Post by Cicada on Feb 6, 2014 7:19:34 GMT
Yes, yes, creative titles and all that.
Anyways! Since this is literally a RP dedicated to a webcomic, there have got to be at least a couple of us who read/have read other webcomics, right? I've been looking for others to read, and I decided I might as well post my own favourites because people need to read them.
This is really long and I am sorry.
Edit: FYI, the authors of Paranatural, Beyond the Canopy, and Helvetica are all working on Paradox Space!
Comics I am currently reading:
Cucumber Quest (Wednesday and Sunday)
Cucumber Quest. Cucumber Quest. If you are not reading this comic, I don't know what you're doing. On the surface, it's a cutesy parody of any "legendary hero" story ever that reads like Paper Mario. Dig deeper and you find an underlying plot that's not quite what it seems, along with an equal balance of scenes to make you cry and scenes that are so sugary they'll give you cavities. Despite the fact that it's meant to be a general family comic, it has lots of representation weaved into its storyline, and you can't ignore the feminism. Still, it does a great job of adding some social justice without straying from the story, and the author has treated everything respectfully both in the comic and out of it. Go read it. It's great.
The Property of Hate (Sunday)
Oh man, I'm not even sure where to start with this one. Imagine a world built of thoughts, I guess? Property of Hate features the adventures of RGB and the nameless hero as they traverse a world full of monsters based on the realm of the mind (like Doubts, Fears, and Lies). Beautifully surreal, with cool characters and amazing art. There's also a talking sock, which is objectively the most adorable character in any comic I've ever read.
Monsterkind (Tuesday and Friday)
In a world where monsters and humans are segregated, monsterkind fights for equality. The story follows the adventures of Walter, a human social worker who transfers from a district without monsters to one that's split halfway between the two species and finds himself less than welcome. An interesting take on equality, and the characters are gradually starting to show us their depths...
Paranatural (Monday and Friday)
Cool friends do ghost things. If you like puns and general absurdity mixed with action and mystery, this is an excellent comic to read. Think middle school ghost busters with a heavy dose of puns and lots of secret society stuff. (Psst! The cast page is pretty amazing if you don't mind mild spoilers.)
Broodhollow (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
I'm ahuge little bit of a Kris Straub fan, and this is what I'd say is his best work. And with good reason! It's his most recent, and he's gotten a few other comics under his belt before writing this one. Broodhollow combines elements of horror, mystery, and humour and throws them into a 1930's environment. The comic combines a really simple, cartoonish style with more realistic and detailed art whenever something bad happens. I do not recommend this one for the faint of heart, but if you have nerves of steel or enjoy terrifying yourself, this is a great one to read.
Johnny Wander (Tuesday)
A (somewhat fictional) autobio comic, now with 100% more cats, basilisks, and personified death figures. Johnny Wander has currently, erm, wandered from the usual story and is instead serializing Lucky Penny, a novel the creators have been working on. I like the original comic itself more than I like Lucky Penny, but that's just my personal preference. Plus, there's a pretty long archive to dig through.
Asis (Updates for 4-6 days after the first of the month)
Wow! A comic without humour! ...Wow! Asis is on the serious side of things, but it has a vivid world with beautiful art and a pretty cool premise involving shapeshifters and a revolt against a god. It's also practically unheard of, which is a shame; it's an amazing comic. I don't have much to say but you should go read it.
Lackadaisy (No update schedule...?)
What do you mean, you're not reading Lackadaisy? Let's fix that. Of all the comics here, Lackadaisy is the best as far as art goes... and it's mostly traditional! Lackadaisy focuses on a 1927 speakeasy... except everybody is a cat.
Nedroid (No update schedule)
A general humour comic about a bird and a beartato. Yes, that is a combination between a bear and a potato. While the comic has random mock plots here and there, it's mostly full of standalone strips that tend to refer back to themselves. Beware of Party Cat.
Solstoria (Wednesday)
Solstoria is about a girl from a family of witches who goes to become a knight on a search for her missing brother. This one hasn't gotten very far yet, but it's worth checking out!
Hark! A Vagrant (No update schedule)
A comic that revolves around history and literature, after they have been torn up and thrown into the air like confetti. Hark! A Vagrant is something that has a lot of jokes that don't make any sense without knowledge of the past, but it has enough strips that aren't history based that it's enjoyable even to people that aren't history nuts. It will probably turn you into a history nut anyways, though. Vaguely NSFW.
Awkward Zombie (Monday)
If you enjoy video games, you will like this comic. If you do not, you should probably stay far away from it. Awkward Zombie is crammed full of quick parodies of game logic, with a few other things in between.
Finished/on hiatus comics:
Digger (Finished)
You lead one problem into a field of killer squash, and it only makes more problems. Digger is what happens when you take a practical wombat and throw her into a world of talking statues, forbidden gods, and weird, adopted hyaena moms. Just go read it. It's amazing.
Helvetica (Hiatus)
When you die, the first word you say in the afterlife becomes your name, and that's all that you have left of your past. So begins the story of Helvetica, a newly-dead searching for answers in a world where he's expected to move on and maybe get a job already, bills don't pay themselves. This comic has a character named Good Heavens in it, and that alone should be enough of a reason to read it.
BRINK (Finished)
A "slice of life" comic with a small touch of fantasy. By small, I mean REALLY small. This one can be a little triggerish, as it has a lot to do with mental illness. To be honest, it's been long enough that I can't remember if there were any specific illnesses mentioned, but the general concept is still there. This one can get a little dark.
Beyond the Canopy (Hiatus)
In a world were humans and spriggs - tree people, more or less - live in peace, an army of the undead have amassed to take... what is not theirs. This one also loves to throw references in, whether in the comic itself or in the artists' comments. I've counted four to MSPA so far.
Slightly Damned (Hiatus)
Not my favourite webcomic, but if I recall correctly it was the very first I started reading, so I read it anyways. It follows Rhea Snaketail after she died and, not good enough to get into Heaven but not bad enough to go to Hell, she ended up in the Ring of the Slightly Damned. Probably my favourite part about the comic is how it takes the Heaven and Hell dynamic and then elaborates on it in a unique way.
Starslip (Finished)
Space. That is all you need to know.
...Okay, fine, I'll tell you more. This is one of Kris Straub's earlier strips *points at Broodhollow* and, while I'm not quite as fond of it, it's still a fun read. Really long though, and it's set up more as a gag-a-day than an actual plot (especially in the beginning), though it still has a storyline to it. The story itself follows the adventures of an ex-space pirate, a suspiciously insectoid alien, and a pair of star-crossed lovers through space, time, and spacetime.
There are probably a lot more, but I have a bad habit of forgetting things unless they are immediately relevant to me. Also, I have a weakness for anything that has spiders in it. If you find me a webcomic with spiders in it, I will be forever in debt to you.
Anyways! Since this is literally a RP dedicated to a webcomic, there have got to be at least a couple of us who read/have read other webcomics, right? I've been looking for others to read, and I decided I might as well post my own favourites because people need to read them.
This is really long and I am sorry.
Edit: FYI, the authors of Paranatural, Beyond the Canopy, and Helvetica are all working on Paradox Space!
Comics I am currently reading:
Cucumber Quest (Wednesday and Sunday)
Cucumber Quest. Cucumber Quest. If you are not reading this comic, I don't know what you're doing. On the surface, it's a cutesy parody of any "legendary hero" story ever that reads like Paper Mario. Dig deeper and you find an underlying plot that's not quite what it seems, along with an equal balance of scenes to make you cry and scenes that are so sugary they'll give you cavities. Despite the fact that it's meant to be a general family comic, it has lots of representation weaved into its storyline, and you can't ignore the feminism. Still, it does a great job of adding some social justice without straying from the story, and the author has treated everything respectfully both in the comic and out of it. Go read it. It's great.
The Property of Hate (Sunday)
Oh man, I'm not even sure where to start with this one. Imagine a world built of thoughts, I guess? Property of Hate features the adventures of RGB and the nameless hero as they traverse a world full of monsters based on the realm of the mind (like Doubts, Fears, and Lies). Beautifully surreal, with cool characters and amazing art. There's also a talking sock, which is objectively the most adorable character in any comic I've ever read.
Monsterkind (Tuesday and Friday)
In a world where monsters and humans are segregated, monsterkind fights for equality. The story follows the adventures of Walter, a human social worker who transfers from a district without monsters to one that's split halfway between the two species and finds himself less than welcome. An interesting take on equality, and the characters are gradually starting to show us their depths...
Paranatural (Monday and Friday)
Cool friends do ghost things. If you like puns and general absurdity mixed with action and mystery, this is an excellent comic to read. Think middle school ghost busters with a heavy dose of puns and lots of secret society stuff. (Psst! The cast page is pretty amazing if you don't mind mild spoilers.)
Broodhollow (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
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Johnny Wander (Tuesday)
A (somewhat fictional) autobio comic, now with 100% more cats, basilisks, and personified death figures. Johnny Wander has currently, erm, wandered from the usual story and is instead serializing Lucky Penny, a novel the creators have been working on. I like the original comic itself more than I like Lucky Penny, but that's just my personal preference. Plus, there's a pretty long archive to dig through.
Asis (Updates for 4-6 days after the first of the month)
Wow! A comic without humour! ...Wow! Asis is on the serious side of things, but it has a vivid world with beautiful art and a pretty cool premise involving shapeshifters and a revolt against a god. It's also practically unheard of, which is a shame; it's an amazing comic. I don't have much to say but you should go read it.
Lackadaisy (No update schedule...?)
What do you mean, you're not reading Lackadaisy? Let's fix that. Of all the comics here, Lackadaisy is the best as far as art goes... and it's mostly traditional! Lackadaisy focuses on a 1927 speakeasy... except everybody is a cat.
Nedroid (No update schedule)
A general humour comic about a bird and a beartato. Yes, that is a combination between a bear and a potato. While the comic has random mock plots here and there, it's mostly full of standalone strips that tend to refer back to themselves. Beware of Party Cat.
Solstoria (Wednesday)
Solstoria is about a girl from a family of witches who goes to become a knight on a search for her missing brother. This one hasn't gotten very far yet, but it's worth checking out!
Hark! A Vagrant (No update schedule)
A comic that revolves around history and literature, after they have been torn up and thrown into the air like confetti. Hark! A Vagrant is something that has a lot of jokes that don't make any sense without knowledge of the past, but it has enough strips that aren't history based that it's enjoyable even to people that aren't history nuts. It will probably turn you into a history nut anyways, though. Vaguely NSFW.
Awkward Zombie (Monday)
If you enjoy video games, you will like this comic. If you do not, you should probably stay far away from it. Awkward Zombie is crammed full of quick parodies of game logic, with a few other things in between.
Finished/on hiatus comics:
Digger (Finished)
You lead one problem into a field of killer squash, and it only makes more problems. Digger is what happens when you take a practical wombat and throw her into a world of talking statues, forbidden gods, and weird, adopted hyaena moms. Just go read it. It's amazing.
Helvetica (Hiatus)
When you die, the first word you say in the afterlife becomes your name, and that's all that you have left of your past. So begins the story of Helvetica, a newly-dead searching for answers in a world where he's expected to move on and maybe get a job already, bills don't pay themselves. This comic has a character named Good Heavens in it, and that alone should be enough of a reason to read it.
BRINK (Finished)
A "slice of life" comic with a small touch of fantasy. By small, I mean REALLY small. This one can be a little triggerish, as it has a lot to do with mental illness. To be honest, it's been long enough that I can't remember if there were any specific illnesses mentioned, but the general concept is still there. This one can get a little dark.
Beyond the Canopy (Hiatus)
In a world were humans and spriggs - tree people, more or less - live in peace, an army of the undead have amassed to take... what is not theirs. This one also loves to throw references in, whether in the comic itself or in the artists' comments. I've counted four to MSPA so far.
Slightly Damned (Hiatus)
Not my favourite webcomic, but if I recall correctly it was the very first I started reading, so I read it anyways. It follows Rhea Snaketail after she died and, not good enough to get into Heaven but not bad enough to go to Hell, she ended up in the Ring of the Slightly Damned. Probably my favourite part about the comic is how it takes the Heaven and Hell dynamic and then elaborates on it in a unique way.
Starslip (Finished)
Space. That is all you need to know.
...Okay, fine, I'll tell you more. This is one of Kris Straub's earlier strips *points at Broodhollow* and, while I'm not quite as fond of it, it's still a fun read. Really long though, and it's set up more as a gag-a-day than an actual plot (especially in the beginning), though it still has a storyline to it. The story itself follows the adventures of an ex-space pirate, a suspiciously insectoid alien, and a pair of star-crossed lovers through space, time, and spacetime.
There are probably a lot more, but I have a bad habit of forgetting things unless they are immediately relevant to me. Also, I have a weakness for anything that has spiders in it. If you find me a webcomic with spiders in it, I will be forever in debt to you.