I have been reading and thinking about webcomics for nigh twenty years now and now I’ve started trying to make my own I’m increasingly appreciating particular elements of those I read (seeing how hard it is to do a lot of this stuff!). I’m using this space to post about comics I like and what I appreciate about them rather than ‘review’ them. This is really a space for recommendations rather than critique, though if you’re interested in the latter I’d recommend The Webcomics Review.
A non-exhaustive list of individual comics I really like and recommend (may or may not end up getting a full post): 3rd Voice / Alethia / Clockwork Game / Derelict / Foreach / Gone with the Blastwave / Gunnerkrigg Court / Hark! A Vagrant / I Roved Out In Search Of Truth And Love (NSFW) / Kill Six Billion Demons / Malatona When it Rains / Mare Internum / Multiplex / O Human Star / Oglaf (NSFW) / Order of the Stick / Perry Bible Fellowship / Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal / Stand Still Stay Silent / Subnormality / Ten Earth Shattering Blows / The Sword Interval / Towny Town / Vattu
Comics I Like: The Sword Interval (completed)
The Sword Interval, by Ben Fleuter, falls into that lovely category of “highly accomplished long-form narrative webcomics” that will likely be a regular feature here. Running from early 2015 to late 2020 on Webtoon, it’s one I found halfway through and followed to the end, combining the joy of seeing a webcomic in real time… Continue reading Comics I Like: The Sword Interval (completed)
Comics I Like: Foreach (ongoing)
Foreach is a story about nested cycles of escapism presented in an incredibly well-executed, incredibly modern way. There are a lot of webcomics which have pushed hard at the boundaries of what the medium is and can be – Homestuck comes immediately to mind, but long before it were all sorts of curios like When… Continue reading Comics I Like: Foreach (ongoing)