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post #1 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:02pm
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Not having the cash or interest to visit the shop every month, I've been following several web-based serials:

Odysseus the Rebel, by Steven Grant I'm a sucker for straight-up Greek mythology, and this retelling injects some personality into pretty much every major player in the story of The Odyssey. Particularly interesting is Odysseus' near-misanthropic self-reliance and the behind-the-scenes glimpses of legends such as the plain Helen of Troy, who paid her poets to sing songs of her beauty.

Necessary Monsters Should be right up CHUD's alley: a dream team of movie-horror analogues (i.e., Freddy, Leatherface, Samara, etc.) team up to keep one of their own from getting too powerful and ruining the fun for everyone else. Can be a little corny in some places, but the character designs are pretty cool and the espionage aspects are well played against the horror.

Any others I should be on the lookout for?
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post #2 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:08pm
The Abominable Charles Christopher should be right up the alley of anyone who loved Jeff Smith's Bone. Abominable is worth it for the gorgeous art alone, but the story is a delightful mix of humor, pathos, and high adventure. I can't recommend this one enough.
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post #3 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:22pm
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The Abominable Charles Christopher should be right up the alley of anyone who loved Jeff Smith's Bone. Abominable is worth it for the gorgeous art alone, but the story is a delightful mix of humor, pathos, and high adventure. I can't recommend this one enough.
The skunk giving the double-thumbs up in the 8th strip ("A Word from Our Sponsors") just killed me. Consider this one bookmarked.
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post #4 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:34pm
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The skunk giving the double-thumbs up in the 8th strip ("A Word from Our Sponsors") just killed me. Consider this one bookmarked.
I liked the series from the beginning, but that was the moment I fell in love with it.
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post #5 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:34pm
I'm familiar with Karl Kerschl's work, but I never saw this kind of talent before. Count me in as a new fan of The Abominable Charles Christopher.
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post #6 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:47pm
I just caught up on all the strips, this thing is amazing. His grasp of how to maximize the storytelling he can do in just four panels is unbelievable.
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post #7 of 34
2/5/09 at 6:51pm
A fun little one Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell. Think Harry Potter but with more interesting ideas. ie. melding of mythology, magic and science.
The character art is kinda rough and weird at the start (think Bratz, eww..) but it gets much better as it goes along as the artist refines his skills.

You know it's got to have something going for it when it's Neil Gaiman's fav web comic as well.
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post #8 of 34
2/5/09 at 7:02pm
Just joining the chorus on The Abominable Charles Christopher. It's like Miyazaki adapting Bone. Bookmarked.
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post #9 of 34
2/5/09 at 7:05pm
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It's like Miyazaki adapting Bone.
My thoughts exactly. From the look of Charles to the environmental theme to the giant spirit bear, this strip just screams Miyazaki.

I also get a really strong Pogo vibe from the other animals.
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post #10 of 34
2/5/09 at 7:06pm
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Just joining the chorus on The Abominable Charles Christopher. It's like Miyazaki adapting Bone. Bookmarked.
That's probably the best way of putting it. I'm going to use that whenever I tell new people about the strip.
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post #11 of 34
2/5/09 at 9:08pm
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The skunk giving the double-thumbs up in the 8th strip ("A Word from Our Sponsors") just killed me.
Totally. It's great. Thanks for the heads-up Chris.

Someone on the boards once recommended Concerned a few years back, and being a big Half-Life 2 fan, I really dug it.

And being the whore I am, Undecided. Look for a 200 page collection, coming Fall 2037! I may one day get another website going, we'll see. This is probably my 6th or 7th strip.
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post #12 of 34
3/2/09 at 3:20pm
Daisy Owl is pretty good fun. The art is simple but effective.
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post #13 of 34
3/2/09 at 4:21pm
These are all pretty well-known, but:

Starslip Crisis is a consistently well-drawn, consistently funny, and just plain consistent SF/humour strip.

The Adventures of Dr. McNinja remains hysterical.
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post #14 of 34
3/2/09 at 10:31pm
Meredith Gran's Octopus Pie, the Brooklyn-based not-quite-adventures of Eve, a misanthropic 20-something stuck in a dead end job at an organic food grocery and her...ah, exuberant roommate Hanna.

From Kris Straub, creator of comics like Checkerboard Nightmare and the above mentioned Starslip Crisis, his punchy three-panel gag comic Chainsaw Suit.

KC Green's Horribleville, about himself as a pudgy slob cartoonist wrestling with the creative process, and his newer, three-panel strip Gun Show

The comics of Canadian artist Kate Beaton, in a humorous vein, with a lot of comics informed by her interest in history. Also, check out updates on her Livejournal.

Justin Pierce's Non-Adventures of Wonderella, a comic that happens to be about Wonderella, a superheroine who can be crude, clueless and apathetic at times. She has enhanced strength and durability but she can't fly (though she can jump “hella high”), Much of the humor comes from her dealing with her allies and nemeses and her seeming impatience with the oddball situations being a superhero entails.
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post #15 of 34
2/27/10 at 10:45pm
Space Avalanche by Eoin Ryan.

Also... Quality Webcomic Task Force. An older thread with a lot more strips mentioned.
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post #16 of 34
2/28/10 at 9:22am
Now the incomparable Perry Bible Fellowship is apparently over, Dinosaur Comics is the only one I check out with any regularity. There's so much of it by now I'm not sure what it's like for someone starting it for the first time - I found it back in 2004, when reading the whole archive wasn't that much of a time investment.

I find the good/bad quality ratio of the webcomics world is perhaps the worst in the history of anything ever.
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post #17 of 34
2/28/10 at 9:41am
Oglaf is NSFW but worth visiting every Sunday for some of the craziest fantasy shit you've ever seen.
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post #18 of 34
2/28/10 at 2:17pm
XKCD

You need more Schrodinger's Cat jokes in your life.
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post #19 of 34
2/28/10 at 3:50pm
DEAD WINTER is a guilty pleasure of mine. It starts...really rocky. And for all intents and purposes it IS just another "zombie apocalypse" comic. But damnitt, it just gets so damn STYLISH. Plus it features the best car chase I've ever scene in comic book form.

Observe!

http://www.deadwinter.cc/page/257.htm
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post #20 of 34
2/28/10 at 5:49pm
Really enjoying the Abominable strips. I'm gonna have to read this whole series.
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post #21 of 34
2/28/10 at 7:07pm
http://www.explosm.net/ Consistently crude and funny.

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/ Crudely drawn, sometimes hilarious.
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post #22 of 34
2/28/10 at 9:27pm
The Zombie Hunters has some pretty neat things going for it.
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post #23 of 34
3/1/10 at 5:17am
This is as good a place as anywhere to mention our own Doug/BobClark's Hard-Boiled Horror Tales. I've been enjoying them quite a bit.
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http://www.explosm.net/ Consistently crude and funny.
I never realized Cyanide and Happiness was drawn/written by a bunch of different people. I'm not sure what to think about that. I was only familiar with the ones by the Kris fellow because I check them out on Deviant Art.

Kind of off the topic, but when I did a quick search for Cyanide and Happiness on DA, there are lots CaH fanmade strips. I don't understand that at all. If you have a funny strip, how hard would it be to create your own stick figures to act it out? I guess it's similar to fanfiction, in that say you're a marginally talented writer, a fuckton more people will check out your writing if it's a Trek story(or whatever) than if it's original, so why bother.
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I find the good/bad quality ratio of the webcomics world is perhaps the worst in the history of anything ever.
Yeah, sometimes you'll find fantastic art or really funny stuff, but it's rare they strike a good balance of the two.
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post #24 of 34
3/1/10 at 6:48am
Achewood is where it's at for me. Another one that starts off a little slowly, but when he hits his stride, Onstad does some amazing things.

http://achewood.com/
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post #25 of 34
3/1/10 at 3:00pm
I have to thank you for the links to Odysseus the Rebel and Necessary Monsters. That was time well spent.
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post #26 of 34
3/19/10 at 3:04am

Axe Cop!

http://axecop.com/

If you like comics involving Cops using the perfect Fireman's axe to kill a gang of bad dinosaurs, you'll love Axe Cop. Just be careful if you get blood on you because you might turn into a bad guy (or something awesome like a Dinosaur Soldier.)

About the creators (who are a 29 year old comic artist and his 5 year old brother.)

Here's a youtube video showing their collaboration process.

Be sure to also read Ask Axe Cop.
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post #27 of 34
3/19/10 at 4:03am
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http://axecop.com/

If you like comics involving Cops using the perfect Fireman's axe to kill a gang of bad dinosaurs, you'll love Axe Cop. Just be careful if you get blood on you because you might turn into a bad guy (or something awesome like a Dinosaur Soldier.)

About the creators (who are a 29 year old comic artist and his 5 year old brother.)

Here's a youtube video showing their collaboration process.

Be sure to also read Ask Axe Cop.
Oh my god. This is one of the greatest ideas since ever.
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post #28 of 34
3/19/10 at 5:11am
So happy to see the love for Charles Christopher and Wonderella. And Axe Cop is indeed amazing.

I always check to see if there's anything new from Kate Beaton (ETA: She's already been mentioned, but hey). Her LiveJournal is more reliable than her actual website.

Jess Fink's Chester 5000XV story just concluded, and is waaaay NSFW.

Also recently wrapped up: Anders Loves Maria. Epic.
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post #29 of 34
3/19/10 at 5:35am
Thanks guys. I'm glad I bumped this.
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post #30 of 34
4/20/10 at 12:24pm
The Guns of Shadow Valley, a Western comic with some heavy Deadlands influences -- steampunk, mutants, magic, and gun-slinging.
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post #31 of 34
4/20/10 at 12:56pm
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XKCD

You need more Schrodinger's Cat jokes in your life.
Agreed.

Nedroid is also often very funny.
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post #32 of 34
4/20/10 at 1:01pm
Dear lord, Gunshow's last "The anime club" strip is magical....I cant stop laughing at it.
Thanks for introducing me to that one.

His PVP guest strip was wonderful as well.
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post #33 of 34
4/20/10 at 2:02pm
One look at my avatar should explain why I'm in here - yet another shout-out to Axe Cop. He'll chop your head off!

(That panel up there also happens to be the best panel from any AC comic created thus far, not to mention one of the funniest goddamn things ever - )
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post #34 of 34
11/23/10 at 6:53pm
Might be interesting for folks who enjoy web comics: http://chud.com/articles/articles/26...ILM/Page1.html
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