Comments on: Friday Fun Thread: Share a Web Comic!

By: veganmarcy

veganmarcy — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:34:43 +0000

I heartily second Gunnerkrig. Not just for its female lead and mythic references, but it’s chock-a-block with strong and interesting female characters, including a best friend who’s an engineering whiz. As opposed to chicks fighting or whatever while wearing small amounts of clothing and enhanced boobage. It’s nice to have an alternative.

By: Phoenix Talon

Phoenix Talon — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:21:46 +0000

My favorite movie is “Labyrinth” and I ADORE this fancomic, called “Girls Next Door”. Features characters from Labyrinth, Phantom of the Opera, Neil Gaiman, Lord of the Rings, Sweeney Todd, Pirates of the Caribbean, Le Mis, you name it.

http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/gallery/772068?offset=144

By: AmBam

AmBam — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:55:05 +0000

Awesome thread: I love my web comics!

Get ready to lose days in the archives of the following sights (and the print versions make the best bathroom books ever, fyi):

Perry Bible Fellowship – random, irreverent, and wonderful one shot comics – “Far Side of the web generation”
http://www.pbfcomics.com/

Behold the glory of Dinosaur Comics. The same clip art visuals, daily for almost a decade, serve as hilarious conversations about sex, philosophy, religion, history, literary adaptations…I <3 T-Rex!
http://www.qwantz.com/

I haven't spent that much time on her website, but Liz Prince's slice of life one shot comics collected in "Will You Still Love Me if I Wet the Bed?" and "Delayed Replays" are some of the most smile inducing things ever. It's all so cute and fun and banal – I have such a girl crush on her, lol.
http://lizprincepower.com

By: Riv

Riv — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:39:31 +0000

The Secret Knots is my current favorite webcomic, I wish it was updated more frequently! (Though its earliest strips are a bit heavy on the “it was all a metaphor for some dude’s girlfriend breaking up with him” thing. The newer strips are more consistently awesome. Lots of magical realism and surreal circumstances.)

By: annajcook

annajcook — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:44:55 +0000

I am posting this on behalf of Hanna who was having problems with WordPress (#@$&! WordPress!): Sinfest Sluggy Freelance My Cardboard Life Scenes from a Multiverse Wondermark Kevin and Kell As a librarian/archivist, I'm kind of professionally required to read Unshelved, too!

By: Cait

Cait — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:14:34 +0000

My favorite webcomic of all time is [http://scarygoround.com/sgr/|Scary Go Round] and its latest incarnation [http://www.scarygoround.com/|Bad Machinery]. The huge cast of characters (including the plucky and adventurous Shelley Winters and the sassy Amy Chilton), awesome art, and weird British humor is just my style. I would recommend going back to the very beginning of SGR and read it all straight through. I dare you to get through the story of Zombie Shelley and not get hooked.

Already suggested by @Kari and others – Hark, A Vagrant! is absolutely amazing. Especially the Nancy Drew covers.

By: VaS

VaS — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:09:11 +0000

Oh, a couple others I like:
Lackadaisy: Prohibition with cat people! The art is lovely and the story is good. Updates are kind of slow though. http://www.lackadaisycats.com/

Flaky Pastry: It’s about three roommates in a more modern but fairly magical world. There are elves, goblins, dragons, humans (of course), wizards, time travelers (I think), etc. I think it’s fairly light hearted fun. http://flakypastry.runningwithpencils.com/

By: jandore

jandore — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:41:45 +0000

Seconding Digger and Girl Genius! Love both of those.

I also love Family Man, http://www.lutherlevy.com/ , starring a self-deprecating and system-questioning half-Jewish academic in 1700s Germany and the university’s brilliant, strong-willed, and very female librarian. Also there are wolves.

By: Shadow Boxer

Shadow Boxer — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:52:29 +0000

links are already up but I will second my favorites:
Questionable Content
Girl Genius
Hark, A Vagrant!
Piled Higher and Deeper

And here’s one I haven’t seen: Girls With Slingshots. I started reading it because it’s drawn by a friend of a friend, and it’s pretty funny. A talking cactus, a ghost kitten that portends DOOOOOM, and a slightly off-center view of being a 20something trying to figure yourself out.

http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/

By: baraqiel

baraqiel — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:26:37 +0000

Cowbirds in Love! http://cowbirdsinlove.com/ Probably the most adorable comic ever. Also the dude who writes it is really nice.

My favorite: http://cowbirdsinlove.com/46