» Tue Sep 03, 2013 3:52 am Lately I have become very much into webcomics. It is really interesting to see how many very talented people are out there who now can publish on the web rather than be dependant on hardcopy publishers.
Not that long ago the comic market was basically a closed book and you have to be very, very lucky to become published at all, especially if your work was not something that was a direct clone of other popular comics at the time.
Sure, there are the great classics such as Herge and the immortal Franquin and his hilarious Gaston but ever since the demise of printed weekly comic serials there wasn't much original new blood.
All this has changed now that the internet provides a podium for talented artists and some of their comics have become so popular that now they are being published as hardcopy.
My absolute favorite has got to be http://www.goblinscomic.org/06252005/. It features great art and excellent storytelling, the artist has a way of really making you feel for his characters.
It helps that he does not shy away from images and concepts that in the days of the publishing houses would have been impossible to put in a comic, seeing as the market for advlt oriented comics was even smaller than those for children. A favorite example of mine is the evil cursed paladin Kore, who believes that he still is lawful good but in fact his moral code makes him a monster. In his introduction he killed a dwarven child who's only crime was to have been abducted by an Ogre.
Kore believes that the seed of evil has now possibly been planted in the boy and that all evil, even potential evil, must be destroyed. When I read that http://www.goblinscomic.org/08272005/, early in the serial, I knew I was hooked.
Another comic where I make a little squee every time it is updated is http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html. Like Goblins it is a D&D based comic but there is a lot more comedy involved. The author is an accomplished writer who can really weave plot threads together quite well. The seemingly simplistic art style makes for clear, understandable pictures and the characterisation is of great quality.
A humorous comic that is a must-read for me ishttp://xkcd.com/. The author is a bit of a brainiac and I find that his world view is parallel to mine in a lot of ways. I very much enjoy it when he writes about cool stuff like mathematics and astronomy. Also, he has a thing for dinosaurs.
Those are my three favorite webcomics at the moment, what are yours?
I am always looking to expand my webcomics bookmark folder and would love to hear which comics you eagerly await each week to be updated.
