About ten minutes after I posted the first group of webcomics I remembered about ten more I really really enjoy. Here they are.
Edmund Finney’s Quest to find the Meaning of Life (Comedy, Fantasy?)
His adventures usually cause him to bump into weirder people than this.
Here’s a better quality image of the above. I literally discovered this gem of a comic about an hour after I posted the last webcomic recommendations and instantly fell in love with it. I read the entire thing in one sitting, and I could probably do it again. This is the story about a normal man named Edmund Finney and his wanderings in search of the meaning of life. Instead of the meaning of life, he usually bumps into pirates, monsters, serial killers, aliens, cowboys, knights, murderous snowmen, all while being the only sane man on the planet. It’s a weird comic, but it’s really funny, I definitely suggest checking it out here. Unlike a lot of other comics, this one actually has a pretty strong start, and it just gets better. Make sure to read the rollover text on the later comics!
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (Comedy)
Do you like math jokes? Do you like penis jokes? Do you like Venn Diagram of Math Vs. Penis Joke jokes? Well then SMBC is the comic for you! A daily strip updated by it’s aptly named author, Zach Weiner, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a comic that focuses on a wide variety of subjects while at the same time making fun of absolutely everything. I admittedly couldn’t really find a good representational comic for it, the one at right is a little bit eh, but a lot of them are pretty good, especially if you’re just randomly browsing. The first chunk of comics are kind of bad though, so I’d recommend starting at the beginning and working your way backwards. Try out a few comics before you make a real judgement on this one, some are a bit sciency and hard to follow.
Cyanide and Happiness (Dark Comedy)
Cyanide and Happiness is another daily updated gag-a-day comic, but this one is much darker and tries to be about as offensive as possible. It is also hilarious. It’s written by four different authors, each with a slightly different style of art and humor. I’d say Kris and Rob (above) are my favorites. They also have lots of animations, if you want to check those out. This is another comic that should be read from the most recent comic backwards. Not much else to say really.
Kid Radd (Gaming, Comedy, and later, Drama)
The cast
Kid Radd is a strange one. This is an old (really old) sprite art comic drawn by a guy named Dan Miller. The story centers around a sprite named Kid Radd who, after his game is beaten and left in the trash, is rescued and goes to the central hub of all forgotten video game characters. It starts out as an honestly outdated (though back when this was made it’s material was probably pretty fresh) video game parody, but then it becomes something much more. Character development skyrockets and the series gets really really compelling. I don’t really want to say anything about the good half of the series, because all of it is pretty much spoilers, but trust me, it gets pretty great. It has one of the most satisfying endings I’ve ever seen, to boot. It goes from silly gags at the beginning and gradually transitions into a philosophical comic about humanity, free will, and the ability to change one’s own fate. My friend showed me this one, and I’m glad he did. Start here. A lot of the sprites are animated in this comic, and apparently that causes problems if you’re using a later version of Internet Explorer. Luckily, no one in their right mind uses Internet Explorer, so we should be okay.
minus (Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy)
Look at that watercolored majesty
minus is one of my all-time favorite comic strips. It’s drawn in ink and then painted in watercolor and it looks absolutely beautiful. minus, lower case on purpose, is about a girl named minus with an ever-changing hair color who seems to have unlimited magical abilities and can do anything and everything, and she usually does. The creativity and childlike-wonder in some of these strips is amazing, and only matched by the horror in some of the other ones. A child with unlimited magical power isn’t always a good thing, as some strips will show. I can’t really describe what I like about this strip so much… it’s just the sense of wonder it gives me I suppose. Also the style, which is so perfectly storybook I can’t even tell you. Artistgasm. Read it here.
Great! (Comedy, Adventure, Drama)
And so is this comic!
From the same genius behind minus, comes Great! The story of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, a globetrotting elderly couple and their ramen-related adventures. When a young Mr. Phillips loses everything, he sees a TV commercial telling him to be Great! But then he becomes homeless, so he decides to be the greatest homeless man ever! Then he is picked up by a girl and her father who own a ramen shop, and he decides to become the greatest ramen chef in the world! It’s even more amazing then it sounds. I cannot describe how whacky this series is. Everyone should read it here. Right now. It’s literally just ended, so now the author is focusing on her(?) third comic series, Modern Fried Snake, which is okay, but it can’t hold a candle to minus and Great!, they’re just too amazing.
That’s all for now. Those can totally hold you over. Oh, also there’s The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, which is great too, but it’s pretty popular so I don’t think I need to describe it or anything. You’ll catch on pretty quick.
Happy reading!
