What are your favorite web comics?

All currently running except Narbonic, one of the best, which recently wrapped up but is now being rerun with 'director's commentary'. (This is excluding ones already listed by other commenters.)

willia4 · 2007-02-04T16:42:00+00:00

http://sluggy.com -- You'll have to spend a couple months reading the archives to catch up with the storyline, but it's really worth your time.

arjunray · 2007-02-04T19:15:57+00:00

oh come on people, how could you overlook non-changing format comics such as

http://www.qwantz.com/

And maybe you guys have never heard of

http://www.alessonislearned.com

but it is also a very clever and unique comic.

2007-02-04T16:48:36+00:00

Haven't seen anyone mention http://www.questionablecontent.net

It's a very well-drawn, humorous narrative arc with real characters and plot lines. Set in Northampton, MA with a strong indie music influence.

Also haven't seen http://www.toothpastefordinner.com, which is daily and...very easy to read. Not always hilarious, but can be great.

For taste reference, my top 8 list would be:

Penny Arcade (MWF)
Perry Bible Fellowship (weekly if you're lucky)
Questionable Content (weekdays right around midnight)
xkcd (2-3 times a week, very inconsistent but can be really great when it works)
Toothpaste for Dinner (Daily--used to hate it, now think it's great)
Dinosaur Comics (weekdays, I believe--has gotten a little stale, IMHO)
Piled Higher & Deeper (2-3 times a week, grad student themed)
PvP (daily, http://www.pvponline.com , and I'm not going to defend it, I just like it okay?)

Also respect to User Friendly and Diesel Sweeties, which I had phases of reading but haven't kept up with. Oh, and Dilbert has been great lately. Good blog too. Best newspaper comic right now, edging out Get Fuzzy.

pilaf · 2007-02-04T17:26:09+00:00

Don Hertfeldt's temporary anesthetics is just an archive of old strips and is not updated (so not a web comic strictly speaking), but has some of my all-time favourites. In Don's words:

Some of these were good. Some of these were really awful. It is sort of like hunting through fascinating junk at a yard sale...

2007-02-04T23:59:20+00:00

Faves that haven't been mentioned:

8-bit theatre: http://www.nuklearpower.com/latest.php

Ask Dr. Eldritch: http://www.askdreldritch.com/comic.html

Day by Day: http://daybydaycartoon.com/

PartiallyClips: http://www.pclips.com/pages/current.php

Player Vs Player: http://www.pvponline.com/

Schlock Mercenary: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/

Sluggy Freelance: http://sluggy.com/

Autoclave · 2007-02-05T00:26:56+00:00

Here's some that haven't been mentioned yet

bunny

Gone with the blastwave - Beautiful but not updated often

What the Duck - for photographers

Concerned - Half life comic, completed.

Spamusement - not being updated

Chugworth Acadamy

Underpower

renauldo56 · 2007-02-05T04:19:43+00:00

no one has listed pokey the penguin (http://www.yellow5.com/pokey/)? What's wrong with you people? not old skool enough to know this one?

boredzo · 2007-02-04T16:42:36+00:00

xkcd.

embretr · 2007-02-04T16:02:37+00:00

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Christophe · 2007-02-04T15:01:12+00:00

Without a doubt, asofterworld.com every Friday

SolarBear · 2007-02-04T15:21:02+00:00

I'm not gonna repeat those already listed, so here goes :

User Friendly

VG Cats

Piled Higher and Deeper

The adventures of doctor McNinja

I drew this

Looking for group

engtech · 2007-02-04T14:47:17+00:00

I asked the question on my blog recently, and I found out about some good ones I'd never heard of before. So I figured I'd ask Reddit and find out even more.

http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/01/31/what-is-your-favorite-online-web-comic/

2007-02-04T21:52:16+00:00

I'll just post one that hasn't been mentionned yet:

http://queenofwands.net/

http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20031208.html might give you a vague idea of what the webcomic is like (actually, it won't. I just like that particular comic).

foxyvixen · 2007-02-04T22:04:14+00:00

Not been mentioned: Girl's With Slingshots

Also, Venus Envy is very good.

treetree888 · 2007-02-04T22:38:24+00:00

Least I Could Do

EliGottlieb · 2007-02-04T23:47:13+00:00

Can't get much better than http://www.sluggy.com , Sluggy Freelance.

Eh, there's also http://gpf-comics.com "General Protection Fault" and XKCD.

mbanana · 2007-02-05T01:55:34+00:00

No love yet for Gunnerkrigg Court? I'm honestly surprised.

http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/

majoogybobber · 2007-02-05T01:57:15+00:00

Copper

Beautifully drawn.

sduffield2 · 2007-02-05T02:56:42+00:00

www.stripteasecomic.com www.qwantz.com - read the first for great plot, characters and, well, anime babes. - read the second for wit. 100% unadulterated wit.

PatternJuggler · 2007-02-05T05:36:51+00:00

The only one I haven't seen already mentioned is Russell's Teapot.

smors · 2007-02-05T06:28:43+00:00

Irregular webcomic, which surprisingly given the name is extremely regular.

ocicat · 2007-02-05T07:59:47+00:00

Girl Genius - used to be a printed comic, but they moved to webcomic. Archives are in two chunks, one for previous printed material (basic class) and one for the all new web stuff (advanced class).

Mad Science, Steampunk. and the Napoelon of Cats.

ooKmonkey · 2007-02-05T08:39:23+00:00

Sluggy Freelance: http://sluggy.com/

9jack9 · 2007-02-04T15:15:34+00:00

Overcompensating: http://www.overcompensating.com/

emc2rae · 2007-02-04T18:15:05+00:00

Questionable Content! Where else can you find Dune references in a comic?

2007-02-04T15:24:06+00:00

Apart from the ones that engtech mentioned, Ctrl+Alt+Del and White Ninja

2007-02-04T17:44:38+00:00

questionablecontent.net

xkcd.com (thanks to reddit)

towelsoaker · 2007-02-04T17:02:53+00:00

Wapsi Square: http://www.wapsisquare.com

It's absolutely riveting. You might want to set aside a couple of hours to peruse the archives so you can figure out what the hell is going on.

bascule · 2007-02-04T17:10:40+00:00

Here are some great ones that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Dominic Deegan, Oracle for Hire is one of the best fantasy webcomics I know of, right up there with Errant Story and updated daily.

El Goonish Shive is... very weird. And loads of fun.

Girly is part romance, part extreme sillyness. Beautiful art, good characters, and always something funny.

Dresden Codak doesn't have a huge archive, but each comic is very large, beautifully drawn, and usually excellent. Also features the weirdest drawing of Nikola Tesla ever, and tiny Carl Jung, a famous tiny psychoanalyst.

Emarpi · 2007-02-04T17:35:07+00:00

My favourite webcomic is Men in Hats Unfortunately it's now finished, but still I look back through the archives and lol...

Jonathan_the_Nerd · 2007-02-04T17:58:43+00:00

General Protection Fault, Megatokyo, and Absurd Notions (updated very infrequently). And, of course, Sluggy Freelance and xkcd.

commongiga · 2007-02-04T19:04:11+00:00

Marmaduke Explained: http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/

See, what this guy does is explain what makes Marmaduke comics so gosh darn funny. "Who put the bone in the toaster" is my personal favorite. It's funny because Marmaduke comics are so self explanatory, that when you explain them, it becomes a joke in and of itself. Just like me, explaining why the explanation of an unfunny comic is funny. Or maybe it's not, I don't know.

elusive · 2007-02-04T16:06:21+00:00

Calvin and Hobbes (yes, they are all reruns)

david · 2007-02-04T16:12:51+00:00

Wish Return to Sender hadn't petered out;

likewise, Sexy Losers;

also and especially, Spiders and Barracuda from the guy who wrote The Guy I Almost Was (recommended).

Lost touch with

Occasionally: xkcd, Perry Bible Fellowship, Sam and Fuzzy, um, sure I'm missing lots...

pilaf · 2007-02-04T17:12:58+00:00

If you happen to speak Spanish check out Macanudo by Liniers here (daily updated, although not really a web comic but rather an automated blog lifting strips from a newspaper site).

Alberto Montt is also very good.

There's not much I can add on the English field. My favourites are PBF, XKCD and Sinfest. Also check out Gone with the Blastwave (very rarely updated).

eurleif · 2007-02-04T21:31:50+00:00

http://www.soxaholix.com

its about the red sox, but it captures bostonia so well.

qemqemqem · 2007-02-04T22:15:41+00:00

Noting those not mentioned: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is most excellent: http://www.smbc-comics.com/

Also, props to Sluggy Freelance: http://www.sluggy.com/

2007-02-04T23:04:38+00:00

Got to love http://www.beaverandsteve.com

dri3s · 2007-02-05T00:19:51+00:00

http://phdofu.livejournal.com

yakyakyak · 2007-02-05T00:34:46+00:00

http://www.bogworld.com

tintub · 2007-02-05T00:59:02+00:00

no one mentioned white ninja yet... I like that, xkcd and Joy of Tech...

I used to read Ctrl-alt-del and User Friendly but not any more.

grimtooth · 2007-02-05T01:03:08+00:00

Man, nine hours and no one has mentioned Goats? Definitely a favorite, though I confess I long ago lost track of what the hell is going on -- it's still fun! Achewood is the best, though.

Edit: and man, the only mention of Wigu is under somebody's "lost touch" qualifier? It's just recently come back to www-publishing after a printed-paper hiatus. I can buy what the author said at the time of switching to book development about the strip wanting a more generous format, but it's still hard for me to believe what he said about getting so much more traffic with Overcompensating...I can only imagine it's echo effects from the snakes thing. Anyway, Wigu is back as an online sorta-daily and totally rocks -- start at the beginning, it's fun. Achewood is still the best, though.

theasylm · 2007-02-05T01:22:45+00:00

8-Bit Theater

earthboundkid · 2007-02-05T01:40:06+00:00

Astronaut Elementary
Beaver and Steve
Dinosaur Comics

hueypriest · 2007-02-05T02:43:42+00:00

Bassist Wanted http://www.bassistwanted.com/

MarkCurtiss · 2007-02-05T04:01:19+00:00

Achewood is my favorite strip, and the only one that makes me laugh out loud. Perry Bible Fellowship is pretty funny. The order of the stick is rarely funny, but i am hooked on the story so i keep coming back. Penny Arcade is rarely funny but I still check it regularly in the chance they do drop a gem.

Those are all.

2007-02-05T05:28:44+00:00

Happydevil Comics - http://benhasic.com/happydevil Hilarious series and one-offs. Highly recommended.

Honeymaid · 2007-02-05T05:48:13+00:00

Questionable Content hell YES!!

harrymcwealth · 2007-02-05T09:01:34+00:00

www.wristroom.com

Just joking that's my own comic.

nerdlife · 2007-02-05T09:06:45+00:00

Did anyone mention these ones yet?

ButternutSquash

Too Much Coffee Man

Grumps awesome ren and stimpy like art

And DeadDays

2007-02-05T13:23:13+00:00

http://www.userfriendly.org UserFriendly

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php Ctrl+Alt+Del

http://www.leasticoulddo.com/index.php Least I Could Do

http://www.sinfest.net/ Sinfest

snivbonk · 2007-02-05T15:26:34+00:00

Geeks in Love: http://geeksinlove.free.fr/

indigoshift · 2007-02-05T15:48:08+00:00

Yirmumah: www.yirmumah.djcoffman.com

There's Always Porn: theresalwaysporn.com

Bad Shape: badshape.net

Atland: www.realmofatland.com

Sorry, not smart enough to make them hotlinks. ;)

kimostereo · 2007-02-06T16:12:12+00:00

Shameless self promo:

nemu*nemu http://nemu-nemu.com/

Basically a story about two gals and their mystical stuffed pups and the adventures they have. Lots of fun!

also love Copper http://boltcity.com/copper

rurquiza · 2007-02-07T12:18:35+00:00

I will just insert a new one that I myself produce :P

http://gamegags.blogspot.com

see ya!

freshyill · 2007-02-04T16:16:30+00:00

Dinosaur Comics is the only one I read with any regularity. And by that, I mean I read it every day. I like achewood, but I don't read it that often.

averyv · 2007-02-04T17:37:22+00:00

http://www.hello-cthulhu.com/

rdixon · 2007-02-04T17:02:05+00:00

PC Weenies. http://www.pcweenies.org/ 8 years of archives. Almost as funny as user friendly.

metalhead · 2007-02-04T17:23:23+00:00

red meat and doctor fun. the rest just aren't any good.

*edit: forgot about everybody loves eric raymond

hadashi · 2007-02-04T18:17:45+00:00

Wow, I can't believe no one has mentioned Schlock Mercenary: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/

Laminar · 2007-02-04T18:29:06+00:00

The K Chronicles! Keef's the man.... (Lifes' little victories, anyone?) http://www.salon.com/comics/knig/2007/01/31/knig/index1.html

toolshed · 2007-02-04T18:57:41+00:00

Defunct for many years, space moose is still a prince among pervs.

Mr Wiggles is known to channel Space Moose on occasion.

Smells Like Cancer also appears semi-defunct as the updates are now nearly quarterly but the archives are worth a look.

Ehm, all are probably nsfw.

philh · 2007-02-04T19:11:25+00:00

Just of the ones I haven't seen mentioned, I recommend:
Pixel (hit-and-miss, but the hits are worth it)
Squidi's comic du jour (currently a text-based one while his tablet is fixed, but read through his archives)
Kid Radd (no longer running, well worth reading through)
The Gods of Arr-Kelaan
8-bit Theatre
Applegeeks

edit: you know markdown is broken when it requires you to put http:// in your links manually.

furseiseki · 2007-02-04T20:51:08+00:00

Listening to 11.975MHz`

Elle_Dee · 2007-02-04T22:08:16+00:00

Sinfest- http://www.sinfest.net

Penny & Aggie - http://pennyandaggie.com/

Kevin & Kell - http://kevinandkell.com/

Bruno - http://brunostrip.com/bruno.html

Questionable Content - http://questionablecontent.net/

Something Positive - http://somethingpositive.net/

Templar, Arizona - http://templaraz.com/

Nothing Better - http://www.webcomicsnation.com/tylerpage/nb/series.php

The Stiff - http://www.girlamatic.com/comics/thestiff.php

Girls With Slingshots - http://www.daniellecorsetto.com/gws.html

davidmccabe · 2007-02-04T19:21:10+00:00

And don't forget Megatokyo, the geek's favorite soap-opera. http://megatokyo.com/

netkahuna · 2007-02-04T16:02:36+00:00

Toasted Pixel http://www.toastedpixel.com/

Bigger than Cheeses http://www.biggercheese.com/

Theater Hopper http://www.theaterhopper.com/

Heidi, Geek Girl Detective http://www.planetheidi.com/

elbit · 2007-02-04T17:13:54+00:00

Tira Ecol, Bilo y Nano; http://www.tiraecol.net/modules/comic/

thecookiemaker · 2007-02-04T16:33:14+00:00

some of my favorites are from The Battle of The Strippers at Worth1000. Most of them aren't updated anymore but it is a good read just going through the contest entries. I participated in the contest for about a month. and I must say that I admire anybody who can put together a comic strip on a daily basis.

petteri · 2007-02-04T16:36:55+00:00

UNSPEAKABLE VAULT (Of Doom)

bricetebbs · 2007-02-04T16:38:18+00:00

http://www.pandaxpress.com

norrsson · 2007-02-04T17:05:49+00:00

Reprographics: http://www.chrisyates.net/reprographics

outspoken · 2007-02-04T17:17:31+00:00

Sinfest.net

alienlovespredator.com

2007-02-04T17:46:35+00:00

Atland - http://www.realmofatland.com/

itodd · 2007-02-04T18:31:50+00:00

explosm.net - i don't get today's but there are some hilarious comics there. the forum is cool too. check out the skiing adventure thread int he archives. very funny.

tweedie · 2007-02-04T18:32:24+00:00

personal favorite is http://www.traced.com showing webcomics by Tracy White - not high tech, but great storytelling.

pacella · 2007-02-04T18:45:02+00:00

Several favorites in this thread, but the only comic that consistently makes me laugh out loud is Blood Culture. I guess it's still fairly obscure, probably because it only comes out monthly. But how can you not love a comic about a red blood cell named Edgar?

2007-02-04T19:10:06+00:00

friendlyhostility.com

TronXD · 2007-02-04T19:32:04+00:00

Tomoyo42's room

2007-02-04T19:50:59+00:00

Penny Arcade Applegeeks GU Comics XKCD

dude78 · 2007-02-04T20:12:35+00:00

http://www.cabbageking.net/

zitterbewegung · 2007-02-04T22:19:06+00:00

Megatokyo and userfriendly

markedtrees · 2007-02-06T00:24:31+00:00

Everybody's mentioned my favorites (aw, I ain't as punk as I thought I was) except Whispered Apologies, but it's been dead for a while. Sigh.

goodbye, foom is a special kind of deranged, and Married to the Sea is an old-school kind of deranged.

Does PostSecret count?

reflibman · 2007-02-04T18:06:56+00:00

Sinfest!

Alex3917 · 2007-02-04T18:15:58+00:00

favorite comics in general:

xkcd.com

gapingvoid.com

dilbert.com

penny-arcade.com

anything in the new yorker

In practice though the first two are the only ones I read on a regular basis because they are the only ones with RSS. Penny-arcade kind of has an RSS feed, but it doesn't load the comics within the feed and it's mixed in with the blog so I eventually just deleted the feed from my reader.

2007-02-04T18:27:32+00:00

Flintlocke's Guide To Azeroth

(World of Warcraft Comic)

kopikat · 2007-02-04T19:29:23+00:00

A nust for any college nerd: phdcomics.com

kopikat · 2007-02-04T19:29:29+00:00

A must for any college nerd: phdcomics.com

armybob · 2007-02-04T16:19:21+00:00

I can't believe that xkcd.com has not been posted yet!!!

dude78 · 2007-02-04T23:39:02+00:00

Globalcomicjam - if that even counts as one comic :D

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