Web Comics

[Chaos]

Since we´ve already had two threads about normal comics lately, allow me to introduce a related genre - web comics. (for those of you who don´t know, these are comic strips published in the internet)

I´d like everyone who wants to introduce their favorite web comic.

I´ll start of with my favorite: The Order of the Stick, by Rich Burlew.

http://www.giantitp.com

(hint: go to the Comic section, then choose Cast of Characters from the bar at the bottom; the link from there takes you back to the latest issue, so then choose Start with #1)

The comic is about a party of adventurers from the Dungeons & Dragon (D&D) role-playing game who - hence the title - are drawn as stick figures. Some of the comic´s jokes make fun of the D&D rules, others make fun of role-playing or fantasy cliché; if you´re not into RPGs you´re probably not going to get these, but there are plenty of other jokes you WILL get.

The Order of the Stick consists of six brave adventurers:

Elan, an enthusiastic young bard who, unfortunately, isn´t the sharpest knife in the drawer
Typical Quotes:
"There´s six of us, and six of them. If we team up, all ten of us..."
"*singing* move, move, move, move silently across the battlefield."

Durkon Thundershield, a dwarven priest of Thor, god of thunder (and drinking), who is also very afraid of trees
Typical Quotes:
"What would Thor do?"
"There´s a saying among dwarves: if a tree kills alone in the forest, does it make a sound?"

Haley Starshine, a rogue whose interests include treasure, and the acquisition of treasure
Typical Quotes:
"...and treasure!"
"Sneak Attack!"

Belkar Bitterleaf, a halfling ranger with deap-seated emotional problems (read: homicidal maniac)
Typical Quotes:
"Gotcha, sucker!"
"You guys go ahead. I´ll harvest his kidneys and then catch up with you."

Varsuvius, an elven wizard with melodramatic tendencies
Typical Quotes:
"I am quite busy telling the laws of nature to sit down and be quiet."
"Well, either I have spontaneously decided to get in touch with my reptilian side, or I was the target of a baleful polymorph spell..."

And finally, Roy Greenhilt, a fighter who has the unenviable job of leading this menagerie on their adventures
Typical quotes:
"I dream of the day when I will have learned to stop asking questions to which I will regret learning the answers."
"*sigh*"

 

[Jorghnassen]

Sexylosers. I can't link to it here though.

Sinfest is great as well. I used to read a lot of webcomics, now I only read those two plus Crap I Drew on my Lunchbreak and You Damn Kid.

And my girlfriend's webcomic too.

 

[neutrino_cannon]

I second the nomination of sexylosers.

http://schlockmercenary.com/, however, is my current favorite.

 

[Cleon]

www.somethingpositive.net (my favorite)
Two side projects he has are Midnight Macabre and New Gold Dream.

scandalsheet.keenspace.com
pvponline.com
gpf-comics.com
www.queenofwands.net (Now defunct, but fun to read the archives)
userfriendly.org (a classic)
twolumps.keenspace.com
flem.keenspace.com
reallifecomics.com
questionablecontent.net
www.ctrlaltdel-online.com
penny-arcade.com

Crap...That's maybe half of my daily read list. Did I mention I love webcomics?

(ETA...Indeed, sexylosers is great. However, it's not safe for work, home, or even the privacy of your bathroom.)

 

[neutrino_cannon]

Oh, oh!

If we can do defunct ones, let me nominate Exploitation Now.

 

[Jorghnassen]

Yep, pretty defunct. At least it stopped. Comics like Sluggy and 8-bit Theater should have been defunct a long time ago...

 

[Mycroft]

Since we´ve already had two threads about normal comics lately, allow me to introduce a related genre - web comics. (for those of you who don´t know, these are comic strips published in the internet)

I´d like everyone who wants to introduce their favorite web comic.

I´ll start of with my favorite: The Order of the Stick, by Rich Burlew.

Thank you for that, that had me laughing until my ribs hurt. It's been a few years since I've played D&D, but from the age of 10 and for the next two decades I enjoyed it immensely.

 

[Cleon]

Yep, pretty defunct. At least it stopped. Comics like Sluggy and 8-bit Theater should have been defunct a long time ago...

Never got into 8-bit, but I remember the days when Sluggy was funny. Or at least fun to read. About four years ago it just got massively boring.

 

[DrMatt]

Argon Zark. Astounding graphics, easter-egg links, a bit of flashy animation like only the web can provide. Satirical storyline. But slow updates. I've been following since the very beginning--which is currently only available to customers of the dead-tree edition, a strange sort of retrograde progression..

 

[Morwen]

Chaos, thank you for introducing me to The Order of the Stick! I read all the archives these last days and loved it! Here's a new fan.

 

[Chaos]

Thank you for that, that had me laughing until my ribs hurt. It's been a few years since I've played D&D, but from the age of 10 and for the next two decades I enjoyed it immensely.

It has some jokes for the 1st and 2nd edition veterans, too. There´s an old man around strip #220 who was an adventurer in AD&D, and complain about how young 3rd edition folks today don´t know how good they have it, and so on...

 

[Psi Baba]

My two favorites are Chopping Block, featuring Butch, our beloved serial killer; and PVPOnline.

 

[kalen]

Space comics

Not originally web-comics, but it's the only place you'll find these strips now:

Space Moose (origin)

Space Cat

 

[RebeccaC]

I'm not allowed to post URL's yet, but this is my favorite.

www(DOT)daybydaycartoon(DOT)com

It tends toward the conservative side, but not too much. I identify with the Jan character so much it's not funny!

 

[ranson]

Full Frontal Nerdity.

One of the best, by a guy who does great indie print comics, too.