Webcomics

A while back, Zhubin asked me to point out some favorite webcomics to him. I've been thinking about it a bit, and now that finals are over I have time to write up a list of the comics I read, why, and what I would like to read.

Regulars

• Penny Arcade.
  
• Starslip Crisis is the daily webcomic by the guy who did Checkerboard Nightmare for 5 years before recently bringing it to a close. The latter is hilarious (if reference-dense) webcomics commentary, and is still updated sporadically as webcomic drama sprouts up. The former is relatively new, so there's not a whole lot of archives to go through, and concerns a space-faring art-gallery. It's good. Start from the begining.
  
• I really respect daily webcomics like Diesel Sweeties, especially if they're consistently amusing. Sweeties rarely makes me outright laugh, but it never lets me down 5 days a week. There's sort of a storyline, but there's no need to follow it to enjoy the strip.
  
• Overcompensating is an exceptional journal comic by Jeffrey Rowland. I had been pointed to his other comic, When I Grow Up, several times, but was never able to get into it. It was not until I had discovered and come to appreciate Overcompensating that I was able to finally make it through the WIGU archives (to do WIGU justice, an archive trawl is needed). I love them both now.
  
• The Perry Bible Fellowshipis very dark. It makes me laugh, and makes me scared. I fear this comic.
  
• Cat and Girl is my snob comic. Literary references abound. I've found it to be particularly inaccessible lately, but the archives are always there.
  
• Questionable Content contains very attractively drawn women. It's big for a daily, but I've found the writing to be very hit-or-miss. I read it for the hits.
  
• Bob the Angry Flower only updates on fridays and has long since passed its prime. It's still decent, but I mainly read it now out of a love for what it once was. The archives are incredibly worth going through.
  
• VG Cats is always funny. There are times when I know I'm not getting as much out of it as someone who is familiar with all the videogames it parodies, but it is incredibly consistent.
  
• I am conflicted about Real Life Comics. Right now it really feels like the author is sick of doing it. Which is really unfortunate, because I loved it when he loved it. Now I read it due to inertia.
  
• White Ninja is good.

Irregulars
(Comics that I check up on from time to time, but haven't done a full archive trawl and/or haven't added to my regular list)

• Rob and Elliot is a comic that I discovered through the Webcomics Hurricaine Telethon, and since it is fairly young I did a full archive trawl. It's a good comic, and I should add it to my regulars list soon.
  
• I began to like Daily Dinosaur Comics kind of despite myself. Its art is the same every day, so my instict was to thumb my nose at it as one would the random internet scribblings of Friend Bear. But it's actually consistently funny. I haven't gone through the archives and don't really plan to. It has a nice random comic feature that allows the strip to be better as an infrequent treat.
  
• I've read Sam and Fuzzy pretty regularly for the past month. I need to get around to doing a full archive trawl.
  
• Nothing Nice to Say and The Coffee Achievers are pretty interesting, I'm working my way through the archives now.
  
• Mac Hall has gorgeous art and is updated exceptionally rarely.

Yay comics!