Online Comics

[filkertom]

And now the really fun one.

What are your favorite online comics? Please provide links (unless a link has been provided in an earlier post). I'll start with:

• Accidental Centaurs by John Lotshaw
• Alien Loves Predator by Bernie Hou
• Girl Genius Online by Phil & Kaja Foglio
• Kevin & Kell by Bill Holbrook
• Partially Clips by Rob Balder, our own partiallyclips
• Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik -- er, Tycho and Gabe
• PVP Online by Scott Kurtz
• Sabrina Online by Eric Schwartz
• Something Positive by R. K. Milholland
• User Friendly by J. D. Frazer

Note the distinct lack of Sluggy Freelance, a situation I am forced to because for over a year and a half I have not been able to make the slightest sense of the damn strip. Will someone please get Pete Abrams a new pharmacologist or somethin'?

Comments

[knitmeapony.livejournal.com]

http://www.achewood.com/ Achewood is wierd but consistantly well-drawn and deliberately surrealist

http://www.clv-comic.com/index.php C'est La Vie is sweet and silly and sarcastic and fun

http://www.ozyandmillie.org/ Ozy and Millie is IMHO the new Calvin and Hobbes

http://www.friendlyhostility.com/ Friendly Hostility can be a little awkward on the transitions but the art is great.

http://www.evil-comic.com/ Evil Inc makes me think a little bit of The Last Hero On Earth

http://www.scarygoround.com/ I have kind of a scary crush on the guy who writes Scary Go Round.

[foenix.livejournal.com]

While it's done with, I always had a huge place in my heart for Queen of Wands (http://www.queenofwands.net/), and is definitely worth a read. The art isn't to my liking, but the story and jokes transcended that, which is a rare thing, for me.

Most of your choices cover the other strips I check out on an occasional basis.

But I would be remiss if I didn't also mention the Wotch (http://www.thewotch.com), since it's done a crossover with Accidental Centaurs (Which I don't read), and because it's by friends of mine. ;) Geeky, mostly well written, and some of the better art out there.

Jason

[andrianna.livejournal.com]

The Devil's Panties
and Wrong Turn Comic are the only ones that I even look in on.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

You mentioned several I like. I have to add Sinfest and Order of the Stick.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

D'oh! I knew as soon as I clicked 'post', I'd remember one I forgot: Hello Cthulhu!

[catlin.livejournal.com]

Get Mideval on LJ.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Well, here's about half the ones I read regularly (stripped of already mentioned comics)

21st Century Fox (http://techfox.keenspace.com/)
Akida (http://www.aikida.net/view.php)
Antihero for Hire (http://antiheroforhire.com/)
Bigger than Cheeses (http://www.biggercheese.com/)
Blacklight (http://www.conscrew.com/blacklight/?)
Bob the Angry Flower (http://angryflower.com/)
Bruno the Bandit (http://www.brunothebandit.com/)
Casey and Andy (http://www.galactanet.com/comic/index.htm)
Catena Manor (http://www.catenamanor.com/comics/)
9 Chickweed Lane (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/chickweed/)
Clan of the Cats (http://www.clanofthecats.com/)
College Roomies from Hell!!! (http://www.crfh.net/)
Ctrl-Alt-Del (http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php)
Dilbert (http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/)
A Doemain of our Own (http://www.furfolk.com/)
Dominic Deegan, Oracle for Hire (http://www.dominic-deegan.com/)
El Goonish Shive (http://www.elgoonishshive.com/)
Errant Story (http://www.errantstory.com/)
Faux Pas (http://www.ozfoxes.com/fauxpas.htm)
Flipside (http://www.flipsidecomics.com/)
Foamy the Squirrel (http://www.illwillpress.com/)
Freefall (http://freefall.purrsia.com/)
Fur Will Fly (http://www.furwillfly.com/)
Gaming Guardians (http://www.gamingguardians.com/)
Gene Catlow (http://www.genecatlow.com/)
General Protection Fault (http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/calendar.html)
Irregular Webcomic (http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/)
The Least I Could Do (http://www.leasticoulddo.com/)
Loserz (http://loserz.scribblekid.org/index.php)
Mac Hall (http://www.machall.com/)
Megatokyo (http://www.megatokyo.com/)
Mystery of Science (http://www.project-apollo.net/mos/)
Nukees (http://www.nukees.com/)
PHD comics (http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/comics.php)
Questionable Content (http://www.questionablecontent.net/)
Real Life (http://www.reallifecomics.com/)
Schlock Mercenary (http://www.schlockmercenary.com/)
Soap on a Rope (http://www.soaprope.com/)
Sore Thumbs (http://www.sorethumbsonline.com/)
Suburban Jungle (http://www.suburbanjungle.com/)
SuperMegaTopia (http://www.supermegatopia.com/whatsnew.htm)
Tales of the Questor (http://npc.keenspace.com/)
The Gods of Arr-Kelaan (http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Gods_of_ArrKelaan/)
VG Cats (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?)
Wapsi Square (http://wapsisquare.com/index.html)

Most of the others I read regularly can be found at the Belfry Webcomics Index (http://www.belfry.com/comics/).

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Most of the ones I read have already been provided.... but then there's
The Stick Figure Dragons (http://www.feychild.com/stickfigure/index.html) and
The Whiteboard (http://www.the-whiteboard.com/index.html)
and I can't believe no one has mentioned Digger (http://www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=digger&view=current)

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Woopsie, and I forgot Homestrange (http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=48) cowritten by theferrett and roniliquidity

[kimpire.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on Sluggy Freelance. It started off so well... *sigh*

I gotta second trdsf on Order of the Stick. It's better than Sluggy Freelance was at its prime.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on Sluggy Freelance. It started off so well... *sigh*

You know, enough people have raved about Sluggy Freelance for so many years that I figured I must be missing something. But I honestly have *never* been able to get into it, despite multiple attempts.

De gustibus I suppose.

*Opens up the Bookmarks*

[seanmonster.livejournal.com]

The Comic/blog Overcompensating, brought to you live from a mansion in a swamp (slightly NWS). Some times guest-starring the Poopmonster of Diesel Sweeties (http://www.dieselsweeties.com/) and "The Gentleman" of Scary Go Round.

Greg Dean's Real Life (http://www.reallifecomics.com/).

I Drew This (http://idrewthis.org/), by D. C. Simpson. Rather cutting Lefty wit from the guy what does Ozy & Millie.

The Last Days of FOXHOUND aka, Gigaville (http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php), a Metal Gear Solid fan-comic. It's almost sad that Decoy Octopus (http://www.gigaville.com/characters.php) gets more lines in the comic than he(?) ever had in the game.

The mostly toy oriented Shortpacked! (http://www.shortpacked.com/), by David Willis. Batman (http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20050311.html) is always funny.

And Shine Heaven Now (http://hellsing.comicgenesis.com/), a doujinshi based on Hellsing (the Anime/Manga, NOT the movie Van Hellsing).

It's rarely up-dated, but Kill Harry (http://kungfool.transpect.net/webpages/stuff/hk19.html) (a Kill Bill/Harry Potter crossover) is very entertaining.

Now for a few LJ comics;

The New Adventures of Queen Victoria (http://tnaoqv.livejournal.com/). Clip art at its royalest.

This has to be the strangest paring I've ever seen, but the toy-based Abe & Kroenen (http://abe-kroenen.livejournal.com/23369.html#cutid1) makes it work...

And a plug for my own work in progress, Side Quests (http://side-quests.livejournal.com/2293.html). (http://www.wigu.com/overcompensating/) ()

[alymid.livejournal.com]

hmmm -
Friendly Hostility
Questionable Content
John and John
5ideways

I don't read many strips on a daily basis, but i like to pop in and check on them and catchup when I have time, I read quite a few of the same ones as you, so I thought I would just share some of the ones I like that are more off the beaten path.

[gryphons.livejournal.com]

hmm
-Kagerou (www.electric-manga.com) by Luka.

- Oh my Gods! (http://ohmygods.timerift.net/index.php) -this one is very good and nothing is beyond getting poked at..

- Metanoia (http://metanoia.studiowhippingboy.com/)
-<a href="http://therithere.comicgenesis.com/d/20060327.html> Theri there</a> what can I say I have rather eclectic tastes.. :) There's about 20 more on my bookmarks, but these I read regularly

[cheshyre]

Two Lumps: A smart cat and a dumb one...

[daundelyon.livejournal.com]

*sends you gooshy food* ~_^

[the-dark-snack.livejournal.com]

The ones I read regularly (not mentioned by you):

Girlamatic (http://www.girlamatic.com/) - various
Wigu (http://www.wigu.com/archive.php) & Overcompensating (http://www.wigu.com/overcompensating/) - Jeffrey Rowland (wigu)
On the Rocks (http://ontherockscomics.com/) - tylermartin
Todd and Penguin (http://www.toddandpenguin.com/) - David Wright (toddandpenguin)
Two Lumps (http://www.twolumps.net/) - Mel Hynes (takhisis & James Grant (flemco)
Edible Dirt (http://catmydog.comicgenesis.com/) - Matt Rosemier (ed_dirt)
Crappy Little Comic (http://www.crappylittlecomic.com/) - lulong
Count Your Sheep (http://www.countyoursheep.com/) - Adrian Ramos (adis_sheep)

There are a few others I read intermittantly but these are my main ones.

[zombiechan.livejournal.com]

Most of my favorites are already listed, but I did not see Ornery Boy!
Ornery Boy (http://www.orneryboy.com/) orneryboy

[twfarlan.livejournal.com]

There are some truly great ones out there, most of which have already been mentioned. My top list?
Questionable Content
Something Positive
Dominic Deegan
Girl Genius (and thank the Foglios for the 101 course to allow the rest of us to catch up!)
Orneryboy
Schlock Mercenary
The Order of the Stick
Wapsi Square
Penny Arcade, the 400 lb. gorilla of the webcomics world

[sylverwolfe.livejournal.com]

Megatokyo
Oh My Gods!
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Devil's Panties
Bunny
Real Life Comics

in addition to most of the ones you listed.

[hms42]

This is one I occassionally check out...

http://www.willwriteforchocolate.com/ by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Harold

[partiallyclips.livejournal.com]

I think it's neat that of the 10 comics Tom mentioned (counting Sluggy and eliding my own) I have personally met and/or shared a panel with the creators of 8 of them. By my count, this is also true of 19 of the other comics mentioned in this thread (I'm talking physical, meatspace meeting and chatting). I've had meaningful discussions by electronic means with another half dozen or so. This is one of the best aspects of doing a webcomic.

But I must stick up for Sluggy a little bit. Yeah, I was never pleased with Oceans Unmoving. But that plot is finally over. What I would consider "Classic Sluggy" returned on March 6th and it has been firing on all cylinders and a little bit of nitrous since. Please, ye lost Sluggites, consider picking it up from that link and going forward with Sluggy again. It's back to being a daily joy instead of a daily brow-furrowed headscratch and sigh.

Now, my personal recommendations for grossly underappreciated works among webcomics:

Big Fat Whale - Great political and social humor
Mitch in Wonderland - If Friends had not had network censors
Fuzzy Knights - Role playing plushies in occasional action adventures
The Splendid Everlasting - Webcomic noir, surreal and funny
Sordid City Blues - Practically the only non-gag story comic I read
The Adventures of Pathos and Bathos - I cannot write like this and I wish I could
Leisure Town - This has to be the most hardcore, subversive, anarchic webcomic there ever was. If you read no-other comic I list, make yourself read a few Leisure Towns. It will alter you in subtle ways, I promise.

[partiallyclips.livejournal.com]

And I would just like to add, to any of you who follow these links and check out these amazing and diverse comics...try to picture any of them on the comics page of your local metropolitan daily. It's what I'm so upset about in my other post. Reading what's possible in webcomics is the best way to see just how bad that Puritanical fascism of the comics page really is.

[jedilora.livejournal.com]

Narbonic by Shaenon Garrity. I subscribe to Modern Tales JUST for that comic.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

I share your love of Girl Genius, Kevin & Kell, Something Positive, and User Friendly. Another comment mentioned Sinfest. I also read:

Bruno (NOT the bandit)
Little Dee
Freefall
Dork Tower
Nodwick and Full Frontal Nerdity
WayLay

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

I;m going to have to kill you now.
I just spent the entire morning reading Girl Genius. I *should* have been writing my paper but nooooooooooooooo!

Thanks. ;-) I didn't know Phil Foglio had an online comic. Fun.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

You hadn't seen it before? You poor thing! (It actually started out as a "real" comic, went online maybe a year ago.)

[eibii.livejournal.com]

Seeing as how everything else I read has been mentioned here, I'm sure...

Digger (http://www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=digger), by Ursula Vernon (ursulav, yay!)
Wombats! Dead gods! Oracular slugs! Liver jokes! Who could ask for more?
Beautiful, whimsical, poigniant, quirky, thrilling, and prone to the occasional vampire squash attack. (Recently been nominated for an Eisner, canyabelieveit.)

Her website (http://www.metalandmagic.com/) is also well worth the gander, for such marvels as The Bog Unicorn (http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?set_albumName=beastiary&id=bogunicorn&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php&PHPSESSID=90b7dced4f92e468e9db33e1752a8484), The Smallrus (http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?set_albumName=beastiary&id=smallrus&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php&PHPSESSID=90b7dced4f92e468e9db33e1752a8484), as well as The Wombat Tarot, and Battle Hamsters series. (http://www.metalandmagic.com/modules.php?set_albumName=anthromorphic&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php&page=1&PHPSESSID=90b7dced4f92e468e9db33e1752a8484)


usr/bin/w00t (http://w00t.chaobell.net/), while no longer being made, still holds a special place in my heart. I'll re-read it from the beginning at least once a year. Along with that, the creator, Chaobell, has since gone on to make Silent Hill: Bridge Of Thread (http://silenthill.chaobell.net/), a rather compelling and creepy story, based upon the Silent Hill series of videogames (while not necessarily requiring any prior knowledge of the SH universe, though it doesn't hurt).

[daundelyon.livejournal.com]

Grim Tales From Down Below (http://grim.snafu-comics.com/)
This is a fanfic type comic series based primarily on "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy", but tons of other cartoon characters show up. He also does a wonderful one based on the PowerPuff Girls, but that's on hiatus right now.

[eleri.livejournal.com]

Panda Xpress! Cute little girl, talking goat, British spy, roller disco assasin, cyborg panda, nifty factoids. What more could you want? Oh, and kick ass graphics.

It's just nearing the end of it's first book, though, so if you jump in on the main page, you could be very lost. Here's the beginning.

Also woth reading regularly is Irregular Webcomic

[zellion.livejournal.com]

Well, I can only find three that haven't been listed already, which is pretty good.

The Perry Bible Fellowship (http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html) - nonsensical, often offensive, always hilarious.

All Miracles Have a Price (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/studiounderhill/miracles/series.php) - fairly new, serious, and pretty dark.

Crap I Drew On My Lunch Break (http://crap.jinwicked.com/) - hilarious, cute, some videogame jokes, but mostly not