Web Comics Recommends - The Saga Begins

[classicdrogn]

I'm finding that I quite like Grrl Power
http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/
but that may just be because of a particularly high sympathy for the main character

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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

[Black Aeronaut]

Yeah, loved GP from the get-go. Sydney is freaking hilarious and my kind of nut. If she were an actual person and we were to meet we'd probably get along like a house on fire... with actual houses and actual fire.

[classicdrogn]

Wait, did you just edit that in, or... Dammit, I swear I checked to see if it had already been mentioned! Grumblemuttercurse.

Edit myself: Now I know Marry Me hasn't been recced yet
http://marryme.keenspot.com/d/20120730.html


The sign says "Marry me!" She does. This is part of the site header, so hardly a spoiler... the rest of the first two arcs of the comic is the two (well, three, since uber-fangirl isn't about to miss out on this) of them actually getting to know each other. Third arc is currently in progress.

Edit: I've been looking at some of the other recs, and have come to this epiphany: Stylistic suck is still suck. If that means I'm shallow, I'll just sit over here listening to my studio recordings, enjoying slick, beautiful art, and being completely fine with that.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

[Jinx999]

It's a Korean webcomic, so it has to be scanlated for us, but I'd like to recommend "The Gamer".
http://mangafox.me/manga/the_gamer/
A guy gets the ability to interact with the world in the manner of a MMORPG player. He can see levels and titles, has HP, get's XP and can level up. Although it's a cinematic world, it's not one that normally runs on RPG rules, this is unique to him and other people find it weird as f*ck. Especially when monsters he defeats drop loot, despite being immaterial.
Which helps quite a bit when he gets involved with the hidden magical world.

[robkelk]

Planet of Hats

From David Morgan-Mar at mezzacotta.net (who also bring us Irregular Webcomic and Darths and Droids). Recaps of original Star Trek, one episode per week (on Wednesdays), somewhat self-aware. Being done as an excuse to strengthen drawing skills, so don't expect pretty pictures - but the dialogue is great. ("Captain's log, Stardate 1512.2. Crew are playing a game of Annoy Spock.")
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[LilFluff]

Morganni wrote:

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Not A Villain

Saw the artist at Phoenix Comicon, where I was without much difficulty talked into buying the books. Aneeka seemed pleased to here NAV made it onto our recommended comics list.
If she's found the forum and reads this -- congratulations on surviving the pit of chaos that is the dealers room/artists alley at PhxComicon. The whole entire underground level this year and it was still crowded and noisy.
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.

[Herr Bad Moon]

I'm finding that I quite like Grrl Power
http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/
but that may just be because of a particularly high sympathy for the main character

That joke went about 3 panels too long.
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Jon
"And that must have caused my dad's brain to break in half, replaced by a purely mechanical engine of revenge!"

[robkelk]

Planet of Hats

From David Morgan-Mar at mezzacotta.net (who also bring us Irregular Webcomic and Darths and Droids). Recaps of original Star Trek, one episode per week (on Wednesdays), somewhat self-aware. Being done as an excuse to strengthen drawing skills, so don't expect pretty pictures - but the dialogue is great. ("Captain's log, Stardate 1512.2. Crew are playing a game of Annoy Spock.")

And, of course, we all knew this one would be written thusly. (spoilered because of size) Say, is there an error of usage in panel nine?

Spoiler

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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Black Aeronaut]

Daniel Lieske is getting ready to to post Chapter 6 of his gorgeously drawn digital graphic novel, The Wormworld Saga, which pretty much based entirely off of his famous painting, The Journey Begins.
Seriously.
Read.
This.
Thing.

[Black Aeronaut]

Recently binged a webcomic called 'Star Trip' where in a young woman disillusioned with life in general rescues a shape-shifter. In return, it grants her request to take her to every inhabitable world in the known galaxy. It does not go as smoothly as some would hope...

Interesting idea, but somewhere along the way it undergoes a very startling art-shift where the main character goes from being an athletic looking young lady to looking like a young teen that's had just a tad too much junk food or not quite enough exercise. I'd have no issue with either character design, but to change it so radically and with little to no explanation for it...
Otherwise, it has pretty good 'coming of age' vibes to it where the main character must learn to behave in a manner befitting a civilized person (that is, understand first that she is the alien, and not everyone else around her).

[robkelk]

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http://freefall.purrsia.com/]Freefall A hideous alien with inhuman morality, a genetically engineered predator released from the lab by a mad scientist and a badly programed robot are all that stand between a colony world and a robot war triggered by a corrupt businessman. Usually light humour.

Recently finished marathoning this one (it's a long-runner). Plenty of subtle references in this - maybe more than the blatant references.

A few strips that can stand on their own, from more than a decade ago:










--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Shepherd]

Devilbear: http://www.thedevilbear.com/?p=1
Erfworld: http://archives.erfworld.com/
Head Trip: http://headtrip.keenspot.com/
The Fancy Adventures of Jack Cannon: http://fancyadventures.com/2008/07/07/2008-07-08/
The League of Super Redundant Heroes: http://superredundant.com/?p=128
Something Positive: http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml
Spinnerette: http://www.spinnyverse.com/index.php?id=1
Thunderstruck: http://www.talesfromthevault.com/thunde ... er001.html
Two Guys and Guy: http://www.twogag.com/archives/4
Wizard School (complete): http://www.wizardschoolcomic.com/index.php?id=1
Ensign Sue Must Die (Complete): http://interrobangstudios.com/comics-di ... rip_id=989
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

[robkelk]

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%[link=http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html]%[link=http://www.giantitp.com/comics/ootslatest.html]Order of The Stick]. Long-running D& D comic with stick figure art. Don't let the stick figure artwork put you off - Rich Burlew is a master storyteller.
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How did I forget to mention OotS?

Oh - because it's updated irregularly, so it isn't on any of my "read these today" bookmark lists. Just like http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=1]Sequential Art, which started as a strip about an artist named Art, but grew like Topsy. I doubt I could explain this one...

Speaking of Sequential Art, http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=910]the most recent strip:

A bit of Fridge Logic: The olives do...

Other strips I'm reading - all on the "very irregular" update plan:

http://countyoursheep.keenspot.com/]Count Your Sheep: There's only the one, but he's good. He's also an imaginary friend ... that many people can see.

http://dresdencodak.com/]Dresden Codak: Kim Ross is a cyborg, and something of a Mad Scientist. The strip is played completely straight. DC is the poster child for "long waits between strips."

http://www.harkavagrant.com/]Hark, A Vagrant!: What you get when someone with a history degree makes a webstrip. No ongoing plot. (A few of my favourites: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=36]L'Anse aux Meadows, http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=53]Robin Hood, http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=60]Stompin' Tom vs. the music industry (a true story!), http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=231]Verne and Wells)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012