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Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012?

Posted by Soulskill on from the obligatory-xkcd dept.

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)."

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  1. Too east by cheater512 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Best art in a web comic has to be http://xkcd.com/1110/

    1. Re:Too east by chronokitsune3233 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I love XKCD, but best art? Well, in terms of artistic ability, stick figures are far from difficult. However, this particular "strip" along with all of its geekiness—the fact that you can drag it AND a lot of the content itself—was truly amazing. I can definitely agree with this vote.

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    2. Re:Too east by slimjim8094 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think you're confusing best technique with best art. The art wasn't the beauty of the actual strokes, it was the beauty of the idea and execution.

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  2. oatmeal by Icculus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    xkcd is great but I gotta throw in for The Oatmeal.

  3. Favorite Web Comic by celticgeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Best overall webcomic series of 2012: Questionable Content http://www.questionablecontent.net/

  4. Is it okay if by LiroXIV · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I just answer everything with Homestuck?

  5. Cyanide&Happiness by hedley · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Consistently funny, esp Depressing Comic Week

    H.

  6. Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad. by moogla · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fred is a terrible comic artist and hasn't grown _at all_ in the 10+ years he's been puttering around with that waste of a comic. It also takes him entirely too long to do a single page and have the audacity to not even bother to ink it.

    In that period of time Penny Arcade has changed it's graphical style immensely, having evolved a very distinct, vibrant, and clean look, while meeting deadlines, and even being in color!

    Example: http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/box/0/0/6/943006_95411_front.jpg

    Another example of a comic with a distinct style that has evolved and is wonderful to look at is Octopus Pie, see:
    http://www.octopuspie.com/goodies/book2-coverpreviewtext8.gif

    So... die in a fire, weeaboo.

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  7. Girl Genius by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unquestionably Girl Genius for me.
    Besides, the Castle just went "clack"...

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