8/04: But My Ego Demands It

Sorry about the unnanounced Hiatus. I was already running late, and then Comic Con came up... and I'd really prefer not to just stick crap up here just because there's a schedule. I'll probably see if I can get a Revenant Seal out by next week. The next Gray Matters strip is going to be fairly long, so I'll have to really feel like tackling it.

A few new webcomics in my time. You may ask, Digital, how do you have the time to read comics, but not make them? Well, to that I say, I don't do my strips at work, because I feel that any creative energy I exert there should go into my cartooning there. I don't have any such compunction about reading other people's creativity at work though. It's research.

Eegra I actually read awhile ago, but I don't think I ever actually posted about it, and if I did, i didn't put it in the compendium. I shall rectify that momentarily. Eegra is a video game comic. On the abstract side, and not particularly polished, but it's amusing. It's at least not Penny-Arcade Rip Off. Also in this vein is Awkward Zombie which is also a non-penny-arcade-rip-off comic, but it has fairly vague subject matter, mostly limited to World of Warcraft and Smash Brothers, with a few others tossed in for decoration.

Fanboy did start off as a penny-arcade rip-off that tried to differentiate itself by having a female main character. Don't read the strip from the beginning because, if you are like me, you will hate it. The more recent the strip, the better. There are a few cannon storylines, each no longer than 10 pages each, and sometimes you'll miss some character intros, but I think the strip reads much better from most recent and back.

 

Bug Bash is a programming sub-culture comic. It has a slightly wider appeal, but you'll likely not find it interesting unless you also like User Friendly and other comics. I would also say XKCD, but XKCD is more a geek subculture comic, and if your on the internet, you probably already love it.

But what really takes the cake this week is Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun. I haven't seen anything as hiliously absurd and tongue-in-cheek as this since Dr. McNinja. Jesus feels so much guilt over the holocaust that he disobeys his fathers orders and goes back down to earth to kick nazi ass.

 

I haven't updated the webcomic compendium in awhile, so I'll be adding a bunch of other comics. Have I mentioned Marry Me? I'll eventually be adding a section for print only-comics that I like. I don't buy superhero comics, so it'll likely be by artists like Jen Wang and Hope Larson. Both of them make contributions to the beautiful Flight series. I also finally started reading Scott Pilgrim, and will likely start buying all his volumes.