Comments on: 5 Webcomics I Feel Like Recommending

By: Kiriska

Kiriska — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:02:00 +0000

Yeah, Gunnerkrigg is always a great read, and I am infinitely impressed by the very regular schedule the guy keeps. TNH is really the only SCAD journal comic I’ve really taken to (unless Sweetwater’s counts, but it’s also on unofficial hiatus, so), though I’ve recently started looking over Martyn’s — I’ll probably cruise through the archives after finals are over.

By: d. morris

d. morris — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:27:00 +0000

I’m glad you put both Gunnerkrigg and Today Nothing Happened on your list. Gunnerkrigg is one of my favorite comics period. It’s well told, the characters are interesting, and I’m really curious where he’s going with everything. Also Today Nothing Happened is one of my two favorite journal comics that have come out of the Journal comic fad at SCAD (the other being Martyn Cooper’s aptly named Another Journal Comic). Unlike about 90% of the journal comics out there, I get a real feeling for the kind of person that Shazz is (the same with Martyn). I wish more journal comics were like that.

By: Kiriska

Kiriska — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:37:00 +0000

Ah, Pearls Before Swine is a great strip. I think it’s one of the few good strips that still run in newspapers here. Hope you enjoy the webcomics! :)

By: Hynavian

Hynavian — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Thanks for the recommendations, I’, checking them out!

I’m unfamiliar with web comics but I do enjoy reading “Pearls Before Swine”. The illustrator releases one strip daily and they’re hilarious enough for my bro and I to follow. Though costly, my bro even bought the comic book! (:

By: Kiriska

Kiriska — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:10:00 +0000

You know, I honestly haven't read enough of Megatokyo to really judge it. The artwork put me off from the start, so I just never gave the actual content a chance. Don't particularly feel like I'm missing out though.

The webcomics I read update on a scattered enough schedule that it doesn't take too long to read them as they update. It's also one of the reasons I really like TNH since it updates on days few others do.

The only one of your top five I've heard of is Charles Christopher, which is gorgeous. I love the art a lot and the story's pretty nice too, though the overarching plot with Christopher is a bit slow for my taste. I prefer the birds? :P I might check out the rest of that list over the summer, though for plot-heavy webcomics, if I'm not interested by the first dozen pages or so, I usually won't pursue it.

By: Ian K

Ian K — Mon, 11 May 2009 02:05:00 +0000

What, no Megatokyo?

Seriously, that is a mighty fine list. The only one I haven't encountered before is TNH, but it looks good.

I used to read webcomics all the time, but school has cut down on that. The top 5 that I'm still following (in no particular order) would be:

Dead Winter
~A comic about survivors of the zombie apocalypse. It's funny, scary, dramatic, and introspective, with great characters, and does it all well.

Kagerou
~A fantasy where a person from our world is transported to a dimension where magic is possible to act as a savior. Sounds pretty typical, doesn't it? Well, not quite, since the hero-to-be has the worst case of multiple personality disorder ever. It does start out pretty slow and generic, but once it takes off . .

Kaspall
~A fantasy mystery. Need I say more?

Templar Arizona
~Excellent characters in some crazy off-beat alternate universe that is almost as odd as our own.

The Abominable Charles Christopher
~Part of the same collective as Sin Titulo. Starts off as a humorous look at human behavior by transposing it to forest animals. And then a plot starts to develop, involving . . . I'm not sure yet, but it's good, that's for sure.

Schlock Mercenary, Alpha Shade, and Outsider are also way cool, but the last two are pretty much dead.