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What webcomics are you reading?

Posted by Mad Mick
Mad Mick
member, 302 posts
Keep Calm
And Carry On
Fri 30 Mar 2012
at 08:01
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What webcomics are you reading?

It's been a bit since we had a thread on webcomics (I can't seem to find a discussion in CC, anyway), so I wanted to see what RPOL was reading.

I keep coming back to PvP (http://pvponline.com/) - it's been around for a while, and it's taken some questionable directions (incorporating advertiser WotC into the actual storyline), but it remains interesting to me.

Here's my list of regular/irregular reads:

Hark! A Vagrant (http://harkavagrant.com/)
Multiplex (http://multiplexcomic.com/)
Something Positive (http://somethingpositive.net/)
Questionable Content (http://questionablecontent.net/)
xkcd (http://xkcd.net/)
Order of the Stick (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html)
Shortpacked! (http://www.shortpacked.com/)
Dumbing of Age (http://www.dumbingofage.com/)
Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic)
Weregeek http://www.weregeek.com/)
Erfworld (though I haven't been following the prose story) (http://www.erfworld.com/)

Irregularly (as they come out):
Perry Bible Fellowship (http://www.pbfcomics.com/)

And just recently, Goblins (http://www.goblinscomic.com/).

What about you?  What webcomics do you read on a regular basis?
This message was last edited by the user at 08:05, Fri 30 Mar 2012.
PushBarToOpen
member, 474 posts
Fri 30 Mar 2012
at 08:56
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Re: What webcomics are you reading?

Hmm i will say that i was very partial to both of the Following

DM of the rings http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=14

Darths and Droids http://www.darthsanddroids.net/

Both are the Same Concept. A Film series was actually a RP campaign. However with DM of the Rings it is a heavily railroading Dm that forces encounters and the way forward. Darths and droids is the poopsite with a Lax Gm that allows almost anything to happen. Hence the Jedi Power Summon Bigger Fish and the reason R2D2 is a Short Robot with no Speach e.t.c is because he min maxed the charcter on Flaws. Ja Ja Binks speaks funny and doesnt know what he is doing because he is played by someones 5 year old sister.

OUt of the Two i heavily |Prefer Darths and Droids if you Can't tell. It started on Episode 1 and has made it to Episode 4 now.
Tecali
member, 19 posts
Technokratische Allianz
Fri 30 Mar 2012
at 10:47
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Re: What webcomics are you reading?

Well there is only one hero, we can count on.

http://drmcninja.com/newreaders.php

He is a Ninja and a Doctor, with one Hand he kills, with the other he heals.
Magic Mushroomcloud
member, 21 posts
Fri 30 Mar 2012
at 14:16
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Re: What webcomics are you reading?

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Waxahachie
member, 62 posts
The horn that wakes
the sleepers
Fri 30 Mar 2012
at 14:26
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Re: What webcomics are you reading?

As PushBarToOpen said: Darths and Droids.

If you like roleplaying games (I think we've got that covered) and have seen the Star Wars movies (especially the new ones) then this is some serious comedy gold.

http://www.darthsanddroids.net/
rubberduck
member, 3167 posts
Apocalypse World
will save your soul
Fri 30 Mar 2012
at 14:55
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Re: What webcomics are you reading?

In addition to Order of the Stick, XKCD, Erfworld, Dr. Mcninja and satw, my "short list" is

Girl Genius (http://www.girlgeniusonline.com) Never-ending adventure in a steampunk world. Great story, characters and setting. Do read this.
Schlock Mercenary (http://www.schlockmercenary.com) Follows a ship full of sci-fi mercenaries. It might be soft sci-fi space opera, but the author still keeps from in neat nuggets of delicious science. Plus explosions and lots of humor.
Goblins (http://www.goblinscomic.com) Who's to say the goblins are the bad guys, and the adventurers the good guys. Started off as a d&d parody, but has become an awesome epic with excellent characters that you really feel for.
Misfile (http://www.misfile.com) Boy gets transformed into girl, now has to live that way. Takes the subject matter pretty seriously, leading to a very nice story.
Casual Villain (http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/) Child heiress to the troll criminal empire, and her undead wizard bodyguard. Nice art and intriguing world. There's also some real gems of dialogue and one-liners in there.
Freefall (http://freefall.purrsia.com) Larcenous squid alien steals bio-engineered wolf engineer to get his ship space-worthy. Has some very interesting thoughts on the psychology of squid aliens, bio-engineered wolves and robots.
Lackadaisy (http://www.lackadaisycats.com) How to not run a speakeasy during the prohibition. Wonderful art, and enjoyable characters, but doesn't update very often.
Precocious (http://www.precociouscomic.com) What do you get when you have a class full of kids with genius IQs? Chaos. A fun casual read.
Spacetrawler (http://spacetrawler.com) Earth-girl kidnapped by crew of aliens, to save an innocent race from slavery. Okay story, contains some excellent one-liners and scenes.
Exterminatus Now (http://exterminatusnow.co.uk) Humor, furry and warhammer 40k mixed with randomness. Read it for the humor, not the story.

The following contains mature subject matter.
Prequel or Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (http://www.prequeladventure.com) Follow the sad and pathetic adventuers of Katia Managan. If you do not end up cheering for her, you have no heart. Don't give up though, if you feel like the author is being unfairly harsh on poor Katia. It does get better, and then it gets awesome.
This message was last edited by the user at 02:57, Sat 31 Mar 2012.
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