What online comics are you reading?
by Ross Miller 
{ Oct 5th 2005 at 3:30PM }
After such an overwhelming response from the VGCats post a few days back, Joystiq is considering a weekly feature highlighting the best in the world of online game-related comics from sites like Penny Arcade, VGCats, and Ctrl+Alt+Del. In order to make sure we cover all the great content out there, we are asking you to tell us what online comics you fancy so that we can give them much-deserved credit and exposure. What online game-related comics should we be reading?
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Umang @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
PVP!!!! http://www.pvponline.com
SilentSno @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
RealLife by Greg Dean http://www.reallifecomics.com
And PA of course.
Stu @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Penny Arcade
Ctrl Alt Del
VG Cats
Mac Hall (kinda vg)
PVP (it has it's moments)
Dignan17 @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
I'm sure my employers wouldn't be completely happy with it, but every morning at work I fire up Firefox and load it with 15 tabs of web comics. My favorites are mostly the common ones:
Penny Arcade
Player v Player
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Order of the Stick
Copper (so very good)
Joe and Monkey
White Ninja
Pearls Before Swine
Wesley @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Order of the Stick - http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript
Pet Professional - http://www.petprofessional.net/
Day by Day - http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
Pasha @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Mine is pretty typical, but here goes
Ctrl-Alt-Del Online
Applegeeks
Machall
Little Gamers
White Ninja (i have no idea why i read this)
Penny Arcade (who doesn't read it?)
PvP (i am rereading it for the second time)
VG Cats
Jean-Louis Koppelle @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
You should check out http://www.wulffmorgenthaler.com . These guys are very funny. Not games related though...
Dayskeeper @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
w00t Little Gamers only been mentioned once?
I more or less only read Little Gamers allthough I still sometimes take a peek at Ctrl+Alt+Del and penny arcade.
Geoff @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Able&Baker (jimburgessdesign.com/comics)
Applegeeks
Butternutsquash (butternutsquash.net funny but irregular updates)
Comedity (comedity.com)
Ctrl-Alt-Del
MacHall
Penny-Arcade
PvP
VGCats
Dortmunder @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
8-bit Theatre (not really a video game comic per se, but still hilarious: http://www.nuklearpower.com/latest.php)
Suctum @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
www.jodyanthony.com
though he never updates
FATticusWANGen @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
8-Bit Theater
Penny Arcade
VG Cats
Order of the Stick
Sore Thumbs
Landis
That's my list, I use to read Sluggy, but it's too long to cath up on...
boxmyth @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
VG Cats.
And yeah, a "best of" for game-related comics every week would be great.
calibur @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/ !!! great comics and great creator. Loves his fans and appreciates them! :-)
cwb @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Ctrl-alt-del is terrible.
Wreckless @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Penny Arcade
PvPOnline
VGCats
Diesel Sweeties
Juls @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Robot Tea Party
http://rtp.thepos.net/
Wil @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
In order of gamer relevance I give you...
8-bit theater = pixelated goodness
Sluggy Freelance = gamer and geek in-jokes abound
Achewood = Very subtle humor. Can take a while to grow on you
Kendal @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Wow, I'm suprised that no one has posted 8-Bit Theatre:
http://www.nuklearpower.com/
striegs @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Thank you, Kendal. I was about to start manually removing jugulars if any more people failed to mention Nuklear Power.
Levi @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
None. I have yet to read an web based game related comic that rises above the humor found in a Family Circus comic. Those who have read Family Cirus know that is not a good thing.
CapAmerica @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
MegaTokyo
AppleGeeks
VGCats
Fantasy Realm
How to Loathe Drawing Manga Style
MacHall
Levi @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
None. I have yet to read a web base game related comic that rises above the humor found in Family Circus. And those who have read Family Circus know that is not a good thing.
jordan @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
6. 8. and 13 have it too:
Mac Hall:
www.machall.com
Chiablo @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
VGCats is my #1
Badasshamster would be next (due to it's frequencey of updates)
Penny-Arcade used to be funny, now it's just crap after crap comics. At this point, Homestar is funnier than P-A... which is saying a lot.
Ctrl+Alt+Delete isn't funny to me... I don't know why.
shawn @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
My total webcomicy mix is 8-Bit Theater, Penny Arcade, Ctrl-alt-del, Megatokyo, Real Life, and VG Cats.
32_Footsteps @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
All of my webcomics? Lets see my bookmarks...
10K Commotion
Adventurers!
Alien Loves Predator
Alien Dice
College Roomies From Hell!
Count Your Sheep
Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire
Fallen
Gaming Guardians
General Protection Fault
Greystone Inn
Kevin & Kell
Mac Hall
Megatokyo
Melonpool
Narbonic
PURE
PvP
Schlock Mercenary
Shortpacked
Sluggy Freelance
Something Positive
Suburban Tribe
Van Von Hunter
Wapsi Square
Zap!
Oddly enough, I don't generally read gamer comics (PvP doesn't really count as one, which leaves only two on my list). I've tried but never got into them.
Adam @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
I'd be careful of posting Ctrl+Alt+Delte as the guy who runs it is kind of a tool about that sort of stuff. Sent me a bogus lawyer letter and idle threats. It made me stop reading his stuff alltogether.
Hentay @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
masago.org not really too much videogames but its in there once in a while
retro @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Nothing Nice To Say
www.nothingnice.com
Questionable Content
www.questionablecontent.net
Punks and Nerds
www.punksandnerds.com
( http://www.punksandnerds.com/d/0007.html )
Perry Bible Fellowship
http://cheston.com/pbf/index.html
and occasionally I check out one or two more
BlackYoshi @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
PA, VGCats, and CTRL ALT DEL are all good.
Osiris @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Oh Gaming related..
Well Ctrl+alt+del,
MegaTokyo
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A comic I HIGHLY recommened to all with a desire to laugh is www.wigu.com.
PURE GENIUS.
For D&D fans, try http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript
Zoe the Banana @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
I got pretty deep into these replies before I saw any MegaTokyo. Granted, it may not be super game related anymore (it used to be... the first strip took place outside of E3), there is still game talk if Largo gets any page time. And an annoying amount of 1337 5p34k.
Another that occasionally mentions games would be Venus Envy. Now this one is most definitely not for everyone, but I felt it a crime that it hadn't been mentioned thus far, game relation or not. I'd put it in the same boat as MegaTokyo only with a much, much different premise. It can be found here:
http://venusenvy.keenspace.com
And if you happen to read the strip, my name is just an odd coincidence. :/
epthegeek @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
I'm a comic snob, I guess. I really have to dig the art to get into a strip - and a majority of web comics just don't do the art well enough to keep me interested.
penny-arcade.com
pvponline.com
ctrlaltdel-online.com
Sometimes sinfest.com
Sorely missing sixfootsixyearold.com
Oh, and homestarrunner. God damn I loves me some h*r.
Bob S. @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Along with some of the others already mentioned, Concerned (at http://www.hlcomic.com) is on my bookmarks menu.
crummy @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Nobody has posted Dinosaur Comics yet? By far my favourite.
www.qwantz.com
Momus @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Questionable Content.
Jesse @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Can't believe that nobody (not one!) has mentioned GuComics (gucomics.com), I like it a lot-- it's more of a MMORPG comic, if it must be classified.
Badison @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
nuklearpower.com !!!!!!!!!
http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html
pennyarcade, vg cats, dieselsweeties.com
SetupWeasel @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
How about the [strike]Worst[/strike] Best Comic Ever?
http://www.ministry-of-fun.com
I read it all the freaking time! (Duh!)
Kristian @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Ctrl-Alt-Del
MacHall (If you consider that a VG Webcomic)
Megatokyo (Same reason as MacHall)
Metroid Third Derivative
st3v3n @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
has been and always will be Penny Arcade.
LINES @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
What is wrong wiht you people?
http://www.foxtrot.com/
funtographer @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
penny arcade
white ninja
perry bible fellowship
cat and girl
achewood, anyone?
I just started reading Questionable Content. It's pretty good. (Okay so besides PA, none of these are about gaming. They're good.)
Ramsey Cohen @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
It is somewhat astonishing to me that VG cats would be mentioned before PvP....Other than that I have nothing new to add.
Ryan @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Ctrl+alt+del
james @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Penny Arcade is the funniest.
Kuan @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
CAD Comic is the best, hands down.
Sam Law @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
www.vgcats.com
www.cad-comic.com
BIGGIN @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM
Extralife (http://www.myextralife.com)
GUComics (http://www.gucomics.com)
Then the standards of PA, PvP, & CAD.