No Rest For the WickedHere due to a very, very slow update schedule. Also a revisiting of fairy tales, but not a straight adaption like Erstwhile. A bit darker, a little grim, a little Grimm. Includes the princess with an allergy to peas and quite possibly the worst case of insomnia ever recorded due to the theft of the moon, the possibly witchy and certainly axe-crazy Red, and a mischievous cat in sturdy footwear, traveling through a world where fantasy is reality, magic is everyday, witches are a prominent threat, and third-sons always win, and always know to marry the youngest daughter, on a quest in order to find and restore the moon.
Narbonic: Director's CutI said I'd mention this again. First, it's only an "occasional" check-in because I've already read it once before, back when it was first released; I still check in at least once a week. The story of mad scientists, mad science, moon bases, giant robots, gerbils, the Dave Conspiracy, the occasional interruption by angels and/or demons, evil mothers (and if you thought your mother was bad, at least yours isn't a mad scientist), gender benders, gerbils, human-sized robots, Mell, henchmen, time travel, gerbils, geeky call-outs, and gerbils. Oh, and ANTONIO SMITH, FORENSIC LINGUIST! Also includes Victorian-era penny dreadful side-story. This is quite possibly my favourite webcomic ever, right up there with Gunnerkrigg
OutsiderHere due to a ridiculously slow update schedule that makes the above look lively. Mostly, I continue reading it because I've been following the artist almost as long as I've been online; his work, which I stumbled across while looking for Star Trek game material, was what introduced me to Master of Orion, online art galleries, and (via Impromanga, a sadly long-defunct site) webcomics in the first place. Still, even with well over a decade of inertia, I suppose it counts, especially since so few of the artists I followed back then are still online. When he started a sci-fi work around the long-fought war between the Loroi and Umiak, and the hopelessly-outnumbered and outteched humans who were about to become caught in the middle of the fight in a war that had reached the point where neutrality was just another word for "target", I started reading it. Years and years later, he's completed...one chapter. And the prologue. Oh, and if the Loroi look like Elerians, it's not a coincidence; the fundamental basis for the characters do go all the way back to his old MOO2 fanart.
Cucumber QuestFantasy adventure, kind of. Quite funny, beautiful pastel art, and entertaining story that rarely hesitates to poke fun at cliches. Very likely to be promoted to regular reads should something else get demoted.
Dresden CodakDon't laugh at me for still following this. Pretentious as all get-out with a terrible update schedule, but lovely art and fairly decent singlets on occasion. Just don't read for the story arcs.
Manly Guys Doing Manly ThingsIt's about manly guys. Who do manly things. Funny, and quite geeky at times. Another one likely to be promoted should something drop to this pile.
Not A VillainPicked up this one on an ad trawl. Art is absolutely nothing to write home about (early QC, Narbonic, or Schlock levels, say, or...well, average Impromanga), but you can tell the artist tries hard to improve, and there are some concepts within the story that intrigue me. For one thing, it's made very clear the world has been effectively destroyed somehow even before we see our first glimpse of the outside world - all of the bright and beautiful stuff is escapism; a virtual LiFe(TM) maintained by an omnipresent megacorp. Bread and circuses feature heavily in the form of the Game, which is effectively virtual team-based gladiatorial combat tournaments from what we know so far. Moreover, the people still surviving in the world are clearly dependent enough on networked technology and for intercommunication and survival that a single team of hackers put what was left of civilization at risk, leading to the threat of witch-hunts even years later. An ambiguous follow on my part so far, depending on how well it does with its primary concept.
Scandinavia and the WorldFor people who like Hetalia or Polandballs. Personifications of world countries do goofy things.
The Wrath of SueSequel to Ensign Sue Must Die (included in the archives). Got pinged to me because I liked the first one, which is basically the crew of the Enterprise (nu-'Prise version) dealing with the sudden and terrible arrival of "Ensign Mary Amethyst Star Enoby Aiko Archer Picard Janeway Sue", a ridiculously over-the-top parody of Mary Sues in self-insert fics. The sequel has the curse spreading to other universes, from Doctor Who to Marvel to Equestria. I literally just picked this up this week, so it's a "maybe" for now; I might just set it aside for half a year and come back to read the whole thing once it's done. Even if it has the Doctor.
GaiaA fantasy webcomic, it says, and a fantasy webcomic, you get. Another one from the same ad trawl as mentioned above, and one I'm a little more leery on. It's very straightforward fantasy, political "intrigues" (that aren't particularly intriguing), and the like, where the good are good and the bad are bad. Rather beautiful, if conventional art. I'm mostly following because I haven't quite tired of it yet, but it's not a particular stand-out in my opinion yet.
ErfworldI'm almost at Megatokyo levels with this one, but I haven't quite dropped it yet. Poor update schedules (that are not purely the fault of Xin; Rob wasn't doing much better on his own or with his first artist, either), the seeming-presumption that the blog posts serve as perfect replacements for, rather than supplements to the webcomic proper, a love of infodumps divorced from the story proper (and as someone who reads history books and, worse, David Weber for fun, I can tell you that it takes quite a bit to jar me where infodumps are concerned), and just a general loss of interest in the story.
Awkward ZombieGaming humour. Some pretty good stuff, and she tends to like many of the same games I like (except Harvest Moon, which I love and she...doesn't). Not really much else to say, here.
Brawl In The FamilyMore gaming humour, this time with a Nintendo bent. Also not much to say, here.
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