Web Comics

One of the more fun discoveries of last year was web comics. Why are we talking about web comics? Cause my life is boring and nothing is happening. Can't post pics of miniatures I'm painting for the Chick Challenge as the entries have to be cofidential. So lets get back to web comics...

Whats nice about them? They are frequently updated and best of all free! After wondering around looking at some of them, here are the three that I've ended up reading regularly (when I remember). All three has been ongoing for sometime so it took a while to catch up when I first started. Now I spend a few minutes once or twice a week to check up on them.

Wapsi Square by Paul Taylor is probably my favourite art wise. He has improved tremendously (as you would if you drew everyday!) In his own words "Wapsi Square follows the day to day stories and relationships between a group of five post college friends and a school teacher turned bartender. Amanda is a motherly professional photographer who is convinced the intelligence of the world is dropping but still remains optimistic. Monica is the diminutive museum curator that has yet to realize how cute she is. Jaquline, Shelly, and Owen are the members of the punk band Fermented Banana and good friends of Monica and Amanda. Various story lines deal with grade school crushes, blind dates, the perceptions of others, and the Aztec god of alcohol"

Something Positive by Randy Milholland has a great story. It takes a while to develop though. "Once upon a time, there were two friends - a girl named Aubrey, and a jerk named Davan. They'd grown up together in a mystical place known as the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Okay, well, maybe not mystical. Actually, it sort of blew... and Davan didn't even live in Ft. Worth or Dallas, but in a little pitstop between called Bedford. Anyway, they were chugging away and being themselves when one day, Davan had a realization - he didn't know what the hell he was doing with his life. Aubrey had a sneaking suspicion she was in the same boat, but kept it to herself. They had some mutual friends, including a Canadian named Pee-Jee, who'd moved to Boston a while back, and decided maybe that was a good idea. So they packed up and moved up north to see if maybe a change of scenary would help them make sense of life. Thus far, it hasn't - but they're too lazy too move again. "

Lastly The Order of the Stick. Well... What can I say, they are stick figures.... Probably not a whole lot of fun to most people but if you are into fantasy RPGs and Dungeons and Dragons in particular, its quite hillarious.