What Web Comics Do You Read?

9/13/07 | Tanniker Smith

[Tanniker Smith]

When there hasn't been a new post on FR for an entire five minutes, which webcomics do you check out? Are they humorous? Political? Geeky? All of the above?

I used to read Dork Tower and Irregular Webcomic when I still had a subscription to Pyramid Online. IWC has pointed me to The Alterverse War, which just started, so I don't know if it'll be any good or not.

And recently I discovered XKCD, which occasionally relies on the use of math and science knowledge for its humor (and it does it quite well).
(There are some favorites on the bottom of the main page -- one involves James Bond on a centrifuge.)

I know that there's a million of them out there, just wondering what the folks here read.
(oh, yeah, my ulterior motive is to bookmark this thread.)

[Tanniker Smith]

Post your links.

[Jim Robinson]

New York Times.

Oh, I thought you meant fiction.

[hole_n_one]

For laughs, I dig up old posts by tlbshow.

[infowarrior]

While I don't read webcomics per se, I publish comics online at Hypercomics...

the infowarrior

[Petronski]

Paulbearer threads.

[Bender2]

Re: What Web Comics Do You Read?

I read... myself!

And go... to every cast party!

[kinoxi]

Pookie’s amalgamate if I’m not banned.

[geopyg]

I usually just read the funnies in the paper. But... I did cut one out from last Sunday (9/9/07) it was “Get Fuzzy”. The dog is dumb and the cat is always scheaming, mean, etc. So... not sure how the guy meant for the strip to be - but it sure was funny.

The cat finds some type of slug. The cat says “It’s got no spine, so it would be in Phylum Democrata.....” and continues from there. If I don’t see it posted after awhile I’ll transcribe it later.

[Tanniker Smith]

I brought that one into work and showed it to the liberal who reads the Times.

He actually agreed that the Democrats had no spines.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Day By Day is very cool.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

No links necessary. Just get onto Pookie’s ping list.

My cartoons are delivered to me almost every morning.

[hole_n_one]

Get Fuzzy

[CMS]

I read and am a fan of Ctrl+Alt+Del
It's a comig about the lives of 2 gamers (everynow and them some ranomness with a chef or gameplayers) It'sBeen arounf for a few years now, even has 3 compilations out in book form.
www.ctrlaltdel-online.com

[Tanniker Smith]

Here's the FR thread: Get Fuzzy Snarks on Democrats

[hole_n_one]

Specific GF strip dated 9/09/07 is here.

[Ruddles]

Speaking of AntedeluvianGeekNicheComics, a ham radio license is all but mandatory at www.dashtoons.com.

[wallcrawlr]

under the radar comic nerd ping

[jameslalor]

John Bergstrom over at http://attackcartoons.com/ gets some traffic from me.

If you like, uhh, humor from out of left field; then give Max Cannon’s Redmeat a try. It’s not for everybody though. http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/

You have not been on the internet yet if you have not seen at least one User Friendly strip. http://www.userfriendly.org/

Visit what might possible be the slowest webcomic on the net! Kill someone with a rock! http://www.blastwavecomic.com/

If you play World of Warcraft, or have spent much time goofing around in any role playing game on a computer, then you might like Looking For Group. http://www.lfgcomic.com/

If you’re much of a jazz cat chances are you’d get a kick out of Lackadaisy. http://www.lackadaisycats.com/

If you’re a gamer then you have to give VG Cats a look. http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?

[IrishCatholic]

Day by Day. I can’t go a day without it. It is smart and completely makes fun of liberals. At the bottom the month laid out. Go back and check their history. The only hip conservative comic on the web that I know of.

[HHFi]

Cracked.com just put up a list of the top 8 funniest web comics. Guess I’m old and out of it, but I looked over their examples and can’t figure out what’s even supposed to be funny about most of them. They look like they’re done by retarded children. A lot of the artwork is eyestrain-inducing, too. Please tell me there’s something better than this lot: http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2376

[pookie18]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895728/posts

[Disambiguator]

None for me, except what gets posted on FR. We usually read the old Calvin and Hobbes books we have around, plus the copy of “Billy and The Boingers Bootleg” (Bloom County).

I do like Dilbert and Far Side stuff, too.

I also have this copy of “Hofmekler’s Gallery” which approaches things from a liberal perspective, but the illustrations are a hoot.

[ChadGore]

I only read Pookies Toons

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Let's see... a few of my favorites:

Updated daily:
Day by Day (political/humor)
Schlock Mercenary (SF/humor)

Updated M-W-F:
The Whiteboard (humor)
Girl Genius (SF/adventure/humor)

Updated irregularly:
Tales of the Questor (Fantasy/adventure)

The last one is really my favorite, I just wish it was updated more regularly. To get the sense of the comic, start at page 1 and read at least through page 17, or even better through page 25...!

Pinging some others for their favorites...

[JenB]

Sluggy Freelance One of the originals. Bun Bun would kill someone if this comic is not mentioned.

Also PVPonline, Schlock Mercenary, and MegaTokyo, plus Order of the Stick at giantitp.com

[Rose in RoseBear]

I'm also a Day By Day girl ... gotta love the self-made black conservative software developer!

The Mows is updated Monday - Friday, and predates the LolCat phenomenon.

I am a huge fan of Tales of the Questor. I agree with DaBear ... start at the beginning! It'll pull you right in!

[billorites]

Well, don't cha know?
Bush lied.
and people died!
Gods honest truth I swear!

[Ruddles]

http://www.dashtoons.com Proper link to the ham radio cartoons.

[ikka]

A mix of Japanese over the top cuteness and a nod to the Old Ones:

http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/

[Bender2]

RE: I do like Dilbert and Far Side stuff, too.

Well, I modify... and make Fredside!

[Popocatapetl]

Start with the “regular” comics online:

Dilbert
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/

Pearls Before Swine
http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/

Tumbleweeds
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/comics/tumbleweeds.html

Piranha Club
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/comics/piranhaclub.html

Get Fuzzy
http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/

Mallard Fillmore
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/mallard/2000/mallard1.asp

Day By Day
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/

Nonsequitur (hit or miss)
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/

Then some of the better online comics (some are adult themed):

Schlock Mercenary
http://www.schlockmercenary.com/

Diesel Sweeties
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/

Penny Arcade
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic

Ctrl+Alt+Del
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php

VG Cats
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?

Slow Wave (submitted Dreams made into comic)
http://www.slowwave.com/

Strange Candy
http://www.strangecandy.net/

Krakow
http://www.krakowstudios.com/

Bob and George
http://www.bobandgeorge.com/

Freefall
http://freefall.purrsia.com/

Sinfest
http://www.sinfest.net/

Evil Incorporated
http://www.evil-comic.com/index.html

Hello Cthulhu
http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/

And some comics that are downright odd (some NSFW):

Red Meat
http://www.gocomics.com/redmeat/

The Perry Bible Fellowship (not religious)
http://pbfcomics.com/

Bob the Angry Flower
http://www.angryflower.com/

Edible Dirt
http://eddirt.frozenreality.co.uk/

No Rest For The Wicked
http://www.forthewicked.net/

The Parking Lot Is Full (archives only)
http://plif.andkon.com/

Van Von Hunter
http://www.vanvonhunter.com/index.html

Chopping Block (Hockey Masked Serial Killer Comic)
http://www.choppingblock.org/

[SGCOS]

none.

[TalonDJ]

Schlock
Sluggy
Dilbert
Tales of the Questor
Girl Genius
Order of the Stick
Starslip Crisis
PvP
Shortpacked
Megatokyo

A few others on occasion

[Tanniker Smith]

Yeah, “Red Meat” is definitely an odd one. I’ve read that one in The Onion a few times. In fact, I saw the online strip a few days ago. That’s probably the one good thing about my trip into Manhattan for a grad class. Free copies of the Onion to read on the ride home.

[coydog]

I do a webcomic myself, UNA Frontiers.

http://www.unafrontiers.com

Now that the shameless self-promotion is out of the way, I like Post-Nuke and Girl Genius.

http://www.postnukecomic.com/
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/

And for those who don’t shy away from things in the Harry Potter vein, Gunnerkreig Court is good.

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/index2.php

[SES1066]

BTT

[SES1066]

Sheesh, nobody included Kevin & Kell or did I miss it?

[Tanniker Smith]

Another one that I'll be checking out:

The Unspeakable Vault (of Doom)
for those of you who know who Cthulu is, and like their Cthulu extremely silly.
(There was a plug for it on Steve Jackson Games' website becuase there is now an expansion to their Munchkin game based on this comic strip.)

[Larry Lucido]

Dilbert.

That is all.

[Larry Lucido]

Comics I miss:

Calvin and Hobbes

Far Side

Bloom County

[Larry Lucido]

Comics I miss from 1970:

[andysandmikesmom]

I have to agree...I just love Get Fuzzy...tho Bucky Cat is supposed to be the more popular character, and I do a kick out of him, still Satchel Pooch is my favorite, perhaps because I am really a dog person...but I must read Get Fuzzy each day...

[Tanniker Smith]

I only see it on Sundays, usually. Read it right after Prince Valiant.

But I'm happy to have a set of links for those slow news nights when I'm a little bored.

[Tanniker Smith]

That Lovin' Feeling

If you go to the page and wave your mouse over the strip, there's a bonus punch line.

[Larry Lucido]

Good one!

I thought Mike Peters came pretty close to Far Side quality with some of his Mother Goose strips.

[Larry Lucido]

And I STILL think that insomniac Randolph Itch didn't get enough of a chance and was pulled too soon (even if the author is a lib).