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stoutfellowI'm a relative newcomer to the world of webcomics; it was only a few months ago that I began following one regularly, for the first time. Under the cut are some comments on the ones I'm currently following.
In no particular order:
1. "Partially Clips" was the first comic I began to read, after LanguageLog featured them a couple of times. This was the first one, but this was the one that hooked me. It's kind of hit-or-miss; it misfires (for my tastes) fairly often, but when it's on, it's on.
2. I'm not sure who brought Ozy and Millie to my attention, but I really enjoy it. It's at its best at its most lunatic, as in the storylines concerning Millie's father and Ozy's cousin-by-adoption Isobel. Still, it's Ms. Mudd who's my favorite, and she hasn't gotten enough play lately.
3. Like "Partially Clips", Two Lumps is on my friendslist. Sure, it's a fairly standard two-player schtick - the smart sarcastic guy and the fat dim guy - and the fact that they're cats doesn't make it all that much more original. Still, it's often hilarious. Snooch's recent Cthulhu imitation was glorious.
4. I was introduced to Schlock Mercenary a few weeks ago, and it's vaulted to the top of the list, as far as I'm concerned. The central characters, especially Schlock himself, are weird enough, and the more peripheral ones get meaty storylines from time to time as well. (I'm waiting for Shep to get his own arc; there's got to be something there!) Elf, who is one of my favorites, has been getting a good bit of attention lately. (One of my favorite bits was a while back, when she was given prosthetic legs after the fight in the wilderness preserve. The doctor was apologizing for the fact that they weren't a good fit, and explaining that it'd take a while for her to get used to them. Elf looks down and frowns, a bit thoughtfully. Then she raises her head, grins enormously, and says "I'm tall!" I just loved that last panel.)
5. The others that I have bookmarked all stem from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jeriendhal's introducing me to WebSnark a little while back. Casey and Andy is rather self-satisfied, a lot of the time, but it's amusing enough that I keep following it. (The recent strip about Descartes pinged my math-history geekhood a bit; they got their facts a little bit wrong. I'll spare you that bit of pedantry.)
6. PvP is funny sometimes; the recent werewolf storyline was not bad, and - somewhat earlier - the arc about the pregnancy scare was rather touching. (That was the point at which I started reading the strip.) The humor gets rather gross at times, and in an adolescent way, which is something of a turnoff for me. That sort of thing can be done better.
7. And it is, in Questionable Content. I've been reading the archives of that one, and enjoying it a lot. There's occasional blue humor, but it never slips into the hur-hur-hur zone. The current storyline, involving Faye's backstory, is pretty grim, but it shows definite promise. The occasional references to indie-music and goth culture blow by me; I'm sure I miss a lot of inside jokes, but there's enough else going on that I can still enjoy it. The only real negative, for me, has to do with the sidebar commentary, which is sometimes a bit precious; it reminds me of nothing so much as the episode-ending voiceovers from the Adam West "Batman".
8. I've also been reading the archives of Something Positive, and I'm actually a little dismayed. Davan, for example, in his current incarnation, appeals to me somewhat, but his character in the earlier strips, three or four years ago, is distinctly unpleasant. In fact, that's true of almost all of the characters. I'm vaguely interested in seeing how they got from there to here, so I'll continue with the archives, but it's taken some of the shine off the series for me. (I do love Choo-Choo Bear, though.)
So. Does anyone have any nominations for other strips I should read? I know I ought to add "Girl Genius"; I've looked at it a couple of times, but haven't gotten around to bookmarking. (Foglio is a delight as a cartoonist. Anyone else remember the bear-festooned fountain in the TPB edition of Asprin's Little Myth Marker? I love that picture!) Anything else?
In no particular order:
1. "Partially Clips" was the first comic I began to read, after LanguageLog featured them a couple of times. This was the first one, but this was the one that hooked me. It's kind of hit-or-miss; it misfires (for my tastes) fairly often, but when it's on, it's on.
2. I'm not sure who brought Ozy and Millie to my attention, but I really enjoy it. It's at its best at its most lunatic, as in the storylines concerning Millie's father and Ozy's cousin-by-adoption Isobel. Still, it's Ms. Mudd who's my favorite, and she hasn't gotten enough play lately.
3. Like "Partially Clips", Two Lumps is on my friendslist. Sure, it's a fairly standard two-player schtick - the smart sarcastic guy and the fat dim guy - and the fact that they're cats doesn't make it all that much more original. Still, it's often hilarious. Snooch's recent Cthulhu imitation was glorious.
4. I was introduced to Schlock Mercenary a few weeks ago, and it's vaulted to the top of the list, as far as I'm concerned. The central characters, especially Schlock himself, are weird enough, and the more peripheral ones get meaty storylines from time to time as well. (I'm waiting for Shep to get his own arc; there's got to be something there!) Elf, who is one of my favorites, has been getting a good bit of attention lately. (One of my favorite bits was a while back, when she was given prosthetic legs after the fight in the wilderness preserve. The doctor was apologizing for the fact that they weren't a good fit, and explaining that it'd take a while for her to get used to them. Elf looks down and frowns, a bit thoughtfully. Then she raises her head, grins enormously, and says "I'm tall!" I just loved that last panel.)
5. The others that I have bookmarked all stem from
jeriendhal's introducing me to WebSnark a little while back. Casey and Andy is rather self-satisfied, a lot of the time, but it's amusing enough that I keep following it. (The recent strip about Descartes pinged my math-history geekhood a bit; they got their facts a little bit wrong. I'll spare you that bit of pedantry.)6. PvP is funny sometimes; the recent werewolf storyline was not bad, and - somewhat earlier - the arc about the pregnancy scare was rather touching. (That was the point at which I started reading the strip.) The humor gets rather gross at times, and in an adolescent way, which is something of a turnoff for me. That sort of thing can be done better.
7. And it is, in Questionable Content. I've been reading the archives of that one, and enjoying it a lot. There's occasional blue humor, but it never slips into the hur-hur-hur zone. The current storyline, involving Faye's backstory, is pretty grim, but it shows definite promise. The occasional references to indie-music and goth culture blow by me; I'm sure I miss a lot of inside jokes, but there's enough else going on that I can still enjoy it. The only real negative, for me, has to do with the sidebar commentary, which is sometimes a bit precious; it reminds me of nothing so much as the episode-ending voiceovers from the Adam West "Batman".
8. I've also been reading the archives of Something Positive, and I'm actually a little dismayed. Davan, for example, in his current incarnation, appeals to me somewhat, but his character in the earlier strips, three or four years ago, is distinctly unpleasant. In fact, that's true of almost all of the characters. I'm vaguely interested in seeing how they got from there to here, so I'll continue with the archives, but it's taken some of the shine off the series for me. (I do love Choo-Choo Bear, though.)
So. Does anyone have any nominations for other strips I should read? I know I ought to add "Girl Genius"; I've looked at it a couple of times, but haven't gotten around to bookmarking. (Foglio is a delight as a cartoonist. Anyone else remember the bear-festooned fountain in the TPB edition of Asprin's Little Myth Marker? I love that picture!) Anything else?
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Date: 2005-12-08 03:42 am (UTC)I've been trapped in its archives trying to get the back story down...and shaking my head saying "This is my life."
Good list.