Is there any mandatory reading of the webcomics medium?
Webcomics Canon
Jonathan Lewis
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Levi James
homestuck
Leo Allen
>Implying
There’s nothing to be gained reading that 5,000 strip heap of junk.
Noah Peterson
Questionable Content is a long running and progressive series that’s frequently featured in threads here. Dresden Codak is an influential and unique series that was ahead of its time.
Charles Ross
>webcomics canon
that would imply academic interest and discussions, and that any webcomic of note actually gets finished.
Benjamin Sanchez
Rice boy and or vatuu
Kevin Bailey
Gone with the Blastwave.
blastwave-comic.com
Connor Taylor
Aren't those threads just mocking him for his lurching tone, unlikable characters, and general being shit?
Carson Wright
stand still, hark a vagrant, achewood, anime club, smbc
not that user, but it's genuinely the most innovative use of the web format i've seen
even if you hate the execution (and after at some point it does become a shitshow) there's a lot to be learned by the way it blends images, text, video, music, and interactive elements
Adam Bell
Those people are just from /pol.
Joshua Sanchez
Nicholas Cruz
Pretty much this, but i'd also say that it's also a good place to learn how to not fuck up your webcomic.
Anthony Hill
I'd also recommend Romantically Apocalyptic if you like the gas mask post-apocalypse aesthetic.
Ryder Adams
user is trolling and those comics are legit bad, specially Dresden Codak
Brody Martinez
I stopped reading that a long time ago. Didn't the Creator say that if you want to understand the plot, go to the comic's wiki?
Jaxson Morales
I honestly don't know. I stopped reading it around the same time I stopped reading Blastwave.
Landon Nelson
I don't like Dresden Codak, and I'd never recommend someone read it, but I feel like overlooking it as an important part of the late '00s/early '10s webcomic landscape is a disservice to anyone who wanted to research the subject.
Jaxson Gutierrez
Debating reading homestuck in 2019, what am I in for/any advice?
Jack Howard
From webtoons (the ones that I actually like):
>Sweet Home
>UnOrdinary
>I don't want this kind of hero
I would also like to suggest Gosu but that on an indefinite hiatus as the author is super sick.
Bentley Lopez
Problem Sleuth would actually be a better read in the long run. Still rather innovative while being consistently good throughout.
Jonathan Davis
>No love for Doctor McNinja
Good webcomic that was pretty funny, well-drawn and was finished; that makes it one in a million
Joseph Roberts
Luke Sanchez
start at the earliest ones?
Blake Cook
Jaxson Smith
AZ started 1995, but there were earlier webcomics, such as T.H.E. Fox from 1986
Cameron Cooper
When I am King from 2001 won the Best Use of the Digital Medium award in 2002
Jace Roberts
Problem Sleuth and 8 Bit theater are the GOAT
sadly Homestuck is indeed the magnum opus of webcomics due to the fact its 8k pages 800k words 10+ albums of music a few "games" and over an hours worth of flash animation Homestuck surpassed every webcomic in terms of content and broke new groundsquite literally in the medium
Matthew Flores
>Is there any mandatory reading of the webcomics medium?
Jeremiah Peterson
>mandatory reading
Not unless you're making an academic study, in which case I'd recommend also looking at works outside the anglosphere. The French went a different route with blog-type online comics, one example being bouletcorp. Also see Pepper & Carrot as a French attempt to "change comic industry" with open source, free and multi-langauge webcomics supported only by patrons. Pic related.
Aaron Hughes
Kidd Radd
Jeremiah Baker
Unsounded is a beautifully built out fantasy world with a great magic system, interesting characters, and an engaging plot that could go anywhere.
Bonus:Very consistent update schedule so no "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH MY WRIST" garbage or anything like that.
Andrew Hernandez
That scifi with the wolf woman
Jace Perry
It Hurts!!
Ryder Stewart
>Dresden Codak is an influential and unique series that was ahead of its time.
its worth more reading on the personal actions of the creator. Don't be like Aaron Diaz
Ethan Adams
8-Bit Theater & Perry Bible Fellowship
Jacob Martin
In order of quality:
>Rice Boy
>Nedroid
>Oglaf
>Whomp!
>Swords
Asher Miller
Hardcore leveling worrior
Lucas Turner
OOTS is a must-read, and they're about to enter the final arc, it looks like
Brandon Martin
>unironically reccommending UnOrdinary
Into the trash with you.
David Gomez
No one said Gunnerkrigg Court. Why?
Mason Miller
It's fun eventhough it's super fucking slow. The current arc right now finally show John kicking everbody ass.
Jack Brooks
It reads better in print, and doesn't feel 'mandatory' somehow?
Brayden King
Sinfest Pre-Sisterhood
Jace Green
Seconding Unsounded. There's nothing else like it, and it's just quietly in its corner doing its groundbreaking shit like it's no big deal.
Nathaniel White
Getting storyboards ready for a web/limited print strip, what does Yea Forums think of the style?
Nolan Nelson
Logan Green
Oliver Davis
>achewood
My nigga.
Brayden Turner
there's a plot?
Owen Campbell
>riceboy over Nedroid
Wrong
Lincoln Sanders
>t. /ic/
It's okay (I haven't seen too many webcomics which went full thick black sharpie, so at least it's good for some pop) and the notebook scribbling style is somewhat attractive, but I find it somewhat hard to enjoy your scene compositions, especially dialogues because there's no sense of place or relative character positioning.
Additionally and more problematic, all but two shots you've posted are character faces looking at viewer. This makes it pretty visually boring and super repetitive. Consider adding variety of angles and subject matters when framing your subjects (eg, shots of characters hands, background shots, group shots, shots in profile, shots in 3/4ths, action shots, and so on).
Juan Anderson
Apparently?
Ian Thompson
Christopher Ward
Holy smokes! I appreciate the feedback, and I actually take into account every bit of criticism possible, these actually just my base storyboards, howbeit, my brother shares a similar sentiment; he's thinking I need someone to work with, I'd love to see the possibilities
Grayson Cruz
keep in mind that for the first few acts, commands were user-submitted, so there's a fair bit of sidetracking before the meat of the story comes into play