Something Positive Not really sure how to describe this one. It started out as a group of seriously deranged friends going through life… and they’ve kind of grown and mellowed and moved apart in their 30s… I dunno, it’s kind of like life. But with a boneless pink cat named choochoobear who can go through the plumbing to steal panties to sell on ebay.
Questionable content About a group of 20 somethings disaffected hipster youth… or something like that, but with AI. The AI are awesome.
Gunnerkrigg Court Love this story-based comic about kids at a very large very strange boarding school, and particularly about one girl with an interesting past who seems to attract things.
Unshelved The webcomic about librarians for librarians, and you know, everybody interested in reading a webcomic about librarians.
Sheldon Comics This comic gets better and better all the time… it is totally different from, but also reminds one of Calvin and Hobbes, because of the awesome. Oh, it’s nominally about a kid-software-whiz-billionaire living with his grandpa, but it’s so much more.
xkcd The web comic for those of us who feel most comfortable with other people who read xkcd. (You know… nerds.)
Penny Arcade The web comic for gamers.
What are your favorite web comics?
January 10, 2012 at 10:15 am
Thanks for the suggestions! I love xkcd! And now I’ll check out the others:)
January 10, 2012 at 10:41 am
Used to always love the Funny Section of the paper…then I stopped getting the paper…these are great to get my fix! And since they’re online apparently they can be a bit more morbid which is always good. :P Thanks!
January 10, 2012 at 11:46 am
OMG I can’t believe you didn’t list PhD Comics (Piled Higher and Deeper). When I was in grad school, I commiserated with the characters. Now I’m out, it’s a good reminder of why I left academia entirely.
I also like Toothpaste for Dinner, and Cyanide and Happiness.
January 10, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Yes, PhD Comics is awesome. We no longer read it regularly though. :) We have several of the books!
January 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Depends on what you mean by comic. Does The Oatmeal or Very Demotivational count?
For webcomics I like Two Lumps and Simon’s Cat. Does
January 10, 2012 at 2:02 pm
We LOVE Simon’s Cat. I haven’t read Two Lumps in a long time, but used to.
January 10, 2012 at 7:41 pm
http://www.kazunderworld.com/category/underworld/
January 10, 2012 at 10:05 pm
LOL! My son loves this stuff.
BTW, you’ve been pinged: http://bit.ly/yhJE31
January 11, 2012 at 3:37 am
I also love xkcd and PhD comics. But my most favorite one is 2D googles (http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles) I think you will enjoy it too ;). And although I’m not sure if you could call it a webcomic, I also enjoy indexed (http://thisisindexed.com/). And recently discovered Beatrice the biologist (http://www.beatricebiologist.com/) and highly recommend it!
January 11, 2012 at 11:23 am
There are so many but if I was to distil it down to absolute faves there’s couple in the super hero genre –
Magellan – http://magellanverse.com – a super academy with a vast legacy… serialised, long form, not your usual superhero comic!
Wonderella – http://nonadventures.com/ – she’s the best worst superheroine ever
Also -
Endtown – http://www.gocomics.com/endtown – Cute toons meets the apocalypse
Bad Machinery – http://scarygoround.com/ – Scary-go-round meets teen sleuths/famous five (kind of)
January 11, 2012 at 7:34 pm
I used to read a lot of comics…now I’m down to xkcd and sheldon. I think Penny Arcade used to “speak to me”, but no longer. And Sluggy Freelance too.
Once in a while I catch up on Dominic Deegan.
January 11, 2012 at 7:36 pm
Totally forgot Dominic Deegan– I’m a regular on that one.
Sluggy Freelance used to be awesome but yeah, stopped reading several years ago.
January 11, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Oh shoot, I forgot about Red Meat. http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/current/index.html The creepy guy is just so creepy.