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Title: Webcomics
Post by: Nick1911 on April 04, 2012, 05:14:28 PM
Well, it's been half a decade since we had one of these threads - what webcomics do you follow?

Daily:
XKCD (http://xkcd.com/)
Schlock Mercenary (http://www.schlockmercenary.com/)
and fairly recently:
Wondermark (http://wondermark.com)

Infrequently:
SMBC (http://www.smbc-comics.com/) (Someone will send me a link to one of these now and then)
Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com/)

And for whatever reason... I can't stand Penny Arcade.  And I think liking Penny Arcade is required for my profession.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: AJ Dual on April 04, 2012, 05:30:22 PM
I read two dailies from Big Head Press. Escape from Terra, and Quantum Vibe.

Both are pretty much just L Neil Smith space-opera set in a settled solar system, full of Libertarian preachiness.

There's several others, but I won't admit to them. Some decidedly NSFW, and some of you folks think I'm weird and pervy enough as-is.  >:D

My biggest beef with webcomics is finding a good one. Going back through a couple years archives in an afternoon, being invested in the story line, and because it's so painstakingly drawn, and the author/artist needs his day job to make ends meet, updates are insanely infrequent. Once a month or less. You stop clicking the links every day, subscribe to the RSS feeds, but you find yourself checking even that...

The crappily drawn ones, but that have good writing, that the producers are able to update on a regular basis tend to be more satisfying. But you keep on checking the slow ones.  :-X
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Jamie B on April 04, 2012, 05:33:32 PM
This is all Japanese to me - I'll be in the corner wearing my Stupid hat.......
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 04, 2012, 05:38:24 PM
APS
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: lee n. field on April 04, 2012, 05:50:11 PM
I read two dailies from Big Head Press. Escape from Terra, and Quantum Vibe.

Both are pretty much just L Neil Smith space-opera set in a settled solar system, full of Libertarian preachiness.

Ha!  Me too.

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L Neil Smith space-opera set in a settled solar system

And if you want the real thing, there's Probabilty Broach (http://www.bigheadpress.com/tpbtgn), "Roswell, Texas" (http://www.bigheadpress.com/roswell) and Phoebus Krumm (http://www.bigheadpress.com/pk) at the same site.

Also, XKCD, Day by Day, and Lovecraft is Missing (http://lovecraftismissing.com/).  
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: bedlamite on April 04, 2012, 05:55:44 PM
XKCD and Cyanide and Happiness.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: AJ Dual on April 04, 2012, 06:02:28 PM
...Cyanide and Happiness.

Hey, we're discussing webcomics. Not cannon to live one's nihilisticly funny life by.

And I'm pretty sure APS has "separation of church and state" in it's TOS somewhere.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: vaskidmark on April 04, 2012, 06:39:36 PM
Nobody else reads DBD?  http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/

For grins I also read Delta Bravo Sierra http://www.deltabravosierra.us/ .  Used to be daily but ever since Damon got a real job it's about twice a week.

Red Meat http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/ is not daily, but Bug-eyed Earl and his compatriots are needed to get through the week.

Thee are a few mainstream comics but I'm not going to admit to them by name.

stay safe.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Devonai on April 04, 2012, 08:57:55 PM
Bob The Angry Flower.  The artist's politics aren't to my liking, but most of the strips are hilarious.

http://www.angryflower.com
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Regolith on April 04, 2012, 09:04:56 PM
Ctrl+Alt+Del (http://www.cad-comic.com/)

Penny Arcade (http://penny-arcade.com/)

The Trenches (http://trenchescomic.com/)

xkcd (http://xkcd.com/)

Cyanide and Happiness (http://www.explosm.net/comics/)

Basic Instructions (http://basicinstructions.net/)

Looking For Group (http://www.lfgcomic.com/)
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: lee n. field on April 04, 2012, 09:24:59 PM
Every once in a blue moon I'll make it over to Attack Cartoons (http://www.attackcartoons.com/).  He's good.


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Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Boomhauer on April 04, 2012, 09:29:21 PM
The Oatmeal http://theoatmeal.com/
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 04, 2012, 09:53:42 PM
Girl genius
Oglaf
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: cosine on April 04, 2012, 10:19:17 PM
PhD Comics (http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php)
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: RoadKingLarry on April 04, 2012, 11:51:53 PM
Day by Day and XKCD are the 2 I keep up with and look in on others time to time.
I used to be a big fan of newspaper comic strips, Alley Oop being my favorite but I don't keep up with even Alley Oop any more even though I actually know the current artist doing the strip.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: HeroHog on April 05, 2012, 09:07:33 AM
You asked fo it!

http://techfox.comicgenesis.com/   21st Century Fox
http://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/   amazingsuperpowers
http://www.babyblues.com/   Baby Blues
http://www.bearnutscomic.com/   Bear Nuts
http://betweenfailures.com/   Between Failures
http://www.duncepress.com/   Billy the Dunce!
http://www.bugcomic.com/   Bug
http://dtoons.com/conroy/   Chronicles of Conroy Cat -
http://chuckleaduck.com/   Chuckle-A-Duck -
http://www.explosm.net/comics/new/   Comics - Explosm.net
http://countyoursheep.keenspot.com/   COUNT YOUR SHEEP
http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/present.htm   Cross Time Cafe
http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/   Devil's Panties
http://dilbert.com/   Dilbert
http://www.dumbingofage.com/   Dumbing of Age
http://www.dummcomics.com/   Dumm Comics
http://filteredfuzz.com/   filteredfuzz.com
http://freefall.purrsia.com/   Freefall
http://geebasonparade.keenspot.com/   Geebas on Parade
http://www.daniellecorsetto.com/gws.html   girls with slingshots
http://www.guttersnipecomic.com/   Guttersnipe
http://www.imycomic.com/   Imy
http://www.jeffschuetze.com/   JEFBOT
http://jessemoynihan.com/   Jesse Moynihan
http://johnnyoptimism.blogspot.com/   Johnny Optimism
http://www.kevinandkell.com/   Kevin & Kell
http://luciphurrsimps.com/   Luci Phurr's Imps
http://www.modestmedusa.com/   Modest Medusa
http://www.grimmy.com/   Mother Goose & Grimm
http://www.gocomics.com/   My Comics Page
http://www.nemu-nemu.com/   Nemu & Nemu
http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/minicomics/NEOCTC/present.htm   NEOCTC
http://www.nicky510.com/   Nicky510
http://notinventedhe.re/   Not Invented Here
http://ohgoodie.net/   Oh Goodie!
http://omaketheater.com/   Omake Theater
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/   Penny Arcade!
http://www.perspicacity1.com/   Perspicacity!
http://cagle.com/politicalcartoons/   PoliticalCartoons.com
http://www.conservativecartoons.com/index.php   Politically Correct Cartoons
http://www.pvponline.com/   PvP
http://www.sandraandwoo.com/   Sandra and Woo
http://www.smbc-comics.com/   Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
http://sawbonesonline.com/   Sawbones
http://www.schoolbites.net/   School Bites
http://sci-ence.org/   Sci-ence.org
http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php   Sequential Art
http://www.sheldoncomics.com/   Sheldon
http://www.slagoon.com/cgi-bin/sviewer.pl   Sherman's Lagoon
http://www.simonscat.com/   Simon's Cat
http://www.sinfest.net/   sinfest
http://www.sisterclaire.com/   Sister Claire
http://www.sluggy.com/   Sluggy Freelance © 2002 Peter Abrams
http://sorethumbs.keenspot.com/   SORE THUMBS
http://www.stationv3.com/   Station V3
http://tanktop.antelucan.com/   Tanktop, Texas
http://terminallance.com/   Terminal Lance - I've got soul, but I'm not a soldier.
http://www.thebookofbiff.com/   The Book of Biff
http://www.the-whiteboard.com/index.html   The Whiteboard
http://tonedeafcomics.com/   TONE DEAF
http://www.tundracomics.com/default.asp   Tundra
http://fulltimeink.com/dino   Uh-oh, it’s a Dinosaur
http://www.unshelved.com/   Unshelved
http://www.userfriendly.org/static/   User Friendly the Comic Strip Daily Sta…
http://www.wapsisquare.com/   Wapsi Square
http://www.wevolt.com/Mohagen/   WEvolt  Mohagen
http://xkcd.com/   xkcd
http://z7.comicostrich.com/index.php   Z7
http://www.zfcomics.com/   Zorphbert and Fred
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Jamisjockey on April 05, 2012, 09:13:28 AM
http://terminallance.com/
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: BryanP on April 05, 2012, 12:22:19 PM
I have a slight webcomics addition.  There are about 50 or so that are in a bookmarks folder that I "open in all tabs" every morning on the laptop before I get out of bed.

Let's see, going from memory (since I don't have a copy handy) the list will be much shorter.  And as mentioned earlier, there are some that very rarely update.  Here are a few of my favorites off the top of my head.  There are plenty more too.

Schlock Mercenary
XKCD
Girl Genius
Questionable Content
Dominic Deegan
Something Positive
The Trenches
Looking For Group
SMBC
Least I Could Do
PVP
Kevin and Kell
Sheldon
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: HankB on April 05, 2012, 01:22:38 PM
Read Quantum Vibe and Escape from Terra, and of course The Probablility Broach, Roswell, Texas, and the others at the BigHeadPress site. (Some of the others were . . . odd. Really odd.)

If I miss them in the paper, I try to catch Dilbert (http://www.dilbert.com/2012-03-21) and Mallard Fillmore (http://mallardfillmore.com/) on line.

(I'm sure there's people at my employer feeding ideas to Scott Adams . . . there's just no way some of his strips would track so well with real life otherwise.)
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Balog on April 05, 2012, 01:53:25 PM
xkcd and smbc daily/tri-weekly.

I also read QC but am moderately embarrassed about it.

Used to keep up with Looking For Group and Order of the Stick, but not for a long time now. I was happy to see Perry Bible Fellowship has started updating again.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Devonai on April 05, 2012, 06:34:53 PM
Oh, sweet, I love PBF!

And I would, in fact, sell my soul for a puppy.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Balog on April 05, 2012, 07:26:04 PM
Oh, sweet, I love PBF!

And I would, in fact, sell my soul for a puppy.

Yeah, although he tok down a bunch of the old strips, looks like he pubbed a book and wanted some exclusively print content.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: RevDisk on April 06, 2012, 10:41:22 AM

Something Positive.  Start from the beginning and enjoy the awesomeness.

http://somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml


(Warning: Do not read if sensitive. Only read if you are a horrible person, with a terrible dislike of humanity. Then you'll be laughing your head off.) 
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: lee n. field on April 06, 2012, 11:13:09 AM
Something Positive.  Start from the beginning and enjoy the awesomeness.

http://somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml


(Warning: Do not read if sensitive. Only read if you are a horrible person, with a terrible dislike of humanity. Then you'll be laughing your head off.) 

Dec 12, 2001.  I laughed.  I guess that makes me a bad person.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: BryanP on April 06, 2012, 11:20:37 AM
Something Positive.  Start from the beginning and enjoy the awesomeness.

http://somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml


(Warning: Do not read if sensitive. Only read if you are a horrible person, with a terrible dislike of humanity. Then you'll be laughing your head off.) 

Quite a few years back when I was a regular on THR (before all the Big Dramatic Kerfuffle took place), I linked the strips involving Fred (Davan's dad) when some moron teenagers broke into his house and he ended up shooting an earlobe off one of them.  Several people told me they went back and started from the beginning, including the moderator who unlinked them because of the NSFW language in the strips.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: erictank on April 06, 2012, 06:04:29 PM
Just what I need, something ELSE to kill what little life I have offline. :facepalm: =D

I actually don't read any regularly, but have enjoyed PvP, Day By Day, XKCD, and a couple of others already mentioned on an irregular basis.
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: RevDisk on April 11, 2012, 07:21:44 PM

Hey Nick,

For you, buddy:  http://somethingpositive.net/sp06022004.shtml

(Somewhat but not really safe for work)
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on April 11, 2012, 07:39:47 PM
Hey Nick,

For you, buddy:  http://somethingpositive.net/sp06022004.shtml

(Somewhat but not really safe for work)

Sadly true...
Title: Re: Webcomics
Post by: Devonai on April 11, 2012, 10:36:15 PM
I should have mentioned Something Positive as well.  I've been with it since 2002.  Somewhat pedestrian lately, but at least Randy replies to his e-mails.