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Post by Gelquie on Dec 13, 2013 0:27:00 GMT -5
Regarding Cucumber Quest (mostly regarding #438): Oh my gosh Nautilus, that may have been the harshest thing you've ever said. ...Actually, I think the harshest things anyone in that comic has ever said.  Beware the fury of an... otherwise patient bunny. ...Not that I can blame her, really. Especially if it turns out that she can't get Liquus back. Poor them. =< Also, Gunnerkrigg Court is making me very sad right now, and I'm really anticipating the updates to see how the situation is resolved. |
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Post by doctortomoe on Jul 25, 2014 15:08:35 GMT -5
Brawl in the Family is ending  |
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Post by Blueysicle on Oct 3, 2014 18:44:09 GMT -5
So one of my favorite webcomics, Brawl in the Family, ended today. (As doctortomoe noted above a few months ago) Poetically, it started shortly after Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released (Hence the name) and ended on the day that Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS came out internationally. Anybody that's a Nintendo fan in any way, shape, or form should seriously give that webcomic a look. You won't regret it.  |
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Post by doctortomoe on Oct 3, 2014 18:50:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I know. I'm sad too. But I did get the Trilogy on Kickstarter |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2014 11:10:14 GMT -5
Soooo about those last few Ava's Demon updates... nNNNOOOO |
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Post by doctortomoe on Aug 31, 2015 3:49:19 GMT -5
Order of the Stick recently had it's 1000th issue.
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Post by Draco on Aug 31, 2015 6:11:18 GMT -5
Order of the Stick recently had it's 1000th issue. I need to get back to that... I'm pretty far behind right now XD |
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Post by Thorn on Jan 7, 2016 7:12:34 GMT -5
So has anyone read The Glass Scientists? I just discovered it today, and have finished reading what's available so far. I'm really enjoying it! Super-mild spoilers, just in case:
Jasper is the most adorable thing what even is. My heart broke on that last page. I just want to give the poor little wolfling a hug!
Jekyll is also oddly adorable- I just finished reading Strange Case today, so going from that to this has been a bit of a shift. =P
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Post by Kepiloth on Jun 10, 2016 5:16:29 GMT -5
Ok, swear me in. I have a ton of webcomics to talk about. Some of them have been mentioned already, but I think I have a few that hasn't been discussed.
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Post by Fraze on Jun 13, 2016 7:11:16 GMT -5
Ok, swear me in. I have a ton of webcomics to talk about. Some of them have been mentioned already, but I think I have a few that hasn't been discussed. What have you got? I want to pick up more webcomics this summer and I'm open to suggestions. So far in the past couple weeks I've gotten through Harpy Gee and Kill Six Billion Demons. Harpy Gee is a little adventure-y fantasy comic, and the art is adorable. It's got a mix of action and sitcom antics similar to El Goonish Shive, but a different sort of story. The update schedule isn't quite clear to me, but as far as I can tell, updates happen once per week but may consist of multiple pages, or something like that. It's pretty short, and you could probably read it in a couple hours at most. KSBD is an adventure comic, and I don't want to say much more than that because you get thrown into things at the start with no explanation as to what's going on, and the confusion and disorientation as you try to make sense of things is a big part of the experience of reading it. But the art is gorgeous and has Where's Waldo-levels of detail, and I'd totally be up for buying a print volume, which the creator is working on producing. It updates twice a week, which is a whole lot considering the quality of the art, and there are also sometimes short stories in the blog below the comic pages. I highly suggest reading those stories as well, since they do a lot to help flesh out the world. I won't link to it directly because of violence and language. And I don't know if anyone follows Erfworld, but if not, then this is a great time to start. For those not familiar, it's about a guy from our world who creates a turn-based strategy tabletop game and makes an unwinnable scenario to challenge his players to find an outside-the-box way of winning...and then (of course) gets zapped into a world that runs on turn-based strategy rules, and has to beat his own impossible scenario. Then other stuff happens as his side goes on the offensive. It's always been a good comic, extremely detailed and very tightly plotted and gradually growing to show more and more sides in the ongoing conflict, but in the past year it's gotten so much better. After recurring money problems that have gone on for years, the comic finally managed to reach long-term financial stability thanks to reader support; and the extremely popular artist who drew book 2 and then left, has been brought on again midway through book 3. (So if you notice a drop in art quality at the start of book 3, don't despair; it gets better!) Now that the comic's production has gotten more stable, the story has improved as well, with some really gripping tension and conflict and fascinating looks into the world and the goals and motivations of different people and sides. It's a long read, but this is right up there with my absolute favorite webcomics. |
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Post by Kepiloth on Jun 14, 2016 14:09:25 GMT -5
I read Kevin and Kell, Sluggy Freelance, Girl Genius, Harpy Gee, Poppy O'Possum, Floraverse/Seeds:A Mini-story, Precocious, Gunnerkrigg Court, Slightly darned, Spinnerette, Grrl Power, Let's Speak English, and Antibunny. I will only give the basic premises here so as not to spoil any jokes and/or plot points. My personal recommendations are; Girl Genius and Gunnerkrigg Court, I'm seeing quite a few fans of those two here so I know I'm gonna have a geek out. Kevin and Kell, a family friendly strip about a rabbit and a wolf who are married and the lives they lead. This one is celebrating over twenty years as a web comic with the first strip published September 3,1995. This one is a long read from the beginning but it's one of the few 90's web comics still going to this day. Precocious, a comic about brilliant and talented kids and the trouble they get into with those talents. A comedic web comic for when you need a laugh. Floraverse, a set of stories centered around an ever growing cast of characters. This one has a game, a few visual novelesque animations, and several YouTube videos included in the site itself. The characters play off each other rather well and the humor is on the strange side. A word of caution though, this site has a sister site for those 18+ where you can find more erotic stories. There is no link on the main site but another web comic I found(but won't list here) has the link. Let's Speak English, a semi autobiographical comic about an English teacher in Japan. Some of these can be found on the site Hiveworks. |
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Post by Lizica on Apr 20, 2017 17:30:14 GMT -5
*pokes head in* Heeyyyy, another comics fan here, sorry for resurrecting this thread that hasn't seen activity since... *checks watch* ...last summer, but I discovered Nimona yesterday, a graphic novel adapted from a webcomic. And. And. I'd never heard of it until yesterday, and I wish I had, because it was so good. *__* I really couldn't put it down, and even though that's a huge compliment, I still feel a little guilty about it because I consumed years and years of work in less than a day. xD;
Anyway! I wanted to fangirl about it to you guys. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson is about a shapeshifter who teams up as a sidekick to a villain, and the two of them try to expose the "good guys" for their actual nefarious dealings.
In many ways, the story feels so very NTWF-y. It's got it all! Comedy! Drama! Trope subversion! Medieval fantasy! Science fiction! Heroes and villains! Also glowing green things! And dragons! Did I mention shapeshifting already?
Seriously, though, it was fantastically well done. The story moved so smoothly, the art was wonderfully expressive, and the characters and their dilemmas felt so genuine to me. I ran the whole emotional gamut when reading it, everything from giggling aloud to heartbroken crying. If you'd like to read it, though, be warned on account of occasional swearing, as well as violence and some gore/blood. And don't be fooled by the first couple pages; the story really builds and can get pretty heavy.
Okay but also, when the protagonist villain's nemesis Sir Goldenloin appears, his first line is, "Halt, you villains! Unhand that science!" ...and if that doesn't make you want to read more, I don't know what will. XD
Has anyone else here read Nimona? ^^
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Post by icon on Apr 23, 2017 0:01:55 GMT -5
*pokes head in* Heeyyyy, another comics fan here, sorry for resurrecting this thread that hasn't seen activity since... *checks watch* ...last summer, but I discovered Nimona yesterday, a graphic novel adapted from a webcomic. And. And. I'd never heard of it until yesterday, and I wish I had, because it was so good. *__* I really couldn't put it down, and even though that's a huge compliment, I still feel a little guilty about it because I consumed years and years of work in less than a day. xD; Anyway! I wanted to fangirl about it to you guys. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson is about a shapeshifter who teams up as a sidekick to a villain, and the two of them try to expose the "good guys" for their actual nefarious dealings. In many ways, the story feels so very NTWF-y. It's got it all! Comedy! Drama! Trope subversion! Medieval fantasy! Science fiction! Heroes and villains! Also glowing green things! And dragons! Did I mention shapeshifting already? Seriously, though, it was fantastically well done. The story moved so smoothly, the art was wonderfully expressive, and the characters and their dilemmas felt so genuine to me. I ran the whole emotional gamut when reading it, everything from giggling aloud to heartbroken crying. If you'd like to read it, though, be warned on account of occasional swearing, as well as violence and some gore/blood. And don't be fooled by the first couple pages; the story really builds and can get pretty heavy. Okay but also, when the protagonist villain's nemesis Sir Goldenloin appears, his first line is, "Halt, you villains! Unhand that science!" ...and if that doesn't make you want to read more, I don't know what will. XD Has anyone else here read Nimona? ^^ I haven't read Nimona since it moved from online to print (which must have been... a fair while ago, gosh) but I recall finding it an absolute hoot—Noelle Stevenson's work is super excellent, and it seems very much within your wheelhouse, Lizica. =D (I forgot about Goldenloin but he is a delight and a treasure, gosh) I still follow a handful of webcomics fairly regularly these days, though not as many as I used to... most of the ones I watch on the reg have been mentioned in this thread before. A few recs that people on the forum might enjoy, though: Softies, by Kyle Smeallie: Wacky sitcom chicanery in space. Smeallie is a master of snappy dialogue and clear storytelling. It's easy for comedic webcomics to get bogged down in plot and minutiae, but Smeallie finds a spot along the knife's edge that fits a really nice balance. It also helps that the chapters are all short, like, bite-sized-tier short. If you like Paranatural, Bad Machinery, or Nedroid, you'll probably like Softies. ( Rating: G) The World in Deeper Inspection, by Reimena Ashel Yee: Episodic supernatural gothic mystery. Yee is probably one of my favorite comics artists updating regularly, from her strong character designs to her inspired visual layouts. TWiDI draws a lot on history, and it absolutely shows that Yee has done her research—she provides some fantastic contextual anecdotes and details that are both informative and entertaining. If I had to pinpoint it, I would say that it falls somewhere in between Gunnerkrigg Court and Call of the Sentinel, or perhaps The Lonely Vincent Bellingham. ( Rating: PG, there's some occasional violence and mild swearing) On a Sunbeam, by Tillie Walden: Young Adult-style soft sci fi. I discovered On a Sunbeam maybe mid-January or so, and it skyrocketed up my list of fave comics. Walden's grasp of visual composition is straight-up poetry. The comic is also complete, so you can hole up and read the entire thing (I recommend tackling it all in one go if you can, it's only 20 chapters long). Tonally, it's similar to Lady of the Shard, or perhaps an aged-up Demon Street. Highly highly highly recommend!!! ( Rating: 13+ for swearing and some mild blood/gore) |
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Post by Nat on Sept 16, 2020 11:21:20 GMT -5
Just want to reboot this thread with a rec!
Witchy is a fantasy comic set in the kingdom of Hyalin, where the length of your hair determines your magical potential, as well as your likelihood of being conscripted into the Witch Guard, the military/police thing. On the other hand, having hair too long puts you at risk of getting burned at the stake. The main character, Nyneve, lost her father this way, and with conscription looming, she has a lot of hard choices to make.
If you like LGBT+ witches, sociopolitical intrigue, and Ghibli influences in your story, read Witchy! The story is PG-rated, with some mild swearing, violence, and suicidal ideation.
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