I’m laid up with a severely broken ankle and leg, and will be laid up for God knows how long. I wanna read webcomics, but I feel like I’m running out of good ones on Webtoon. Anyone have any recommendations or sites to look at?
OGLAF
Isn’t that one super NSFW?
Yes
There aren’t many… any webcomics that make me come back and read the archives from time to time. Oglaf is the exception.
Sithrak! An insane god for an unjust world!
It reminds me of PLIF and SexyLosers. I may still have an archive of PLIF somewhere.
Every few years, I come back and binge re-read all of Oglaf to caught back up.
I’m partial to weird fantasy, dunno what your tastes are. YMMV. Some of these are old!
Gunnerkrigg Court - long-running, fantastic worldbuilding, intricate plot. steampunky urban fantasy.
Wilde Life - small-town mystery, light spooky vibes but mostly feel-good. Relationship focused.
Girls with Slingshots - complete! comedy about a friend group. LGBT+ themes, sex positive. A bit raunchy, if that’s not your bag.
Skin Deep - urban fantasy. Neat worldbuilding, long running.
Broodhollow - another small-town mystery, but more legit creepy. Plot of the murder-hauntings-cults variety.
Manly Guys Doing Manly Things - comedy. premise is a temp agency for brawny fictional characters & villains trying to get normal dayjobs. Takes the piss out of common tropes.
Awkward Zombie - comedy. No plot, just comics about video games & other things the artist is into.
Johnny Wander - 4 comics in a trenchcoat, but they’re all pretty cute. Started as an autobio comic with the occasional original fiction story mixed in, but they’ve all been separated out for easier reading now.
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal - complete! romance about two dudes on a cross-country roadtrip. Touches on some heavy topics, but has some humor too.
A lot of these are hosted by sites that host other comics, so you can follow that rabbit hole pretty far. Also some artists will link to other comics they like in the about/notes pages, good way to find other stuff.
I’m showing my age here, but 8-bit theater is fun
https://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/
Oh wow, that takes me back. That and RPG World, by lil’ baby Ian Jones-Quartey.
Sigh. Times are tough.
Personally a big fan of hiveworks for finding new comics. If you like story focused ones, I like Widdershins, Sakana, Daughter of the Lilies, and Wilde Life. I read way too many webcomics, so let me know if you need more!
Oh shit thanks for so many recommendations!
Blast the Wave https://www.blastwave-comic.com/index.php?p=comic&nro=1
Shit I didn’t know he had a site
Free Fall was a very good sf web comic whose first story arc is completed, so jump right in. Several interesting non-human characters.
Girl Genius is one of my favorite. https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php
I’ll check it out! Thanks!
It’s been running for about 20 years so there are a lot too go through. There are a few filler stories along the way which are good and bad but the main story is really well written and illustrated and pretty different than most stories I’ve read.
My favorite are Dr. Frost and Solo Leveling
Penny Arcade has been around forever so they have a deep backlog of gaming/nerd culture related comics.
Kind of peaked in the mid 2000s though.
Have you read Vattu? It’s hands down one of my favorite comics ever.
Stand Still, Stay Silent is also pretty good.
Where can I find those?
https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/vattu/list?title_no=686233
Have fun!
Edit: Fixed link, the ampersand is still broken on Lemmy.
I like Texts From Superheroes.
Narbonic and its successor Skin Horse are both now complete and never get the love I feel they deserve.
