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I'm planning on making a webcomic out of one or two of my comic ideas and just need to find a good-paying artist for that.
 
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Ah, Tails Gets Trolled. Glad to see it's still updating today and now it's edgier than ever.

Also, the artist of the webcomic that's "so bad it's fucking awesome" Lazerbot is making a censored version of the comic and more random and edgy pics.
 
lackadaisy cats, xkcd, and unsounded. There's also a low-profile Pokémon and also an MLP comic that I follow but I doubt anyone cares bout those lol
 
I can't believe nobody's posted Gunnerkrigg Court or Vattu. (All of Dahm's comics, really, but I like Vattu best.)

Also, for D&D nerds: Order of the Stick and I will fight anyone who says it has "bad art". Simple =/= bad. (It not being to your taste, however, is totally legit, because it's not exactly the best looking.)

@ Yaoi Huntress Earth - I hope you get it off the ground, and I'd be interested in seeing the results when you do!
 
Reymath said:
I can't believe nobody's posted Gunnerkrigg Court or Vattu. (All of Dahm's comics, really, but I like Vattu best.)

Also, for D&D nerds: Order of the Stick and I will fight anyone who says it has "bad art". Simple =/= bad. (It not being to your taste, however, is totally legit, because it's not exactly the best looking.)

@ Yaoi Huntress Earth - I hope you get it off the ground, and I'd be interested in seeing the results when you do!
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Just by reading that one page I can't really say much positive about it. There's a difference between simplistic and aesthetically pleasing or just being lazy and it's the latter in this case. Beyond that it just feel like it was a ramble on of text that wasn't saying much at that.

Not knocking you for liking it but first impressions weren't great.
 
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Just by reading that one page I can't really say much positive about it. There's a difference between simplistic and aesthetically pleasing or just being lazy and it's the latter in this case. Beyond that it just feel like it was a ramble on of text that wasn't saying much at that.

Not knocking you for liking it but first impressions weren't great.
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Absolutely fair.
Here's what I like about it: despite simply being "stick figures" all the characters are unique, they are all completely distinct from one another, despite having a cast of hundreds I haven't seen him reuse any designs or create two characters that were hard to distinguish unless that was the point. (Well, the goblins are pretty interchangeable.) The characters never get lost in the backgrounds no matter how complex they get. The characters are all expressive and constantly in motion, which prevents them from just standing in one place dully while they talk.
The current page is probably not the best example, but it's still fair to judge it based on that, I completely agree. It's also a pretty common complaint that they all get very verbose, a fact he makes fun of himself from time to time. I'm not saying you should like it, it just rankles me sometimes that his art is often classified as "bad" when I've seen so many comics full of pretty characters that just stand around doing nothing. Give me OotS any day, because at least his characters have some life to them.
 
Reymath said:
Absolutely fair.
Here's what I like about it: despite simply being "stick figures" all the characters are unique, they are all completely distinct from one another, despite having a cast of hundreds I haven't seen him reuse any designs or create two characters that were hard to distinguish unless that was the point. (Well, the goblins are pretty interchangeable.) The characters never get lost in the backgrounds no matter how complex they get. The characters are all expressive and constantly in motion, which prevents them from just standing in one place dully while they talk.
The current page is probably not the best example, but it's still fair to judge it based on that, I completely agree. It's also a pretty common complaint that they all get very verbose, a fact he makes fun of himself from time to time. I'm not saying you should like it, it just rankles me sometimes that his art is often classified as "bad" when I've seen so many comics full of pretty characters that just stand around doing nothing. Give me OotS any day, because at least his characters have some life to them.
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It really isn't too hard to make stick figures look different, you basically just have to have a blank palette and then swap junk around. That's actually what Tim Fuckley does with his comic...well, literary abortion.

That much text usually denotes a more dramatic presence as the writer has more to explain to move the story along (although a proper artist can accomplish leaps and bounds by actually showing and not telling). Then again it seems to be approaching more of a humorous stance which in my opinion should be the set-up, exposition, lead up, joke. With the art style it'd be more like something I'd read with my morning coffee and chuckle at and then promptly forget about. It's the weird melange of qualities which don't truly understand.

I will give the writer props for actually trying, it's clear he loves the subject matter and just wanted to create upon that. That said if it had more polish it would probably be a winner.
 
A-Stump said:
It really isn't too hard to make stick figures look different, you basically just have to have a blank palette and then swap junk around. That's actually what Tim Fuckley does with his comic...well, literary abortion.

That much text usually denotes a more dramatic presence as the writer has more to explain to move the story along (although a proper artist can accomplish leaps and bounds by actually showing and not telling). Then again it seems to be approaching more of a humorous stance which in my opinion should be the set-up, exposition, lead up, joke. With the art style it'd be more like something I'd read with my morning coffee and chuckle at and then promptly forget about. It's the weird melange of qualities which don't truly understand.

I will give the writer props for actually trying, it's clear he loves the subject matter and just wanted to create upon that. That said if it had more polish it would probably be a winner.
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I'm totally down with that assessment. :biggrin:
 
Alright, I'll try pimping out one webcomic:

Zebragirl by Joe England: http://www.zebragirl.net/?date=2000-05-06

This ongoing comic has been around since 2000, making it the longest comic I've "stayed true" to. A basic synopsis of the plot would be: After finding a tome in the attic, a young woman named Sandra gets turned into a black and white monster/demon with purple hair. Adventures happen.

The comic has a lot of fantasy and sci-fi elements such as alternate dimentions, monsters and magic. A fair warning to new readers:
Since the author has been working on Zebragirl for years now, the art style improves as you continue reading through it (one of the reasons I really enjoy it, its nice to see an artist improve). The early comics are more scribbly and simplistic, while the later comics have better ink work and shading.

Example of Sandra throughtout the years:

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The writing style has also evolved with time. Early stips are a bit wacky and zanny with a distinct 90's feel, lots of 4th wall breaking happens and almost all the strips end with a joke. But after a bit, story arcs become more structured, humor is still present but the story feels more serious with plenty of character development.
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Although it's been going on for more than a decade, it's easy to catch up as there were plenty of times where the author took a break. I'd really recommend this comic, just forgive the goofy style of the first comics, because the series does really improve.
 
Family Man, by Dylan Meconis: http://www.lutherlevy.com/

A webcomic with supernatural elements about a half-Jewish academic teaching theology in 18th century Germany. It's better than it sounds! It updates once a week, but the attention to detail is amazing.

The main character appears in Bite Me!, a completed (and more humorous) webcomic about vampires in Revolutionary France.
 
Apart from Whomp the only regularly updating webcomic I've been reading is Dreaming of Utopia which is a really bizarre comic where furries are an extreme religious group/borderline cult.

Everything is played completely straight and the characters are well developed, even the Skullz characters who are more or less ultra violence loving thugs are likeable in their own way.

(I'm still waiting on Homestuck to update, I used to really like Penny-Arcade, Gunshow and Nedroid but I don't really check them out very often for whatever reason, also if it counts I enjoy the Onions Kelly too.)

Edit:
I completely forgot about http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.com it's from the owner of a comic book store who makes comics of funny, interesting or absurd things he hears his customers say.
 
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Remember Shredded Moose? The creator has decided to continue it and has been posting for critiques on PA's webcomic topic. He wants to get better and the second and third strips he showed are better than his usual stuff (if you read further and the next page). It's a start, but there's just something about him that I find just so slimy.
 
Evan Dahm is a great web comic artist. All of his comic series are strong. He ranges from minimal words and more art comics to writing-heavy comics. I've been following him for years since Vattu began.

Oh, and Dreaming of Utopia is rather unintentionally hilarious. I've looked into it, it turns out the artist is a totally normal person that in all honesty wanted to tell the Jim Crow story featuring furries. The artist has a longer running webcomic project, Except in this being a furry is more akin to a religion than an interest, and all them live in the furry ghetto, with abuse dished out daily to them. If furries being treated like black people in the 1950s sounds interesting, then this is up your alley. I couldn't put it down.

In the exchanges I've had with Mark, the artist of the comic, I was able to ascertain with 100% certainty that this is not victimization lobbying by furries, but instead an original story told by a real artist with no agenda involved.

I see those have already been posted. :v
 
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Anyone familiar with Emily Carroll? I stumbled across her work a long time ago and love her art and the way she formats her comics.

If any of you guys are horror fans and want to check out some creative stories, you should check her out. I highly recommend "His Face All Red" as it's the first piece of her works I came across and loved.

http://www.emcarroll.com
 
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