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10 March 2008

witjher webcomics? I keep reading about these newfangles 'webcomics', but I can't seem to find any that aren't about ninjas, robots or 'gamers'.→[More:] What are you're favorite non-lame webcomics? XKCD is good, we like XKCD.

post by: signal at: 16:53 | 18 comments

What are you looking for?

A Serial comic like:

-A somewhat crude weekly about a disfunctional family of superheros?
-A new weekly describing what happens after the world ends, heavily influenced by steampunk?
-A beautifully illustrated comic about an Abominable Snowman named Charlie?

Or perhaps you like more of a daily-strip, non-serialize comic, like

- PHD, a grad student comic strip.
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, which is like xkcd for psychopaths.
- Truck Bearing Kibble, which is surreal and subtly witty.

posted by muddgirl 10 March | 17:02

Oh, and there's Something*Positive, which is sort of about gamers? If by gamers you mean people who play D&D? but it's really more about a group of cynical people trying to make it in the world, sort of like 20th century Mary Tyler Moores.

posted by muddgirl 10 March | 17:07

I quite like Achewood, which is absurd and clever and actually has pretty good art sometimes for a comic about anthropomorphic cats and stuffed animals (okay, and a couple of robots). Time named it the best graphic novel of 2007. The writing is pretty fantastic, and the characters are actually all distinct from one another (hopefully) not lame self-insertions by the author, which is part of the problem I see with a lot of the gamer-y web comics. Also, and I have no idea what you're into, but the ratio of really clever writing to really clever poop jokes is just right.

This is the first Achewood strip I ever read. Got me hooked, anyway.

posted by dismas 10 March | 17:07

Gah, nanoseconds after I hit post, I realized that Mary Tyler Moore is the 20th century Mary Tyler Moore. S*p would be full of 21st century Mary Tyler Moores.

posted by muddgirl 10 March | 17:08

- Cat & Girl is one of the best (and most understated) webcomics going.
- Overcompensating is Jeff Rowland's current daily comic (it used to be a sort of sidebar to his now-sidebarred Wigu strip). It is weird and scathing and wonderful.

posted by cortex 10 March | 17:11

mudgirl: by gamers I mean either the pen and paper kind or the joy-stick / -pad / -whatever kind, as I don't get any of the references. Serial and non-serials are both good.

posted by signal 10 March | 17:22

I like the Perry Bible Fellowship quite a bit.

posted by box 10 March | 17:23

I read these on a regular basis:

Cat and Girl
girls with slingshots
player vs player
Questionable Content
Sinfest
Wapsi Square

posted by eamondaly 10 March | 17:31

Seconding Perry Bible Fellowship

posted by doctor_negative 10 March | 17:34

I love Cyanide and Happiness.

posted by sperose 10 March | 17:49

You might want to check out Phil Foglio's Girl Genius and Buck Godot, Zap Gun for Hire.
Carla Speed McNeil's fantastic Finder series is also now being published in serial form online. The last link is to the RSS feed for the comic as opposed to an actual page because of the way Carla has set things up.

posted by ooga_booga 10 March | 17:57

explodingdog
indexed
A Softer World
Dinosaurs
Truck Bearing Kibble
Diesel Sweeties, while it has a few robot characters, is not about robots

posted by rhapsodie 10 March | 18:15

I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend Bunny, no? Some days are more random than others... try a few if it doesn't immediately grab you.

posted by somanyamys 10 March | 19:17

I like Perry Bible Fellowship and Achewood too. And I like:

Dinosaur Comics,
Natalie Dee, and
Copper

posted by halonine 10 March | 19:48

More thoughts: if you like Natalie Dee, definitely check out Toothpaste For Dinner.

If you're looking for a serial, there's the supercute (yet still occasionally mildly subversive) Little Dee.

Also casting my votes for Questionable Content, Dinosaur Comics, and Perry Bible Fellowship.

posted by somanyamys 10 March | 20:16

No-one's mentioned Red Meat yet - weirdly addictive, understated humour in a weekly strip. Occasionally features a homocidal robot.

posted by ninazer0 10 March | 23:25

McCloooooud! Wish he'd put more Zot! online.

posted by shane 10 March | 23:26

Octopus Pie - about 2 sarcastic young women in Brooklyn. Features ice-skating rivalry, marijuana cookies, and failed advertising schemes.

Scary Go Round - "started off as a comic about barmaids Tessa and Rachel, then it became more about Shelley Winters and her bizarre escapades"

I also read Questionable Content, Diesel Sweeties, xkcd, Perry Bible Fellowship and Achewood.

I used to read Count Your Sheep because it's adorable, but it doesn't have an RSS feed and I always forget to check it.

posted by heatherann 11 March | 11:12

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