Q+A: What is your favorite online web comic?

Posted in Humor, Request for Comments, Technology by engtech on January 31, 2007

I think online web comics and blogging go hand-in-hand. I find it very interesting how people express themselves and ideas using computers as a medium.

I’ve always been a fan of comic books and cartoons (I’m still an awkward teenager at heart). Here are some of my favorite web comics.

If you have some favorites, I’d love if you’d mention it in a comment on this post, or by posting your favorites on your blog and sending a trackback (maybe this can start a meme). My interest in web comics is coming to the forefront because of my own desire to create one.

UPDATE: I decided to ask the same question on Reddit.

My Favorite Online Web Comics

The Perry Bible Fellowship is easily the most off-beat comic I’ve ever read. If you find it funny you’ll find it *really* funny.
XKCD has some of the geekiest humour I’ve ever seen — which is why it appeals to me.
Sinfest – one of the best out there.
Penny Arcade is the original gamer comic.
VG Cats is an infrequent gamer comic.
PC Weenies is a tech/geek humour comic.
Passive Depressive is created by some of my Real Life friends. It is for adults.
Sheldon is a new addition that a friend recommended.
Cyanide and Happiness
Hyper Death Babies

Not Quite Web Comics But Still Cool

Drawn! isn’t really a comic, but it is a blog that showcases artists. Very inspirational.
Indexed is a collection of graphs on index cards. A great way to convey ideas. If you like XKCD you’ll like Indexed.
PostSecret is a staple of the Internet.

Recent Discoveries from Best of Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards

A Softer World – photography with messages on them to tell a story. Very cool and morbid.
Adventures of Canada Man – political/news oriented. Needs RSS.
Filth Hole
Okay Pants
Oijinggogo
Butternut Squash
Cubicle Gangsters – high tech / workplace

What web comics do you enjoy? Drop a comment or post the list on your blog.

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thw said, on January 31, 2007 at 9:06 pm

What about Dilbert?

Dilbert is very good most of the time.
engtech said, on January 31, 2007 at 9:14 pm

Dilbert is good. I quite enjoy reading Scott Adams’ blog: http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/

I don’t read Dilbert regularly though because they don’t have RSS: http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/

Although someone is providing an RSS feed for them as a 3rd party so I might start: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tapestrydilbert
kastor417 said, on January 31, 2007 at 9:21 pm

I love short packed and get fuzzy

http://www.kastorskorner.wordpress.com
MC said, on January 31, 2007 at 9:38 pm

Pearls before swine has some good ones.
http://comics.com/comics/pearls/index.html
engtech said, on January 31, 2007 at 10:24 pm

And here’s the Pearls Before Swine RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/tapestrypearls
monkey said, on January 31, 2007 at 10:37 pm

Some comic strips I frequent on occasion:

http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php

http://www.xkcd.com/

http://www.dieselsweeties.com/
Jak said, on January 31, 2007 at 11:23 pm

You’ve listed all of my favourites except for:

http://www.partiallyclips.com
http://www.penny-arcade.com
http://www.sinfest.net
engtech said, on February 01, 2007 at 12:43 am

jak: not surprised we have the same tastes once again. I forgot about SinFest… I used to read that every day but then I stopped.
Collin said, on February 01, 2007 at 2:28 am

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

One of the best I have found.

BTW – whatever you’ve just done to your theme, the blog doesn’t fit the 1024×768 window in FF on my laptop any more. :(
engtech said, on February 01, 2007 at 4:21 am

I’m going to fix that. It’s the Featured Posts floating sidebar I added. I’m going to change it to a much smaller navigation aid with search. I think it only looks ok on a 21″ monitor and 1600. I’m also going to tighten up the asides and fix some usability issues with those.

CSS design is a lifestyle, not a hobby. Now I understand why my buddy Kenji doesn’t do web design contract anymore. Always more work :)

—

I really like the navbars on Ctrl-Alt-Delete. I’m going to have to steal the idea for my comicblogger project.
Stu said, on February 01, 2007 at 7:31 am

Maybe I’m out of line here .. but I find PVP Online pretty hilarious. It’s not bleeding the edge of humour .. it’s comfortable .. but also, for me it’s funny.

Not that I have visited in a while, seems my online comic browsing is like a big sporadic sine curve .. with a bigger down-curve .. so not really sine. I mean .. urg.
engtech said, on February 01, 2007 at 11:45 am

The site should look good in 1024 again.
Collin said, on February 01, 2007 at 5:42 pm

Looks fab now bud! :)
Scott Hallett said, on February 01, 2007 at 9:40 pm

Thanks for checking out Cubicle Gangsters! I like your taste ;)

Some comics I enjoy:
http://www.thumpculture.com/
http://www.whiteninjacomics.com/
http://foxylollop.gluemeat.com/
http://www.boltcity.com/copper/
Nirendra Maharaj said, on February 02, 2007 at 12:29 pm

I quite like Wondermark.
arthur said, on February 03, 2007 at 5:38 am

I go for something completely different…
Although I do like XKCD and indexed among those you mentioned, I’m more into narratives and stories:
http://questionablecontent.net/
http://errantstory.com/
http://megatokyo.com/
http://kitty-bot.com/
http://boltcity.com/copper/
http://fantasyrealmsonline.com/manga.html

And thanks for the http://scarygoround.com/ link btw, much appreciated.
raincoaster said, on February 03, 2007 at 9:18 pm

Nobody mentioned Too Much Coffee Man?
http://www.tmcm.com/comics/
drmike said, on February 03, 2007 at 9:49 pm

Kim Possible: Remixed!

OK, it’s more of a screen capture one over a normal webcomic. Think of it as a better looking sprite comic. :)
timethief said, on February 05, 2007 at 6:01 am

I really enjoyed clicking on the links provided and laughing at what I found. Thanks for doing this engtech :)
Webzor said, on February 05, 2007 at 8:26 pm

Boy on a Stick and Slither is different, but good:
http://www.boasas.com
Tom Brazelton said, on February 05, 2007 at 8:49 pm

You have a lot of gamer comics in the mix. But if you like movies and pop culture at all, you should check out my comic – Theater Hopper!

http://www.theaterhopper.com

//end pimpage
staylor said, on February 05, 2007 at 9:28 pm

Some of my favorites:

Dinosaur Comics
Fetus-X
Achewood
Diesel Sweeties
jesstech said, on February 06, 2007 at 5:56 am

Why, Dandy & Co., of course!

My job here is done.
kimonostereo said, on February 06, 2007 at 8:08 pm

My favorite is kinda biased… since it’s ours!

nemu*nemu

Enjoy smiles to go!
TheHype said, on February 07, 2007 at 3:46 am

NBA Toons (shameless and obvious self-pimp) but Warning: I’m a total hack, and they mostly suck. But it’s because I’m a huge fan of all the gamer webcomics that’s been mentioned here and they were the inspiration for me trying this new hobby out. Hope there’re hoop fans around here..

Oh yeah, I can’t believe Applegeeks didn’t get mention here!!

ps, this blog is like blog heaven for fake blogger newbs like me…
Kevin F. O'Riordan said, on February 08, 2007 at 2:37 pm

Dinosaur Comics – http://www.qwantz.com – has to be my favourite at the moment.

xkcd & pbf are usually good, and I confess to still reading Dilbert daily.

An old classic is The Parking Lot Is Full – http://plif.andkon.com/archive/archive.htm

Spacemoose was brilliant too, but now quite dead; google will dig up an unofficial archive.
Kevin said, on February 11, 2007 at 5:25 am

I like Simulated Comic Product.

But then again, I write it.
matt said, on February 11, 2007 at 10:16 am

whoop! only one ‘g’ in ojingogo.

glad you like it :)
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