The Davis Code and general webcomic discussion
Posted: 25 Nov 2007 11:09
Since this is the literature section, this goes here.
Is it wrong of me to show so much favortism to my own forum?
Oh wait, you'd have to post to tell me, so nevermind.
Anyways, here are some examples of comics on the web. Some are meant to be funny, some are not. Some are meant to be but aren't, and some are but shouldn't be.
Let's go:
Dr. McNinja
An absurd little comic that has a doctor who is also a ninja battling Ronald McDonald, "Paul Bunyan", teenagers on ninja drugs, ninja zombies and his own mother among other things. In his practice he has two assistents, a gorrilla and a velociraptor. His mentor in Ben Franklin and he wants to be Batman.
Sinfest
I don't actually like this one much anymore. Occasionally. It's about some Calvin and Hobbes looking motherfuckers always trying and failing at falling in love, a random cat and dog and religion in general, interspersed with random poetry sessions and calligraphy. God, Satan, Jesus, Buddha and a Chinese Dragon represent the higher powers.
Qwantz [Dinosaur Comics]
All the comics look the same, only the dialogue changes. The author uses the comic to humorously debate the finer points of science, linguistics, philosophy and religion. Or make fart jokes, whichever.
XKCD
This guy is not afraid to make jokes that you'll have to fire up wikipedia to get. Delves heavily into computer science, physics and mathmatics, but I find it consistently amusing anyways. The author also has a strong romantic streak.
Achewood
This one doesn't exactly have punch-lines. For example, the whole point of this comic is basically the seventh panel, but it would only be meaningful to you if you've read the comic regularly and know the character's personalities. It is heavily character driven.
Perry Bible Fellowship
I don't know what to say about this one really. It's hard to give an example comic because they're all pretty different. They just share the same dark sarcasm.
Minus
This is my favorite one, but I actually don't really like Minus on the whole (and I really only like that comic out of context) it's surreal, but in a style that I don't like, but hey different strokes, because I like this next one.
Rice boy
Anonther one that's hard to describe. The little guy must save the world, but you're on acid I guess.
These are basically all the ones I pay attention to, I know there are others. Let's talk about them. Or you could just post examples of ones you like.
Is it wrong of me to show so much favortism to my own forum?
Oh wait, you'd have to post to tell me, so nevermind.
Anyways, here are some examples of comics on the web. Some are meant to be funny, some are not. Some are meant to be but aren't, and some are but shouldn't be.
Let's go:
Dr. McNinja
An absurd little comic that has a doctor who is also a ninja battling Ronald McDonald, "Paul Bunyan", teenagers on ninja drugs, ninja zombies and his own mother among other things. In his practice he has two assistents, a gorrilla and a velociraptor. His mentor in Ben Franklin and he wants to be Batman.
Sinfest
I don't actually like this one much anymore. Occasionally. It's about some Calvin and Hobbes looking motherfuckers always trying and failing at falling in love, a random cat and dog and religion in general, interspersed with random poetry sessions and calligraphy. God, Satan, Jesus, Buddha and a Chinese Dragon represent the higher powers.
Qwantz [Dinosaur Comics]
All the comics look the same, only the dialogue changes. The author uses the comic to humorously debate the finer points of science, linguistics, philosophy and religion. Or make fart jokes, whichever.
XKCD
This guy is not afraid to make jokes that you'll have to fire up wikipedia to get. Delves heavily into computer science, physics and mathmatics, but I find it consistently amusing anyways. The author also has a strong romantic streak.
Achewood
This one doesn't exactly have punch-lines. For example, the whole point of this comic is basically the seventh panel, but it would only be meaningful to you if you've read the comic regularly and know the character's personalities. It is heavily character driven.
Perry Bible Fellowship
I don't know what to say about this one really. It's hard to give an example comic because they're all pretty different. They just share the same dark sarcasm.
Minus
This is my favorite one, but I actually don't really like Minus on the whole (and I really only like that comic out of context) it's surreal, but in a style that I don't like, but hey different strokes, because I like this next one.
Rice boy
Anonther one that's hard to describe. The little guy must save the world, but you're on acid I guess.
These are basically all the ones I pay attention to, I know there are others. Let's talk about them. Or you could just post examples of ones you like.