MetaFilter posts tagged with comic and webcomic

Three word phrase

Rinku — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:04:25 -0800

Three word phrase - webcomics drawn in five minutes by Ryan Pequin.

Bang Barstal

Pope Guilty — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:01:34 -0800

The now-defunct Bang Barstal tells the story of a man and his baseball bat after everything went wrong at once.

This is a Sincerist Thread

The Whelk — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:37:27 -0800

Confused about the world of Templar, Az? (Previously), and its three-books of world-building? Well, i09 gives you a run through of the major plots, cults, and sub-cultures that inhabit the comic's alternate history Arizona. Or maybe you should just start at the beginning.

Penny Arcade: "Automata" inspired works

filthy light thief — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:01:27 -0800

The guys at Penny Arcade often refer to their sequential comics as "dreaded continuity," but some of their storylines have created their own microcosms apart from the usual commentary on things in the broad world video games. Prime examples of these storylines include Cardboard Tube Samurai and Song of the Sorcelator, the latter has spun into a world made by its fans. The newest sequential work started from one of three short "treatments," set in a nineteen-twenties crime fiction which unfolds in a time where "machine intellect" has been outlawed. The first page of Automata was set to music that was composed and performed by Christoph Hermiteer. The second fan creation is a short radio program, based on a script written by the Penny Arcade folks.

Vulcan & Vishnu

Rinku — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:52:37 -0800

Vulcan & Vishnu, a webcomic by Leland Purvis. Chapter two, Chapter three, and a little more.

Shine On You Crazy Anglerfish: Angry Octopus Comics

filthy light thief — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:24:54 -0800

Angry Octopus Comics is a webcomic collaboration between Mikepop and his daughter, updated twice-weekly. Created with mixed media and compiled in Photoshop, the premise is simple: the octopus always ends up angry. [via mefi projects]

Our Band Could Be Your Comic

interrobang — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:42:18 -0800

Metafilter's own COBRA! has been producing a great comic about a rock band for quite awhile; and now it's been released as a book! Get to know the Awesome Boys in Nowhere Band.

Don't forget the alt text

Rhaomi — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:50:52 -0800

It's a simple story about a responsible owl, trying to raise a curious (human) son and a geeky (human) daughter in their giant treehouse while dealing with his longtime bear buddy (and honey researcher), Steve. Though it debuted, humbly enough, in the Cracked.com forums, Benjamin Driscoll's drolly sweet comic Daisy Owl soon gained a loyal following, earning a regular feature there (courtesy of David Wong) and routinely making the front pages of sites like Digg and Reddit. In March 2009, Driscoll went pro, quitting his job to work on the comic full-time and making Daisy Owl one of the few self-sufficient webcomics on the net. Its quirky, character-driven humor, focused mainly on children, friendship, and families, has earned more than a few comparisons to Calvin and Hobbes, as well as plenty of fan art. Highlights: Basement - Honey - Parenting - Shampoo - Skittle on the Moon - Nightmare - Movie Night - Thrift Store - Classic Dad - Wallpapers

Life's Calendar

WCityMike — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:19:56 -0800

Eventually ... (SIL), by Winston Rowntree. Also from Subnormality: The Line. The Worst Kind of Boss. There are Two Kinds of People. Welcome to Hell. And Abnormality: The Adventures of Bonoman. The Truth Behind Obnoxious Assholes. The Four Possible Husbands and the Four Possible Wives. Every Album Ever. How to Win at Panhandling.

meow...

Korou — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:28:47 -0800

The Saddest Cat in the World by Maria Konstantinov

Hark, A Vagrant!

flatluigi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:40:06 -0800

Kate Beaton, Historical Cartoonist

Anything you want, for $2

divabat — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:45:04 -0800

Webcomic artist D.J. Coffman offers to draw anything you want for $2 apiece.

Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead

clockworkjoe — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:40:04 -0800

Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead. A comic about brotherly love, loss and quoting the Simpsons. A brilliant short comic by Rebecca Sugar, creator of the excellent Pug Davis. Stupid sexy Flanders.

The end of Rice-Boy

edgeways — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:49:13 -0800

The end of Rice-Boy. T.O.E, Angel Eye, Calbash (alas we hardly knew ye) and Rice-Boy have ended their adventure. 2 years 1 month and two weeks after the start. Evan Dahm produced one of the most engaging and beautiful webcomics over the past two years and it has concluded. A moment of silence......... Ok now, the good news. Rice-Boy is done, but further Overside stories are likely. YAY. Yes, I know the link to the site is technically a double. I thought it was worth mentioning the end of the event. I promise I will not complain if this is deleted, but I hope it merits enough "newness" in it's ending that this post remains.

The Invisible Life of Poet

Kattullus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:54:16 -0800

The Invisible Life of Poet is a webcomic by Christopher Stetson Wilson that's been published weekly for three and a half years. It features the adventures of nerdy high school student Poet and his retinue (mostly his friend Ben). There are many ways to navigate the archive. For a quality skim, check out the author's favorites. If you want a more indepth look you can check out the tag categories, characters (e.g. Seph the Corruptor, Coach Fathead), contemporary issues (e.g. class warfare, gender issues), culture and society (e.g. mass media, religion), hyperreality (e.g. board games, hallucinations), miscellaneous (e.g. great art, lowbrow humor) and psycho-social constructs (e.g. bullying, love and seduction).

Hark! A Vagrant History Comics by Kate Beaton

Songdog — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:12:33 -0800

Canadian artist Kate Beaton draws wonderfully expressive comics which she publishes variously on her website and her LiveJournal, Hark! A Vagrant. In December 2007 she asked her readers to suggest historical figures and promised to draw comics based on the first twenty submissions. Highlights of the resulting series include Mary Shelley, Genghis Khan, and yes, even Søren Kierkegaard. A second set of history comics is underway (don't miss Captain Cook) and someday soon we can hope for a gallery of Teslas (perhaps you will answer the call?). Earlier comics are equally recommended; they are populated by figures historical and contemporary as well as by Kate herself.

You should read Gunnerkrigg Court

Lentrohamsanin — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:38:18 -0800

Gunnerkrigg Court is a lovely and strange webcomic by Tom Siddell. While its scenario bears a passing resemblance to Harry Potter (magic school, main character with a strange destiny, etc.), there's something quite different going on here. Chapter One, for instance, deals with how to get an anthropomorphic shadow back to its forest home, using only a box of discarded robot parts and a young girl's initiative. And that's just the beginning. Need a more trustworthy endorsement than mine? Neil Gaiman likes it.

Yeah, yeah I know-- my favorite web comic sucks

dersins — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:19:12 -0800

If you've ever worked with advertising or marketing "professionals," you've probably encountered this guy. Or this guy. Or her. Or one of these three guys.

Basic Instructions

MetaMonkey — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 09:26:02 -0800

Basic Instructions - Your all inclusive guide to a life well-lived Basic Instructions has been getting quite a lot of attention lately as Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has been trying to help Basic Instructions artist Scott Mayer get national newspaper syndication, encouraging Mayer to experiment with the style and format of the comic. Follow the story so far on Adam's blog [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] and Mayer's Basic Instructions blog (starting here).

bunt cake: a webcomic thing

Terminal Verbosity — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:35:43 -0800

"I like to think that baseball players are a pretty imaginitive bunch. I mean, these are guys who, when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up, said something nuts like 'baseball player' — and then didn’t change their answer." Bunt Cake: a webcomic for those of us who like baseball cards recontextualized and our humor depantsed and set on fire. Or something like that. [via mefi projects]

Dicebox

edgeways — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:04:37 -0800

Dicebox: A webcomic with amazing artwork by Jenn Manley Lee. (site's main page) A non traditional sci-fi serial comic, concerning the lives of migrant workers in the future. Fleen review

Real doctors don't use guns.

Snyder — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:52:57 -0800

Lucid TV: A webcomic about doctors.

Cap'n Crunch is a gateway drug!

loquacious — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 10:22:38 -0800

Breakfast of the Gods: The Last Good Morning. A serialized webcomic featuring the sugary, crunchy stars of your childhood - destroying your childhood dreams one after another. Via Monkeyfilter.

Blastwave

MetaMonkey — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:26:43 -0800

Blastwave

Acid Zen Wonder Paint

JPowers — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:41:34 -0800

Web comics are fun: Acid Zen Wonder Paint. Explore via the "Random" button or check out m y f a v o r i t e s.