The Webcomics Discussion

[Alkia]

I have a new recommendation: Countdown to Countdown!!! I was drawn to it because of it's absolutely gorgeous, beautiful, colorful, detailed, painterly art style (which actually reminds me of SSSS in some ways!), and though the story is only just starting it looks like it's gonna be a good one. The characters and world are great so far too! tw; there's abuse, and some kind of gorey violent scenes

https://www.ctccomic.com/comic/archive

[MollyVampiric]

I can vouch for Countdown to Countdown. Question of my own... SSSS pretty much introduced me to webcomics in general, and I found out, even after semi-moving past it, I really like graphic novels. I've got the books for SSSS, Check Please!, and Cosmoknights, and I've been looking at Hooky (check those three out if you haven't), but I've been wanting something new. You guys have any recs in the books department? I know those are kind of more niche, but there's no harm in asking lol.

[Mirasol]

Hm, I don´t own a whole lot of physical graphic novels, but I can list some cool web-comics that I know were printed:

Scurry A very awesome post-apocalyptic comic about the animals left behind after the apocalypse, though I´m not sure whether the physical books are available outside of ongoing kickstarters...

A house devided: A fantasy-comic about a girl who inherits a house so big it´s basically an entire city, magic-shenanigans ensue, backgrounds are stunning. That one´s available on amazon as far as I know.

Chronoctis Express: Fantasy(?)-comic about a world in which people who die don´t immediately "die", but instead have one day to get their affairs in order. Then they take a train, the Cronoctis-Express, to the dead-world. But things aren´t as fair and orderly as they seem to be. This one is probably also on amazon.

Spoiler: tw • show

(As lots of people die in this one, the causes of people´s death are often explored quite detailed. Among other things murder and suicide, not really graphic but in the emotional department.)

Those are all I know from the top of my head, hope I helped!

[Alkia]

*cracks knuckles* I've waited for this day.

bolded= my favorites, books that, in my opinion, are on a next level and that you might want to check out first 

(inno particular order)
- The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang
- Are You Listening?, Tillie Walden
- Cast No Shadow, Nick Tapalansky/Anissa Espinosa
- American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang
- Friends With Boys, Faith Erin Hicks
- ApocalyptiGirl, Andrew MacLean
- The Spill Zone (series), Scott Westerfeld/Alex Puvilland
- Snapdragon, Kat Leyh
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Mariko Tamaki/Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
- Ye, Guilherme Petreca
- Ghosts, Raina Telgemeir
- The End of Summer, Tillie Walden
- Bloom, Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau
- The Witch Boy (series), Molly Ostertag
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
- Nightlights & Hicotea, Lorena Alvarez
- Sylvie, Sylvie Kantorovitz
- In Real Life, Jen Wang/Cory Doctorow
- Page by Paige, Laura Lee Gulledge
- Speak, Laurie Anderson/Emily Carroll
- Kiss Number 8, Colleen Af Venable/Ellen Crenshaw
- Brazen, Penelope Bagieu
- One Trick Pony, Nathan Hale
- The Nameless City (series), Faith Erin Hicks
- Spinning, Tillie Walden
- Last of the Sandwalkers, Jay Hosler
- Nimona, Noelle Stevenson
- Stargazing, Jen Wang
- Displacement, Kiku Hughes
- The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen
- Blankets, Craig Thompson
- Castle in the Stars, Alex Alice
- Something New, Lucy Knisely
- The Daughters of Ys, M.T. Anderson/Jo Rioux
- Illegal, Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin/Giovanni Rigano
- Awkward, Svetlana Chmakova
- Brave, Svetlana Chmakova
- Crush, Svetlana Chmakova
- Banned Book Club, Kim Hyun Sook/Ko Hyung-Ju/Ryan Estrada
- Compass South & Knife's Edge, Hope Larson/Rebecca Mock
- I Was Their American Dream, Malaka Gharib
- Baba Yaga's Assistant, Marika McCoola/Emily Carroll
- Zita the Space Girl (series), Ben Hatke
- The Deep and Dark Blue, Niki Smith
- Feynman, Ottaviani/Myrick
- Hawking, Ottaviani/Myrick
- Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis
- Amulet (series), Kazu Kibuishi
- Little Robot, Ben Hatke
- Rapunzel's Revenge & Calamity Jack, Shannon Hale/Dean Hale/Nathan Hale
- Estranged (series), Ethan Aldrige
- Mary and the Riddle of the Sphynx, Joe Todd Stanton
- Shattered Warrior, Molly Ostertag

And then two more I can't for the life of me remember the names of or find on the internet. One was about this girl who ran away from home and travelled with a homeless man/in the homeless community for a while, set in the 1930's I think, and had lots of yellow and monochromatic-color-scheme chapters. Maybe something with a Sam in the title?? It was very good. The other one was this almost illustration book, with lots of different art styles, but it had a story and it was about this girl and this weird fuzzy hat creature that went on a journey together. It was also excellent.

[Lallicat]

I just checked out a graphic novel called “Beetle and the Hollowbones” by Aliza Layne which I particularly enjoyed!

[RanVor]

*cracks knuckles* I've waited for this day.

bolded= my favorites, books that, in my opinion, are on a next level and that you might want to check out first 

(inno particular order)
- The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang
- Are You Listening?, Tillie Walden
- Cast No Shadow, Nick Tapalansky/Anissa Espinosa
- American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang
- Friends With Boys, Faith Erin Hicks
- ApocalyptiGirl, Andrew MacLean
- The Spill Zone (series), Scott Westerfeld/Alex Puvilland
- Snapdragon, Kat Leyh
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Mariko Tamaki/Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
- Ye, Guilherme Petreca
- Ghosts, Raina Telgemeir
- The End of Summer, Tillie Walden
- Bloom, Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau
- The Witch Boy (series), Molly Ostertag
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
- Nightlights & Hicotea, Lorena Alvarez
- Sylvie, Sylvie Kantorovitz
- In Real Life, Jen Wang/Cory Doctorow
- Page by Paige, Laura Lee Gulledge
- Speak, Laurie Anderson/Emily Carroll
- Kiss Number 8, Colleen Af Venable/Ellen Crenshaw
- Brazen, Penelope Bagieu
- One Trick Pony, Nathan Hale
- The Nameless City (series), Faith Erin Hicks
- Spinning, Tillie Walden
- Last of the Sandwalkers, Jay Hosler
- Nimona, Noelle Stevenson
- Stargazing, Jen Wang
- Displacement, Kiku Hughes
- The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen
- Blankets, Craig Thompson
- Castle in the Stars, Alex Alice
- Something New, Lucy Knisely
- The Daughters of Ys, M.T. Anderson/Jo Rioux
- Illegal, Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin/Giovanni Rigano
- Awkward, Svetlana Chmakova
- Brave, Svetlana Chmakova
- Crush, Svetlana Chmakova
- Banned Book Club, Kim Hyun Sook/Ko Hyung-Ju/Ryan Estrada
- Compass South & Knife's Edge, Hope Larson/Rebecca Mock
- I Was Their American Dream, Malaka Gharib
- Baba Yaga's Assistant, Marika McCoola/Emily Carroll
- Zita the Space Girl (series), Ben Hatke
- The Deep and Dark Blue, Niki Smith
- Feynman, Ottaviani/Myrick
- Hawking, Ottaviani/Myrick
- Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis
- Amulet (series), Kazu Kibuishi
- Little Robot, Ben Hatke
- Rapunzel's Revenge & Calamity Jack, Shannon Hale/Dean Hale/Nathan Hale
- Estranged (series), Ethan Aldrige
- Mary and the Riddle of the Sphynx, Joe Todd Stanton
- Shattered Warrior, Molly Ostertag

And then two more I can't for the life of me remember the names of or find on the internet. One was about this girl who ran away from home and travelled with a homeless man/in the homeless community for a while, set in the 1930's I think, and had lots of yellow and monochromatic-color-scheme chapters. Maybe something with a Sam in the title?? It was very good. The other one was this almost illustration book, with lots of different art styles, but it had a story and it was about this girl and this weird fuzzy hat creature that went on a journey together. It was also excellent.

Wow. That's quite a list. And I have read exactly zero of those.

[wavewright62]

Your Day Has Come, Alkia, and We Are Grateful.  Like RanVor, I read never even heard of this great treasure.
*cracks knuckles* *remembers my knuckles don't crack*
I need to see if the Auckland Libraries have any of these.

[RanVor]

*cracks knuckles* I've waited for this day.

bolded= my favorites, books that, in my opinion, are on a next level and that you might want to check out first 

(inno particular order)
- The Prince and the Dressmaker, Jen Wang
- Are You Listening?, Tillie Walden
- Cast No Shadow, Nick Tapalansky/Anissa Espinosa
- American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang
- Friends With Boys, Faith Erin Hicks
- ApocalyptiGirl, Andrew MacLean
- The Spill Zone (series), Scott Westerfeld/Alex Puvilland
- Snapdragon, Kat Leyh
- Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, Mariko Tamaki/Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
- Ye, Guilherme Petreca
- Ghosts, Raina Telgemeir
- The End of Summer, Tillie Walden
- Bloom, Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau
- The Witch Boy (series), Molly Ostertag
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
- Nightlights & Hicotea, Lorena Alvarez
- Sylvie, Sylvie Kantorovitz
- In Real Life, Jen Wang/Cory Doctorow
- Page by Paige, Laura Lee Gulledge
- Speak, Laurie Anderson/Emily Carroll
- Kiss Number 8, Colleen Af Venable/Ellen Crenshaw
- Brazen, Penelope Bagieu
- One Trick Pony, Nathan Hale
- The Nameless City (series), Faith Erin Hicks
- Spinning, Tillie Walden
- Last of the Sandwalkers, Jay Hosler
- Nimona, Noelle Stevenson
- Stargazing, Jen Wang
- Displacement, Kiku Hughes
- The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen
- Blankets, Craig Thompson
- Castle in the Stars, Alex Alice
- Something New, Lucy Knisely
- The Daughters of Ys, M.T. Anderson/Jo Rioux
- Illegal, Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin/Giovanni Rigano
- Awkward, Svetlana Chmakova
- Brave, Svetlana Chmakova
- Crush, Svetlana Chmakova
- Banned Book Club, Kim Hyun Sook/Ko Hyung-Ju/Ryan Estrada
- Compass South & Knife's Edge, Hope Larson/Rebecca Mock
- I Was Their American Dream, Malaka Gharib
- Baba Yaga's Assistant, Marika McCoola/Emily Carroll
- Zita the Space Girl (series), Ben Hatke
- The Deep and Dark Blue, Niki Smith
- Feynman, Ottaviani/Myrick
- Hawking, Ottaviani/Myrick
- Queen of the Sea, Dylan Meconis
- Amulet (series), Kazu Kibuishi
- Little Robot, Ben Hatke
- Rapunzel's Revenge & Calamity Jack, Shannon Hale/Dean Hale/Nathan Hale
- Estranged (series), Ethan Aldrige
- Mary and the Riddle of the Sphynx, Joe Todd Stanton
- Shattered Warrior, Molly Ostertag

And then two more I can't for the life of me remember the names of or find on the internet. One was about this girl who ran away from home and travelled with a homeless man/in the homeless community for a while, set in the 1930's I think, and had lots of yellow and monochromatic-color-scheme chapters. Maybe something with a Sam in the title?? It was very good. The other one was this almost illustration book, with lots of different art styles, but it had a story and it was about this girl and this weird fuzzy hat creature that went on a journey together. It was also excellent.

Wow. That's quite a list. And I have read exactly zero of those.

No, wait, correction, I've read Blankets. It was good.

[Songbird]

*cracks knuckles* I've waited for this day.

bolded= my favorites, books that, in my opinion, are on a next level and that you might want to check out first 

*snip*

And then two more I can't for the life of me remember the names of or find on the internet. One was about this girl who ran away from home and travelled with a homeless man/in the homeless community for a while, set in the 1930's I think, and had lots of yellow and monochromatic-color-scheme chapters. Maybe something with a Sam in the title?? It was very good. The other one was this almost illustration book, with lots of different art styles, but it had a story and it was about this girl and this weird fuzzy hat creature that went on a journey together. It was also excellent.

That's an impressive list! I've heard about a couple of these before, but only read Nimona. I like what I saw of these when researching and might pick some to read if I come across them.

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On an unrelated sidenote, one of my previous recommendations, Witchy, went on a 2 years hiatus.
The author signed up with someone to produce a tba comic, deciding to put Witchy on hold while she works on this other project. While it's sad to see a comic I was digging to be put on hold, I'm curious about what else she's working on; and this is one of the few comics I expect to be brought back to life after dormant given it's not happening due a case of writing yourself into a corner. It's not very different from waiting for a next book in a series.

[Opaque]

Witchy was really interesting and it's good that she wishes to continue once this new project is done. It'll be hard to wait for it to come back.

[LuckyCheshire]

My full list might be a bit long, so here's a few of my favorites  :
-Atomic Robo
-Awful Hospital
-Girl Genius
-Goblins
-Grrl Power
-Kill Six Billion Demons
-My Delirium Alcazar
-Sam & Fuzzy
-Skin Horse
-SSSS (duh)
-Ten Earth Shattering Blows
-Dominic Deegan
-Widdershins
-Wychwood
-Gone with the Blastwave
-Scapula
-Narbonic
-Dr. McNinja
On a side note, does anyone know the update schedule for Girl Genius? I may be an idiot and it's posted somewhere super obvious, but I can't find it anywhere.
Edit: Thanks Thorny!

[thorny]

Generally Monday Wednesday Friday. Occasionally not, for one reason or another; though they usually post something, if only an old picture, if they can't update.

Right now they're doing a side story because Phil had surgery and can't draw for a while.

[RanVor]

Oh, so we're posting our lists of favorites now? I... have already posted mine a while ago. Nothing's really changed since then, except that I started reading Tower of God, but I put it on hold like pretty much everything else...

[thorny]

It just occurred to me -- wasn't Witch Door supposed to come back off hiatus sometime? hadn't I better go look?

Witch Door's been updating again since August 18. I need to go do something else now, but will definitely be going back to that.

[Jitter]

There was a long thread about webcomic recommendations on the Disqus today. Many of the recommended titles are already mentioned in this thread, but still I wanted to save them so here’s a full copy.

Spoiler: show

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a day ago edited
So, like, what other webcomics are folks here reading? I’ve been following ARTD and SSSS for nearly a decade now, and I’m gonna need something else to fill this void! I also enjoy the threads the other readers post here, even if I’m not the biggest commenter myself. I’d love to cross paths again with you guys!

I’ve been reading/recommend:
Tiger Tiger (also a Finnish artist with a great sense of humor)
Wildelife
Gunnerkrigg Court
God Slave (mild hiatus but still updating in page drops)
Skin Deep
Digger (competed years ago but wonderful story nonetheless)

I would love it if you guys could expand on this with other material!
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gokalie  Puppers
an hour ago
No one has mentioned Widdershins. Its my current favorite and has a dozen+ complete shorter stories, excellent characterization and plot and the art is fine. unfortunately on slower but still regular updates over the current season.

Others I follow which have been mentioned are Girl Genius, Namesake and Gunnerkrieg Court, all of which have long production and regular updates, great stories and imagination. I tried Unsounded and it was just too violent for me, but I will try some of the others suggested here
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gokalie  gokalie
an hour ago
based on the comic suggestions here, a lot of you would enjoy Namesake - which has a very complex and innovative magical plotline (difficult to describe) involving known stories, including the Oz stories and Peter Pan, Thumbelina, Jack and the Beanstock, the firebird, Dr. Jekyl, among others and the competing bids to save or control the multiverse. Namesake has been ongoing for over 10 years.
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Arianwen  Puppers
5 hours ago edited
Regular updates:

Bicycle Boy (F) - post-apocalypse vaguely steampunk adventure story, GORGEOUS art with a host of intriguing and very distinctive characters

Never Satisfied (M,F) - magic, class, and the difficulty of understand others. Fantastic expressions. BROOM GIRL

Vattu (1-2 weekly updates) - nonhuman fantasy world, extremely professional work, Romanesque empire and conquered peoples.

It is a tragedy for a friend to die. I don't expect your forgiveness for that. It is a tragedy for an emperor even toexist.
Beyond the Western Deep (S, temporary hiatus) - a world in uneasy peace between the different mammalian races (basically squirrels, otters, wolves, ferrets and foxes). And now somebody's killed a general and ducked it up, leaving our young heroes in the middle of a conflict they had no part in creating.

Irregular updates:

Brainchild (1/week with occasional skips) - university student meets paranormal hallucinations (????) meets medical conspiracy (???????). Very expressive character design.

String Theory (intermittent but has been posting for years with no sign of stopping, long backlog) - supervillain origin story following the terrible but nonetheless sympathetic Dr Schtein. Again fabulous art (look at the most recent update holy SHIT), story up the wazoo, superpowers, fungal zombies

Scoob and Shag (slow schedule, long pages) - ...weird. Nothing like anything else on this list, but it's here because I want you to suffer with me.
Read the latest update to see where the art style ends up, then start from episode 12 and you're not allowed to give up until episode 43. There is a plot, I promise.

On hiatus but not abandoned:

Fireweed Moors (due back 2023+) - young woman moving house runs into man with cat head chased by the cops. ???? new comic, but this looks likes one for the books. Art is A++

Daughter of the Lillies (due back late 2022 due to terms of Disney contract, long reading backlog)- fantasy world following a group of mercenary adventurers. Terrific writing and art.

Witchy (due back in 2023, long reading backlog) - Starts slow, with the hapless Nyneve heading off for a normal day at school, then everything goes absolutely to pot. South Asian fantasy setting, beautiful plot

Seconding:
Tiger Tiger (1-2 weekly)
Paranatural (F)
Unsounded (MWF)
Wilde Life (MWF)
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Emmett P  Puppers
14 hours ago
Kill Six Billion Demons, The Witch Door, Demon Street, Kill Witch Kill, Strong Female Protagonist and Kochab are some that I've been reading recently. Strong Female Protagonist is on indefinite hiatus and Demon Street updates very sporadically but they're both still worth checking out.
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Emmett P  Emmett P
14 hours ago
Oh, Supernormal Step is another good one.
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Pot Black  Puppers
16 hours ago
I follow a few, although recently many have slowed or changed their formats. It's depressing, but here's what I recommend. Any fellow readers, please feel free to correct my summaries if they are misleading.
Girl Genius- steampunk adventure meets romance, MWF
The Glass Scientists- LGTBQ romance take on famous Gothic fiction characters M
Then there is Paranatural - Boy moves to new town, gains ability to see, and fight spirits. F
I don't follow this one anymore, but not because it got bad. The art is amazing, very expressive and full of detail, and the story is very well developed and thought out, but this took a toll on the author and they developed a chronic wrist strain. The updates dropped from three days a week to two, then finally one. At the worst it was a new update ever 2 to 3 weeks.

A few months ago, they changed the format from full comic panels to text with minor illustrations. This is much easier for the author to complete on time, the story is moving much faster, and contextually nothing has changed. The story being told by text is the same that was going to be told by art. But my perceptions of the characters based on the art is different that the details being presented by text. I suppose it's my fault for not picking up on this presentation before, but I was unable to reconcile these differences in my mind, so I stopped following along. It's like if your favorite book switched to film midway though a chapter.

Don't let this stop you from reading it though! I wouldn't be recommending it to you if I didn't think highly of Paranatural. I am omitting several comics I also follow from this list, because I am not sure you would like them. We probably will see you each other around. I also follow Gunnerkrigg Court and Wilde Life, the latter of which I am active on.
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Nikary Flare  Pot Black
2 hours ago
I still follow Paranatural! Well, seem to have missed the last page or two, but I'll catch up yet.
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Cancvas  Puppers
16 hours ago
Not yet mentioned
Requiem (not religious)
A girl and her fed
Mansion of E
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Frank Royce Harr  Puppers
17 hours ago
The Order of the Stick, but that's perennial and almost done too.

Freefall.

The Whiteboard.

The Serpent, the Sinner and the Saint.

Unearth (the one set in early 19th Century England).

Geek Fortress.

Breadfinder.

Meau.

I think that's it.
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Nikary Flare  Frank Royce Harr
2 hours ago
Oh, I also read The Order of the Stick and The Whiteboard!
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Epimetheus  Puppers
18 hours ago
I don't know how many times I've reread Digger. I reread it again this week. One thing about it is that you should be sure to look around the edges of each panel and not just focus on the main action. There are all sorts of little things that turn up.
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Richard Weir  Epimetheus
18 hours ago
Me too! It's a most amazing comic, and I will re-read it time and again, and I am sure I will be seeing new little details each and every time!
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Epimetheus  Richard Weir
18 hours ago
I'm not sure if it's still available, but Amazon had the whole thing in one volume. Of course, with that you miss the comments.
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Richard Weir  Epimetheus
18 hours ago edited
£104. Paperback. Used. Alas!

Oh well, it's still online; let us hope it stays up fora goo, long while!

(Anybody else get a glitch, when commenting in Disqus, whereby hitting Enter twice, too fast, deletes everything in the text box prior to that? It's too irritating!)
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Epimetheus  Richard Weir
18 hours ago
Wow. It's available on Amazon. I didn't know my hardback copy was worth $1400!
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Richard Weir  Epimetheus
18 hours ago
I didn't see that copy; I assume you don't use amazon.co.uk!
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Epimetheus  Richard Weir
18 hours ago
Right, I'm in the U.S.
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Richard Weir  Epimetheus
18 hours ago
I wonder if the seller will get that stonking high price?
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Epimetheus  Richard Weir
18 hours ago
Well, I wouldn't sell, even at that price.
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Richard Weir  Epimetheus
18 hours ago
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Róisín  Puppers
18 hours ago
We have some threads for discussion of other interesting web comics over on the Fan Forum. Come and join us there! I’m reading Digger and Girl Genius, which are good. My husband, who is far deeper into web comics than am I, also recommends Freefall and Schlock Mercenary. I can ask him about other recs later.
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Dawn Therin  Puppers
19 hours ago
I highly recommend...
Castoff (coming off hiatus this month)
Unsounded
Phantomarine
Daughter of the Lilies (on hiatus until October)
No End (also Finnish and post-apocalyptic!)
Istrevelia
Crankrats
Icy Copper (also Finnish!)
Magefront
Suitor Armor
Cursed Princess Club (if you want something cute and light!)
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Maple  Puppers
19 hours ago
The other webcomic I follow faithfully right now is Sleepless Domain. It's a pretty great take on the magical girl genre, and there's quite a lot out now (though I suspect it will be entering the story climax before too long).
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readingdragon  Puppers
19 hours ago
The Silver Eye is very good, updates Fridays, and the art is INCREDIBLE. Many many many subplots, speculation to engage in, and wonderful characters.
https://thesilvereye.com/co...
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Caora  Puppers
20 hours ago
How to be a Werewolf is a comic i got really into recently!
The World in Deeper Introspection / the Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya is finished, more or less, but it is really good and will probably appeal if you enjoy Gunnerkrigg and SSSS.
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Amberglas  Puppers
20 hours ago
Ben Fleuter’s Sword Interval has an incredible story and characters, set in a world starting to magically, apocalyptically come apart at the seams. The story is completed, but I keep going back and rereading it because the character development is so incredible.

Daughter of the Lilies by Meg Syverud and Yoko Weaver is another amazing web comic I highly encourage you to check out. It follows a team of adventurers who form a dysfunctional but tightly bonded family (sound familiar?). It’s currently on hiatus until next October because Meg is currently working for The Mouse and has legal constraints on her art during that gig.
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Arianwen  Amberglas
5 hours ago
Hard second on both of these.
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Epimetheus  Amberglas
18 hours ago
Yes, Daughter of the Lilies is great. (We hates the Mouse! Hates it!)
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Caseis  Puppers
20 hours ago
Unsounded!! Probably the only comic I know to beat Minna's quality of art on a similar (MWF) update schedule. The characters are INCREDIBLE, the story feels very planned, and the webcomic does fun things with the web format every once in a while. Be warned that while it comes with a warning that it's "PG-13", it is a HARD R -- it's not gritty or grim for the sake of it, but there are definitely instances of gore, partial nudity, and some edge sexual assault themes. Frickin incredible tho.

Another I enjoy on Webtoons is Space Boy. Four Leaf on there is great too, and if you're into queer shit and haven't read Go Get a Roomie, you're missing out.
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Sherval  Puppers
21 hours ago edited
I binged Kochab in one day, only to find that it had gone into a longer break in August of 2020. The good news is that the break seems to be at its end, or at least near it.

https://www.kochab-comic.com/

Here's a copy pasted description from the comic's about page:

"Kochab is a YA wlw fantasy comic about two girls lost in a pile of ruins under the woods, inspired by various myths and fairytales.
The story follows Sonya, a lost skier trying to survive a snowy wilderness and find her way back to her village, and Kyra - a fire spirit trying to fix the home that she’s let fall apart around her."

The story and overall setting have a very cozy feel to them, especially as Kyra starts melting away ice and snow that have made their way into her palace. Ideally, this is a story you'd read with a cup of hot beverage nearby, being bundled up in your favourite warm sweater or blanket AND with a snow storm raging outside.
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Geo_Girl  Puppers
21 hours ago edited
Allison Shaw has some good comics but they don't update nearly as much as Minna did. I don't think any webcomic updates as much as her! Anyway, def check out Allison's Tigress Queen. She has another comic called Far to the North that has been on hiatus since 2019 but she said she plans on reviving it this year. Ten Earth Shattering Blows is a great one too but it is totally different from this. Rising Sand is INSANELY well drawn and is updating but updates slowly. Worth the wait though in my opinion. The artisits do livestreaming as well.
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Lumgol  Puppers
a day ago
Year in Hereafter! http://yihcomic.com/
It's loosely based on Finnish mythology and the Kalevala and has awesome art and characters! It's almost 600 pages long at the moment and updates once a week.
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Amberglas  Lumgol
20 hours ago
Yes!
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Turnstylus  Lumgol
21 hours ago
Agreed! Year in Hereafter is great!
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Jitter  Puppers
a day ago
Do come by to the Forum, both for the path-crossing and to discuss also other comics.
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Turnstylus  Puppers
a day ago
Kamikaze is a fun one if you like post-apocalyptic stories featuring an intrepid adventurer - in this case a reluctant hero girl who gets embroiled in the intrigues of her desert city. It's drawn in an animated cartoon style, and output is very consistent, though not as frequent as Minna. I don't know how Minna does it...
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Dilandu Albato  Puppers
a day ago
Well, I follow:

Freefall
Girl Genius
Sluggy Freelance
Gunnerkrigg Court
Sleepless Domain
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Nikary Flare  Puppers
a day ago
Oh, I also read Gunnerkrigg Court!

I also read a number of other comics, but I'm not sure how many of them I'd actually recommend...

Well, I would definitely recommend How to be a Werewolf.
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Richard Weir  Puppers
a day ago
There's Girl Genius, which has been going for more than twice as long as SSSS at 3/4 the output rate - ie, there's a huge archive to read through! It's well-drawn, fantastical and fun!
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Pot Black  Richard Weir
17 hours ago
Love this one. It's one of the few comics I follow that I can rely on for being punctual

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Joanna  Puppers
an hour ago
Kill Six Billion Demons - it's so grand. twice I got a little drunk and talked about this story for so long I didn't even noticed that everybody had left the party. no regrets. maybe some regrets. really, I need to calm down. please, just read it. I'm begging you.

Thief of tales - so pretty! It reminds me of children's books.

Ten Earth Shattering Blows - I'm not sure, they've been fighting and riding on some giant beasts for over a year now I think.
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key  Puppers
10 hours ago
I occasionally read The Glass Scientists. Very un-SSSS-like, but I enjoy it still.
Premise: Henry Jekyll, running a exhibition with a bunch of quirky scientists, accidentally takes in two people: Dr. Frankenstein, who faked her death (and gender) and is now grumpy, old, and burdened with several major health problems; and Jasper, a considerably-more-normal werewolf boy from the country. It's set in a pulpy, steampunk-y version of 1886 London and updates every Monday. The art is bright and colorful, the story is pretty tight, and there's some good LGBT+ representation.

https://www.theglassscienti...
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lonelycity  Puppers
12 hours ago
The Silver Eye is absolutely fantastic
https://thesilvereye.com/ar...
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Aehrias  Puppers
12 hours ago edited
http://overmorrowtales.com/... ("The storm stained", a young fairy hopes to be the one to restore the fairies' lost wings) https://www.devilscandycomi... ("Devil's Candy", devils going to highschool. A lot of different critters from different mythologies, unethical shenanigans. It's funny.)
https://www.goblinscomic.com/ ("Goblins", based on DnD. Follows the "little guys" on their quest to protect themselves against adventurers. Pretty graphic at times.)
https://www.empoweredcomic.... ("empowered", Superheroine goes from constantly being captured and tied up to actually being a confident superhero. She gets tied up a LOT, at least in the beginning. Some adult themes.)
https://www.valsalia.com/ ("Out-Of-Placers - a story of inconventient changes", A lot of original species. Guy gets metamorphosed into a different species, and promptly dragged into various schemes. starring A bug lady, a giant reptile lady, and some hyperactive heron-jerboas called yinglets (affectionately referred to as rat birds by the community.)
And an ungodly amount of webtoons and tapas comics.
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Tarnagh Mythandrone  Puppers
13 hours ago
Lore Olympus - modern variation on the story of Persephone and Hades. I've been enjoying that one immensely. Updates every Sunday.
Selkie - if you like gorgeous art, this may put you off. The story is well worth it though. Updates M-W-F.
Any other recommendations I might have, have already been mentioned.

And still a few more

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Judith Anne Bradford  Puppers
16 hours ago
I can't believe no one has mentioned

White Noise by Adrian Lee! Regular updates, incredible art and story, characters who move into your self, a work that brings you life.

Also: Numb, Gifts of Wandering Ice, and Bookwyrms....
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Kahli  Puppers
20 hours ago
(Apologies if this comment shows up twice! Discord apparently decided it was spam yesterday because it was long so I'm reposting it in multiple parts)

Well based on this thread of recommendations I can safely say the SSSS fandom has excellent taste in webcomics! I have read or at least heard of most of the works listed and can second/third people's praises for all of them! Here's a few more I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Wild Life (Supernatural horror adventures in rural Oklahoma)
https://www.wildelifecomic....

Kiwi Blitz (same author and artist as Sleepless Domain! Doesn't update as often but has a huge archive to have fun going through)
https://www.kiwiblitz.com/

Cassiopeia Quinn (Fun space outlaw adventures!)
https://www.cassiopeiaquinn...
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Kahli  Kahli
20 hours ago
Alice and the Nightmare (Alice in Wonderland themed magic school mystery)
https://www.aliceandthenigh...

Lackadaisy (A struggling speakeasy in 1920s St. Louis but everyone is a cat. Updates very rare but the stunningly detailed art is well worth the wait!)
http://lackadaisy.foxprints...

Next Town Over (Two morally gray protagonists chase each other through a magical wild west in hopes of murdering one another)
https://nexttownover.net/co...

True Magic (I honestly don't know how to summarize the plot of this one, there's a lot going on but it's really fun trust me!)
http://www.true-magic.com/v...
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Kahli  Kahli
20 hours ago
Elf and Warrior (An elf wizard and his criminal uncle go on adventures and stumble into a save-the-world plot. Absolutely hilarious. I cannot emphasize enough how funny the jokes are. Feels like someone's endearingly bizarre D&D game)
https://www.webtoons.com/en...

Castle Swimmer (Underwater adventures a shark merman prince and his prophecy-bound merman boyfriend!)
https://www.webtoons.com/en...
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AbsentmindedlyInsane  Puppers
a day ago
Kill Six Billion Demons
Questionable Content
Girl Genius

Three of my favorite other webcomics.
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DaiJB  Puppers
2 days ago
People have mentioned Daughter of the Lilies - I recommend highly. (Bought the first book)

Lackadaisy - Absolutely sublime, incredibly detailed artwork. Currently stalled because all of the artist's time and energy is being poured into an animated Lackadaisy short film(!)

After all these years, still reading Girl Genius!

Wilde Life just keeps getting more intriguing as time goes by!

I am surprised no-one has mentioned Drive, by Dave Kellett. The "rag-tag team of misfits" gets another outing here As one review puts it: "The story is serious, the characters are hilarious." Some of the humour is positively slapstick (yes I'm looking at you, Nosh), but the story is a galaxy-spanning epic, with multiple story-lines and viewpoints, centuries of history, plus star-maps and alien race info pages.