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The Webcomics Discussion
« on: September 02, 2014, 06:30:49 AM »
We're all here because of a webcomic, and webcomic readers never stop to just one of them. So what are your suggestions, the ones you follow and love? Share them with us!

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2014, 07:13:43 AM »
I read about a dozen others..
But of those, Unsounded by Ashley Cope really stands out.
Great artwork, clever writing, fantastic lifelike characters, and incrediblly detailed worldbuilding. Updates 3 times a week [Mon / Wed / Fri].

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2014, 07:40:00 AM »
I read about a dozen others..
But of those, Unsounded by Ashley Cope really stands out.
Great artwork, clever writing, fantastic lifelike characters, and incrediblly detailed worldbuilding. Updates 3 times a week [Mon / Wed / Fri].

I've just started reading it actually! Literally just started, still in the first chapter with the first monster.

I've also recently started reading Slightly Damned. Looks nice so far.
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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2014, 07:55:44 AM »
From all the ones I read, the one that stands the most besides SSSS is Prequel.

Quote from: PREQUEL: About
More specifically, PREQUEL is an interactive story where readers serve as the protagonist’s subconscious. It was inspired by the user command model employed by MS Paint Adventures and is based on the Elder Scrolls universe created by Bethesda Softworks, though familiarity with either of these is not necessary to understand PREQUEL. PREQUEL began as a forum thread on the MS Paint Adventures Forums, but has since been moved to its own site for readability (you are reading that site right now).

Thanks, and I hope you enjoy reading my story about an alcoholic cat who hears internet voices.
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It doesn't have an outstanding art, and it's going through some updating issues (Like, updating once a month / every two months / a week later...), yet I can't help but love Katia's cuteness. The updates come with several pictures (usually), and a lot of text. And there's some .swf here and there. Those are outstanding (and the principal cause for the long waits)
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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2014, 08:56:00 AM »
I've just started reading it actually! Literally just started, still in the first chapter with the first monster.

Hope you like it :)

One of the parts I really love about the Unsoundedworld is that it the kind of.. magic, used is not abracadabra -> fireball - but instead a kind of world-hacking.
So rather than random spellery, it has a structure much more like "Alright, listen up world. For this patch of earth with dimension that-and-that, we switch the solidity around with that bit of water there" - and all of a sudden you sink in that patch of earth. Would be bad news if they'd restore the solidity-aspect while you are still submerged in that bit of earth.. So the system very much depends on creativity, a welltrained eye for what to aspects to work with, et cetera.
Anyway, you don't actually need that to read the comic.  ;D

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2014, 11:05:53 AM »
I've also recently started reading Slightly Damned. Looks nice so far.
Slightly Damned is one of my favourite comics, too bad it updates only once a week.
Gunnerkrigg Court is a great comic. The art is in my option, very good at the later years, and updates pretty frequently. The artwork gets better after the first comics.

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2014, 11:36:40 AM »
Oh, dear god. So many. I think I'll just make a list and then update it if I remember something.

  • Unsounded
  • Girl Genious
  • Lackadaisy
  • xkcd
  • Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
  • Buttersafe
  • Gunnerkrigg Court
  • Romantically Apocalyptic
  • Two guys and Guy
  • Sandra and Woo
  • Widdershins
  • Chirault (how I found aRTD originally)
  • El goonish shive
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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2014, 11:44:45 AM »
Oh, I suppose I should make a list, too. Oops  :P

Let's see...

- Not a Villain
- Sandra and Woo
- Gaia
- Shades of Gray
- Strays
- I've read a part of Slightly Damned, so I'll put that in the list, too.
- There was a bunch of other webcomics, but none managed to capture my attention for long enough. If I remember more I'll add them. Meanwhile SSSS is my favorite one ;)
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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2014, 02:57:16 PM »
In addition to several of the comics mentioned above, I enjoyed Sarah Ellertons finished webcomics Inverloch, The Phoenix Requiem and Dreamless (Dreamless was illustrated by Sarah and written by Bobby Crosby). Link: http://seraph-inn.com/

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2014, 03:12:10 PM »
Hm. Let's see...
-Girl Genius
-Spinnerette
-Agents of the Realm
-SSSS (imagine that!)
-Paranatural

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2014, 03:31:24 PM »
Oh gosh, I was thinking about making this thread. I love webcomics, they are probably my favorite art form of all times. In my years I have probably followed over 60 of them.


HERE'S A LIST
http://thearchipelago.smackjeeves.com/ Really good adventure comic, nearing the end slowly.
http://questionablecontent.net/index.php This is like a sitcom of webcomics.
http://drmcninja.com/ A classic.
http://mokepon.smackjeeves.com/ If you like Pokemon, you like this.
http://flipside.keenspot.com/ not the most work safe... But it's good.
http://www.monster-pulse.com/ Pretty surprising.
http://www.snowbynight.com/ Different somehow.
http://www.awkwardzombie.com/ Funny
http://www.thezombiehunters.com/index.php Zombies!
http://avasdemon.com/ Pretty art, interesting world.
http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/ RPG parody with very good art.
http://hominidscomic.com/ Really interesting.
http://otusopus.smackjeeves.com/comics/ Cute art, recently started.
http://gingerhaze.com/nimona Nearing the end... Very emotional.
http://www.johnnywander.com/ Funny and more serious strips.
http://solstoria.net/ Pretty new, seems interesting
http://feralgentry.smackjeeves.com/comics/ I think the artist describes this as "fairies in a mob", good art
http://www.true-magic.com/ Slowly starts getting interesting
http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/ Unique art, interesting
http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/ Great art, greater characters
http://no-end.smackjeeves.com/ This one is written by couple of finns and the setting is post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. Imagine that!
http://everblue-comic.com/ Updates slowly but the world is interesting
http://judecca.co.uk/ Interesting story. Again not the most work safe or child friendly.
http://www.wormworldsaga.com/ Great art, unique
http://hemlock.smackjeeves.com/ Interesting art... Updates slowly
http://thefoxsister.com/ Updates slowly but is nearing the end, interesting


I have lots more but I left out what's already mentioned... Also I got lazy.

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2014, 05:44:21 PM »
Besides SSSS, I read:
Unsounded (though I'm taking a break so that I can binge read through the archive in a year or so)
Ava's Demon, a little thing that only updates one panel at a time, three days a week, but loads of panels per update.  Neat style, intriguing direction.
and xkcd, which needs no explanation.

Also, noako, my sister was friends with the artist of Nimona, growing up.  Always nice to see another reader.  :)
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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2014, 02:23:31 AM »
Well, the webcomics that I follow regularly are:

Sandra and Woo - Humor comicstrip
Gaia - High Fantasy comic, made by the same creators of Sandra and Woo
Gunnerkrigg Court - Fantasy comic with elements of sci-fi
Spinnerette - Superhero drama/comedy
Brawl in the Family - Videogame comic, in it's final run  :'(
Ava's Demon - Space/Fantasy that's drawn in single-panel storyboard style
xkcd - Humor comic about technology, science, mathematics and relationships
Scandinavia and the World - Humor comic about stereotypes, history and culture
Rumplestiltskin - A retelling of the classic fariy tale

Also I follow some newspaper strips on gocomics.com

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2014, 05:05:56 AM »
Hmm, a lot of the webcomics I actively read have already been mentioned.

These ones are pretty good though:

Doomsday, My Dear
Hinges
The Black Brick Road of OZ
Kiwi Blitz

I'm sure there's at least a dozen more that I can't think of right now.

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Re: The Webcomics Discussion
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2014, 05:33:25 AM »
Hero by Hwei is looong, with beautiful art, a unique different interface - For the most part, you need to hover the mouse over each panel to see what it says, so the comic feels sort of quiet - and almost completed. The updating is not exactly regular though, so it may stay almost completed for quite a while!
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