What else do you read in Webcomic Form?

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Jan 28, 2017 23:23:31 GMT OGRuddawg said:

I just recently read Wilde Life and loved it! Added to the list of regularly followed comics.
I tried reading The Meek, but the whole thing seems kinda disjointed and frankly I had trouble following what has been put up so far... Anyone else attempt to read that one???

I read that one and I like it. Mainly for the probably ambitious plot and the pretty art. By disjointed, do you meen chapter to chapter or the panel transitions? Because the chapters are just three different POVs and with the slow update pace there's no way they are going to connect anytime soon. But I noticed that sometimes the panel to panel transitions feel a little off, kind of like disjointed images forced together. It's important to remember that pretty art is not the most important thing when drawing a comic page!

[saardvark]

Just stumbled across a newish one: Algorithm

www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/algorithm/list?title_no=47225

A bit hard to describe, mystery drama set in pre-modern world with some not-yet well defined magical and/or human breeding experiments in the background. A clever princess on the way to her wedding in a distant land is set upon by robbers, then "rescued" by an armed party of the local, very powerful mountain-based lord, only to become his involuntary guest, to now be married to one of *his* sons. The art is quite nice, updates frequently, and interesting, mysterious story so far...

[OGRuddawg]

So I know a few of you have at least started reading Jeph Jaques' other webcomic Alice Grove, and it seems to be reaching a climax. What do you guys think of it right now??? I don't know where else to field this question because nobody reads any webcomics in my non-internet social circle except for xkcd.

[Rasselas]

Jul 13, 2017 2:27:43 GMT OGRuddawg said:

So I know a few of you have at least started reading Jeph Jaques' other webcomic Alice Grove, and it seems to be reaching a climax. What do you guys think of it right now??? I don't know where else to field this question because nobody reads any webcomics in my non-internet social circle except for xkcd.

It seemed a little bit pointless to me, but I'm still reading.

[OGRuddawg]

Jul 13, 2017 2:55:41 GMT Rasselas said:

Jul 13, 2017 2:27:43 GMT OGRuddawg said:

So I know a few of you have at least started reading Jeph Jaques' other webcomic Alice Grove, and it seems to be reaching a climax. What do you guys think of it right now??? I don't know where else to field this question because nobody reads any webcomics in my non-internet social circle except for xkcd.

It seemed a little bit pointless to me, but I'm still reading.

Yeah, it feels like he had ideas for making it longer and better fleshed out, but the semi-frequent delays, which don't occur in his main comic QC,makes it seem like he doesn't have the energy or enthusiasm to continue this narrative and plot-heavy sci-fi story. I think he found out the hard way that he likes slice-of-life better and can pull that off better than what he tried to do with Alice Grove. But it's just so convoluted and the expo dumps make it feel like he bit off more than he could chew plot thread-wise. Which is a shame, it had a lot of promise up until a few months ago.

[Rasselas]

Jul 13, 2017 3:25:04 GMT OGRuddawg said:

Yeah, it feels like he had ideas for making it longer and better fleshed out, but the semi-frequent delays, which don't occur in his main comic QC,makes it seem like he doesn't have the energy or enthusiasm to continue this narrative and plot-heavy sci-fi story.

He managed to get two concurrent comics going, which is more than most are capable of. So kudos to him for that! He's most certainly one of the biggest successes in webcomics, ever. He deserves every bit of it, for his perseverance, hard work, skill and creativity.

But....

To me personally, Alice Grove was a disappointment from day one. Even QC is one of those soap-opera comics that I keep reading but am not quite sure why. It's bland, that's its biggest crime. It's not bad, it just doesn't have much going for it. I thought, hey, he's starting a new comic and it's sci-fi themed! He's really going to let his creativity fly in this one! And he did, but as you say yourself, there has been too much exposition and too little... meat. As in, no satisfying developments of characters and story. He had an idea and he told us about his idea, through a webcomic. He didn't make it into a story. He just told us about this cool setting idea he had. I was also disappointed with the art, you'd think someone working for 10 years on art fulltime would've improved a bit more.

It feels bad to write such a negative critique of someone's work, especially when that someone has been working hard, successfully, for over a decade. Especially when I myself haven't done anything even remotely approaching that volume of work.

But, yeah. :/

Still, this has been his first foray away from QC in years. Perhaps he will find a better stride in his following projects. Art is always a work in progress.

Jul 13, 2017 3:25:04 GMT OGRuddawg said:

I think he found out the hard way that he likes slice-of-life better and can pull that off better than what he tried to do with Alice Grove. But it's just so convoluted and the expo dumps make it feel like he bit off more than he could chew plot thread-wise. Which is a shame, it had a lot of promise up until a few months ago.

Actually, I would disagree with this somewhat. It's more likely that he's used to QC and slice-of-life. I wouldn't imply that an author is incapable of switching styles. He's probably just rusty and set in a particular groove, which didn't work for this type of story. Perhaps he wasn't aware of this, perhaps he couldn't be aware of this until he tried. So I applaud him for trying and hope he learns and progresses from this project.

[OGRuddawg]

Jul 13, 2017 4:03:58 GMT Rasselas said:

Jul 13, 2017 3:25:04 GMT OGRuddawg said:

Yeah, it feels like he had ideas for making it longer and better fleshed out, but the semi-frequent delays, which don't occur in his main comic QC,makes it seem like he doesn't have the energy or enthusiasm to continue this narrative and plot-heavy sci-fi story.

He managed to get two concurrent comics going, which is more than most are capable of. So kudos to him for that! He's most certainly one of the biggest successes in webcomics, ever. He deserves every bit of it, for his perseverance, hard work, skill and creativity.

But....

To me personally, Alice Grove was a disappointment from day one. Even QC is one of those soap-opera comics that I keep reading but am not quite sure why. It's bland, that's its biggest crime. It's not bad, it just doesn't have much going for it. I thought, hey, he's starting a new comic and it's sci-fi themed! He's really going to let his creativity fly in this one! And he did, but as you say yourself, there has been too much exposition and too little... meat. As in, no satisfying developments of characters and story. He had an idea and he told us about his idea, through a webcomic. He didn't make it into a story. He just told us about this cool setting idea he had. I was also disappointed with the art, you'd think someone working for 10 years on art fulltime would've improved a bit more.

It feels bad to write such a negative critique of someone's work, especially when that someone has been working hard, successfully, for over a decade. Especially when I myself haven't done anything even remotely approaching that volume of work.

But, yeah. :/

Still, this has been his first foray away from QC in years. Perhaps he will find a better stride in his following projects. Art is always a work in progress.

Jul 13, 2017 3:25:04 GMT OGRuddawg said:

I think he found out the hard way that he likes slice-of-life better and can pull that off better than what he tried to do with Alice Grove. But it's just so convoluted and the expo dumps make it feel like he bit off more than he could chew plot thread-wise. Which is a shame, it had a lot of promise up until a few months ago.

Actually, I would disagree with this somewhat. It's more likely that he's used to QC and slice-of-life. I wouldn't imply that an author is incapable of switching styles. He's probably just rusty and set in a particular groove, which didn't work for this type of story. Perhaps he wasn't aware of this, perhaps he couldn't be aware of this until he tried. So I applaud him for trying and hope he learns and progresses from this project.

Now that I think about it (my previous post about it was much more thought-dumping than well thought-out), it is a decent webcomic considering it was a side project.  And his work on the AI society stuff in QC shows that he knows how to do sci-fi elements well.  I guess I was disappointed by the more condensed and less concise narrative of Alice Grove, especially since QC is one of the best examples of world-building among long-running webcomics (Gunnerkrigg still is top in this regard). 
I know QC is much more character-driven and has like a decade and a half of updates to build on, but Northampton in the QC-verse feels much more put together than Alice Grove's world.  I would love to see what Jeph could do with a sci-fi, plot-heavy long form comic.  If Alice Grove was his "main" comic, he would most likely have a world with as much depth and feel as the QC-verse does today, and a more cohesive story line with less loose ends and underdeveloped characters.  I probably set my expectations too high when I first started reading Alice Grove, or at least set the bar high with comic worlds like Gunnerkrigg and QC to compare a side project to.  Jeph is very creative and ambitious with his side projects, like his music and Alice Grove.  They aren't all going to be home runs, even if I REALLY wanted Alice Grove to be one.

[Rasselas]

Jul 13, 2017 7:12:32 GMT OGRuddawg said:

I know QC is much more character-driven and has like a decade and a half of updates to build on, but Northampton in the QC-verse feels much more put together than Alice Grove's world.  I would love to see what Jeph could do with a sci-fi, plot-heavy long form comic.  If Alice Grove was his "main" comic, he would most likely have a world with as much depth and feel as the QC-verse does today, and a more cohesive story line with less loose ends and underdeveloped characters.  I probably set my expectations too high when I first started reading Alice Grove, or at least set the bar high with comic worlds like Gunnerkrigg and QC to compare a side project to.  Jeph is very creative and ambitious with his side projects, like his music and Alice Grove.  They aren't all going to be home runs, even if I REALLY wanted Alice Grove to be one.

Yeah, I went to reread Alice Grove to see if I was talking shit or what. It actually gels together much better on a reread. It still has a bit of that one-dimensional feel where characters are more like cardboard cutouts. There's one who's zany and another one who's badass and a third, pissed off one. But there is something of a story, it's just kind of unsatisfying. Everything seems to happen like a deus-ex-machina factor. They need a super spaceship to get to orbit? Sure, the blue guy will zap one right up.

The characters and story events feel like a vehicle to get the reader to the big exposition dump point, the talk with the Praeses.

I don't feel grounded in their world, I feel no empathy towards the characters. If any of them dies tomorrow, I won't care.

But yeah, it's just another creative project, and they can't all be home runs in every possible way. It was a neat idea, and he went and actually did it. Too many people have neat ideas but never do anything with them, myself included. So I admire that he actually did. Of course it could turn out flawed, but at least he did it and probably learned a lot through doing it. So that's awesome.

[dramastix]

I do have to applaud J.J. for finishing it, as it appears he's doing. There's just enough story in Alice Grove that I kinda want to see where he was going with it, and I'd have been annoyed as hell if he'd gone on an extended hiatus or some such. But yeah, I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like he decided to wrap things up before he'd fleshed it out at all.

[warrl]

{Alice Grove} still has a bit of that one-dimensional feel where characters are more like cardboard cutouts. There's one who's zany and another one who's badass and a third, pissed off one.

But it does begin with a huge dose of inverse fan service!

[OGRuddawg]

Like I said earlier, it was an ambitious project from the start, and I think J.J. realized he bit off more than he could chew with the scale and his comic workload. If it was his only webcomic to write and draw I think he would have a much better fleshed-out story with more pages to develop the characters and narrative with. But he does a 5-page-per-week comic on top of this, so I think he realized it would take far too long to do so he's now focusing on finishing it instead of dragging it out. At least that's the impression I'm getting when looking at the context.

J.J. has also spoken before after one of his more serious mental health battles that he now prioritizes his own mental sanity and happiness over his webcomic work. He's struggled before with balancing his workload and mental health before, and I think Alice Grove was pushing that limit. This is all speculation on my part, but I'm glad that he's making the choice to see it through to the end without risking a mental breakdown. A finished webcomic is better than nothing at all, and I've had my own struggles with mental health before so I'd rather see him doing it this way than risking his sanity.

[bgb16999]

It's been more than a year since I last posted my list, so I may as well post an update.  My current favorite webcomic is Sister Claire.  It's a bit tricky for new readers to get into due to the weird way the archives are divided between "comic" and "missing moments" pages.  Over on the Sister Claire blog, there is a spoiler-free analysis of the best reading order for new readers.


Anyhow, my list of comics is separated by how often I check them.  The following are the comics I check whenever there could be an update: if the update schedule is irregular, I check every day, otherwise I check every update day.

Darths and Droids
www.darthsanddroids.net

Dinosaur Comics
www.qwantz.com

Dumbing of Age
www.dumbingofage.com

Girls With Slingshots: Chasers
www.girlswithslingshots.com

Gunnerkrigg Court
www.gunnerkrigg.com

Order of the Stick
www.giantitp.com

Rain
www.rain.thecomicseries.com

Sister Claire and Sister Claire MIssing Moments
www.sisterclaire.com

Supernormal Step
www.supernormalstep.com

Tamberlane
www.tamberlanecomic.com

XKCD
www.xkcd.com



And here are the comics I follow, but only check once a month:

Aether
www.aether.thecomicseries.com

Alice and the Nightmare
www.aliceandthenightmare.com

Daughter of the Lillies
www.daughterofthelilies.com

Mare Internum
www.marecomic.com

Mezzacotta (Hall of Fame only)
www.mezzacotta.net/halloffame.php

Monsterkind
www.monsterkind.enenkay.com

Monster Lands
www.monster-lands.com

Monster's Garden
monstersgarden.com

Radio Silence
www.radiosilencecomic.com

Strong Female Protagonist
www.strongfemaleprotagonist.com

That Deaf Guy
www.thatdeafguy.com/



Finally, here are some comics I used to follow which are now complete:
Abstruse Goose
www.abstrusegoose.com

Heartless
heartless-comic.com

[V]

I wouldn't normally necro a topic this old but how is it possible no one seems to ever have mentioned Monster Soup?! (Mildly mature content warning.)

Also, Pepper and Carrot deserves more exposure, I'm sure. In both cases, let the art speak for itself, and the story is best appreciated from the beginning.

Others of my current favourites have been discussed thoroughly, I believe.

I also have kind memories of following A Softer World till completion, and I thought I had done the same with Depression Comix but it turns out they're still running, I must have mistaken it for another story line by the same author that ended. So I only know the historical strips but that's really recommended reading for everyone. And I completely forgot to mention Locus (NSFW!), an incredible source of artistic inspiration as far as fantastic / mystical / alchemical creatures go.

[wies]

I am here to plug two webcomics: Feast For A King and Nasty Red Dogs both drawn and written by Kosmic.

Feast For A King starts with a character waking up amidst a horde of monsters coming closer and then the wild ride starts from there.

It has a lot in common with Gunnerkrigg Court: starts off with lots of mystery and unanswered questions that gradually (very gradually) get cleared up, an expansive and well fleshed out cast, shared themes such as perspective, judgement and family, two opposing sides that keep everyone else dragging in a war that has been going on for too long and it uses long flashbacks to give you more information on characters and events and it has too lots, lots of pages. The archive is a feast in itself fit for a king.

Caveats: both art and writing, while not bad, are pretty rough in the start. Even rougher than Annie's rugbyhead. But that cleans up pretty quickly and becomes something unique. Another caveat:  this is a comic that discusses heavy topics (though there is also a lot of jokes and humor).

However, if that is all sounding a huge investment (it is) and you want to be sure if Kosmic is something for you, then I recommend Nasty Red Dogs. It is both way shorter and simpler, and still pretty good.
It starts with a woman holing up in her house while giant red dogs are stalking the streets. The art is, again, rather sketchy, but only for a few pages.

[antiyonder]

Phoebe and Her Unicorn (formerly titled Heavenly Nostrils)

Well I keep up with it anyway, but with my more favorite reads I still favor the option to have a physical copy and if GKC does another round of reprints, I'll probably get them too.

[imaginaryfriend]

The Golden-Haired Summoner (aka Golden-haired Wizard) is a translation of a Korean webcomic which I have been enjoying recently. It's one of those "reincarnated in a fantasy world" ones with a simple but solid plot, interesting world-building, and good art.

[edit] If you follow the above link be advised that Mangahere has dicked up the order of chapters slightly, just skip to ch. 2 after reading ch.1 and you'll be fine. [/edit]

[edit2] It's on hiatus, continuation probable. [/edit2]

[imaginaryfriend]

Ancient spirits of internet
transform this necrotic thread
into BUMP/RISE the Never Hidden!

Also double post for bonus points!

It's kind of old news now but RIP to Roxana: How to Protect the Female Lead's Brother (aka 여주인공의 오빠를 지키는 방법) which was the only Korean webcomic in the romance genre that I liked. The basic plot is a young woman finds herself reincarnated as a villainous side-character in one of her favorite romance novels, a dark and violent 18+ European style fantasy, and sets out to change the plot and her fate by saving another side character, the FL's older brother who was slated to be tortured to death by her family. While the plot's pretty good the real charming point was the art. This style isn't my fave but Roxana stands out.

I think it's still on kakao, though last I checked some/most of it was paywalled. Fan translations can be found on a number of free aggregator sites. I hear it's also available as printed media.

I found it shortly before it went on hiatus that became permanent; it apparently died of... industry-common but very unfortunate circumstances but season 1 was completed.

[gpvos]

Pointer: there has been some discussion on other webcomics in the "Cool things I only noticed on reread" thread starting from about here: click.

[TBeholder]

The ones actually ongoing?
Devilbear, Fantom-stein, Freefall, Girl Genius, Rusty & Co, Sleepless Domain, Wychwood. From “oddballs that look promising” shelf: Marble Gate Dungeon, Wukrii. From “poking fun at things, no long plots” shelf: Awkward Zombie, Nerf Now, Three Panel Soul. NSFW: Chopping Block, Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic, The Monster Under the Bed. Good stuff on a long hiatus but reasonably expected to continue: Bolter to Kokoro, PS238, Use Sword on Monster.
Some more occasionally-peeked-at, catching up to the archive, abandoned in the middle of an archive dive and whatnot.

[Hatredman]

Jan 14, 2024 12:26:29 GMT gpvos said:

Pointer: there has been some discussion on other webcomics in the "Cool things I only noticed on reread" thread starting from about here: click.

I am guilty of that, and awfully sorry.

If anyone feel compelled to discuss those any further, please bring them here.

[blahzor]

"The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All" updates are slow in comparison to GC

[TBeholder]

Finished: Chirault, Hark, a vagrant, Next Town Over, Schlock Mercenary.

[imaginaryfriend]

I'm taking the time to revisit the list of webcomics I posted to this thread however many years ago and update links or write obituaries as required.

Again, I can't recommend all of these webcomics to everyone but there should be something here for everyone. If anyone wants particular recommendations PM me with genre and likes/dislikes and I'll get back to you. I'll avoid putting comparative reviews because that would be an apples/oranges situation but I'll put a few key words behind eack link. I've got more but these are the ones that I check regularly-ish. Some are Not Safe For Work (NSFW) and are marked as such. Read at work or in the presence of your significant other at your own risk. "Scenery pr0n" is not porn but refers to landscapes where more time and effort then necessary to establish the scene was used to make them beautiful, compelling, or fascinating, just in case anyone is not familiar with the term.

American Ghost Jack Link updated. See my previous post in this thread for a comprehensive review.

Annyseed fantasy, vampires, high school life, friendship; was no longer updating on my previous post, now is dead and gone

Ava's Demon fantasy, magic, SF, occasional horror, reincarnation, pacts, cute art, irregular updates and frequent hiatus

Bearmageddon No longer updating; horror, post-apocalypse, bears, irregular updates, from the creator of Axe Cop

Blade Bunny Long dead and gone comedy-adventure, fantasy, cheesecake; got off to a very tedious start but outlasted its own origin and started to develop its characters and own mythos in spite of itself. Might be archived somewhere, if I ever find it I'll post a link.

The Black Brick Road of Oz fantasy, adventure, cute art, occasional interactivity; appears dead.

Cleopatra in Space SF, adventure, time travel, cute art. Was once a partly-free-to-read webcomic but became successful, got a graphic novel release, then got a Dreamworks animated series. I heard there was some drama but it sounds unimportant so I didn't bother learning the details.

The Cummoner NSFW, magic, fantasy, sex, sex humor; I've mostly lost interest in it since it stopped following the main character but it's still updating.  Too much sex, not enough humor in the sex humor for my tastes but the fantasy aspects were sometimes interesting.

Devil Bear fantasy, cheesecake, comedy, occasional pop culture ref/joke; reduced to one panel updates on weekdays plus one page per week on the main story but it's still going. I've been following it sporadically because the premise has/had potential but the worldbuilding seems to have been done piecemeal on the go (which can be hit or miss).

Derelict SF, fantasy, post-apocalypse, scenery pr0n; dead as of 2021.

Dresden Kodak SF, fantasy, posthumanism, occasional action; irregular updates but still going.

Dynagirl superhero, action, middle-aged protagonist with kids; dead and gone.

Ensign Sue Must Die This one's a parody of self-insert fanfics set in the Star Trek universe(s). It concluded long ago and vanished from the internet but was reuploaded a few years ago. The crew of the reboot TOS Enterprise becomes aware that their new ensign, Mary Sue, is strangely over-competent in many obscure areas and despite wearing a red shirt, unkillable. It sometimes references slashfic for purposes of humor but is work-safe and has decent art.

Everblue fantasy, romance, scenery pr0n, mystery, cute art

Exposure action, cheesecake, upskirt, supernatural adventure; no longer updating but the creator is doing some kickstarters for new stuff (presumably in a similar vein).

Finder's Keepers fantasy, adventure; no longer updating.

Flaky Pastry fantasy, magic, comedy; on indefinite hiatus.

Frivolesque slice-of-life, light fantasy, cute art.  

Gaia fantasy, some SF themes, adventure; concluded.

Giant Girl superhero, action, cheesecake, upskirt, dirty jokes, but work-safe... Or so it was, looks like Giant Girl is still in the archives but there's different webcomics under the "Giant Comics" label from time to time now. On further review I think what happened is they changed artists and are revisiting some previous stuff and redoing it. Not sure where they're going from here but my best guess is that they're eventually going to have new updates featuring both the old FL and a side-character (pixie from a fantasy realm) boosted into romantic-interest protagonist and they'll explore the modern superhero world together. Or something.

Girl Genius steampunk, fantasy, adventure; one of the best webcomics of all time imho.  Check out Buck Godot (same artist/author) too. [edit] A number of things from the "Fun Extras" are now dead links. I think the newer stuff isn't in danger but OG Heterodyne Boys is broken image links and Buck Godot is gone. [/edit]

Goblins gaming fantasy, irregular updates. No longer my cup of tea.

The Golden-Haired Summoner magic, fantasy, occasional dark themes, adapted from a Korean webnovel; last I checked this one's on some sort of hiatus but given how popular it is I doubt it's dead. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if this one becomes an anime at some point. The link will take you to an aggregator site.

Grrl Power superhero, action, geek culture themes; meandering a little but still going.

Harpy Gee friendship, fantasy, magic, cute art; still going.

Iron Violet superhero, action, cute art; dead and gone.

Kill Six Billion Demons fantasy, action, martial arts and magic; still going strong.

Magellan superhero, action, slice of life; no longer updating.

Megatokyo fantasy/slice of life, geek culture; haven't been following it for a while but looks like it's on permanent hiatus until the occasional random update happens.

MS Paint Adventures eclectic, geek culture; concluded.

Overcast with a Chance of DOOM fantasy, light horror/gothy, slice of life; no longer updating. The artist still does pen and ink art on his patreon.

Oglaf NSFW, sex humor, fantasy, game themes. More humor than sex which I think is a plus.

Paradigm Shift action (police), fantasy (werewolves), no longer updating

Powerpuff Girls D superhero, action, cute art, irregular updates, a long-running "doujin" or fancomic not connected to the official franchise. Concluded. The author has a couple other webcomics that I haven't read much of but I will check them out and update this post at some point. Same art style, not sure if same universe as the original.

Quantum Vibe SF, adventure, drama; concluded and then unconcluded. It updates Mondays.

Scary Go Round adventure, geek culture; no longer updating but the creator does other stuff from time to time.

Schlock Mercenary SF, action, adventure, comedy; concluded. Often witty, so-so art.

The Specialists superhero, action, social themes, historical fiction; forgot this one existed but it appears to still be going.

Shadowbinders was a mostly-light fantasy steampunk, switching between slice of life and darker themes. For a long time it was a free online webcomic but the creators (a husband and wife team) ditched the project in favor of making podcasts on their site and on youtube. It seems there's going to be a relaunch of Shadowbinders but not as a free webcomic. Not sure I'd pay to read the redux; sounds like they're moving away from the themes I liked.

Sluggy Freelance fantasy, action, comedy, occasional gaming themes/pop culture parodies; still going and I check on it once in a while but I am no longer a regular reader. The story's been meandering for too long.

Snow by Night fantasy, myth, historical fiction. No longer updating. The creator currently has a virtual avatar/pet/gaming community thinger going.

Unsounded fantasy, magic, action, horror; still going strong. Interesting world-building, great character development for the most part, great art. Strong themes in this one may not appeal to everyone.

Weapon Brown parody of classic newspaper strip comics, post-apocalypse, action, dark humor, noir, sometimes NSFW, completed. The author/artist is something of a character himself; looks like he's currently doing some cheesecake nudes with food stuff... which appears to be exactly what it sounds like.

What Birds Know fantasy, mystery, slice of life; concluded and apparently gone.

[OGRuddawg]

I forgot about Gaia! That's from the same author as Sandra and Woo, correct? I have a bunch of apartment refit-related stuff to do this week, but I may start over with Gaia once that's completed. I love the art style!

[imaginaryfriend]

Jan 17, 2024 19:45:22 GMT OGRuddawg said:

I forgot about Gaia! That's from the same author as Sandra and Woo, correct? I have a bunch of apartment refit-related stuff to do this week, but I may start over with Gaia once that's completed. I love the art style!

Yep both are by Oliver Knorzer (aka Novil) however I think Powree did the art on Gaia, though it may be more complicated than that.

[Hatredman]

Just a quickie: I can't stop reading Dresden Codak. The story telling is abit loose, but oh, boy!

And I keep finding elements in co.mon to Gunnerkrigg Court everywhere.
- Kim is Kat - they are strikingly similar not only in looks but in what they do and believe, their abilities, down to the interfacing spinal implant.
- Vonnie is Annie (including hair color and shortened name)
- Hob is Robot, and he is even a Seraph.
- Talk baloon colors in GC match DCodak for Kat/Kim and Annie/Vonnie.

There are more things that match. Loving it!

[TBeholder]

Thanks to those who pointed at Unsounded. Most of it is downright awesome. Chapter 12 (with the whole Black Tongue Blues scene and shenanigans of Bastion’s artificial kid) was the most hilarious thing on my screen this year, and perhaps the previous one as well.

[louisxiv]

For those who like strong female leads, mystery and a bucketful of splendid renderings of ancient Egyptian mythology I commend Godslave by Meaghan Carter. This has been running since 2014, currently weekly, and has a bit under 700 pages.

Central mysteries:

• who is Edith, the protagonist, that she falls into the mythical world
• why are the Gods of Egypt running some provincial Canadian town ;)

I’m sufficiently impressed/enthralled by it that there is a comic index at www.louisxiv.co.uk/godslave/ - next door to the Gunnerkrigg index of course.

[blahzor]

Webtoons really replaced web comics for me despite their inconsistent nature for a large chunk of them

[Storel]

Jan 16, 2024 23:51:18 GMT TBeholder said:

Finished: Chirault, Hark, a vagrant, Next Town Over, Schlock Mercenary.

Next Town Over isn't quite finished yet. Another page just came out yesterday, and it looks like there should be a few more to wrap things up.