Recommended Web Comics
A friend asked for web comic recommendations, so I thought I would post my suggestions to LJ as well in case others would find them useful. There are thousands of online comics, and tastes vary, so these may or may not suit you. I've omitted some that depend heavily on knowledge of D&D for their amusement value, like Order of the Stick, Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic, Rusty & Co, and Goblins.
Many of these have been running a long time, so the beginning art can be pretty rough. If the characters and story are good I'm happy to watch the art improve over the years.
There are entire websites devoted to people voting on which webcomics they like, A search for "best webcomics" gets 8 million hits. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/34_best_webcomics_geeks has a nice selection.
I do not recommend starting to read any of the above late at night if you have to be up at a reasonable time the next morning. "ah, has a creature ever perfected the art of denial a finely as a human?" -- Reynardine, Gunnerkrigg Court #579, Tom Siddell
Also, you should search Youtube for "Monster Roll" with sushi chefs vs Kaiju. Or just click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slXxYnm2WJk
Many of these have been running a long time, so the beginning art can be pretty rough. If the characters and story are good I'm happy to watch the art improve over the years.
- XKCD I imagine you already know about.
- Busted Wonder is short but beautiful.
- Fleep is short but really fun.
- Gunnerkrigg Court
- Digger by Ursula Vernon won a Hugo for best Graphic Story in 2012. Now complete, and available free online or in 6 printed volumes from Sofawolf Press.
- Finder by Carla Speed McNeil is the best SF comic, with amazing world building. (Also available in two omnibus volumes from Dark Horse Comics.)
- Questionable Content is "indie romantic comedy with robots, music, and coffee", and the only one I read daily besides XKCD. The rest I prefer to read in longer bursts.
- A Miracle of Science. He's a detective. She's the planet Mars. They fight crimes against science.
- Girl Genius won the Hugo for best Graphic Story 3 years running until they withdrew their name from consideration. Action packed steampunk mad science.
- Selkie, a comic about adoption.
- Grrl Power is perhaps not as good as the ones above, but is really fun. Superheroines in their downtime. Cheesecake may be NSFW.
- Dresden Codakis very strange, and I like it.
- Minus is strange, but the ones I like I like very much.
There are entire websites devoted to people voting on which webcomics they like, A search for "best webcomics" gets 8 million hits. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/34_best_webcomics_geeks has a nice selection.
I do not recommend starting to read any of the above late at night if you have to be up at a reasonable time the next morning. "ah, has a creature ever perfected the art of denial a finely as a human?" -- Reynardine, Gunnerkrigg Court #579, Tom Siddell
Also, you should search Youtube for "Monster Roll" with sushi chefs vs Kaiju. Or just click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slXxYnm2WJk