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Webcomics Dissected

Posted by Zonk on from the pandering-to-the-crowd dept.

ReverendLoki writes "The Webcomics Examiner has a story in their latest issue on The Artistic History of Webcomics, in which they examine and dissect how many of your favorite webcomics have evolved over the years and attempts to discern where they exist in the grand scheme of the webcomics universe. Expect to find some pretty insightful commentary on the likes of Sluggy Freelance, PvP, MegaTokyo, and the ever-present Penny Arcade, as well as others. An excellent analysis on how these comics work." From the piece: "The nerd's enthusiasm and experiences as an 'early adopter' of technological trends is easily translated into a revenue source for new cultural trends like the webcomic. This shows most clearly in the way that the super stars of the webcomic world have fairly consistently been the geekiest of the geekiest -- Penny Arcade, PVP, User Friendly, 8-bit Theatre, and yes, Dilbert."

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  1. Least I could do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Webcomics and no mention of one of the greatest??

    http://www.leasticoulddo.com/

  2. Dinosaur Comics! by carambola5 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's the same everytime... and yet it's not.

    http://www.qwantz.com/

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  3. Something Positive by PSVMOrnot · · Score: 2, Interesting
    With all these webcomic links flying around I'm surprised noone has linked to http://www.somethingpositive.net/ or http://www.queenofwands.net/ yet.

    Something Positive is done by R K Milholland, who made a offhand comment in response to some complaints about late updates to the effect of 'if you lot donate equal to my salary i'll quit and work on Something Positive solidly for a year'... and was shortly surprised to see that it happened.

    Queen of Wands was done by Aeire, and is currently going through annotated reruns before she starts a new project.

  4. Re:MOD PARENT UP -- OR GET ATTACKED BY ITALIANS! by atomm1024 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I understand that Pokey the Penguin did not introduce non-sequiturs as a comic technique. But it's really much deeper than MSPaint + penguins + non-sequiturs. It's hard to explain... but... um, I assert that it is much deeper. Take my word for it or don't, but whatever it is about Pokey, something strikes me as being sheer brilliance, far beyond simply stacking one non-sequitur upon another. I know of many other non-sequitur-oriented comics, such as Zippy the Pinhead, and I usually just don't find them as brilliantly hilarious as Pokey.

    I don't know. Personal taste, I guess.

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