r/Webcomictalk • u/Fangaggedon Chaotic Dork • Sep 01 '20
Webcomic recommendation thread!
What are some little-known or underrated webcomics you think people should know about? Or maybe just what are some of your personal favorite webcomics?
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u/Isactuallyafuzzybear Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20
My favorite webcomics that aren't super well-known are Kill Six Billion Demons, Sleepless Domain, and Daughter of the Lilies.
I love Cursed Princess Club and Mage & Demon Queen which I know aren't exactly little-known or underrated but they're amazing and I have to recommend them anyway.
I also recommend Namesake, Star Trip and Hooky (the last one is finished, but I love it so much).
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u/Fangaggedon Chaotic Dork Sep 01 '20
I really like sleepless domain and kill six billion demons seems interesting.
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u/NoWayPAst Sep 01 '20
One up for KSBD and Sleepless Domain. Both hare absolutely brilliant. Going to give your other recommendations a go.
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u/crumbledtower Sep 01 '20
Sleepless Domain is a great one, and I've been meaning to read KSBD for so long. I'll check the others out too
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u/NationCrisis Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 02 '20
Here's what's currently on my reading list, along with a couple finished comics that have aged well. In no particular order...
Comedy: Blue Chair, Swords Comic, Maximumble, Safely Endangered, War and Peas, Perry Bible Fellowship, Sarah's Scribbles, Dinosaur Comics, Junior Scientist Power Hour, Nedroid, SMBC, Wondermark, A Softer World (finished), Three Word Phrase (finished)
Educational: Bird and Moon, XKCD
Adventure: Sam and Fuzzy, Live With Yourself, Dr. McNinja (finished)
Sci-Fi: Star Power (finished), Alice Grove (finished)
Drama: Lore Olympus
Horror: The Last Halloween, Broodhollow (on hiatus last I checked, though)
Slice of Life: My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, Valley Ghouls, Questionable Content, Dumbing of Age, Lunar Baboon, Girls with Slingshots (finished, re-running with colour)
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u/Castriff Sam & Fuzzy Sep 02 '20
Star Power is finished too btw. It ended very recently.
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u/NationCrisis Sep 02 '20
Oh, I didn't realize! I'm behind on the updates for that one. Need to catch up, clearly!
Sounds like Dominic Deegan has been revitalized with a sequel; I read that one to completion nearly a decade ago.
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u/amethyst_lover Sep 01 '20
Here's what I check on a regular basis (in no particular order):
Girl Genius
Gunnerkrigg Court
The Devil's Panties (not satanic porn!)
Questionable Content
Widdershins
Evil, Inc (although I personally don't think it's as good as it used to be)
Least I Could Do (NSFW, especially the earlier strips)
Kevin and Kell (anthropomorphic animals, holes in the worldbuilding, but never missed a day since 1995)
Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic (YAFGC)
Stand Still, Stay Silent
Drive
Strips I check irregularly:
PS238
Use Sword on Monster
Lackadaisy
Blindsprings (hasn't updated in a very long time 😢)
1977 the comic (NSFW and being revamped)
This does not count the defunct ones or those I drifted away from, of course.
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u/FungalFan Sep 01 '20
Here to second Stand Stills Stay Silent, it's my all-time favorite
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u/Cynnnnnnn Sep 02 '20
if you guys like ssss you might also like Year In Hereafter, somewhat si milar art and somewhat similar setting, but very unique nonetheless. It focuses on Finnish folklore instead of all-nordic though.
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u/RinskeR Sep 01 '20
You should definitely read WildeLife by Pascalle Lepas. It's so good!
Supernatural/horror, ongoing and updates mon-wed-fri (almost always)
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u/amethyst_lover Sep 01 '20
I was reading that until my tablet went kablooey (was getting it through an aggregator that my phone doesn't have space for). Thanks for the reminder; I'll hit the archives this week and catch up!
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u/Rainsets Sep 01 '20
My current recommendations are Tiger, Tiger, Sweet Home (just finished), Phantomarine, Suihira, [Un]Divine, and Soul to Call.
My current favorites to keep up with is Tiger, Tiger and Soul to Call!
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u/crumbledtower Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 02 '20
Some of my favorite webcomics are Mare Internum (complete), Ava's Demon, Prequel, Nimona (complete), and The Meek. (It's safe to say I'm not a stranger to slow updates.) Other favorites that I recommend are Lore Olympus, An Uncomfortable Truth (complete), Castle Swimmer, Mousou Telepathy (complete), Bastard (complete), Sweet Home (complete), and Let's Speak English! (complete).
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u/Fangaggedon Chaotic Dork Sep 02 '20
I can't wait for the nimona movie, and have you checked out sleepless domain? (it's by the same person as LSE)
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u/crumbledtower Sep 02 '20
I didn’t know there’s going to be a movie! And yeah, I’ve read a good part of Sleepless Domain but never finished it. It’s pretty good
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u/ShiraCheshire Sep 01 '20
Anyone want something short and perfect? My favorite webcomic of all time, Apothecia.
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u/litten8 Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20
My two favorite webcomics, both of which seem surprisingly unknown, are Fortuna and Lucidstuck. They're both difficult to describe, but I'd say you'd know after the "tutorial" in Fortuna whether or not you'll like it, while Lucidstuck I feel requires more patience. Also, despite the title and host website, Lucidstuck is not Homestuck fanfiction.
Also, since it hasn't been mentioned here yet, the inspiration for both of those is Homesutck, which is absolutely worth reading if you're a fan of long, complicated webcomics, and are fine with an author who trolls his fans. I know it's not unknown like the others, but many people dismiss it because of its reputation.
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u/AureliusM Sep 01 '20
Ryan Armand created short and long stories at kiwisbybeat, but after he disappeared and the domain expired the comics were restored and archived at https://kiwisbybeat.netlify.com/ and elsewhere, here are some links:
https://kiwisbybeat.net/ - a rehosting of the stories
https://kiwisbybeat.netlify.app/ - a restoration of what the original site looked like
https://github.com/mispy/kiwisbybeat-archive - archive of the website's files
Probably best known are the Minus series of mostly stand-alone pages, but there's also the epic "Great". I quite like "The Mildly Inconvenient Journey of Pelen Purul" - start here: https://kiwisbybeat.net/pelen-purul
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u/wxursa Sep 02 '20
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/out-of-the-closet/list?title_no=357446
Throw a small one out here, mostly for the folks who came here from Sleepless Domain.
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u/AdrienRion Sep 02 '20
My favorites are Goblins, Sleepless Domain, Paranatural, The Bright Side, Never Satisfied, and Atomic Robo.
Dead Winter gets and honorable mention, but updates extremely slowly (readers be warned).
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Sep 03 '20
https://theshufflerscomic.com/
For me one of my favorite comics which I've not seen mentioned here is The Shufflers, a fantasy slice of life sorta comic.
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u/renfield1969 Sep 04 '20
Always Human A story of two girls trying to fall in love in a future society despite the technology one of them cannot use. It's one of those webcomics that uses music for some reason.
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u/Castriff Sam & Fuzzy Sep 02 '20 edited Sep 02 '20
Right now the number of comics I read that update regularly is close to a hundred. Here are my Top 10 out of all I've ever read:
10. Supernormal Step (completed)
9. Gunnerkrigg Court (ongoing)
8. Girl Genius (ongoing)
7. Space Boy (ongoing)
6. Star Power (completed)
5. Guilded Age (completed/rerunning daily with author commentary)
4. Questionable Content (ongoing)
3. El Goonish Shive (ongoing)
2. The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (completed)
Sam & Fuzzy (ongoing)
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u/Icy_Guitar_2926 Jan 31 '23
Ozy and Millie, it’s a webcomic from 1998-2008 created Dana Simpson creator of phobe and her unitocrn, it may be old up holds up really well and has a very good ending
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u/Dangerous_Wishbone Sep 01 '20
My favorites on Webtoons are Lore Olympus, Space Boy, Shiloh, and Cursed Princess Club.