Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? 321
skade88 writes "It's time to do another year-end best-of roundup! Today's topic is web comics. What was your favorite web comic of 2012? Feel free to use the following categories, or make up your own. 1) Best overall web comic series of 2012. (Any web comic that produced content in 2012). 2) Funniest web comic of 2012. (This one represents the single funniest comic of any web comic series. Provide links!) 3) Best art in a web comic of 2012. (Web comic from 2012 with the most amazing art ever). 4) Web comic that was most relevant to you in 2012. (This one is even more subjective than the others)."
Basic Instructions is the Best (Score:1, Informative)
1 Best: Basic Instructions http://basicinstructions.net/
2 Single Best: too many to choose from
3 Best Art: Girl Genius http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
4 Most Relevant: Dilbert http://dilbert.com/
Hark a Ninja! (Score:4, Informative)
The Perry Bible Fellowship (Score:4, Informative)
It has to be my favorite. It is too bad it doesn't get updated much anymore.
http://pbfcomics.com/ [pbfcomics.com]
Sinfest (Score:5, Informative)
There is one which really stands out (Score:4, Informative)
the most impressive 1) character development 2) character psychic over time.
and over 2 thousands strips...
Re:Schlock Mercenary (Score:5, Informative)
I think Schlock cannot be mentioned enough.
The art is better quality than most web comics (or newspaper/dead tree comics), even if the style isn't going for as-real-as-possible. No storyline is ever dropped in the middle (there are cutaways to things happening on the other side of the galaxy, but these are things happening at the same time and the series will then jump right back to the main action).
Not every day has a LOL moment at the end (or during the strip), but that's because something's happening in the strip which is a very much OMG sort-of thing.
And, oh yeah, something else the parent post mentions which I've never seen any other web comic manage: a new comic every single day of the year (and it's never some kind of filler), and has done this since the comic started (which means a huge reading archive). Which means not a single day need go by without the reader getting some form of entertainment on that day.
Romantically Apocalyptic (Score:5, Informative)
Best Art: Romantically Apocalyptic -- http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com [romantical...lyptic.com]
My Nominations and Choices (Score:5, Informative)
1) Best overall web comic series of 2012. (Any web comic that produced content in 2012): Gunnerkrigg Court [gunnerkrigg.com] is a brilliant webcomic that has a compelling plot, interesting characters and art that has developed superbly since the comic's beginnings.
2) Funniest web comic of 2012. (This one represents the single funniest comic of any web comic series.): Evil Inc. [evil-comic.com] got the most laughs out of me this year, even if a lot of the humour was a bit Dad-joke-ish. Runners up would include: Penny Arcade [penny-arcade.com] , XKCD [xkcd.com] , Scandinavia and the World [satwcomic.com] and Overcompensating [overcompensating.com] .
3) Best art in a web comic of 2012. (Web comic from 2012 with the most amazing art ever): Dresden Codak [dresdencodak.com] is, without any doubt, the repository of some of the most geekiest and beautiful artwork the web has ever seen. Runners up would include: Namesake [namesakecomic.com] , Lackadaisy Cats [lackadaisycats.com] , Sore Thumbs [keenspot.com] and Avengelyne [keenspot.com]
4) Web comic that was most relevant to you in 2012: Real Life [reallifecomics.com] , because his adventures with Harper are roughly mirroring my adventures with my daughter Hailey.
Honorable Mentions (because they'd likely win categories if there were a couple more here): Bad Machinery [scarygoround.com] (Best Story), Eerie Cuties [eeriecuties.com] (Best Black & White), Three Panel Soul [threepanelsoul.com] (Best Drama) and Wapsi Square [wapsisquare.com] (Best Main Character), and Sinfest [sinfest.net] (Lifetime Achievement) among others.
Schlock at the top (Score:4, Informative)
Schlock has become a lot more kid-friendly since Tayler quit his job at Novell and now works surrounded by his children, but it's still entertaining. And he has kept its schedule for a pretty long time. Several other webcomics of that age gradually turned to weekday only, to Monday-Wednesday-Friday, to once weekly, but Schlock Mercenary keeps on updating every day.
Girl Genius has pretty good art, but what I like best is its large ensemble of delightfully inhuman characters. Every time I find a new favorite character, [girlgeniusonline.com] the Foglios introduce another crazy awesome character. [girlgeniusonline.com]
Gunnerkrigg Court doesn't have the very best art, but it's gradually getting better, and the story is intriguing.
xkcd is a comic by a nerd about nerds being nerdy.
Re:For gaming? Nerfnow.com (Score:3, Informative)
Nerf Now [nerfnow.com] was my pleasant discovery in 2012 :)
Yes, some humor can be a bit weird for non-gamers, but you can't just limit yourself to XKCD (okay, maybe you can, but more regular content is better)
Xkcd has come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for years. How is that not regular?
I think he meant more [regular content] not [more regular] content.
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