Girl Genius just about epitomizes the steampunk webcomic. As one of the most polished webcomics I have read, Girl Genius is well thought out and consistent, something most webcomics, even good ones, lack.
This story describes the life of Agatha, a powerful spark (mad scientist), who is suddenly thrust into a life full of politics and adventure which she never knew she was a part of.
The characters are all interesting and humorous, and the technology shown very intriguing. The general premise of steampunk being that technology kept improving, but decided to get bigger instead of smaller, Girl Genius is one of the best steampunk stories I have ever read. A good portion of the technology is actually believable, although the level of intelligence in some of the machines does not seem consistent with their construction, and I would rate this as one of the best webcomics there is in terms of quality.
www.girlgeniusonline.com
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
XKCD
XKCD is, as the author describes it, “A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.”
This webcomic does not tend to follow storylines, and the few that have occurred are usually spaced
out. Each of the strips stands alone as a wonderful piece of humor, though. Many of the jokes made
are difficult to understand, however, or inside jokes, so the author has received much criticism from
those who think he is simply arrogant or trying to act smart. The arguments that his humor is simply
not funny or understandable to anyone though are obviously false by the fact that I understand all of it,
and find the vast majority to be funny.
XKCD also uses Alt text on all of the comics, which gives an enjoyable piece of commentary to the
work. Also, many of the comics revolve around themes in science or programming, so to fully enjoy
the experience of reading this one should probably be considered a geek or nerd.
For the one who is under that classification, though, XKCD is certainly a worthwhile read! The jokes
are clever, and it gives an interesting view of the world, and sometimes some neat ideas of things you
should do yourself!
www.xkcd.com
This webcomic does not tend to follow storylines, and the few that have occurred are usually spaced
out. Each of the strips stands alone as a wonderful piece of humor, though. Many of the jokes made
are difficult to understand, however, or inside jokes, so the author has received much criticism from
those who think he is simply arrogant or trying to act smart. The arguments that his humor is simply
not funny or understandable to anyone though are obviously false by the fact that I understand all of it,
and find the vast majority to be funny.
XKCD also uses Alt text on all of the comics, which gives an enjoyable piece of commentary to the
work. Also, many of the comics revolve around themes in science or programming, so to fully enjoy
the experience of reading this one should probably be considered a geek or nerd.
For the one who is under that classification, though, XKCD is certainly a worthwhile read! The jokes
are clever, and it gives an interesting view of the world, and sometimes some neat ideas of things you
should do yourself!
www.xkcd.com
Drowtales!
Drowtales has just about everything you
could want from a webcomic – elves with fancy names, magic with
fancy names, absolutely amazing art, and a six-day-a-week, full page
update schedule.
As another one of my biggest favorites,
Drowtales follows the life of Ariel, a young Drow girl, in her
adventures as the daughter of a queen in a matriarchal and highly
status based society. The world of Drowtales is an interesting and
complex system of an enormous cast of characters (most of which have
their own stories told in between the main character chapters) and a
well thought out and expansive system of governments and factions.
The art, though, is the most wonderful part of this webcomic.
Created by a team of several people in the same manner as major comic
books, Drowtales features a wondrous level of detail.
This, in fact, is the webcomic that got
me into reading webcomics, as well as being the inspiration for a
variety of other projects and ideas. With its huge backlog of pages,
its six-day-a-week update schedule, and complex story, though, this
is one webcomic that you should make sure to have a lot of time set
aside for if you want to read.
www.drowtales.com
www.drowtales.com
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Piperka
Piperka, the greatest tool of webcomic tracking:
Piperka is a website that allows you to easily keep track of most of your comics on a single page, both notifying you of new updates and allowing you to find exactly where you left off from if you miss several.
The website does have a fairly simple format, but the lack of elegance does nothing to heed how simple it is to view your new updates. In fact, its simplicity is one the greatest attributes of this website, as the process of finding a webcomic involves using a custom Google search and then clicking "subscribe." The rest of the use of Piperka revolves around refreshing one page, which shows all updated webcomics and how many updates they each have.
Unfortunately, not all webcomics are available (although all I have tried so far are) and on rare occasions the formatting of a comic's updates causes Piperka to be unable to find when it has updated, even if it is available to subscribe to.
Despite this problem, though, the website is still an invaluable tool for the one who has so many webcomics they cannot remember when each updates.
Website: piperka.net
Piperka is a website that allows you to easily keep track of most of your comics on a single page, both notifying you of new updates and allowing you to find exactly where you left off from if you miss several.
The website does have a fairly simple format, but the lack of elegance does nothing to heed how simple it is to view your new updates. In fact, its simplicity is one the greatest attributes of this website, as the process of finding a webcomic involves using a custom Google search and then clicking "subscribe." The rest of the use of Piperka revolves around refreshing one page, which shows all updated webcomics and how many updates they each have.
Unfortunately, not all webcomics are available (although all I have tried so far are) and on rare occasions the formatting of a comic's updates causes Piperka to be unable to find when it has updated, even if it is available to subscribe to.
Despite this problem, though, the website is still an invaluable tool for the one who has so many webcomics they cannot remember when each updates.
Website: piperka.net
Jay Naylor
Our first review! :O
Original Life - Jay Naylor
Jay Naylor has for a while been one of my favorite authors and artists. His third work, Original Life, is a mainly humor based comic telling the story of the three children of Fisk Black.
Original Life plays out in a style more similar to that of newspaper strips, though with far superior art and full page comics, with most comics as standalone jokes and occasional more lengthy storylines.
Jay Naylor's work also has political and philosophical undertones which some may not agree with, though they anything but detract from the story. Each of the childeren represents a certain area of ability, namely science, athletics, and philosophy.
Jay Naylor's work has always, even when lighthearted, been a far more thoughtful and creative comic than most others. Though the updates are less numerous than many other comics, his is one of the few that I am always sure to catch as soon as it appears.
The website is here
Original Life - Jay Naylor
Jay Naylor has for a while been one of my favorite authors and artists. His third work, Original Life, is a mainly humor based comic telling the story of the three children of Fisk Black.
Original Life plays out in a style more similar to that of newspaper strips, though with far superior art and full page comics, with most comics as standalone jokes and occasional more lengthy storylines.
Jay Naylor's work also has political and philosophical undertones which some may not agree with, though they anything but detract from the story. Each of the childeren represents a certain area of ability, namely science, athletics, and philosophy.
Jay Naylor's work has always, even when lighthearted, been a far more thoughtful and creative comic than most others. Though the updates are less numerous than many other comics, his is one of the few that I am always sure to catch as soon as it appears.
The website is here
Woo Comics!
Welcome, everyone, to our first post! This blog will be where I chronicle, track, and review the many webcomics of the Internet.
I will post the compendium of webcomics I am following soon. I realize, of course, that I do not have nearly all of the comics on the Internet here, so, of you ever see something I am missing, please notify me of it's existence. Also, I will post webcomics I have found here before I am finished reading them, so it will take me a while to finish the reviews on all of them.
Well, the compendium and my first review should be up soon, and thanks for reading!
I will post the compendium of webcomics I am following soon. I realize, of course, that I do not have nearly all of the comics on the Internet here, so, of you ever see something I am missing, please notify me of it's existence. Also, I will post webcomics I have found here before I am finished reading them, so it will take me a while to finish the reviews on all of them.
Well, the compendium and my first review should be up soon, and thanks for reading!
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