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Some of these have the comics posted in their entirety on FA. where applicable, the primary link leads to an "official" site for the comic, but i will provide a secondary link at the end of the mini review to the start of the comic on FA for those interested.
in alphabetical order
Bobwhite by Magnolia Porter
The description on the last page sums it up perfectly; "I wanted to write about girls who I felt were missing from the kind of college movies and tv shows I was watching. Girls who didn’t have life magically figured out, who talked about stupid stuff and wasted their time doing dumb things. Girls who couldn’t always get what they wanted and made mistakes as often as they made good decisions. Girls who I felt resembled myself and the people I knew. I also wanted to write about college as I experienced it- where there weren’t always wild parties to go to and amazing, crazy, life-changing events every other night."
it's finished, it's beautiful.
Castle of cards by sparkynekomi
love love love love love for reasons i cannot entirely place. the basic premise i would compare to jack, but that would be unfair to the author, and the comics are only really similar by virtue of the fact that they deal with similar values and ideas- that is to say, hell and the afterlife and all that jazz, and there are certain things that just coincide with that genre. the art is fucking AMAZING, first off, and the author has put vast amounts of work into the storyline, which is something that, knowing such, gives me much confidence in the future of the comic.
Cheap Thrills by vivisectionbob
FA Link
Okay, this story is.. so far, deep, moving, amazing. The characters are extremely real and the story is compelling, real life expressed in art, essentially. The art is fucking amazing, and the artist releases every page on time, when promised- twice a week, tuesdays and thursdays, and has never missed an update without some sort of warning. The story, knows her watchers, will not have a happy ending, but i can assure you it is and will be worth reading and watching through to the end- and it won't end for a very, very long time. I cannot give this thing enough praise, and everyone i know who's read it agrees.
has drug usage and a large number of dick jokes (not in a bad way, but a real way- these are real people)- there are sexual themes but they are not overpowering.
Cruelty by rukis
HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK. it's short, but it's amazing- about 42 or so pages long, and i cannot give it enough fucking love- the characters are real, real people, with issues and problems, trapped with only each other. Though you only get a snippet of them, you get to this point where you care for them and feel with them so much it's fucking amazing-
now, about 8 pages are withheld online, but they're not required for the story- the entire plot can be found her eon FA, but i highly suggest you go to furplanet and order the damn thing.
it does have some porn, but it's a choice on the part of the reader to view it- it DOES have strong violence and some reference to narcotics use.
Fred Savage by jodimest
Fred.. is awesome, to put it bluntly- He's a mercenary- a real one. If he were playing D&D, he'd be one of the only guys to play Chaotic-Neutral correctly-- and if that sort of character isn't enough to at least get you interested, there's this- The arts pretty damn good, and, as of the end of issue one, the story's pretty solid, as well. It takes place in Africa, tin the midst of war-time (though i've forgotten if it's any war in particular) and looks like it'll be dealing rather a lot with political corruption and things of the like- all juicy in their own right.
and if you're not much for the long-council-meetings that are twenty-pages-long- you don't need to worry- so far it's more guns and less talk, but definitely a lot of good story.
warning: mild cranial deformation
Furry Experience by ellen-natalie
FA Link
It's still in the early stages, somewhere in the area of 70 pages. The art style's fairly decent and definitely works for the story, and can certainly only get better-
it's self aware in kind of a weird way that seems to work alright, but part of me hopes it doesn't really stay that way, because if it's a technique relied upon too much then it'll get in the way of the story, and the references to "furry comics" being made by furry characters is a little awkward, but because one of the strong plot points so far is religion and its effects and interactions with the characters, it has my attention. It seems to be more about figuring out where it fits into peoples live than it is about pushing or preaching or declining it, and this caught my attention in a very good way. I am thoroughly looking forward to the way these characters learn and grow, and am hoping the artist takes us somewhere we can all benefit from and appreciate- it certainly has that potential, and i'll be following this one closely.
Grant by captaingerbear
gay werewolf. No porn, though, and really more of a slice-of-life kind of thing- updates sparingly, but rather worth the read.
Hanna is Not a Boy's Name by Tessa Stone
OH. MY. GOD. I LOVE THIS SHIT. um. dark humour, horror-but-not-really sort of thing- paranormal investigator sucks at investigating paranormally; accompanied by deadpan zombie (who narrates) and an extremely phobic vampire. Just-
wow. okay. the characters are all REALLY well defined. like. REALLY, REALLY. the story has a set, definite.. story, and she says she doesn't have any particular idea where it's going but the writer COULD HAVE FOOLED ME, seriously; the art's cartoony, but no more than ten pages in you get over it and begin to take the comic seriously, and remember it as though you'd been taking it seriously the whole time.. just. Fantastic, and not nearly as long as i'd like, yet-
updates are as often as she can make them. . .
also, the zombie is strangely sexy.
seriously.
Inner Space by maggock
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Okay.. i say this about all of them, but i really do fucking love this one. it takes place entirely within the main character's mind- a great place to be, from a writing standpoint, if for no reason other than the sheer freedom given- Mag is trapped there, without her memories, and guided only by- wouldn't you know it, a part of her Id.
it's nearly two hundred pages in, and damned amazing.
damned
amazing. will buy it in print if the opportunity ever arises.
Jack by driprat
yes, yes, i know, we all already know about this one, but i'd feel wrong if it didn't make it onto the list. at this point its biggest flaw is the fact that it just keeps dragging on and not adding much else to the plot, but i still follow it like the avid fanboy i am. It is, of course, gorey on all counts, and is not afraid of sex, but is, at least until Fnar leaves, an amazing read, and after some time picked that up again in the more recent story arcs. worth a read, but don't do it all at once, for your own sake.
Mr. Brightside by rgibson
Um, alright, it's exactly ten pages long and tells this awesome little story using only the lyrics of The Killer's Mr. Brightside- ALL of them, including any time that words or verses repeat.
I've never f5 spammed before, but i did it to make sure that i got each of the pages right when they were posted.
it's a little.. bloody.
One is Silver by keto and kashra
whoosh! alright, this will be coming in issues... the first one is 16 pages long- well worth the read. the art is amazing, and there is a promise of more to come, from what i gather.
absolutely astounding.
The Pale by Cody Coltharp
Okay. . . To NOT link you to this would be some kind of travesty.
it's experimental, in a way- each "page" is . . . a panoramic display, moreso than it is a "page" (you would have to see it to understand)-
the story is griping immediately, and the pages are set up beautifully so that any backtracking you have to do is done easily, without removing from the story.
And the art?
reminiscent of "The Surrogates" (though mister Coltharp is capable of keeping unnecessary squares to a minimum) no lines, and the way it's presented is unorganized, in the way that life is- it less than makes sense. . . except that here you get to look at it again.
the only bad news?
It's only 40 pages in, and between the layout of the pages and his work/life requirements, it updates pretty slowly.
The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
You can buy the first book here!
This story is complete! It weighs in at exactly 800 pages and ALL of my original objections to the art have been more than hammered out over time by the simple fact of artistic progression- if you don't like the look at the beginning, hold on. it gets WAY better.
the story itself is right up -my- alley (dunno about yours) with plenty of religion and questions regarding it- people change, people die. and never in pretty ways.
It's gory, it's fucked up....
and you don't need to wait for updates :3
Profiles by graveyardgreg and krahnos
hm... i dunno, i guess graveyard just writes stories that i tend to read..
i'm kind of running out of shit to say about all these comics.
Ratfist by Doug Tennapel
Being Published by Image Comics in December
150 pages even, part good-old-fashioned comic-book superhero, part mockery of that genre. Makes fun of any and everything (or maybe just most things?)- and takes an abrupt but natural turn into the utterly depressing.
more than anything it's amazing watching Ricky change and evolve, though there are some things that make you wonder. . . (why was Gina with him so long?!)
This War Machine by skulldog
Purchase Here
31 pages, what i believe is issue 1 is complete and can be read online or purchased.
involves (currently) light violence, and some overtones inherent to war-
very good, watching a young lemur girl come intyo herself and her morals in the world where she finds herself trapped.
TwoKinds by Tom Fischbach
i.. it's fantasy, through and through. I'm kind of iffy on the hart style, but it's grown on me over time, and it seems like the updates come on the wednesdays when promised, i just have a short attention span so i never know for sure. I check this one sparingly, as i tend to forget... but anyway. There's a few plot elements that i'm kind of iffy on, but overall rather enjoy the whole thing, and am wondering how it will turn out- it seems to me something that will -have- to have an end, but.. lord only knows when it will come and what route it will take to get there- however, the plot as a whole shows an excellent amount of promise so i'm hoping the artist/writer doesn't fail us with yet another bad webcomic.
Vinci and Arty by vincinicolaides
adorable. Okay, it's kind of going slow, we tend to get a lot of fluff in between story points, but where the story is, it is DAMNED amazing- updates come relatively far between, it seems like, but it's worth it just for the sheer amount of adorable, i think.
Wednesday and Co. by sublimate
Okay, there's some tasteful violence, tasteful sexuality (but not sex, he's avoiding the porn for this one) awesome characters, stunning art, thrilling plot, and an amazingly well thought out world- this project has been a long time in coming, and chapter one has been completed at a whopping 97 pages. The characters are easy to like or hate, depending on what mister Sublimate wishes of you, and easy to find a way to empathize with- they each have their own set of quirks and personalities, and he does an excellent job of keeping each character in.. well.. Character. He's currently writing chapter two, but when it does update, it updates OFTEN.
Wrek by mitsene
FA Link
FFFFF. Okay. it's beautiful, and so far really, really early into what's doubtless going to be a fucking AMAZING plot. I can tell. it follows a couple of different storylines, and at the moment it's just a tad difficult to follow- go read the characters page, it helps a bit- but i suspect that within the next coupla of months it'll start to fan out beautifully. The main characters each grab your attention nearly immediately with just a few words- a rather rare feat- and get you interested about who they are, where they're from- and why. Especially why.
Zodiac by eggplantman
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Updates fairly regularly, though he does a lot of other things, so sometimes they come a bit slow- I'm a little iffy on the art itself, but am loving the story so far- the plot is fairly typical superhero stuff (to put it mildly) but the sheer number of characters and the way that the writer/artist handles them is amazing in and of itself. It may feel a bit slow but you can tell that everything is being done for a definite and exact purpose, and 80+ pages later we're finally getting to the good stuff- definitely worth following.
too lazy to finish the list right now.... but i'll keep it as updated as possible, and all this shit is definitely worth the read.
in alphabetical order
Bobwhite by Magnolia Porter
The description on the last page sums it up perfectly; "I wanted to write about girls who I felt were missing from the kind of college movies and tv shows I was watching. Girls who didn’t have life magically figured out, who talked about stupid stuff and wasted their time doing dumb things. Girls who couldn’t always get what they wanted and made mistakes as often as they made good decisions. Girls who I felt resembled myself and the people I knew. I also wanted to write about college as I experienced it- where there weren’t always wild parties to go to and amazing, crazy, life-changing events every other night."
it's finished, it's beautiful.
Castle of cards by sparkynekomi
love love love love love for reasons i cannot entirely place. the basic premise i would compare to jack, but that would be unfair to the author, and the comics are only really similar by virtue of the fact that they deal with similar values and ideas- that is to say, hell and the afterlife and all that jazz, and there are certain things that just coincide with that genre. the art is fucking AMAZING, first off, and the author has put vast amounts of work into the storyline, which is something that, knowing such, gives me much confidence in the future of the comic.
Cheap Thrills by vivisectionbob
FA Link
Okay, this story is.. so far, deep, moving, amazing. The characters are extremely real and the story is compelling, real life expressed in art, essentially. The art is fucking amazing, and the artist releases every page on time, when promised- twice a week, tuesdays and thursdays, and has never missed an update without some sort of warning. The story, knows her watchers, will not have a happy ending, but i can assure you it is and will be worth reading and watching through to the end- and it won't end for a very, very long time. I cannot give this thing enough praise, and everyone i know who's read it agrees.
has drug usage and a large number of dick jokes (not in a bad way, but a real way- these are real people)- there are sexual themes but they are not overpowering.
Cruelty by rukis
HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK. it's short, but it's amazing- about 42 or so pages long, and i cannot give it enough fucking love- the characters are real, real people, with issues and problems, trapped with only each other. Though you only get a snippet of them, you get to this point where you care for them and feel with them so much it's fucking amazing-
now, about 8 pages are withheld online, but they're not required for the story- the entire plot can be found her eon FA, but i highly suggest you go to furplanet and order the damn thing.
it does have some porn, but it's a choice on the part of the reader to view it- it DOES have strong violence and some reference to narcotics use.
Fred Savage by jodimest
Fred.. is awesome, to put it bluntly- He's a mercenary- a real one. If he were playing D&D, he'd be one of the only guys to play Chaotic-Neutral correctly-- and if that sort of character isn't enough to at least get you interested, there's this- The arts pretty damn good, and, as of the end of issue one, the story's pretty solid, as well. It takes place in Africa, tin the midst of war-time (though i've forgotten if it's any war in particular) and looks like it'll be dealing rather a lot with political corruption and things of the like- all juicy in their own right.
and if you're not much for the long-council-meetings that are twenty-pages-long- you don't need to worry- so far it's more guns and less talk, but definitely a lot of good story.
warning: mild cranial deformation
Furry Experience by ellen-natalie
FA Link
It's still in the early stages, somewhere in the area of 70 pages. The art style's fairly decent and definitely works for the story, and can certainly only get better-
it's self aware in kind of a weird way that seems to work alright, but part of me hopes it doesn't really stay that way, because if it's a technique relied upon too much then it'll get in the way of the story, and the references to "furry comics" being made by furry characters is a little awkward, but because one of the strong plot points so far is religion and its effects and interactions with the characters, it has my attention. It seems to be more about figuring out where it fits into peoples live than it is about pushing or preaching or declining it, and this caught my attention in a very good way. I am thoroughly looking forward to the way these characters learn and grow, and am hoping the artist takes us somewhere we can all benefit from and appreciate- it certainly has that potential, and i'll be following this one closely.
Grant by captaingerbear
gay werewolf. No porn, though, and really more of a slice-of-life kind of thing- updates sparingly, but rather worth the read.
Hanna is Not a Boy's Name by Tessa Stone
OH. MY. GOD. I LOVE THIS SHIT. um. dark humour, horror-but-not-really sort of thing- paranormal investigator sucks at investigating paranormally; accompanied by deadpan zombie (who narrates) and an extremely phobic vampire. Just-
wow. okay. the characters are all REALLY well defined. like. REALLY, REALLY. the story has a set, definite.. story, and she says she doesn't have any particular idea where it's going but the writer COULD HAVE FOOLED ME, seriously; the art's cartoony, but no more than ten pages in you get over it and begin to take the comic seriously, and remember it as though you'd been taking it seriously the whole time.. just. Fantastic, and not nearly as long as i'd like, yet-
updates are as often as she can make them. . .
also, the zombie is strangely sexy.
seriously.
Inner Space by maggock
FA Link
Okay.. i say this about all of them, but i really do fucking love this one. it takes place entirely within the main character's mind- a great place to be, from a writing standpoint, if for no reason other than the sheer freedom given- Mag is trapped there, without her memories, and guided only by- wouldn't you know it, a part of her Id.
it's nearly two hundred pages in, and damned amazing.
damned
amazing. will buy it in print if the opportunity ever arises.
Jack by driprat
yes, yes, i know, we all already know about this one, but i'd feel wrong if it didn't make it onto the list. at this point its biggest flaw is the fact that it just keeps dragging on and not adding much else to the plot, but i still follow it like the avid fanboy i am. It is, of course, gorey on all counts, and is not afraid of sex, but is, at least until Fnar leaves, an amazing read, and after some time picked that up again in the more recent story arcs. worth a read, but don't do it all at once, for your own sake.
Mr. Brightside by rgibson
Um, alright, it's exactly ten pages long and tells this awesome little story using only the lyrics of The Killer's Mr. Brightside- ALL of them, including any time that words or verses repeat.
I've never f5 spammed before, but i did it to make sure that i got each of the pages right when they were posted.
it's a little.. bloody.
One is Silver by keto and kashra
whoosh! alright, this will be coming in issues... the first one is 16 pages long- well worth the read. the art is amazing, and there is a promise of more to come, from what i gather.
absolutely astounding.
The Pale by Cody Coltharp
Okay. . . To NOT link you to this would be some kind of travesty.
it's experimental, in a way- each "page" is . . . a panoramic display, moreso than it is a "page" (you would have to see it to understand)-
the story is griping immediately, and the pages are set up beautifully so that any backtracking you have to do is done easily, without removing from the story.
And the art?
reminiscent of "The Surrogates" (though mister Coltharp is capable of keeping unnecessary squares to a minimum) no lines, and the way it's presented is unorganized, in the way that life is- it less than makes sense. . . except that here you get to look at it again.
the only bad news?
It's only 40 pages in, and between the layout of the pages and his work/life requirements, it updates pretty slowly.
The Phoenix Requiem by Sarah Ellerton
You can buy the first book here!
This story is complete! It weighs in at exactly 800 pages and ALL of my original objections to the art have been more than hammered out over time by the simple fact of artistic progression- if you don't like the look at the beginning, hold on. it gets WAY better.
the story itself is right up -my- alley (dunno about yours) with plenty of religion and questions regarding it- people change, people die. and never in pretty ways.
It's gory, it's fucked up....
and you don't need to wait for updates :3
Profiles by graveyardgreg and krahnos
hm... i dunno, i guess graveyard just writes stories that i tend to read..
i'm kind of running out of shit to say about all these comics.
Ratfist by Doug Tennapel
Being Published by Image Comics in December
150 pages even, part good-old-fashioned comic-book superhero, part mockery of that genre. Makes fun of any and everything (or maybe just most things?)- and takes an abrupt but natural turn into the utterly depressing.
more than anything it's amazing watching Ricky change and evolve, though there are some things that make you wonder. . . (why was Gina with him so long?!)
This War Machine by skulldog
Purchase Here
31 pages, what i believe is issue 1 is complete and can be read online or purchased.
involves (currently) light violence, and some overtones inherent to war-
very good, watching a young lemur girl come intyo herself and her morals in the world where she finds herself trapped.
TwoKinds by Tom Fischbach
i.. it's fantasy, through and through. I'm kind of iffy on the hart style, but it's grown on me over time, and it seems like the updates come on the wednesdays when promised, i just have a short attention span so i never know for sure. I check this one sparingly, as i tend to forget... but anyway. There's a few plot elements that i'm kind of iffy on, but overall rather enjoy the whole thing, and am wondering how it will turn out- it seems to me something that will -have- to have an end, but.. lord only knows when it will come and what route it will take to get there- however, the plot as a whole shows an excellent amount of promise so i'm hoping the artist/writer doesn't fail us with yet another bad webcomic.
Vinci and Arty by vincinicolaides
adorable. Okay, it's kind of going slow, we tend to get a lot of fluff in between story points, but where the story is, it is DAMNED amazing- updates come relatively far between, it seems like, but it's worth it just for the sheer amount of adorable, i think.
Wednesday and Co. by sublimate
Okay, there's some tasteful violence, tasteful sexuality (but not sex, he's avoiding the porn for this one) awesome characters, stunning art, thrilling plot, and an amazingly well thought out world- this project has been a long time in coming, and chapter one has been completed at a whopping 97 pages. The characters are easy to like or hate, depending on what mister Sublimate wishes of you, and easy to find a way to empathize with- they each have their own set of quirks and personalities, and he does an excellent job of keeping each character in.. well.. Character. He's currently writing chapter two, but when it does update, it updates OFTEN.
Wrek by mitsene
FA Link
FFFFF. Okay. it's beautiful, and so far really, really early into what's doubtless going to be a fucking AMAZING plot. I can tell. it follows a couple of different storylines, and at the moment it's just a tad difficult to follow- go read the characters page, it helps a bit- but i suspect that within the next coupla of months it'll start to fan out beautifully. The main characters each grab your attention nearly immediately with just a few words- a rather rare feat- and get you interested about who they are, where they're from- and why. Especially why.
Zodiac by eggplantman
FA Link
Updates fairly regularly, though he does a lot of other things, so sometimes they come a bit slow- I'm a little iffy on the art itself, but am loving the story so far- the plot is fairly typical superhero stuff (to put it mildly) but the sheer number of characters and the way that the writer/artist handles them is amazing in and of itself. It may feel a bit slow but you can tell that everything is being done for a definite and exact purpose, and 80+ pages later we're finally getting to the good stuff- definitely worth following.
too lazy to finish the list right now.... but i'll keep it as updated as possible, and all this shit is definitely worth the read.
look pretty damn awesome.
goddamned, this one's goin' up on that list right the fuck now.
The only comic I read all the way through
still... the gore... x.x Mr. Brightside at least was a small passing thing, and the gimmick made up for it x3
Thanks so much for this list, Siggy!
Also, I really want to make a chinese crested character now xD
Still, it's cool and a bit creepy that I've read or heard of just about every comic you listed, with the exception of the first, Castle of Cards. I'm leafing through it and having a good time, so thank you for posting this journal! I don't think I can disagree with your reasoning or approach with the little reviews.
i remember going over yours and having a good reason ("good"- like, bathroom, or something) for not adding it at the time, but it will be up there when i update this list next :3
i'm personally finding it cool to know how many people have FOUND this list- and the fact that one of them is among my more favorite comic artists (yourself, that is to say) makes me glee a bit inside =D
By the way, I had no idea you were a reader! Please, drop a note on my pages now and then. I'd appreciate your input.
My other is to sound like an Irish cop from the old movies and say, "Sweet mother o'fucking".
That all has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of your journal. I'm just sayin'