Web Comics- S/D

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This is my comic: Killer Robots from Space. It is mostly about robots standing around saying stupid things to each other, so if you are into robots standing around saying stupid things to each other, perhaps this is the comic for you!

http://beatgirlcomics.blogspot.com/

I don't read any dead-tree editions of newspapers anymore, so all the newspaper strips are web comics for me now.

Gravypipe (my webcomic)

Like this a lot:
http://www.drewweing.com/settosea/?date=00010101

What does anyone make of this?
http://dresdencodak.com/2007/02/08/pom/

It's very accomplished, and I enjoyed it a lot at first - then it goes kind of, um, confusing, like Morrison turned up to 11 with a load of extra hardcore science geekery thrown in.

re: dresdencodak, I like the "let a thousand flowers bloom" that web publishing allows, and it is clear from just reading a little of it that it is geared towards a specific audience, and if I count myself out of that audience, I have no right to pass judgment on it, since as a webcomic, it cost me nothing to sample it and no one has thrust it at me unbidden.

this will change, however, if it turns into a pennyarcade thing where nerds around me drop references to it constantly and hold conventions...
dresdencodak, I'm warning you!

Oh and I like this webcomic but it turns out it is also printed, and it's sort of disheartening that I've yet to see any webcomics I like that are exclusively webcomics, which is bumming me out because I had real faith in the "let a thousand flowers bloom" thing.

http://www.jsayers.com/thingpart/thingpart.html

there's so many out there, though - i mean, webcomics have been around for over a decade, and the more successful ones do at least try to do some self-published books to make money

Would just like to say that Scary Go Round (which ended last week) was very enjoyable. Looking forward to seeing what John Allison has starting up next week.

also, it also depends on what you're looking for and your tastes. like to me, Dresden Cosdak has some pretty art and coloring but the story/characters/sense of humor are lame, the layouts seem to be designed by a spastic with no concern for readability, and it thinks itself far too clever in general

See, I like quite a bit of the humour in Dresden Cosdak, and I find a lot of the ideas very interesting - it's stuff that the trippier end of hard SF literature is concerned with, which I haven't really seen addressed in comics before. And I think he is clever, though in quite a weird and autistic way.

I agree that his shit is often not at all readable though, which is a big problem.

I thought http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/ was particularly excellent.

Is it me or has Achewood been unbelievably weird lately? I mean, great, also--the "becomes or already is" bit made me laugh for a couple of minutes straight--but the WTF factor is extremely high.

Also very fond of http://octopuspie.com , chiefly because it keeps hammering at its own boundaries.

Totally agree about Octopus Pie, seems to have improved greatly over the last year.

If you like that sort of stuff, but with a decidedly more misanthropic view (great characters, though!), try Anders Love Maria:
http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/

http://grandpapier.org

A difficult to navigate collective site, with a mix of French & English language works featuring some very nice looking artwork & probably some gems if you're willing to dig around.

"webcomics have been around for over a decade, and the more successful ones do at least try to do some self-published books"
What disappoints me is when I find out they originally started in print and are now using the web as a cheaper distribution/promotion system, which implies that even without the web, they'd still be around, though maybe less famous. (Though I'm not sure that's even true -- wouldn't Perry Bible Fellowship become as famous and popular as The Far Side in a pre-web marketplace?)

"he is clever, though in quite a weird and autistic way."
I would actually like to see webcomics by actual full-blown autistics. There was a print comic by a person with dissociative identity disorder that was semi-famous but I was never able to track it down.

Oop Oop boing,

Paradoxically, upon sipping my tea, I peruse www.nerdstrip.com - um, burp, whistle and fart your way toward financial independance like the monks do it!

I like Medium Large a lot.

http://www.doublefine.com/comics/Tasha/tasha_-_313/

http://whatthingsdo.com/comic/keeping-two/

uh
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17g47guk60mtcjpg/original.jpg

hah...

so it's very twee, but i think i like zen pencils
http://zenpencils.com/

Even my webcomic isn't a webcomic.

Though I read THE RACK and a few others. Oh, and OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS just when I want to lovingly caress my lips with the barrel of my .38 and wonder if I really have the guts to do it this time.

it's less twee than "inspirational dentist office walls" but i dig it somewhat

http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=347
this is amazing

http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/page-1
This is pretty good.

yup, nimona's good stuff

http://citycyclops.com/7.31.13.php

sad

http://24.media.tumblr.com/ee00f1b9519f2c7528f9948990fb99f2/tumblr_n0szugeiCL1sit9d2o5_500.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/a49d8bda4585bdd1826c39bd763618b4/tumblr_n0szugeiCL1sit9d2o8_500.jpg

What

this is pretty great -
http://beatonna.tumblr.com/post/81993262830/here-is-a-sketch-comic-i-made-called-ducks-in

very good. i want to see her do some more serious stuff like that

yeah i was about to post that, it's fantastic. If anyone hasn't seen her Christmas strip about her time there it's really good too, the video she linked of Fort McMurray at night in winter is otherworldly.

http://jl8comic.tumblr.com/
Justice League: Elementary School
so good

easier way to view them in order: http://limbero.org/jl8/archive

i like that one too

http://www.limbero.org/jl8/comics/165.jpeg

...what is the joke supposed to be there?

Hal and Bruce had a bet about Bruce asking a girl out.

good find, thanks!

this is pretty great: http://steveplaysbass.tumblr.com/

i was not aware this existed: https://medium.com/tag/nib-longform

Read the Argentina one and the HIV one - so much text the cartoon aspect is pointless (not helped by the quality of the comic)

agreed in several cases but i think it's still worthy of note

there's some good stuff there, thanks
funny thing i just heard of Matt Bor (the editor of The Nib) recently because he did a great pin-up in Hop Hop Family Tree

Like this is kinda good as illustration/polemic:
https://thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e

http://webcomicname.tumblr.com/

Yeah I dunno why this cracks me up but Branson Reese has some funny stuff

http://i.imgur.com/k1QhwTz.jpg

https://hyperallergic.com/468900/what-kind-of-capitalist-are-you/

I thought this was great
https://believermag.com/cabramatta

pretty good

This is also pretty good
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-witch/list?title_no=321848

i like it. added to my RSS

tfw when a comic artist you followed in the past came out as trans three years ago and you just found out, now. very strange

ohhhh this just happened in the last two weeks. i kept thinking, damn, how did i miss this

https://dashcon-baby-official.tumblr.com/post/639040171681202176/browsethestacks-kimtextileart

Original: http://www.patgrantart.com/toominavideo/toorminavideo.html

three things that are totally fucking awesome and intensely 2020:

Alex Graham's Dog Biscuits: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBjawMKjzWT/
Simon Hanselmann's Crisis Zone: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pLOuAhQz4/
Alec Robbin's Mr Boop: http://mrboop.net/

I am 100% ordering the book edition of Crisis Zone in August

That said - not your fault - Instagram is the worst way to introduce a comic for someone to catch up with

Mr. Boop was uh. Wow. Something. Komm, susser tod

did you finish it? it's pretty amazing on the wind up... guest appearance by Tim Robinson!

Dog Biscuits is similarly spectacular.

I have been reading Hanselmann for a... decade?, bought most of his handmade minis and zines through the mail or in person on two continents, got my Megahex HC kiss-signed with a lock of wig hair... but gave up on Crisis Zone a couple of weeks in because Instagram is so bad to read comics on

tried a bit of Mr Boop an hour ago, but not being able to see a single four-panel strip at once put me off too

Yes sic, we got it.

Apologies to Nhex for agreeing with them.

i'm just saying that your concerns about the media format are definitely understood at this point.

Love this from last year

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGnjuG3DtGW/?igshid=sj23qhfsejs4

https://thenib.com/on-set/

https://thenib.com/mlk-vs-rfw/

Passmore rules.

I only recently found out about this guy from a comics journal piece:
https://codecartooning.tumblr.com

He used to do Garbage Pail Kids art and has been at this kind of aleatoric stuff since 1992 (!)

https://thenib.com/bull-fights/

well-done piece. the Nib always funding great work

The current run of Simon Hanselmann's pre-Covid Megg and Mogg stories on Instagram... ugh. Just kind of awful and nihilistic. Reminds me why I had a hard time getting into his stuff. I'll still buy Crisis Zone as it was a gift to all of us in 2020, but jeez, these characters are not ones I want to generally spend time with.

Bhanu Pratap
https://ranabhanu.medium.com/