My five favourite web comics
This new technology that people are calling the internet has spawned a large number of serial web comics (like, probably over 8 of them). There are heaps of comics out there of varying quality, from the very well polished to the not so good. I’ve decided to share my fourfive favourite comics that I follow regularly.
XKCD
This is the first comic I got into. It is by Randall Munroe, who describes it as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Thanks to Mike for getting me into this.
http://xkcd.com/
Updated Mon, Wed, Fri – make sure you check the mouseovers too.
Dinosaur Comics
I got into this around the same time as XKCD. It is by a dude called Ryan North who is/was/could be a computational linguist, and it shows: The comic always has the same panels, with a heavy focus on the dialogue.
http://www.quantz.com/
Updated weekdays – check the mouseovers
A Softer World
This is a great comic by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau who design and write the comics respectively (yes, I arrange sentences in such a way that maximises the number of times I can use the word respectively) (yes, there is a subtext there). Peppered heavily with dark humour.
http://www.asofterworld.com/
Updated semi-regularly (once or twice a week) – once again, check the mouseovers
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC)
The latest comic I’ve been reading. By a guy called Zach Weiner. Zach seems not to be burdened with the terrible weight of political correctness. Awesome.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/
Updated fairly regularly (between daily to couple of days a week) – press the red button
The Perry Bible Fellowship
This isn’t really updated much at all anymore, but the content is solid gold. It has a pretty dark flavour and you need your thinking cap to ‘get’ many of the comics.
http://pbfcomics.com/
Anyway, there you have it.
Check them out and enjoy. Oh, hey, Dinosaur Comics have this comic randomizer, giving us over 3.26×1009 comics – Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Oh, and as a little side note, I’ve been watching Sanctuary, a series created by the brains behind the Stargate series. It even headlines with Amanda Tapping from the Stargate series. I’ve only watched a couple of episodes, but I think I’ll be able to get into it just fine. Thanks Jane for the tip off (and your honest thoughts on the Merlin series 
).
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By Jane on Jun 10, 2009 | Reply
Hee, you’re welcome
It’s pretty good hey? As with all series there’s some weaker eps and some really good ones, but definitely a good new series. And it’s got renewed so season 2 will be coming in the autumn.
Perhaps you should also have thanked me for the random spewings about Amanda Tapping’s hair/accent etc
And I love xkcd! I also like Unshelved, personally (but that’s librarian humour…)
By Helen on Jun 11, 2009 | Reply
Hey there, I’ve been getting into Sanctuary too. I love xkcd and wanted to say thanks – I think SMBC could become a new favourite
By Chris on Jun 11, 2009 | Reply
Loving to see there are more xkcd fans out there: xkcd is a great comic, it comprehensively tickles my IT geek funnybone . It took me a bit longer, but I really got into A Softer World – the comics are a work of art – one day I might have to buy myself one of these (or receive one as a gift *hint* *hint*):
http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=ASW-PRINTS&Category_Code=ASW-ART
Jane: you’re right actually, I did forget to go into the hair/accent discussion we had. For those out there that have watched Stargate, in Sanctuary Amanda Tapping transforms from a short-haired blonde American into a long-haired brunette Pom. The change is, needless to say, WEIRD. She does brilliantly but.
Helen: SMBC is a great comic, I found it randomly a few months ago and fell in love with it – Zach’s humour is great and, for all of its abruptness, pretty clever too.