Links to Comic Sites

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I find the following web comics interesting. Maybe you will too. The icon means that I read it regularly.

• Action / Superhero

  • Fredland - Online comics by Fred Chung
    Footprints is the main strip, but also check out the short strips> as well.
  • The Green Avenger
    The adventures of Abby Lark, alias the title character.
  • "Will Eisner's JOHN LAW" by Gary Chaloner.
    Based on an abortive strip by Eisner, that re-cycled Spirit stories.
  • The Spiders: an online comic
    I came across this one while reading a web tutorial. It uses panels in an "Infinite Canvas" quite well.

• Art / Beauty to Behold

  • .: electric sheep comix | e-sheep.com :.
    Amasing things done with Flash. See especially Delta Thrives and Apocamon: The Final Judgement.
  • Flipside
    Very Manga, and very nicely rendered.
  • NoConnectionsStudio: Home
    I just looooove the artwork! This currently open as Absolutely True Tales of Lesbian Drama but there are other cool comics there as well.

• Artists & Theorists

  • Scott McCloud
    Scott wrote two influential comic books: Understanding Comics, and Reinventing Comics, which dealt with the theory behind comics as an artform, and where its future might be. He's currently working on a third, about creating comics as well. His site lists his Morning Improv, and various other web comics, in all sorts of shapes and appearances.
  • Cymbreles

• Fantasy

  • Eve of Cloves
    A young prince gets changed into a young princess. Yeah, I know I could put this in Transgender, but there's more to it than that.
  • God of Tarot
    A fantasy story inspired by the tarot (hey - I read professionally).
  • Prince of Castles
    Another fantasy story based on the tarot.
  • Spell Binder
    Fantasy Manga action.

  • No longer updated regularly

    • "Reality Challenged" - Darkamber's Web Comic
      Peculiar mix of artwork.
    • Ascending Heaven- the webcomic
      Magic and beee-ootiful characters. Based on a RPG idea. Links to prelude.

• General / Experimental

  • Demian5
    Commercial stuff, but the free comics are strange (but very cool).
  • E-merl.com - New Experiments In Fiction
    Unusual stuff, and The Mr. Nile Experiment is very clever.
  • HotSpots
    Experimental photo comic.
  • Improcomics.org
    Collaborative group of comics - each is worked on by more than one artist.
  • MegaTokyo
    By Fred Gallagher. I first came upon this via printed volumes in the local library. The story of two gaming friends, who get stranded in Tokyo. Lots of gaming gags and stuff. Very manga looking, and the artwork is very polished.
  • Lowbright - Comics to make love to
    Interesting collection of comics. I especially like Same Difference
  • Ethan Persoff
    Weird collection of comics.

• Goth / Horror

  • angst - chronicles of elven gothrock
    Ongoing saga about elven goth rockers. Slick artwork.
  • Demonology 101
    The story of one teenager's attempt to conquer high school with her soul intact. Took me a while to get into the story, but it grows on you.
  • ::Eternal Wings::
    By Melissa Peters. Nice artwork.
  • High Maintenance
    Has a "classic gothic" look about it, though the pages take longer than mine to download!
  • Scary Go Round
    Interesting vector artwork, it's British, and very funny!
  • Zombie Love!
    By Jodie Truong. The title says it all.

  • No longer updated regularly

    • Def Con Goth
      What would we do without babygoths?
    • Goth Camp - Breaking Down Technicolor Lines
      Sitcom resulting from Goth Boy going to the wrong summer camp.
    • Goth World
      Inter-dimensional drama.
    • Gurry: The Gothic Furry
      Furry animal goth types have fun.
    • .:: Super-Goth for the morbidly challenged
      Downright peculiar, but I was always a Supergirl fan.

• Humour & Satire

  • Ask Dr. Eldritch
    A vampire decides to become a talk-back radio advisor.
  • Cat and Girl
    Incredibly biting, funny and anti-hip, this is a great post-modern strip, by Dorothy. Also check out The New Adventures of Death by the same creator
  • Flame Warriors Home
    A pictorial listing of those types who always seem to thrive in NEWSGROUPS and FORUMS.
  • Happy But Dead
    Not exactly sure what this one's about, but it is funny.
  • Dead Funny
    There's these two dead guys, see... ...and this is subtitle the post-modern undead vaudeville review.
  • Many Tidings Grim
    The Grim Reaper and an Alien team up.
  • iLL wILL pRESS
    Home of Foamy.
  • Oh my Gods!
    A pagan viewpoint on life.

  • No longer updated regularly

    • Yay! Apartment631.com!
      Er, it's about something...
    • Welcome to Heck
      Smoooooth (somehow, this reminds me of Scott McCloud's Meadow of the Damned)
    • Living Space
      By Tim Hodge and Daria Sigma. It's a cute gag strip.
    • Random Acts of Violence
      Cute gag strip.

• Paper Comics

  • Cuckoo
    Deals with Multiple Personality Disorder. By Madison Clell, who I met at a This Is Not Art one year.
  • Wecome to TheNightThings.com
    Chronicles the misadventures of Courtney Crumrin. Darkly lovable series about a young girl.

• SF /Mad Science

  • A Miracle of Science
    The ongoing battle between the Vorstellen Police and Mad Scientists. Nice artwork, and a story line that features adults and nicely developed aliens.
  • Argon Zark
    Very inventive. Broadband for me to view, however.
  • Girl Genius
    Set in an alternate Europe full of metal and biological constructs -- the adventures of Agatha, who is a mechanical genius or "spark". Drawn by Phil Foglio, an SF and faanish illustrator from way back.
  • Space Goth
    By B. Zedan. Really nice (mostly) black and white artwork, with occassional muted colour sections. The unravelling of a mystery by Soli and her friends, in the far future.
  • Venus Ascending
    This is an authorised variant of Venus Envy by S. Belmar. It places the characters from that strip into an SF setting. Zoe is the captain of the Venus Ascending, a Spaceship of the Line. The strip is mostly gags about how crazy the crew are, though there is an underlying stroryline as well. Very funny, especially if you're familiar with Venus Envy.
  • Zap! Sci-fi Space Adventure
    Adventures of Zap Vexler and co aboard the starship Excelsior.

• Slice of Life

  • A Webcomic Called Atavism
    The artwork is very streamlined, but I find it appropriate to the storyline. Very funny.
  • Eight to One.
    By B Duffy. Humour, dark humour.
  • traced comics
    Great collection of individual stories.

• Trans / Queer

  • Abstract Gender
    Two guys get changed into girls
  • Closet Space
    By Jean Dolari. The ongoing story of Jason who finally starts living as a woman (Carrie), when she starts sharing a house with Allison, who has a secret of her own.
  • From Then on Forth
    By Elizabeth Troub, this strip chronicles the trials and tribulations of Seth, just starting the process of gender transition to become Rachel. The story has a "dark" feel to it, and deals with some tough issues like street violence and schizophrenia. I like it, and I really enjoy Ms Troub's artwork.
  • Grey Matters .:. It's fun to laugh at their pain
    Ongoing story of several trans folk, based on real life events.
  • Misfile
    By Chris Hazelton. A boy gets changed into a girl by a "cosmic misfile".
  • Transe Generation
    One panel gags about aspects of being trans.
  • Venus Envy
    This seems to be the one of the original trans web comics, by Erin Lindsay. It is deservedly popular, as Erin draws well, and can spin a good story in the process. The central character is Zoe, who used to be Alex, and follows her experiences of teen-transition, especially with characters at the local High School.

  • No longer updated regularly

    • AstroGirlX2 Index
      Astrogirl is a hip trans lesbian, who's always ready with a comeback. The art is gorgeous.
    • Kim's Web Comic
      I knew Kim long before either of us were who we are now. The strip highlights issues and experiences she had while transitioning. Check out her diaries while you're at the site.
    • Second Stage
      By Shannon Strobel. Not exactly a story or a humour strip. Scenes and issues from the creator's life.

 


• Directories / Listings

  • The Guide Index
    The complete list of Comic Genesis Comics.
  • OnlineComics.net
    A directory of online comics.

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