:51:12 PM
So webcomics are about as bad as newspaper comics.

There was a webcomic aimed at the Sex And The City set which got picked up by the Washington Post for their print edition and it's soooooooooooooooo bad.

edit: http://www.replyallcomic.com/ That's the one.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 07:51:49 PM: Quote from: Flannel Boy on February 20, 2012, 07:25:25 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 07:08:45 PM
Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 06:16:53 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 20, 2012, 06:09:32 PM
The only good Brawl in the Family comics are the ones with Waluigi:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/29/191-triloigi/
http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2009/09/21/small-delay/

no

yes

no

yes
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Himu on February 20, 2012, 09:59:10 PM: Quote from: Shaka Khan on February 20, 2012, 04:31:44 PM
This is my current list of subscriptions:

(http://i.imgur.com/WWedm.png)

Excluding the ones I added last night, I dislike 70% of that list.

The only consistently good comics on that list are Modern World (when my foreign brains get the references) and Hark A Vagrant.

how do you do this

also xkcd sucks
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 10:11:05 PM: Quote from: Spencer on February 20, 2012, 09:54:21 PM
Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 04:28:28 PM
i <3 you tehjaybo, but i hate ANY gamer/nerd comic written by a man that stars a largely female cast. it's wrong on SOOOO many levels, wish fulfillment being the worst and, errrr, i can't think of the best, maybe the implicit white knighting of the whole gender?

Ugh I know it's so awful but you read a bunch of it on accident and then you make a book mark and you're fucked because you use to fill time you're procrastinating instead of getting out of bed so you read the same horrible distinguished mentally-challenged shit everyday and it never ends

I'm currently stuck in a cycle of dr mcninja, questionable content, xkcd, dinosaur comics and hating myself.

"women are geeks and complex, too! best of all, they are JUST COMPLEX ENOUGH FOR YOU AND I TO RELATE TO. also nintendo is awesome! remember the nes?"
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: chronovore on February 20, 2012, 10:14:10 PM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:08:01 PM
Recent fave (ongoing story, unfinished):
http://hicksvillecomics.com/magicpen/

This is pretty brilliant.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: demi on February 20, 2012, 10:16:15 PM: i'm surprised by the lack of a certain moose from space
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Mandark on February 20, 2012, 10:25:42 PM: http://www.abominable.cc/

I haven't actually read this in a couple years, but it's fun with some wicked good art.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 10:29:11 PM: Quote from: chronovore on February 20, 2012, 10:14:10 PM
Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:08:01 PM
Recent fave (ongoing story, unfinished):
http://hicksvillecomics.com/magicpen/

This is pretty brilliant.

i enjoyed it -- it's clever -- but MAN the navel gazing by the morbidly depressed comic artiste is tiresome. i probably woulda had a better attitude going in if he HADN'T titled it "anhedonia" all presumptuous-like
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Shaka Khan on February 20, 2012, 10:31:29 PM: Quote from: Stringer Bell on February 20, 2012, 09:59:10 PM
how do you do this

also xkcd sucks

That's the new Google Reader's UI.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 20, 2012, 10:39:01 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 20, 2012, 10:29:11 PM
Quote from: chronovore on February 20, 2012, 10:14:10 PM
Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 19, 2012, 09:08:01 PM
Recent fave (ongoing story, unfinished):
http://hicksvillecomics.com/magicpen/

This is pretty brilliant.

i enjoyed it -- it's clever -- but MAN the navel gazing by the morbidly depressed comic artiste is tiresome. i probably woulda had a better attitude going in if he HADN'T titled it "anhedonia" all presumptuous-like

It's a whole genre! Artists who spend 12hrs a day staring at a blank piece of paper wondering why they are so depressed. It practically defines alt comix. I actually asked Alan Moore why he'd never taken a stab at this stuff in that video chat thing....his answer was great. It boiled down to - I am too outsized and odd a personality not to overpower my subject matter. (it didn't sound egotistical when he said it, because he is fantastically eloquent). Those with undersized personalities and nothing of interest going on in their lives and no interest in genre stuff but who happen to be awesome at drawing are basically doomed to chronicling the boring minutiae of their dull little lives, it seems.

For the unaware, Horrocks did a long run on DC's Batgirl back in the day so there are obviously strong autobiographical elements there.
Title: Re: let's talk about webcomics
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 20, 2012, 10:51:47 PM: Some cool long-form stuff, all of which have been released as books and are better read that way. But hard to beat free!

Forming by Jesse Moynihan

http://jessemoynihan.com/?p=11

Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod (extended preview)
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/ts2.0/ikf01/

Chester 5000 XYV
http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/?p=34

Probably all of those are :nsfw in some way but particularly Chester, it being straight-up porn