I kind of love Wikipedia’s entry on Webcomics:
Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or in books.
There are so many webcomics online that sometimes just looking at a general webcomic topic is daunting to say the least. Some webcomics I have discovered only recently have been ongoing for years, while others are brand new and still trying to find their footing. Regardless of the longevity, length, topic, and art style, I find myself spending more than a fair amount of time reading webcomics.
The internet has given birth to yet another new medium: webcomics. Moving beyond the restrictions of print, webcomic artists interact directly with audiences who share their own unique worldview, and create stories that are often embedded in innovative formats only possible online. Sometimes funny, sometimes personal, and almost always weird, web comic creators have taken the comic strip form to new, mature, and artistic heights.
The Rise of Webcomics | Off Book | PBS Digital Studios
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So… do you read webcomics? If you answer YES, make sure to use the comment section to share some of your favorites. If you answer NO, make sure to use the comment section to share why you don’t.
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My favorite webcomics at the moments are Questionable Content, Dumbing of Age and Tales from the Pit (by Magic Designer Mark Rosewater)
Yes, although I only read a couple (XKCD, Dumbing of Age, The Hues, & Sleepless Domain).
I’ve been reading d20Monkey, Zombie Roomie, and Table Titans.
My favorites are Table Titans, Ctrl-Alt-Del, VG Cats, Order of the Stick, 8-bit Theatre (even though it ended), and now the new Atomic Robo stuff.
Questionable content
Least I could do!
I keep up with two regularly: Dynagirl and Table Titans. Two more I check occasionally: Emma and Cassiopeia Quinn.
I have read several over the years, and continue to read some. But I usually don’t follow one regularly, only checking in every month or two and reading in bulk. I don’t even have a single genre I follow and have read everything from serious to silly, but I lean towards humor, sci-fi, fantasy and parody.
Some of my favorites are (or in some cases where the series has ended, have been) “Least I Could Do”, “Loli Loves Venom”, “Looking For Group”, “Queen of Wands” (which also led me to “Something Positive” thanks to crossovers and the eventual transfer of the character Kestral to SP after “Queen of Wands” ended), “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal” and “Lil’ Formers” (which I’m sad ended since it was hilarious).
And, to be perfectly honest, I’ve actually considered creating my own webcomic. The setting is essentially modern day Earth and the characters are loosely based on my friends and I, except most of them aren’t human (elves, aliens, etc.). While the character loosely based on myself is the only human of the main cast, she’s also the one who defies the laws of reality (for instance, people refuse to play trading card games or RPGs with her because when she casts a spell or summons a creature, she literally causes the spell or creature to materialize and attack the other players).
I read far too many to list, but here are my current favorites.
Broodhollow by Kris Straub
El Goonish Shive by Dan Shive
Evil Inc by Brad Guigar
Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
Grrl Power by Dave Barrack
Kiwi Blitz by Mary Cagle
Others have come and gone over the years, but these are the ones I look forward to every week.
I read quite a few webcomics. Here is a selection:
Daily strips:
Kevin and Kell
Least I Could Do
Looking for Group
MWF Strips:
Penny Arcade
Gunnerkrigg Court
Guilded Age
Erfworld
2X or 1X per week strips:
Code Name Hunter
Earthsong
Minor Acts of Heroism
Battlepug
Welcome to Hereafter
Camp Weedonwantcha
Gaia
Scandanavia & the World
Human/Nature
Yellow Peril
Spinnerette
Mosscreek Divide
Table Titans
The Trenches
Little Guardians
Update infrequently:
Goblins
Order of the Stick
Megatokyo
Completed webcomics, but totally still worth reading:
Penny and Aggie
Inverloch
The Phoenix Requiem
Yes!
Every update:
Penny Arcade
Least I Could Do
Between Failures
1 or 2 times a week:
Looking for Group
VG Cats
XKCD
PVP
Binge read:
Order of the Stick
Table Titans
d20Monkey
yes
Grrl Power
Dumbing of Age
Questionable Content
Looking for Group
Oglaf!
Deep Fried
and now of course Atomic Robo.
Schlock Mercenary, Girl Genius, and Atomic Robo.
Not as many as most.
Table Titans
Atomic Robo
Giants in the Playground
I regularly read webcomics, they’re just as good as “normal” comics.
Stand Still Stay Silent (amazing art, currently my favourite)
Minor Acts of Heroism (a must read, partially written/drawn by Adriana Fergusen)
Paranatural (perfect mixture of silly and serious)
Monsterkind (great use of colour and character design)
Hotblood (centaurs in the wild west, what else do you need?)
Wilde Life (guy moves town, sees supernatural things)
Oglaf (very NSFW, but very funny, recommended for binge reading)
8-bit Theatre (finished)
i read them every morning through Feedly. It keeps track when I can’t keep up. Thank god for RSS
I used to read some (Order of the Stick and some others) but I got out of the habit. Also, I just prefer to hold a comic…
Grognard maybe?
PS: I’ve heard great things about Table Titans but I just can’t get in the mood to go there and read it. Maybe I can get collected versions of the ones I like.
I’ve read several over the years, and which ones that is my favourites vary depending on storyline and other stuff.
Currently I’m really enjoying Order of the Stick, Least I Could Do, and Dumbing of Age.
I keep a bookmark folder and just go down the list in the morning while I’m waking up & getting ready for work.
Penny Arcade
PvP
Table Titans
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Questionable Content
Dr. McNinja
Dumbing of Age
Least I Could Do
xkcd
and then these last two usually only update once a week so I save them for Sunday or Monday morning:
The Non-Adventures of Wonderella (great for fans of comics & comic tropes)
Oglaf (so very much NSFW)
I’m reading two currently. XKCD and Maliki’s Le webcomic (Great french webcomic with amazing art).
Order of the Stick, which got me into
Erfworld
xkcd (and by extension, what if)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, which I just discovered and will never get through the backlog.
and, of course,
Minor Acts of Heroism
I also have quite a list I check pretty regularly
Daily strips:
Least I Could Do
Looking for Group
Questionable Content
Stand Still Stay Silent(Seriously so amazing looking) Author also has a finished Comic “Redtail’s Dream”
2-3 per week
Scandanavia & the World
Table Titans
Gunnerkrigg Court
Whenever they happen to update
Goblins
Order of the Stick
Seriously though Stand Still Stay Silent is great http://www.sssscomic.com/
Everybody should be reading Bug Martini, the most consistently funny comic on the web.
I also like Maximumble.
Molly and the Bear is very sweet and kind of a retro throwback newspaper style strip.
On Mondays and Wednesdays you can experience the nervous laughter just after in my very own Brain Teaser Comics…
I’ve been a loyal follower of QC, Dr. McNinja, GirlGenius, XKCD, and Goblins for quite a while but it makes me a little crazy to try and check more than so often. I found a comic written and drawn by Tom Siddel from the UK called Gunnerkrigg Court that just blew me away recently and I really think it’s worth a look.
Dumbing of age
Gunnerkrigg court
One piece grand line 3.5
Darths and Droids
Oh and JL8 which is the best DC related thing coming out currently.
Questionable Content, Gunnerkrigg Court, Bad Machinery (or anything else John Allison does), Octopus Pie and Dumbing of Age (read Shortpacked! and It’s Walky! before that) are those I read most regularly.
I actually read webcomics more than regular comics. Some of my current and longtime favorites include Girly, Girl Genius, Order of the Stick, Love Me Nice, Dr. McNinja, and Skadi, even though that is coming to a close. I also recently started Bluemoon Blackcore.
I do but there’s soo many I used too read Erica Moen’s “DAR” all the time, The Bean, Flaky Pastry, others have disappeared like Wereworld. Used too read that religiously.
Sure – I regularly check these WebComics: Table Titans, PVP, Penny Arcade, Order of the Stick, Real Life Comics, Darths & Droids (not precisely a comic though, I suppose), and Clockworks. Several of these are infrequently updated.
Always on the look out for more!