Sensible Erection | The Return of Ye Olde Webcomics Post

Monday, 27 August 2012

quote [ I have taken it upon myself to transcribe the entire history of events, one at a time, and mail them into space. I’m not super fond of research so I may be off on a few details but I’m pretty sure all this stuff happened probably. ]

My followup to Transfer's webcomic post around this time last year: http://sensibleerection.com/entry.php/84182
Here are a few of the comics I follow, what is everyone else reading these days?

http://www.deartoadington.com/
Main link. Pretty new comic that's sort of all over the place, reminds me a bit of Three Word Phrase or maybe a low-rent Perry Bible Fellowship.

http://www.ryan-a.com/
Ryan Andrews was the main link last time around, but you should go look again. He has a new five page comic called "Sarah and the Seed" that's really good.

http://www.happletea.com/
Happle Tea is a comic I haven't seen mentioned around here. It's mainly focused on mythology and the art is pretty slick.

http://ohumanstar.com/
O Human Star is a new comic that I've just come across, so there isn't a lot there yet, but it seems promising. It's about Androids?

http://www.skindeepcomic.com/
Skin Deep... also about mythological creatures! But this one is a story-driven comic about the mixing of worlds. Slow to update but the story is good.

http://limbero.org/littleleague/66
The Justice League as little kids. A bit on the cutesy side. Pretty much says it all.

http://forlackofabettercomic.com/
Aaaaaaand frog.

[humour] [by AceBandage@11:39pmGMT] [+10 Good]

Comments

spite48 said @ 11:55pm GMT on 27th Aug [Score:1 Interesting]
Schlock Mercenary
Epic and clever space opera. never misses a day, and a decade worth of archive.
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/

Scenes from a Multiverse
Neat.
http://www.amultiverse.com

Spacetrawler
I guess I like Space Opera
http://www.spacetrawler.com

Gunnerkrigg Court
I'm not sure what this is about, but I find it compelling.
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/index2.php

Erfworld
Much cleverer than it seemed at first.
http://www.erfworld.com/

Oglaf
Perverted Fantasy, which I wish updated daily instead of weekly.
http://oglaf.com/

Skullkickers
Beautiful art. Violent. Silly.
http://skullkickers.keenspot.com/

GordonGuano said @ 2:01pm GMT on 28th Aug
Schlock may very well be the bee's knees, but I just don't trust Mormons involved with sci-fi. I suspect that if I were to fall asleep reading it, I'd wake up to find myself writing a check to Joseph Smith. 10% of whatever Howard Tayler makes goes to his creepy cult, so I can't in good conscience support it.

By the same token I don't see movies with prominent Scientologists unless their character dies.

spite48 said @ 8:33am GMT on 29th Aug
I have been watching closely with that in mind. Too clever and amusing, and I don't want to discriminate against his work if he continues to keep his religious influences within the reasonable realm of a mere part of the artist's inspirations.

Barnabas_Truman said @ 8:25am GMT on 31st Aug
I've been wondering about that lately. Are Mormons just naturally good at writing sci-fi because their religion has conditioned them with fantastical ideas about space travel for years?

spazm said @ 12:04am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Insightful]
It's kinda weird. I am barely aware of web comics while there's so much good stuff (apparently), and the medium is excellent for it too. And that while I used to read a lot of printed comics when I was younger...

So yes, I'm gonna start reading web comics from now on! Great post!

KingPellinore said @ 12:25am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Underrated]
My big three are:

Girl Genius
www.girlgeniusonline.com

Questionable Content
www.quqestionablecontent.net

Something Positive
www.somethingpositive.net

And I consider Menage a 3 a guilty pleasure
www.menagea3.net

Bek said @ 2:05am GMT on 28th Aug
I'd like to add myself to list of people that read Ma3 as a guilty pleasure. So many boobs!

dreamingzephyr said @ 2:06am GMT on 28th Aug
Me three.

dreamingzephyr said @ 2:06am GMT on 28th Aug
The writing's nothing special, but I always appreciate advances in bisexual visibility.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 2:18am GMT on 28th Aug
I came across ma3(no pun intended) a few weeks ago and really enjoy it. I went back and read every update.

todde said @ 2:36am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
Menage a 3 and Goblins are my guilty pleasures
http://goblinscomic.com

DarkShadowRavenDragonGrrl69 said @ 9:32am GMT on 28th Aug
You should check out some other comics. I know these have been around for a while but do you really enjoy reading them or has it just become a habit to read them?

KingPellinore said @ 12:28pm GMT on 28th Aug
They aren't all I read, but I'd say they are the ones I enjoy the most consistently.

I don't read it at every update, but www.darthsanddroids.net is fun.

foobar said @ 12:36am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Underrated]
Schlock Mercenary has been very good hard sci fi for a very long time.

Subnormality is worth all the words.

If you don't like Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal I don't think we can be friends.

Dicebox is rather good, but it's more of a read the entire book as they're finished than follow along as they come comic.

Hactar said @ 12:49am GMT on 28th Aug
Skin Horse
www.skin-horse.com

Narbonic is completed, but the artist is doing a rapid fire rerun with commentary on each strip. It's worth reading
www.narbonic.com

Least I Could Do. There's a lot of it the bothers me, it's kind of a guilty pleasure, but it's funny as hell.
www.leasticoulddo.com

todde said @ 12:50am GMT on 28th Aug
In addition to the other Good Things(tm) mentioned above I've got a soft spot for

The Abaddon
http://abaddoncomic.com

Sinfest (in small doses)
http://sinfest.net

EPT said @ 12:51am GMT on 28th Aug
som have already been posted, so ignoring those:

Order of the Stick is great for anyone with a history of roleplaying. There a lot of clever stuff in it... unfortunately since he became 'successful' via kickstarter and other projects, updates are 2 per month. A significant archive though.
http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html

Lackadaisy is luscious to look at, particularly the later strips and associated art gallery.
http://www.lackadaisycats.com/

Transfer said @ 1:01am GMT on 28th Aug
It lives!

I'm happy to say that my post from last year kept me in Webcomics for a good long time. Whoever suggested Problem Sleuth has my undying gratitude and hatred because it lead directly into me reading all of Homestuck.

Here's something I read this weekend:
Crossed Webcomic. The original Crossed by Garth Ennis and the two sequels Crossed: Family Values and Crossed: Psychopath should be available in TPB or torrent. I believe Crossed: Badlands is still ongoing. It's not for the faint of heart, but there probably aren't any of those left on SE.

I still recommend everything I recommended last year.

Also apparently Gone with the Blastwave is still around. It's just over here now:
Blastwave.
The artist also has another strip which he hasn't updated in two years called TGSA.

And as I posted in another thread recently Sexy Losers is being updated sporadically on tumblr under the old Thin H Line name.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 2:20am GMT on 28th Aug
I loved Problem Sleuth but couldn't get in to Homestuck.

Transfer said @ 4:31am GMT on 28th Aug
Dude. It's insanely difficult to get into. The first three chapters are so slow, but there is the promise of something amazing just ahead. Like out of no where music plays, and there are interactive flash segments... and then you get to know the Trolls and it's like WHAT IS THIS WORLD I'M LIVING IN? And it fucking sucks you in because there are so many call backs and the timing is incredible. But that only lasts as long as the archive lasts, which is very impressive he updates a shit ton. And then when you're caught up you are in the unenviable position of waiting for the next update. Which the longer it takes the better it is... the current break has been going on for exactly one month. The last time this happened when the break finished he posted Cascade and it crashed New Grounds and megaupload at the same time because of all the fans rushing to watch it.

There are spoilers in there, but they go by so fast and you'll have no idea who anyone is that if you decide to read it and work all the way back to this point it'll be a complete surprise.

Kat said @ 1:04am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Informative]

Some repeats here:

Something Positive (checked religiously)
www.somethingpositive.net

Some of the rest, in no particular order:

A Girl and Her Fed
http://www.agirlandherfed.com/

Quiltbag (and Penny and Aggie)
http://quiltbag.keenspot.com/
http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=1

Menagea3 (NSFW)
http://www.ma3comic.com/

Girls With Slingshots
http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/

Head Trip
http://headtrip.keenspot.com/

Least I Could Do
http://leasticoulddo.com/

Gunnerkrigg Court
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/index2.php

Candi
http://candicomics.com/

Questionable Content
http://questionablecontent.net./index.php

Chimney Speak (NSFW)
http://chimneyspeak.com/

Oglaf (NSFW)
http://oglaf.com/

PvP
http://pvponline.com/comic/2012/08/27/total-recall1

Namir Deiter
http://namirdeiter.com/

Punch and Pie
http://punchanpie.keenspot.com/

Queen of Wands (retired)
I keep a print of this at work:
http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20051109.html

Punch and Pie
http://punchanpie.keenspot.com/

Red String
http://www.redstring.strawberrycomics.com/

Erstwhile
http://www.erstwhiletales.com/

A few of the retired or ones I lost interest in: Friendly Hostility, Sluggy Freelance, Fans!, etc.

Despite living in Seattle, I don't check in on Penny Arcade or Girl Genius very much. SMBC is one that I check in on once or twice a year. Same with XKCD. They seem to be fine with that.

headlessfriar said @ 1:11am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Good]
Surprised I haven't seen the adventures of Dr. McNinja here yet.
http://drmcninja.com

Chop-Logik said @ 1:23am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:2]
Y'all folks hate html, don't you

Kat said @ 1:45am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Hot Pr0n]
I love being lazy.

Supreme_Coconut said @ 2:31am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:2 Informative]
In Firefox you can highlight a link, right-click on it, and it'll give you the option to open the link in a new tab.

azazel said @ 3:29pm GMT on 28th Aug
It works in Chrome as well. Highlighting is too much work though. I should install linkify again.

rndmnmbr said @ 1:23am GMT on 28th Aug
It warms my heart to see all the love for Schlock Mercenary. I'm sad that Howard Taylor is planning an end - even if that end is another eight years out. This is good stuff.

It looks like the great revival of Achewood has petered out, again. It had a good run, though.

Digger and FreakAngels are complete, and worth a good read.

Darths and Droids has finally caught up to the original trilogy.

Surviving the World continues to amuse, even if it's not precisely a webcomic.

Bad Machinery is missing the wacky lunacy of Scary Go Round, but it's still a fun and neat.

Fanboys is fun to read.

Manly Guys Doing Many Things revels in macho silliness.

Additional love for the usuals - Gunnerkrigg Court, Girl Genius, OotS, Questionable Content, Dr. McNinja, Oglaf, SMBC, etc.

todde said @ 2:36am GMT on 28th Aug
Diigger rocks

mjteegarden said @ 2:37am GMT on 28th Aug
I read many of the ones listed above (in fact, I think I found them from various SE posts). Unmentioned, though, are these:

http://www.afterdaylight.com/
Vampires come out of the coffin into the daylight, so to speak. (Authored by a friend, so I hereby plug.)

http://satwcomic.com/
I'm of Scandinavian descent, so I often find amusement here. Updates infrequently.

http://chuckleaduck.com/
http://www.nickyitis.com/

http://www.gogetaroomie.com/

http://www.dominic-deegan.com/

http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics3.html
IT'S ALL HERE.

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php
Been there; done that. Less 'humor' and more 'truth.'

http://amultiverse.com/

Elbasunu said @ 3:43am GMT on 28th Aug
I usually just lurk, but I think you guys would like The Secret Knots

and Max Overracts

and WHOMP!

Also, I put out Manifest Destiny

Oh god, i hope html works in these...

structured_spirits said @ 4:08am GMT on 28th Aug
One new comic I ran across since last year is called Wizzywig. It's a fictionalized account of early hackers including Kevin Mitnick. The story is now complete. Highly recommended historical fiction.

Wizzywig

structured_spirits said @ 4:13am GMT on 28th Aug
Oh and I almost forgot, whether or not you know who Chris Chan is, you should read Asperchu. An amazingly true and honest parody.

Phaedrine said @ 5:05am GMT on 28th Aug
What no Dresden Codak yet?

Gunnerkrigg Court and Oglaf have both been mentioned already, so I'll second those.

Phaedrine said @ 5:12am GMT on 28th Aug
Heh, I hit enter too quickly.

My other favorites are:

The Fox Sister

Powernap

Vattu

Rainbow Randolf said @ 5:32am GMT on 28th Aug [Score:3 Informative]
Dear Toadington is written by our very own Caffeine.

cb361 said @ 7:35am GMT on 28th Aug
Why no Wizard School? The only funny Harry Potter spoof I've ever read.

Also, The Noob

cb361 said @ 8:14am GMT on 28th Aug
And such an excessively guilty pleasure on my part that I can hardly bring myself to write this: Challenges of Zona. Not only an author-wish-fulfillment fantasy about women with swords and breasts bigger than watermelons, but it's made in friggin' poser for crissake!

My progression of involvement went from:

1. A fantasy web-comic by somebody who can't even draw? I'll read a few pages before I go to sleep, just to see how lame it is.

2. I can't believe how awful this is. I wonder what happens next?

3(AM). Don't look at me! Don't look at me! You have no right to judge me!

Actually, it's not half bad. And the romantic narrative (boy meets girl and they happen to hit it off from the start) seems more believable than the typical (boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl) story.

ComposerNate said @ 11:39am GMT on 28th Aug
My own collection of online comics with clickable links:
http://www.tnathanroane.com/comics.html

KingPellinore said @ 5:12pm GMT on 28th Aug
Is anyone good at identifying favicons?

I have most of these figured out, but a few elude me.

KingPellinore said @ 5:23pm GMT on 28th Aug
I can't figure out the big red "C" or the "i" on the black background.

ComposerNate said @ 6:50pm GMT on 28th Aug
http://www.cracked.com/
http://imgur.com/

KingPellinore said @ 6:53pm GMT on 28th Aug
Thanks for imgur. I thought the C was "cracked" as well, but it looks different if you go to the site. Did they change it or something?

ComposerNate said @ 8:32pm GMT on 28th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
Yes, they changed it.

DirtyBirdy said @ 4:30am GMT on 29th Aug [Score:1 Informative]
geocaching ... yahoo ... cnn, cracked, youtube, amazon, google, reddit, imgur, zombo ... facebook, ticketmaster ...

ithaqua10 said @ 8:40pm GMT on 30th Aug
yp is yellowpages and the capital F is fark.com ajc is atlantajournal-constitution (ajc.com)

cb361 said @ 6:25pm GMT on 28th Aug
Plus http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/ - home of Roadkill, Beepo and Weapon Brown.

DirtyBirdy said @ 4:28am GMT on 29th Aug
Jerkcity is the only comic you need.

I will pop your tits and punch you in the cunt.