MetaFilter posts tagged with Webcomic and comic

Lord Talky McBoring! Of the McBoring clan of East Wanker.

little cow make small moo — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:37:53 -0800

Unsounded is an ongoing fantasy webcomic by Ashley Cope. Updates are Monday-Wednesday-Friday, the scope of the story is apparently enormous, the writing is great, the world is complex, well-planned, and full of fistfights, magic-fights, political intrigue, zombies, giant dogs as beasts of burden, diverse characters, and smoke eels from the great beyond. Chapter 1 begins here.

The Greatest Web Comic Based On A Classic Namco Video Game

boo_radley — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:40:31 -0800

Galaga: Invasion is a webcomic from Ryan North, Christopher Hastings and Anthony Clark. Drop whatever it is you're doing and get reading!

Hawaii, 1997

zabuni — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:10:00 -0800

Hawaii, 1997 A comic by Sam Alden. Previously.

Paola-4

Joe in Australia — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:46:36 -0800

A brilliant comic about choices and regret. And time travel, and love, and sushi: Paola-4 (via) And it's ALL on one page!

When your house is burning down, you should brush your teeth

PhoBWanKenobi — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:22:54 -0800

The surprisingly touching story of a fire and a broken cat named Domino.

I'm not a kid, I'M A SHARK

mokin — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:48:17 -0800

Nimona is the shape-shifting, hell-raising sidekick to Ballister Blackheart, the biggest name in supervilliany. Created by Gingerhaze, aka Noelle Stevenson, Nimona combines sci-fi and fantasy tropes in a anachronistic universe. Originally Stevenson's senior thesis, the webcomic will be published by HarperCollins in 2015. (gingerhaze previously)

The crew of the Enterprise take on their greatest challenge yet -- an out-of-service holodeck

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:12:38 -0800

LARP Trek - webcomic from MetaFilter's own cortex

Adventure Chef, c'mon tell your friends, we'll cook in very distant lands.

curious nu — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:34:12 -0800

Rutabaga, a webcomic about an adventuring chef.

He did not understand that if he waited and listened and observed, another idea of some kind would probably occur to him someday.

paleyellowwithorange — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:10:00 -0800

Being a content creator is a wonderful job: "It's 2pm. Don't you think it's time you put on some pants?" Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web: A rather lengthy comic by The Oatmeal.

Alcohol yesterday, drugs today

vidur — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:47:23 -0800

"Based in Brisbane, Australia, Stuart uses the medium of comics to explore serious issues with a unique perspective and a sense of fun." - War on Drugs and more, and even more. [Previously]

Police Log Comics

brundlefly — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:52:39 -0800

Police Log Comics is a webcomic adapted from the police log of the Carmel Pine Cone.

You think you can keep up with me, world? Well you can't. Because I'm too damn FANTASTIC.

Rory Marinich — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:07:38 -0800

From Ryan Armand, author of the beautiful watercolor comic Minus, comes the story of a man who decides one day to be GREAT. Involves ramen, romance, gang warfare. Highly recommended.

This gun's bullets will only pierce the flesh of your TRUE LOVE!

Rory Marinich — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:28:44 -0800

The webcomic A Lesson is Learned but the Damage is Irreversible published a total of 41 strips over the course of two years – but each strip was a masterpiece, visually stunning and weirdly hilarious. It hasn't been updated since 2006 (author Dale Beran writes a new comic with similarly methodical updates), but recently its creators confirmed a new strip is on the way. Artist David Hellman (also known for his work on gorgeous video game Braid) has been sharing sketches of the new strip, and last week shared a video on Facebook showing the process of developing the new strip's layout. "How did it taste, sir?" "What?" "The milkshake... flavored with everything..." "Oh. There are essentially two points of view. One is that such an accident mixes the sublime with the profane - invites the pig into the parlor, so to speak – and without any way to exclude those bitter tastes (or those sweet but of contrasting qualities) we get an abomination. An unrefined, grotesque sludge. "The other view, which I am wont to favor – is that the collision of so many sensations at once drifts over the body like light through a kaleidoscope. Beautiful because it is simplified... just as what is fulsome to us up close weaves itself into a delicate and well-wrought pattern when we gain some distance from our affairs and encompass more and more of the world in our view."

Looks like you could use a pick-me-up.

davidjmcgee — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:41:09 -0800

Strong Female Protagonist is a (currently 16-page, but ongoing) webcomic that "follows the adventures of a young middle-class American with super-strength, invincibility and a crippling sense of social injustice."

Eulogy for a pretty swell guy

Rhaomi — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:41:39 -0800

Young Edd Gould always enjoyed drawing comics of himself and his friends. Growing up in the internet age, his doodles evolved into Flash animations of increasing complexity, and in time Edd and pals Tom Ridgewell and Matt Hargreaves teamed up to produce an "Eddsworld" series of online webtoons and comics. At first crude and halting, the group's "eddisodes" progressed from surreal shorts and one-shots into full-fledged productions that pushed the boundaries of amateur web animation, with expressive characters, full soundtracks, complex effects, and a fast-paced, off-kilter sense of humor: MovieMakers - Spares - WTFuture - Rock Bottom - Hammer & Fail (2). At its height, the college co-op was producing shorts for Mitchell & Webb and the UN Climate Change Conference, fielding offers from Paramount and Cartoon Network, and racking up millions of hits on YouTube. Work slowed, however, when Gould was diagnosed with leukemia -- a relatively survivable form, though, and Gould carried on working gamely through his hospital stays. So it came as a shock last week when Matt and Tom announced that Edd had passed away, prompting an outpouring of grief and gratitude from all the fans he'd entertained and inspired in his short 23 years.

Job Dog may exist only in the dream of a small child living on the New England coast.

Memo — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:21:46 -0800

Bonne Fête Job Dog is a comic about a dog with a job.

Athena Wheatley, a webcomic

Tom-B — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:32:27 -0800

More diversity in sci-fi webcomix? Yes please: Athena Wheatley, or Warp & Weft features a black female scientist from the 19th century time-travelling to 9283. Fun, and looks good: Moebius meets Futurama meets Adventure Time (and sexy too! occasionaly cartoonishly NSFW)

Zahra's Paradise

Joe in Australia — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22:16 -0800

So a Persian writer, an Arab artist and a Jewish editor walk into a room…
Zahra's Paradise is a webcomic inspired by the work of the late Zahra Kazemi (previously) and based on reports by Iranian bloggers. The author and publisher describe their experiences here.

Sick

spiderskull — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:23:17 -0800

Sick. Parts 11, 12, 13, and 14. [NSFW] An incredibly dark, raw, self-aware, and often insightful look into the depressed mind of a cartoonist evaluating his life.

Puppies with flaming machetes?

Lovecraft In Brooklyn — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:50:49 -0800

Battlepug is a webcomic about cute dogs and barbarian warriors. It's by Mike Norton, best known for his work on Runaways and Young Justice.

There and back again, a PSA

Taft — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:22:10 -0800

Fed up with drugs, a comic about the dark side of chemical salvation. By Charles Saucisse.

The Cartoon Guide to Life, the Universe, and Everything

Rhaomi — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:20:53 -0800

Larry Gonick is a veteran American cartoonist best known for his delightful comic-book guides to science and history, many of which have previews online. Chief among them is his long-running Cartoon History of the Universe (later The Cartoon History of the Modern World), a sprawling multi-volume opus documenting everything from the Big Bang to the Bush administration. Published over the course of three decades, it takes a truly global view -- its time-traveling Professor thoroughly explores not only familiar topics like Rome and World War II but the oft-neglected stories of Asia and Africa, blending caricature and myth with careful scholarship (cited by fun illustrated bibliographies) and tackling even the most obscure events with intelligence and wit. This savvy satire carried over to Gonick's Zinn-by-way-of-Pogo chronicle The Cartoon History of the United States, along with a bevy of Cartoon Guides to other topics, including Genetics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics, The Environment, and (yes!) Sex. Gonick has also maintained a few sideprojects, such as a webcomic look at Chinese invention, assorted math comics (previously), the Muse magazine mainstay Kokopelli & Co. (featuring the shenanigans of his "New Muses"), and more. See also these lengthy interview snippets, linked previously. Want more? Amazon links to the complete oeuvre inside! Reading note: All the book titles in the post above link to readable versions on the web. Some of the older Cartoon Guides and the first chunk of the original Cartoon History of the Universe comics (through Volume 9 -- ancient China) are available in full; the rest, including the (two-part) Modern World series and The United States, are available partially through Harper-Collins' free book preview feature, which includes the first dozen or so pages of each book and then jumps ahead randomly from there to the end. So pay attention to the page numbers on those links to avoid getting caught off guard by the (unannounced) page-skips! Amazon links:

Cartoon History: The Cartoon History of the Universe I (Vol. 1-7): From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great (1990) The Cartoon History of the Universe II (Vol. 8-13): From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome (1994) The Cartoon History of the Universe III (Vol. 14-19): From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance (2002) The Cartoon History of the United States (1991) The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1: From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution (2007) The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad (2009) Cartoon Guides: The Cartoon Guide to Genetics (1983) The Cartoon Guide to the Computer (1991) The Cartoon Guide to Physics (1992) The Cartoon Guide to (Non) Communication (1993) The Cartoon Guide to Statistics (1994) The Cartoon Guide to the Environment (1996) The Cartoon Guide to Sex (1999) The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry (2005) Other: Kokopelli & Company in Attack of the Smart Pies (2005)

Oregon Noir

Lovecraft In Brooklyn — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:35:03 -0800

She Died In Terrebonne is a hard-boiled noir webcomic by Kevin Church. The Rack, The Loneliest Astronauts and his other comics can be found at Agreeable Comics.

snow day

silby — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:53:45 -0800

pictures for sad children captures the spirit of the season. that is all.

...it's a thousand times larger than earth, yet its entrance is extremely tiny

namewithoutwords — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:53:53 -0800

Have you heard about the floating world of furlqump?