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killsixbilliondemons for a well written story with amazing art.

Questionable Content and Least I Could Do for some nice slice of life stuff.

Holiday Wars because it kinda sucked me in and I want to see where it goes no matter how bad it is.

Alice Grove for some goodness when the guy bothers to update it.

Looking for Group is a once a month thing for me, the story isn't good enough to keep up with.

CAD for when he does his story arc comics, his one offs are generally trash.

DBZM because who wouldn't want to watch Vegetto and Broly duke it out?

There is one I used to read regularly though, dealt a lot with the supernatural and some group that was trying to contain it. Art was't the best, but it was funny enough. But it ended out of nowhere, and the artist fell off the face of the earth. Can never remember the name of that one.
 
When I was in my early teens I used to consume webcomics heavily, but I eventually just kind of stopped. A few years ago I got back into webcomics, Here's a few stand-out webcomics that I'm particularly enjoying at the moment. I'd talk a bit about them but tbh I'm not a very articulate person and would probably give you the wrong impression of these great webcomics.

Goodbye to Halos

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Coquette Dragoon

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I've got a bunch, to the point of having folders labeled for the weekly updated ones. And one dedicated to dead ones that no longer updates. I was gonna write up a long thread about this but I'll just write em up here in summaries I guess.

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Ava's Demon, a beautifully colored and well drawn sci fi intergalatic story about Ava and a demon that lives in her head or is there more to it than that?


The Forgotten Order follows the adventures of a young fauni witch, Trystan, who struggles with her own magical abilities. Miserable and alone, she seeks the companionship of a cursed doll. Together they try to free themselves from their unfortunate fate.


Romantically Apocalyptic is webcomic where a few 'people' are thriving and messing around in a post-apocalyptic world. The characters are Snippy, one of the last humans who begrudgingly works along the Captain, who seems to be out of his/her mind. The art is kinda realistic but splashed and edited with a great use of watercolors aesthetic.


Gloomverse. "She was just a regular, unwanted kid, until she was lucky enough to get a job under the best magician in the world! Unfortunately for her, her new boss is a self absorbed sociopath. Updates are currently Monday, with some sporadic mid-week updates if I have time! Dark/Twisted Comedy!"

Basically a colorfully drawn cutesy looking magic filled world that follows the Assistant(no name since 630 pages ago) who who has no magic at all but gets picked up by a popular entertainment magician called Wallis Gloom, who outside of his perky showy persona, is a huge asshole who swears like a sailor.


Hero Oh Hero, a story that follows different characters, from a seemingly heroic airhead called Burk, to a super pessimistic kid named Noah to Tobi, an inventor that with their own respective arcs that can be about bandit take downs, RPG parodies and magic stuff. It features really great pixel art, a fun bunch of stories that reminds me of One Piece and its made by a neogaf user Neoriceisgood.


Erin Dies Alone is a story about Erin who lives alone and never gets out and only gets high cause of unknown reasons, probably something tragic related. She goes on adventures that parody games like Halo and Final Fantasty with her pal Rad Raccoon that seemingly takes place all in her head.


Back, a fantasy western webcomic that follows Abigail, a cowgirl seemingly brought back to life to end the world and on the journey to ending the world, save people. Its drawn and written by the same people behind the whacky random Gunshow and also infamous for being the source of dickbutt. It's art is pretty good and the story is weird balanced mish mash of being serious and funny but overall, interesting. Humor along the lines of let say One Punch Man.


Blindsprings, a fantasy magic based comic about a girl who's served the faeries/gods of a forest that has her life changed when a young man she encounters named Harris, brings about big changes to her fairy life of servitude. Art has a really nicely done painterly look to it which adds to the more fable magical theme and the character designs are cutesy looking.


Flaky Pastry "I think most people already have an answer for that, but in this case, it's a webcomic. Formerly described as being about nothing in particular, it is more accurately about the unlikely adventures of three room mates: Marelle, Nitrine and Zintiel. They are joined by a vast irregular cast of characters from various corners of my imagination.

Flaky Pastry takes place in an undefined world. Take elements of Fantasy and Science fiction, sprinkle a dash of the real world, mix thoroughly, beat it into submission with a rolling pin, and bake for thirty minutes.

The stories feature prominently: silliness and situational comedy, with a healthy dose of adventure, action, romance and outright craziness. It may also include the occasional spoof, obscure pop culture reference or social commentary. But not so much of that last one."

It's great, nuff said.


Spinnerette, no not that red haired one married to Peter, this is however a superhero themed webcomic that follows Heather Brown who is basically a parody of Spider-man but grows into its own whacky not too serious(at times) of being a spider based hero(she shoots webbing out her butt cause she's a spider person). It's got the anime style down so if you like them mangas, you'll probably like this one.
 
I don't really read any humor/videogame ones, so I'm kinda clueless there. I started Kill Six Billion Demons recently though and it's cool. Very good world-building.
 
Cucumber Quest, really like the art, story and humour. Super excited for the new editions.

Questionable Content (and Alice Grove) is just something I like to read. Don't love it but with daily updates it's good to keep on with.

Dumbing of Age is really fun, I've really liked recently how the author's taken a character from one of their zanier earlier works, and shown how they're incompatible with the real world.

Oglaf is good for unique surreal risque humour.

Buttersafe has sensational one liners.

The Last Halloween is great, along with JS power hour, Abby Howard's sense of humour just works for me.

Camp Wedonwancha I picked up after really enjoying Strip Search (really enjoyed that, wish the Penny arcade guys would do it again). It's a really good comic.

Octopus Pie is coming to an end soon but everyone should read it, it's such a warm comic.

And Prequel really resonated with me, which is surprising cus I'm not that into elder Scrolls.

Oh yeah JL8 as well.
 
Only Webcomic I'm reading these days is Stand Still. Stay Silent

It's been 90 years after the end of the old world. Most of the surviving population of the Known world live in Iceland, the largest safe area in existence, while the safe settlements in the other Nordic countries; Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, are small and scarce.

Countless mysterious and unspoken dangers lurk outside the safe areas, the Silent world, and hunters, mages and cleansers will spend their lives defending the settlements against the terrifying beings. Because of a great fear towards everything in the Silent world no official attempts to explore the ruins of the old have been made, and most of the information about it has turned into ancient lore, known by few.

But now, at last, it is time to send out an research crew into the great unknown! A poorly funded and terribly unqualified crew, but a crew nonetheless.

The Story is fairly standard post-apocalytic story, but with some more supernatural themes put into it. All of the main cast are fairly fleshed out personalities, and they carry the story well. But the main reason the comic works so well is it's gorgeous artwork:


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The problem is due to the art, the comic updates "fairly" slowly. It gets 4 pages a week now, and with chapter lengths varying between 20 to 80 pages, it can take few months for one chapter to conclude. I'm now reading a new chapter every time one concludes.
 
Other than stuff on The Nib, I don't really read a lot of humor strips anymore. I kind of like Alex Norris's strips, I guess. I REALLY miss Kate Beaton's Hark, a Vagrant!

I've been happy to see serialized webcomics come into fashion. I love Melanie Gillman's As the Crow Flies. The story is a little slowly paced, but it's touching and the artwork is beautiful. I'm really hoping the current kickstarter works out so I can get a print copy.

Abby Howard's The Last Halloween is kind of a fun, goofy trip too. And I like some of her older Junior Scientist Power Hour strips too.

I also like Oh Joy Sex Toy (NSFW) here and there for their educational strips.
 
Cyanide & Happiness
Chainsawsuit
Hark! A Vagrant (On hold, doing a graphic novel)
Perry Bible Fellowship (rarely updates)

I also get an email from the Order of the Stick's forum wishing me a happy birthday every year, which reminds me to catch up on their ongoing story. I also catch ip on Oglaf when I get a reminder it exists.

Most gaming comics have gotten annoying or stale, used to read Penny Arcade but it kind of crawled up its own ass a few years back.
 
I really like Awkward Zombie
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Its pretty absurd how consistently great AZ is. I can't think of another webcomic with as few duds as that. It does update pretty infrequently to be fair but then again so does VGCatz and it has been whiffing more than hitting for years now.
 
You know, many years ago, I read a lot of webcomics and the reason was that I had them set up on RSS to go straight to Apple Mail. Then I stopped using desktop mail, and fell off the tracks with everything.

Recently we switched to Mac at work, and I now have Mail open again all day. Is it worth setting up RSS again after all this time or is there some easier way?
 
Penny Arcade
Girl Genius
Awkward Zombie
Manly Guys Doing Manly Things
Schlock Mercenary
NerfNOW!!!


That's mostly it. PBFComics is hilarious, but they're few and far between on updates.
 
I read quite a few webcomics daily or weekly. It is fascinating to see how artists improve with time, both artistically and narratively. All my links link to the first page of each comic: keep in mind that due to art evolution, the art quality is vastly different between the first comic and the most recent one. I would suggest to check some of the most recent pages too if you may find the art somewhat lacking (while keeping in mind that spoilers are an unavoidable possibility).

So, to name a few:

The Order of the Stick
Don't let the (at first glance) simple art fools you: it is one of the best webcomics out there. It began as a kind of parody, simple Dungeons and Dragons story, and became a monster of its own with amazing characters and a very well written and surprising plot, while keeping its core humor.

Dumbing of Age
Dumbing of Age is a Slice of Life webcomic by David Willis, set at Indiana University and revolving around the story of the new freshmans. Full of humor, the comic doesn't shy away from adressing numerous issues, and its characters won't leave you indifferent. Better prepare yourself, as things can take a dark turn very quickly.
Also showcase some of the worst dads in the universe. This is no exageration.

Erfworld
A seemingly classic tale of a man dragged into another universe... Except that, this time, the universe in question is governed by the laws of Turn-Based Strategy wargames. And our man, Parson Gotti, was summoned because, apparently, he is the "Perfect Warlord". Oh, and he is also serving the "villains". With a keen sense of strategy, Parson has to face the ridiculous rules of this new world, odds stacked against him, and someone who doesn't want the eternal war to end... except on his terms.
Word of warning: the comic has had no less than 3 different artists in its run. The current artist is Xin, who began drawing for the comic for the second book and onward (and who took a leave for personal reasons midway through book 2, before coming back). Thus why the art is completely different between the three currently released books.

Dark Legacy Comics
This is a World of Warcraft comic, sporting the dysfunctional vitriolic buddies of one guild (and Donald, a complete idiot - no relationship whatsoever with a popular public character). Essentially humoristic.

Cucumber Quest
To quote TvTropes: "Cucumber Quest is a webcomic by Gigi D.G. of Hiimdaisy fame, and so far reads like a snarky love-letter to classic SNES-era video games, presented with a Paper Mario-style sense of humor".
Selling points:
  • Amazing art.
  • Fantastic characters.
  • A delicate yet perfectly achieved balance between humor and drama.
  • Seriously, amazing art. It bears repeating.
 
I read quite a few, but almost entirely narrative webcomics. Many of my favourites (Cucumber Quest, Paranatural, Kill 6 Billion Demons) have been mentioned already, but I will also bring up:

Shootaround: A comic about a high school girl's basketball team and their coach in a zombie apocalypse (but thankfully isn't a huge tragic thing, as many zombie apocalypses are). Art is simple but the writing is pretty good and its given me tons of laughs


Agents of the Realm: Magical girls but in a college setting. Art starts out rough (as most webcomics) but part of the webcomic experience is seeing artists become better and more consistent.
 
Oh my God. Is this still going on? I remember stopping when he took a break and never came back to check. The side arcs for all the forest animals were the best.

Sadly this webcomic didn't get any update since October 2016, and the blog hasn't been updated in a while too. Karl Kerschl still updates his Twitter it seems. I guess he is just too busy on other projects (the man seems to have a lot of work on his hands).

I miss this webcomic. The absence of updates just led me to put my bookmark link inside my "Hiatus" folder. I hope he will come back to it eventually.
 
Schlock.
Motherfucking.
Mercenary.

Http://schlockmercenary.com

A comedic Space opera that's currently the longest running webcomic in existence, having actually beaten Kevin and Kell, and also with a literally UNBROKEN update streak, one comic seven days a week FOR OVER SIXTEEN YEARS. To the point where the fucking Data Centre flooding only delayed the comic by 2 hours.

It's​ also fucking hilarious to boot. If you like Space opera stuff, you'll love Schlock. :)

Man, I like Howard. I do. I liked him on the Writing Excuses, I've talked to him on Twitter, but I just cannot get into Schlock.
 
Bumping this because I might as well vent somewhere...

Finally gave up on Questionable Content. I've been reading it since... 2004, I think? And it's just gone off the rails. Last straw was going back and rereading the early strips again. The art's terrible, there's a lot of dumb hipster humor, but it's still far more entertaining.

Old characters have been entirely lost to the void, replaced by characters that feel like fanfic inserts—characters that have no real flaws, and feel interchangeable. The robot rights thing has been the final straw. As much as he seems to think otherwise, the guy has nothing interesting to say on social issues, and the more he tries "serious" the more hamfisted it feels. Maybe he's just a case of comic getting hijacked by Patreon, I dunno. But I realized I was only visiting the site because it's been in my bookmarks for a decade.

Off to find a better webcomic, I'll be sure to try some of the recommendations here.
 
Only webcomic I've checked recently is Oglaf. Was really into Paranatural but the Hit ball just staged on forever so I stopped following. Unsounded was also a favorite of mine, should probably check that out again.

My sister bought me the hardcover version of Nimona and was disappointed to find out I had already read it when it was being posted.
 
Looks like this is a proper thread to post my webcomic. Some of you may find it interesting.

This is actually an english translation of rather successful webcomic I made back in 2008-2013, it was later crowdfunded into a book and made to miniseries here in finland. Took my some years from my other work before I had time to translate it, but here it is:

Journeys into Game industry

This is a fictional satire about two young students, who make a video documentary on game industry. Please read the FAQ before commenting. There is also a release schedule. You may also like the FB page for updates if you want.

If you are interested enough to catch up with every episode with minimum fuss, I can post here whenever new episode is out. Though it might work better if this had it's own thread.

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