...presents his preferences
NOT starting to read a new book yet and NOT making a new post yesterday as promised is not the way this northern chappie should behave...
First off, I got word from the Swiss family I work for on weekends are now back from their holiday and I can get back to the dishwashing I do there this Saturday and Sunday evenings. Gotta be thankful during these times that these lesser known restaurant business are not nearly as affected as badly compared to those in the city. I'll celebrate being back at the kitchen with a curry meal after tomorrow's shift is done, clocking at as late as 10pm.
Yesterday I was going to give out a list of my favourite webcomics I looked at through the years. I won't be giving any direct links out as I respect that some content and the appealment of these pages aren't for everybody's liking. I won't say it's a mixed bag either but it gives you a good idea on what type of sub-classes that I dig around here *cough*games*cough*furs*. Where I found them? Banners, word of mouth, YouTube subscriptions, Wikipedia, even the obvious Google treatment...
Here they are with its respected creators and the year I started reading them:
2003
Fireball 20XL - assorted sprite and hand-drawn comics by the saintly Psyguy. :) Very video-gamey and he's been involved in all kinds of projects, it's all good. As of now it's been 6 years since I discovered him... ('Psyguy')
Sabrina - discovered this one pretty early too. It's not about the teenage witch, but the Commodore Amiga-worshipping teenage skunk girl. And to think I even used to have an Amiga computer of my own too, I can relate that clearly well. My friend Robshi loves this monthly strip. (Eric V. Schwartz)
Ozy & Millie - very sophisticated and charming. It recently ended so newer readers can officially start the soul-searching fun of reading the entire archives!! (D.C. Simpson)
2004 (hadn't been a very productive year, so the hell with it and roll on...)
2005
Bob and George - taking sprite comics, dry wit and video game franchise Megaman to the next level. Terrific from start to finish - 2000-2007 - with a new strip on a daily basis! Being a dedicated web author, very few could keep up. (Dave Anez)
2006
Tales from the Mynarski Forest - had so much fun reading about these woodland critters with a drawing style that really improved through the years. (Richard T. Matheson)
Woods For The Trees - actually the only webcomic from this list made in my own country. In fact, I can imagine what these characters sound like while reading their lines, it's a great way to enjoy it from these pastures green. :) (Thom A. Jones)
Faux Pas - another funny animal-based webcomic that manages to be "sophisticated and wild" at the same time. (Carspecken)
2007
VG Cats - I think another school friend told me about this one. You may have heard of it - it does a great job at nitpicking the video gaming industry told by hilarious characters but not nearly as well as one webcomic I will mention later. It's around PG-13, borderline R in case you're worried about that kind of stuff but, godammit, it's worth the ride! (Scott Ramsoomair)
Better Days - a mature one with many dramatic and funny moments but it had grown over me for sometime since I found it. (Jay Naylor)
Fuzzy Things - with all the main characters as children in elementary and high school, I thought this was a nice different change of pace from the stuff I had read before. It had a huge story overhaul at some point, yet I liked them both! (Jonathan Sario)
The Book of Biff - something I always liked: a single panel of offbeat humour with the punchline-delivering caption. Biff's eyebrows are amazingly long! (Chris Hallbeck)
ExtraLife - another video game-praising webcomic that hits it home for me thanks for its PG nature, so the appealment factor is strong. Currently it's the one I keep coming back to at the minute. Worth it for the weekly podcast and all things geeky. (Scott Johnson)
Zippy the Pinhead - I find this a good read because it had roots with the underground comix counter counter-culture that I like to read up on every now and then, and it's one of the few 'comix' that made the bold transition over the internet. Surprisingly G/PG friendly. (Bill Grittith)
2008
Penny Arcade - humongously massively popular. It's like Kevin Smith on a gaming binge! XD Admittedly it took a while for me to 'get into' the R-rated humour but for the hardcore gamer it's worth the read. Gabe and Tycho's typical, sarcy sense of humour mixes well with the creator's smart insight of the gaming industry. It spawned some pretty cool merchandise, successful paperback collections (which I own), two RPG videogames and a crapton of readership. (Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik)
Concerned - with the CGI technology of the Valve Source engine and Garry's Mod, there is no doubt why this type of webcomic style isn't pushed further. The creator here pulled it off very well and it's based on the story of Half-Life 2. (Christopher 'Frohman')
That's... 15 webcomics that are my favourites during the seven years I made good use of the Internet. It's interesting to see how immensely diverse the comics scene had become since the internet took off. I think of the edgy stuff we have today as vintage underground as most of these would never get publicised the general way (on papers an' books and especially the Comics Authority Code thing in America back in the 60s and 70s). With the graphic novel supplying the mature goods overtime to get off the CAC's backs and then the Internet eventually gave the new artists the liberty to publish their own comics themselves and are now enjoying the same expressionism as Japanese Manga. Yep, it hasn't always been superheroes and juvenile delinquents gracing the funny pages, that's for sure...
I don't plan on reading anymore than what I got now because of the jobs and uni work I've got going. I just thought this was a good time to tell you about myself more as a reader and... what I do to get my CPU network running around here. XD
First off, I got word from the Swiss family I work for on weekends are now back from their holiday and I can get back to the dishwashing I do there this Saturday and Sunday evenings. Gotta be thankful during these times that these lesser known restaurant business are not nearly as affected as badly compared to those in the city. I'll celebrate being back at the kitchen with a curry meal after tomorrow's shift is done, clocking at as late as 10pm.
Yesterday I was going to give out a list of my favourite webcomics I looked at through the years. I won't be giving any direct links out as I respect that some content and the appealment of these pages aren't for everybody's liking. I won't say it's a mixed bag either but it gives you a good idea on what type of sub-classes that I dig around here *cough*games*cough*furs*. Where I found them? Banners, word of mouth, YouTube subscriptions, Wikipedia, even the obvious Google treatment...
Here they are with its respected creators and the year I started reading them:
2003
Fireball 20XL - assorted sprite and hand-drawn comics by the saintly Psyguy. :) Very video-gamey and he's been involved in all kinds of projects, it's all good. As of now it's been 6 years since I discovered him... ('Psyguy')
Sabrina - discovered this one pretty early too. It's not about the teenage witch, but the Commodore Amiga-worshipping teenage skunk girl. And to think I even used to have an Amiga computer of my own too, I can relate that clearly well. My friend Robshi loves this monthly strip. (Eric V. Schwartz)
Ozy & Millie - very sophisticated and charming. It recently ended so newer readers can officially start the soul-searching fun of reading the entire archives!! (D.C. Simpson)
2004 (hadn't been a very productive year, so the hell with it and roll on...)
2005
Bob and George - taking sprite comics, dry wit and video game franchise Megaman to the next level. Terrific from start to finish - 2000-2007 - with a new strip on a daily basis! Being a dedicated web author, very few could keep up. (Dave Anez)
2006
Tales from the Mynarski Forest - had so much fun reading about these woodland critters with a drawing style that really improved through the years. (Richard T. Matheson)
Woods For The Trees - actually the only webcomic from this list made in my own country. In fact, I can imagine what these characters sound like while reading their lines, it's a great way to enjoy it from these pastures green. :) (Thom A. Jones)
Faux Pas - another funny animal-based webcomic that manages to be "sophisticated and wild" at the same time. (Carspecken)
2007
VG Cats - I think another school friend told me about this one. You may have heard of it - it does a great job at nitpicking the video gaming industry told by hilarious characters but not nearly as well as one webcomic I will mention later. It's around PG-13, borderline R in case you're worried about that kind of stuff but, godammit, it's worth the ride! (Scott Ramsoomair)
Better Days - a mature one with many dramatic and funny moments but it had grown over me for sometime since I found it. (Jay Naylor)
Fuzzy Things - with all the main characters as children in elementary and high school, I thought this was a nice different change of pace from the stuff I had read before. It had a huge story overhaul at some point, yet I liked them both! (Jonathan Sario)
The Book of Biff - something I always liked: a single panel of offbeat humour with the punchline-delivering caption. Biff's eyebrows are amazingly long! (Chris Hallbeck)
ExtraLife - another video game-praising webcomic that hits it home for me thanks for its PG nature, so the appealment factor is strong. Currently it's the one I keep coming back to at the minute. Worth it for the weekly podcast and all things geeky. (Scott Johnson)
Zippy the Pinhead - I find this a good read because it had roots with the underground comix counter counter-culture that I like to read up on every now and then, and it's one of the few 'comix' that made the bold transition over the internet. Surprisingly G/PG friendly. (Bill Grittith)
2008
Penny Arcade - humongously massively popular. It's like Kevin Smith on a gaming binge! XD Admittedly it took a while for me to 'get into' the R-rated humour but for the hardcore gamer it's worth the read. Gabe and Tycho's typical, sarcy sense of humour mixes well with the creator's smart insight of the gaming industry. It spawned some pretty cool merchandise, successful paperback collections (which I own), two RPG videogames and a crapton of readership. (Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik)
Concerned - with the CGI technology of the Valve Source engine and Garry's Mod, there is no doubt why this type of webcomic style isn't pushed further. The creator here pulled it off very well and it's based on the story of Half-Life 2. (Christopher 'Frohman')
That's... 15 webcomics that are my favourites during the seven years I made good use of the Internet. It's interesting to see how immensely diverse the comics scene had become since the internet took off. I think of the edgy stuff we have today as vintage underground as most of these would never get publicised the general way (on papers an' books and especially the Comics Authority Code thing in America back in the 60s and 70s). With the graphic novel supplying the mature goods overtime to get off the CAC's backs and then the Internet eventually gave the new artists the liberty to publish their own comics themselves and are now enjoying the same expressionism as Japanese Manga. Yep, it hasn't always been superheroes and juvenile delinquents gracing the funny pages, that's for sure...
I don't plan on reading anymore than what I got now because of the jobs and uni work I've got going. I just thought this was a good time to tell you about myself more as a reader and... what I do to get my CPU network running around here. XD