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Arcanaville

By Arcanaville,
Posted on: 2012-01-08 14:54 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Not really a comic per-se (and not really work-safe either) but: Foamy the Squirrel
Warning! Do NOT show Foamy to precocious youngsters. One of my co-workers accidentally showed it to her 5 year old nephew and the little booger has been addicted ever since. And the s**t that comes out of that kid's mouth...
Isn't that a good thing? Foamy argues good points and does it comedically ... that's a good thing that children listen to smart people.

as far as webcomics i read...

http://LeastIcanDo.com
http://misfile.com
http://hotmesscomic.com
http://www.nicky510.com
http://candicomics.com/
http://www.reallifecomics.com

 

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Isn't that a good thing? Foamy argues good points and does it comedically ... that's a good thing that children listen to smart people.
Children listening to smart people, good. Children listening to smart people who make liberal use of profanity, not so good. Little kids are like parrots, you know.

Goodbye, I guess.

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Children listening to smart people, good. Children listening to smart people who make liberal use of profanity, not so good. Little kids are like parrots, you know.
Nothing wrong with using those words and if you feel there is you should teach your children to not use them or when to use them ^.^ Kids are sponges, like you said... therefor they'll learn the rules too!

 

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My #1 top SFW webcomic recommendation for CoH players has comedy, parody, is all-too-accurate of table-top RPG, does witty re-writing of popular SF stories into something that actually makes sense... and sadly is not allowed by the forum rules.



So instead you get a #2 SFW webcomic suggestion:

Kevin And Kell

Thumbs up again to Wayward Sons, Freefall, Girl Genius, Evil Inc, Real Life Comics, Gunnerkrigg Court, Misfile (my guiltiest indulgence), and MegaTokyo.



Please keep 'em coming! Reading webcomics is one of my major hobbies outside of CoH, so this thread has been great! So far have added Kiwi Blitz, Spinnerette, Springiette, and Ps238 to my "read frequently" bookmark folders. I especially like this one of the latter for showing off non-combat superheroes. Nice!

 

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Dr McNinja
He's a doctor. And a ninja. Need more be said?

The Order of the Stick
A must for those who like D&D

Heroes, Inc.
Public Domain Golden Age super-heroes. Hasn't been updated in several months

Union der Helden
A German webcomic with photos instead of drawings. Also hasn't been updated in months.

"Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to change themselves." -Tolstoy

 

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my #1 top sfw webcomic recommendation for coh players has comedy, parody, is all-too-accurate of table-top rpg, does witty re-writing of popular sf stories into something that actually makes sense... And sadly is not allowed by the forum rules.
now i need to know!

BrandX Future Staff Fighter
The BrandX Collection

 

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My #1 top SFW webcomic recommendation for CoH players has comedy, parody, is all-too-accurate of table-top RPG, does witty re-writing of popular SF stories into something that actually makes sense... and sadly is not allowed by the forum rules.
Under the ever-so-arbitrary new CH/VC forum rules, we can still discuss entertainment properties that have video game spin-offs, just not the video games themselves.

So...

The long-running screenshot webcomic Darths and Droids has just started covering "Star Wars: A New Hope", but it's best to begin at the beginning since it miraculously makes the prequels thoroughly entertaining and the character of Jar-Jar Binks actually funny.

Also worth an archive crawl is its inspiration, the equally hilarious DM of the Rings (maybe its creator will cover The Hobbit, too).

While both series absolutely nail player personality types, from the min-maxer to the munchkin, the real fun for a pen-and-paper RPGer is how well the two comics capture the spirit of DM'ing. In the former, the game is run by a hapless improviser type who can barely keep up with his players, while the latter is a classic plot-on-a-rail campaign that the players are constantly trying to disrupt.

 

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Oh, good.

In that case, TrueGentleman nailed it: Darths And Droids. Be sure to start at the beginning.

Yes, it is that good. All the MMO players, RP players, and/or sf/f fans who I have introduced this to have laughed and enjoy that webcomic.

 

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Hahaha! I found a new favorite comic.

How did I miss reading Ps238 all these years?

 

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Hahaha! I found a new favorite comic.

How did I miss reading Ps238 all these years?
PS238, in addition to being a fun series, is an interesting experiment with combining regular comic book publishing and webcomics. Aaron Williams first published the comic in physical format and then began scanning its pages for the web. Although the comic's publication schedule is somewhat irregular, the web version is still catching up.

(The previously mentioned Girl Genius is a similar experiment, having begun as a regular comic and now published first on the web. It's also well drawn, extremely entertaining, and highly recommended.)

 

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Today's Questionable Content...Martin being a jerk or just doing what's best for both of them? I fall on the doing what's best side because they had their time and it was obvious she was doing her best to sever that tie before leaving. Seeing each other again would only bring it back.


 

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Today's Questionable Content...Martin being a jerk or just doing what's best for both of them? I fall on the doing what's best side because they had their time and it was obvious she was doing her best to sever that tie before leaving. Seeing each other again would only bring it back.
IMO: Jerk. He lied to her after all, and not for any sort of noble reason. Not that Padma is much better. Knowing she was leaving she had no call to start something up with Martin in the first place.

I don't think Padma was trying to sever ties the last few strips, I think she was legitimately busy getting ready to leave. For Martin to just lie to her like he did was just selfish and immature. Grow up Martin - go see her, say goodbye, suffer the heartache.

(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon

 

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IMO: Jerk. He lied to her after all, and not for any sort of noble reason. Not that Padma is much better. Knowing she was leaving she had no call to start something up with Martin in the first place.
They were both consenting adults that knew that it was not going to be a long-term thing. They both knew she was leaving, so they could have "fun" with no regrets.

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I don't think Padma was trying to sever ties the last few strips, I think she was legitimately busy getting ready to leave. For Martin to just lie to her like he did was just selfish and immature. Grow up Martin - go see her, say goodbye, suffer the heartache.
Too busy to tell him that at anything other than the last minute rather than she was feeling down and wouldn't be any fun to be with? Too busy to say, "Hey, if you come over and help me with this, we can have sexy times later...".

Sometimes being selfish is the best thing a person can do. She had no right to expect anything other than the response she got after her actions. I think he did grow up by not rewarding her bad behavior and treatment.


 

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Not a regular read of mine, but I'm a big fan of Katie Cook, so I wanted to plug her webcomic:

Gronk, which is published on Fridays.

(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon

 

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Without repeating already mentioned sites, these are additional ones I'm reading:

Schlock Mercenaries
Sinfest (mild fan service, language)
Girls With Slingshots (mild fan service, topics)
Today's Cartoon
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Doghouse
The Trenches
Octopus Pie (1-2 times a week updates)
Romantically Apocalyptic (weekly, maybe, updates)
Atland (bi-monthly updates, fan service)
Citizen Dog (reruns of ended newspaper strip, but I rank it right next to Calvin and Hobbes!)


New series stuff I found, but haven't completely caught up with yet:

El Goonish Shive
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
Lackadaisy (seems to be paused, excellent art!)
Boxer Hockey

Completed, but really worth the read:
Ugly Hill

Teams are the number one killer of soloists.

 

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Most of the ones I read regularly or semi-regularly are already here, so I'll toss this one out there:

Fleep

Its a short read (completed long ago) and not your normal kind of webcomic fare. At all.

[Guide to Defense] [Scrapper Secondaries Comparison] [Archetype Popularity Analysis]

In one little corner of the universe, there's nothing more irritating than a misfile...
(Please support the best webcomic about a cosmic universal realignment by impaired angelic interference resulting in identity crisis angst. Or I release the pigmy water thieves.)

 

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I'm really shocked that no one has mentioned either of my two faves, so I'll happily post them.

Subnormality -- really defies most categorization other than insanely detailed and thought-provoking while still funny. Some strips take a LOT of time to read, but I have yet to regret the time spent on a single one.
Most recent strip

Daisy Owl -- another somewhat odd strip about an owl who adopts and raises two human kids. Odd, cute, surreal and at times completely awesome.
Most recent strip

 

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haven't seen this posted yet. But anyone who liked Dragonball Z will like www.dragonball-multiverse.com

Its updated 3-4 times a week. (3 for the normal story, 4 for the specials)

It's based on a tournement of 20 different Dragonball timelines.

The art is very well done as well.

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haven't seen this posted yet. But anyone who liked Dragonball Z will like www.dragonball-multiverse.com

Its updated 3-4 times a week. (3 for the normal story, 4 for the specials)

It's based on a tournement of 20 different Dragonball timelines.

The art is very well done as well.
hadnt heard of it... i read all of it now. it's good. could use someone with better english skills as sometimes it is hard to read, but nothing too serious. Also some of the "specials" which are backgrounds have bad art in my opinion, and crud stories, but over all they're ok... so i just added this to my list ^.^

also since no one mentioned it...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=268380

sidenote: yes i read all 500 pages of DBM today...

 

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Currently on hiatus, but awesome in style and concept:

Ow! My Sanity

Magical Girlfriend genre + Harem genre + Cthulhu Mythos

Story Arcs I created:

Every Rose: (#17702) Villainous vs Legacy Chain. Forget Arachnos, join the CoT!

Cosplay Madness!: (#3643) Neutral vs Custom Foes. Heroes at a pop culture convention!

Kiss Hello Goodbye: (#156389) Heroic vs Custom Foes. Film Noir/Hardboiled detective adventure!

 

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From my bookmarks, some are on the border of SFW, like Spinnerette and SGVY, which get a bit of fanservice-y. Not all point to the first page, it's just a direct copy of my bookmarks:

Girl Genius Online Comics!
Errant Story » Archive » Once upon a time…
Looking For Group
-Zebra Girl-
El Goonish Shive
Misfile - A comic by Chris Hazelton - Now Updating Every Weekday
-=+ Black Tapestries +=- - No longer being updated
The Wotch
Giant In the Playground - Both Order of the Stick and Erfworld
Keychain of Creation
Kevin & Kell
Gunnerkrigg Court - By Tom Siddell
Eerie Cuties
Ironborn - 8;212
SGVY :: In the Beginning
Venus Envy by Erin Lindsey - No longer being updated?
Penny Arcade - Thulsa Broom
xkcd
The Dragon Doctors on The Duck : Ch 4, Page 6, Invisible Sufferer
Archive - Twokinds - Updates Wednesdays
WHAT'S NEW with Phil & Dixie - Earlier comic from the Girl Genius authors
UserFriendly.Org
Spinnerette - A Webcomic
Slightly Damned - 207
http://herointrainingcomic.com/
Gaia | Fantasy Webcomic Comic Graphic Novel | » Archive » Cover
I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle -
Derelict: Updates Mondays
Evil Diva
Earthsong - An Online Graphic Novel by Crystal Yates
Wayfarer's Moon - Updates Weekly
Minion Comics - The Lydian Option Issue #4 Page #20
Shifters: The Beast Within ~ An original online comic by Marie Tary - The author is busy rewritting the original series

 

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If you're a Nintendo fan (like me) you should check out Brawl in the Family. It's winds up being mostly about Kirby, but the various characters from Super Smash Bros are all in it as well. Occasionally he breaks away from Smash to cover other games too. The art style isn't that great at first, but the drawings get way better as the comic goes on. And there are even a few musical comics.