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Goats is a popular webcomic written and illustrated by Jonathan Rosenberg. It began on April 1, 1997. On April 3, 2006, after nine years drawing the strip, Rosenberg became a full-time cartoonist making his living drawing Goats.
Goats follows a (loose) plot surrounding the adventures of Rosenberg's cartoon alter ego, along with his friend/drinking buddy Phillip, and many characters including animals (Toothgnip the goat, Diablo the satanic chicken and Fish/Fineas the immortal fish), celebrities, aliens and villains. Most of the strips are separated into story arcs, which have very different, though still coherent, plots. Except for the time that the world was destroyed, all of the strips fit into one continuous timeline.
The strip originally took place entirely in Manhattan, New York, and mostly within either Jon and Phillip's apartment or their favourite bar (the Peculier Pub, mirroring a genuine Manhattan pub). After several years, the strip has expanded significantly in plot expansion, character development and scene location.
Diversification began after what Rosenberg has referred to as "the soft reset" of the Goats multiverse when the Earth was destroyed on July 12, 2002.
Goats and Rosenberg are part of the Dumbrella collective. Goats is hosted by Phillip Karlsson's Dumbrella Hosting service.
http://www.goats.com/2 commentsNovember 1st, 2009
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Looking for Group's Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza (the author and artist of Least I Could Do respectivly) draw the themes of Looking for Group from many influences, such as Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series, Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire (with several acknowledged news posts of this), and Blizzard Entertainment's popular MMORPG video game World of Warcraft.
The art style and the title imply that it was originally intended as a parody of World of Warcraft - the four main characters resemble four of the five Horde races in World of Warcraft. Though the comic began as purely humorous in tone, it soon shifted to a more serious (albeit complicated) adventure, with most of the remaining comedy carried by Richard the warlock. A recurring gag in the comic features characters resembling famous fantasy characters such as Frodo Baggins, Obi Wan Kenobi and a Smurf appearing and then immediately being killed. Dialogue from The Lord of the Rings is often parodied, and pop culture references in medieval guise abound. The comic is currently updated twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.
The Comic follows the adventures of Cale'Anon (an elven hunter) and Richard (an undead warlock), as well as their companions. Richard is often the comic relief by getting into mischief, quipping amusing one liners and generally doing whatever pleases him, while Cale has become dark and brooding since the comics turn for the serious.
In all I would rate this one of my personal favourites and without a doubt worth a read especially if you play WoW, D&D or even if nerdy references make you giggle.
To read it or the above strip go to-
http://lfgcomic.com
http://lfgcomic.com/page/2811 commentOctober 7th, 2009
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a one-off, launched on September 5, 2002 (with an earlier incarnation debuted January 28, 2002), usually single-panel webcomic by Zach Weiner. Like most one-off comics, there are few recurring characters. The humor often comes from leading the reader to think they understand the situation when they look at the picture, but then throwing them off with a punchline-esque caption underneath.
There are several topics which frequently occur in SMBC, including:
God (represented by a yellow cartoon sun-like ball),
Jesus and Satan,
Superheroes (Most commonly Superman and Batman),
Relationship Counselling and Problems (Particularly premature ejaculation),
Dating,
Scientific and
Mathematical Research,
Death and Suicide,
And Parenting.
The comic used to feature a ‘votey’, a special punch line only visible if you vote for SMBC as best website. Today, this is no longer used. In many comics, you can now see a bonus joke by hovering over a red button with the mouse.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal has twice been nominated for Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards and won in 2006 for Outstanding Single Panel comic (in 2003, it was nominated for Outstanding Short Form Comic).
In a YouTube video on the SMBC website, Zach Weiner addressed accusations that the comedian Sarah Silverman stole a joke from one of his strips at a Spike video game awards ceremony, in addition to pleading with Sarah Silverman to go on a date with him. In the satirical video, he claimed that the joke must have been stolen because he was "the only humorist ever to write on the topics of Africa, AIDS, or video games".
For the strip above and other good ones go to:
http://www.smbc-comics.com/
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=940#comic
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=547#comic
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=670#comic2 commentsSeptember 7th, 2009
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Bear Nuts, which began on August 17th, 2008, is a webcomic that is (due to them having symbols on their chest) focused on a group of Carebear-esque bears in the largest exhibits at the Discount Zoo, (in both size and number of inhabitants). It follows the daily lives of;
Prozac Bear: The unspoken leader of the group- while he’s still got his pills anyway.
Nerd Bear: Friendly, outgoing and obviously nerd in all regards.
Evil Bear: Self-centered, stubborn and does not play well with others. Especially when bored.
Death Bear: Mostly a loner, due to his numbing ‘tingly death touch’, but when he speaks, the others listen.
Crack Bear: Is in a constant state of withdrawal and is extremely paranoid and scares very easily.
Tanked Bear: Tanked starts drinking and breakfast and does not stop except to vomit often. Not terribly bright, he’ll put anything in his mouth. He’s also not allowed on the good furniture.
Gay Bear: Somewhat in the closet, Gay is usually amiable unless Lech is around.
Gimpy Bear: Though he never talks, Gimpy is the nicest bear and possesses many hidden talents, one of which is the ability to get on with everyone.
Lech Bear: The jock of the bunch, Lech is overly proud of his physique and quite to push the others around… when Prozac isn’t there.
A very good up and coming comic that’s well worth the read.
Check it out at:
http://www.bearnutscomic.com/0 commentsSeptember 7th, 2009
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‘xkcd’ is a webcomic created by Randall Munroe, a former contractor for NASA. Munroe describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language." It is widely read (tallying between 60 and 70 million page views during October 2007) and has been recognized in such mainstream media as The Guardian and The New York Times.
According to Munroe, the comic's name has no particular significance and is simply a four-letter word without a phonetic pronunciation, something he describes as "a treasured and carefully guarded point in the space of four-character strings." And it is never typed in capitals, it is always lower case. The subject matter of the comic varies, including statements on life and love (some love strips are simply art with poetry), and mathematical or scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. Although it has a cast of stick figures, the comic occasionally features landscapes, intricate mathematical patterns such as fractals (for example, strip #17 "What If" shows an Apollonian gasket [http://xkcd.com/17/], or #543 "Sierpinski Valentine" [http://xkcd.com/543/] and #95 "Sierpinski Penis" for a Sierpinski triangle [http://xkcd.com/95/]), or imitations of the style of other cartoonists.
xkcd has been recognized at the Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards: in the 2008 Awards, it was nominated for "Outstanding Use of the Medium," "Outstanding Short Form Comic," and "Outstanding Comedic Comic," and won "Outstanding Single Panel Comic." xkcd was also voted Best Comic Strip by readers in the 2007 Weblog Awards and 2008 Weblog Awards. It was also nominated for a 2009 NewNowNext Award in the category 'OMFG Internet Award'.
Many xkcd comics have been translated into Spanish by one reader. The comics available are the ones that, according to the translator, can be translated without losing their humor. A community of readers translated nearly half of the comics into Russian, and almost all of them into French. There is also a German translation.
Definately one of the best and intellectual comics I've read.
To read the comic or the strip above go to:
http://www.xkcd.com
http://xkcd.com/425/1 commentSeptember 7th, 2009
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As requested by @Pure_Kitsch (Edited, I put the wrong user before)
Questionable Content (QC) is a slice-of-life webcomic written and drawn by Jeph Jacques. It was launched on August 1, 2003; the 1400th strip was posted on May 7, 2009. Jacques currently makes his living exclusively from QC merchandising and advertising, making QC one of the few self-sufficient webcomics. By 2004, Jacques was able to support himself and his wife based on income from merchandise and advertising sales which is a pretty impressive task!
The plot centers on Marten Reed, an indie rock aficionado; his roommate, Faye Whitaker; and Faye's boss, Dora Bianchi. Supporting characters include employees of the local coffee shop and anthropomorphized personal computers (the first and most popular of which being Pintsize). QC's storytelling style combines romantic melodrama, sitcom, humor about indie rock music, and sexual or scatological humor. The artistic style has notably changed over the lifetime of the comic, as Jacques has been constantly refining his drawing methods. Whereas earlier strips were focused at a niche audience of indie music fans, the comic has since become more story- and character-driven.
For the site or this comic strip above go to:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=14854 commentsSeptember 5th, 2009
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This next update is a request from @VicMorrowsGhost
The Perry Bible Fellowship (or PBF) is a newspaper comic strip and webcomic by Nicholas Gurewitch.
It originated in the Syracuse University newspaper; The Daily Orange. The comics are usually three or four panels long, and are generally characterized by the juxtaposition of whimsical childlike imagery or fantasy with extremely morbid, surreal humor. Common themes include irony, religion, sexuality, war, science fiction, suicide, violence, and death.
The website used to be updated weekly, but does not currently have any update schedule. The last strip to date was posted in July 2008.
Despite the potentially offensive content in many strips, the comic rarely receives complaints or hate-mail. Nicholas Gurewitch attributes this to people who dislike the comic not wishing to share their feelings with him.
The art in PBF varies constantly. While some comics feature simplistic human figures with little more than a mouth and eyes for a face, other strips are extensively colored and meticulously detailed. Sometimes, the artistic style changes within the strip itself. A recurring feature of the strip are simplistically-drawn human figures exhibiting little detail or realism, and heads reminiscent of smiley faces. Some strips emulate the styles of famous illustrators such as Shel Silverstein and Robert Crumb, made evident by marginal notes such as "(Apologies, R. Crumb)."
It is a good comic and one that quite intelligently structures its humour. In total, PBF has received eight Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards in various categories, all very prestigious. Just a shame its stopped running.
To check it out or the strip above:
http://pbfcomics.com/
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF211-Atlantis.jpg5 commentsSeptember 4th, 2009
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Least I Could Do (LICD) is a webcomic by Ryan Sohmer and Lar deSouza (also the creators of the fantasy webcomic Looking for Group), which debuted on February 10, 2003. Although Lar deSouza is the current artist, the comic was previously drawn by Chad WM. Porter, for two years, and before that, Trevor Adams. The change in artists is clear and often referenced by the comics characters.
The primary theme of the strip is sexuality, especially the promiscuity of the primary character, Rayne Summers, a modern-day Casanova.
The strip updates every day, with Sunday having a ‘Least I Could Do: Beginnings’ strip. The Beginnings storylines are unrelated to the rest of the strip, instead following Rayne at age 8. Stories tend to last for only a few strips, but some have gone several weeks. The strip has done fairly long parodies of characters, such as those from The Lord of the Rings, X-Men, G.I. Joe, and Justice League (with Rayne respectively as Aragorn, Wolverine, Flint, and Batman) each taking place where Rayne is either struck unconscious, falls asleep or blacks out.
Though the primary character is Rayne, there are a large number of supporting characters; Noel, Issa, Nick, John, (friends) Eric Summers (brother), Ashley (niece) etc. and the strip will sometimes go for up to a week without a strip featuring Rayne. These usually involve large story arcs involving the other characters, though Sohmer still specializes in the one strip joke.
In the July 9th, 2007 strip, the cast opened a "letter" from the writer and artist which stated that from that moment on, they would age normally rather than remain a perpetual age 24 or so. Since then, the strip's characters have enacted major life changes: notably, Noel has recently proposed to and moved in with his girlfriend, and Rayne, in a plot arc beginning in September, experimented with monogamy.
In the November 12th 2007 strip the author's cat, Baby Sohmer, died (but the aforementioned letter stated that all pets will be granted immortality in the strip.)
This is a hugely popular webcomic and I find it highly entertaining and well worth reading even the oldest of strips as they all add to character development and 'in jokes'.
EDIT: Apologies, here are the links to the main comic and the strip above.
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/
http://www.leasticoulddo.com/comic/200610244 commentsSeptember 3rd, 2009
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As a nod to @Jon first we have the infamous Cyanide and Happiness comic!
Cyanide and Happiness is a webcomic hosted on Explosm.net and written by four authors; Matt, Rob, Dave, Kris. Each take turns doing a comic strip a day in no particular order.
It was founded on 9 December 2004 and has hosted almost daily comics since 26 January 2005. It appears frequently on social networking sites (such as Myspace and LiveJournal), 4chan, web forums, and blogs as it openly allows and encourages fans to hotlink images, a behavior that many webcomics frown upon as "leeching". It has even appeared briefly adverts for Orange. The comic's authors attribute the comic's success to its often controversial nature.
The style of Cyanide and Happiness is best described as dark, cynical, often offensive, and exceedingly irreverent. Frequent topics of humour include disabilities, rape, cancer, murder, suicide, necrophilia, paedophilia, sexual deviancy, sexually transmitted diseases, self-mutilation, nihilism, and violence (and usually) a combination of those. The comic does not always have a definite punchline in each strip, or may have several panels of "awkward silence" after (or instead of) the punchline, with characters simply staring at each other.
Since its founding the authors have even done small animated episodes simply referred to as 'shorts',
All in all Cyanide and Happiness is an excellent comic and highly recommended to those who enjoy politically incorrect humour.
http://www.explosm.net/comics
Comment with your opinions on the comic and link your favourite strips.4 commentsSeptember 2nd, 2009
