Webcomics Dissected

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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Nerdcore

[Zonk]

Since folks seem interested in link trading, I'll go ahead and plug a buddy's comic: Nercore - The Core Wars.

It starts off with some one-liner comics about sci-fi TV, and after a few strips heads off into an interesting and ongoing plot about a ringworld inhabited by equal parts Shadowrun and equal parts Dungeons and Dragons.

A high pun tolerance would probably be helpful.