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Post by Arydra » Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:38 am

I was unaware of that. I knew that the absolute basic concept was similar, but I did not know that he was actually inspired by Elfquest.
And I got hooked on Elfquest from the physical copies that my dad owns from when he was younger.
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Post by ThroughTheWell » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:42 am

I also like Quantum Vibe http://www.quantumvibe.com/strip?page=1 which is a scifi strip with an onging plot.
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Post by kijihir » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:32 pm

Hmm... I'd have to recommend a few. For example:

Namesake: It's one of the few new takes on fairy tales that I actually enjoy.
http://namesakecomic.com/

Litbrick: Basically, it's commentary (in comics) on classic works of literature. And It's hilarious.
http://litbrick.com/

Supernormal Step:
Sci-fi/fantasy. Interesting plot, constantly improving art, and a curse that turns you into a plushie for doing evil.
http://supernormalstep.com/

But my newest comic would be "Not a Villain", which is a science fiction-ish comic, slightly reminiscent of a cross between the Matrix and the Hunger Games. It's fun, and makes for an entertaining archive binge.
http://inkoutbreak.com/inker.php?comic= ... bf116cdf1c

I would say that all of these are safe for work.

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Post by LooksAndSmiles » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:12 am

Mega Necro B.M.U.P.

There is a webcomic with a bit of manga-stlye which has a plenty of mythical humanoids (vampires, demons, succubi, werewolves, etc.), with an appropiately dark and funny tone. The protagonist is a young girl, who has no idea what's going on around her.

The comic is dream*scar, and I suggest to read it if you are in the right mindset.

I'm posting this because the creator has just made a trailer video for the comic to lure in more readers, and I think it's pretty good.
Here is the video.
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Post by willpell » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:38 am

Recently discovered an amusingly odd superhero comic: Grrl Power. Updates are frustratingly slow, and the protagonist's wackiness gets on my nerves quite a bit, and there's depressingly little information about most of the other characters. But it has its moments.

For those who are comfortable with NSFW content, I highly recommend Future Pig. Pavel is a real artist's artist who creates extremely trippy stuff. Updating is incredibly slow, sometimes only one comic a year, but definitely check it out. There's some incredible philosophy mixed in there along with the hero's badassery and light comedy. (Be aware that the pages are HUGE.)

Sadly another of my favorites seems to have died..."The Pain: When Will It End" is "Temporarily unavailable". I hope the "temporary" part isn't a scurrilious lie, but the author's feedback line is unable to receive emails due to being "over quota", so it's not looking good. (In the event that this does come back up and someone Googles it, be aware that it's also NSFW.)

And lastly, an extremely niche comic about Lovecraft which, frankly, isn't that good, but I enjoy checking in on it every now and again; sometimes it's worth a small chuckle at least. The Unspeakable Vault (Of Doom)
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Post by Dagazzard » Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:30 am

Paranatural is pretty great!
http://paranatural.net/
The author describes it as ÔÇ£X-Men meets Ghostbusters except everyoneÔÇÖs twelveÔÇØ. It has super powers, awesome creatures, great expressions, great characters and it is pretty funny.

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Post by WastesTime » Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:35 am

http://chimneyspeak.com/archives/450

Because of the fact that this excellent comic have recently ended I'm gonna recommend it to you guys. Set in Victorian Era Britain, it is a tale of slaughter, sarcasm and sex. Amazing read!
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Post by DrinksTooMuchCoffee » Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:05 pm

Another gaming comic: I'm not claiming it's a great work of art, but "Larp Trek" pretty consistently gets actual LOLs from me with the surprise gags. I'm not claiming to be sophisticated. It's the crew of ST:TNG circa the third season playing an RPG while the holodecks are down, with Geordi as the GM and playing through episodes of DS9 (which is in their future and hasn't happened yet). Technically a screencap comic, but just headshots of the characters to go along with the dialog. The latest DS9 episode starts at http://larptrek.com/larptrek/125-labor-day-hangover/ if you just want a taste of the wackiness. Oh, TNG Miles is playing DS9 Keiko, and TNG Keiko is playing DS9 Miles. Don't miss the image alt-text either. :)

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Post by Arydra » Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:52 pm

I have been reading Giaia recently and I very much enjoyed it.
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Post by LooksAndSmiles » Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:52 am

Arydra wrote:I have been reading Giaia recently and I very much enjoyed it.
I think you have an "i" too many in that word. :D Yeah, I'm following it too, it's pretty cool. I think I may have read the Sandra & Woo too at some point but wasn't that amused by that. Nevertheless, Gaia is really good! Fantasy / magic lovers should definitely check it out.
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Post by Arydra » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:05 pm

You are right, that did have an extra i. In other news, just found and finished Earthsong, this one has to be one of the best I have read (besides Goblins of course) :)
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Post by ThroughTheWell » Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:09 am

Planescape Survival Guide: http://planescapecomic.com/1.html
Your basic plane spanning, epic, multiverse saving, d&d adventure.

The Flying Cloud: http://airships.paulgazis.com/001/FlyingCloud001.htm
It is not a webcomic... it has 1 picture at the top of each chapter, and is basicaly a text story, but boy is it a good read. Airship travel in the south pacific in an alternate history, with conspirasies and the odd nod to Cthulu.
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Post by Arydra » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:34 pm

If anyone is looking for a Sci-fi webcomic I would suggest The End. It is pretty good, humanity is doomed and aliens are trying to save us.
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Post by willpell » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:44 pm

That sounds like it could have been written specifically to appeal to me....
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Post by Unlucky-for-Some » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:42 pm

If you like Lovecraft and Lovecraft inspired stuff ... http://lovecraftismissing.com/ and http://www.shadowgirlscomic.com/. Both quite different from each other but both clearly inspired by the work of the great man.
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Post by Arydra » Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:18 am

I found two other webcomics that I like and now check regularly. They are Flaky Pastry and Leftover Soup. I ended up being linked over to both of these comics from Grrl Power, which was already mentioned here.
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Post by gamecreator » Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:54 pm

Alecat wrote:I love, love, love this comic that I recently found: A Redtail's Dream
This. This is the best comic ever.

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Post by Tofu » Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:32 am

I suggest a strange mix of fantasy and high science with Nimona - I devoured quite amiably the archive recently and had a jolly good time reading it all. There are some clever things there, and in some ways, i cant call it an entirely safe for work webcomic - it's mostly safe, but there are implied sexuality matters that are ... ah hang it, changed my mind - its' safe for work. It's all sharks, kittens and cross dressing dragons ok ... what's wrong about that eh?

The website it's hosted at is here :
Lord Ballister Blackheart has a point to make, and his point is that the good guys aren't as good as they seem. He makes a comfortable living as a supervillain, but never really seems to accomplish much - until he takes on a new sidekick, Nimona, a shapeshifter with her own ideas of how things should be done. Unfortunately, most of those ideas involve blowing things up. Now Ballister must teach his young prot├®g├® some restraint and try to keep her from destroying everything, while simultaneously attempting to expose the dark dealings of those who claim to be the protectors of the kingdom - including his former best friend turned nemesis, Ambrosius Goldenloin.

NIMONA updates twice-weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and is slated for publication by HarperCollins in 2015. It has been nominated for a Harvey award for Best Online Comics Work, was named one of io9's top ten Best New and Short Webcomics of 2012, and has been awarded the Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Webcomic of 2012 by Slate Magazine and the Center for Cartoon Studies.

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Post by gamecreator » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:26 am

That's a good one.

You posting a link reminded me of one I forgot to post.
Ava's Demon is a nice comic, featuring hi-tech setting with addition of mysterions and magical elements.

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Post by Tofu » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:03 am

I've been doing some intense archive binging in Freefall - the one with a planet of intelligent creative robots designed by a mysterious doctor Bowman where the central characters are a squid in a containment suit and an evolved uplifted wolf ...It's been an awesome ride for the last 12 years, it's gotta be one of the longest running webcomics on the planet now - only 3 panels a day and often with a gag in them ... but the overarching thematic exploration in Freefall is magnificent.

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Such an awesome moment reached recently.

http://freefall.purrsia.com/ffdex.htm

Please do yourself a favour, and binge for 30 min a day until you have caught up ...

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Post by Catmandont » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:36 pm

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Post by LAYF » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:50 pm

Just a quick note... the post you quoted are from marts yes... but a year ago ;) before the split was final...
all she posted was true... :)

but yes, they did part ways, Goblins is now hosted by The Duke as well is the forum.
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Post by RedwoodElf » Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:56 pm

WTF Comics is based on Everquest, so it qualifies as a Gaming Comic. Unfortunately, it updates more or less at random, once in a blue moon, but other than that it's fairly good.
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Re: Other Webcomics & the Webcomicverse

Post by Chir » Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:51 pm

Additional Webcomics to peruse...


http://avasdemon.com/ wonderful art, innovative, interesting story
http://www.goblinscomic.org/ Full of awesome.
http://www.feywinds.com good art, interesting story
http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/ pro-art, interesting story
http://hominidscomic.com/ excellent art, fascinating storyline
http://unlifecomic.com so so art, zombies!
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/ good art, interesting story, great character development
http://derelictcomic.com/ very good art, interesting story, poor gal has such bad luck.
http://deadwinter.cc/index.htm good fun art, interesting story, funny, zombies!
http://everblue-comic.com/ good art, interesting storyline, sporadic updates.
http://warofwinds.com/what-it-takes/index.php so so art, good storyline
http://zebragirl.net/ good art, storyline went from funny to super serious, well done.
http://www.heartshapedskull.com/ wonderful art, innovative, interesting story, so sad that its complete.
http://thedevilspanties.com/ funny life of a webcomic artist.
http://sssscomic.com/ Brilliant art!, awesome storyline so far.
http://www.thezombiehunters.com/index.php Good art, interesting story, ZOMBIES!
http://www.mylifewithfel.com/ excellent art, good story.
http://www.spinnyverse.com/ good art, funny.
http://www.gogetaroomie.com/ good art, funny.
http://www.minnasundberg.fi/comic/page00.php brilliant art, excellent storyline, complete.
http://www.grrlpowercomic.com/ good art, needs some anatomy classes, funny as hell.
http://www.sisterclaire.com/ good art, Funny
http://www.bearnutscomic.com/ good art, funny
http://www.pawn.se/comics/1020698/pawn-part-1-page-1/ Funny but on hiatus.
http://bird-boy.com/ very good art, interesting story, updates irregularly.
http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/ great art, story can only be followed by the insane.
http://shotgunshuffle.com/ read from beginning, funny. as. hell.
http://seed.petitesymphony.com/ good art, interesting story, possibly on hiatus
http://www.remindblog.com/2009/11/03/remind-spread-1/ Brilliant art, great story, guy gives very useful tips on surviving on webcomics.
http://www.wormworldsaga.com/chapters/c ... /Index.php Beautiful art, story is cliche but heart warming.

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Re: Other Webcomics & the Webcomicverse

Post by TalksWithSpirits » Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:23 pm

Lots of good ones mentioned already, so I'll skip them if already mentioned.

6-Commando: Future/alternate timeline World War III onset; updates weekly

Ctrl+Alt+Del: Really surprised this wasn't on the list yet; mostly computer gaming related, but occasionally does DnD stuff, too; updates M-W-F

/gu comics: One of the first I started reading regularly; originally started as an EverQuest-related comic, but has since gone in various (typically gaming) related directions; updates somewhat irregularly

The Airship Flying Cloud, R-505: Not a true webcomic, per se, as it's mostly text; still worth a read if you appreciate tongue-in-cheek, dry humor, set in an alternate timeline

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