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Looking for Web Comics

-- Publishers Weekly, 12/19/2005

Modern Tales publisher Joey Manley warns, “Web comics are vast. You’ll never know as much about them as you might know about printed comics or even manga.” Just dipping a toe into the waters might get you carried away by the undertow, but for those who want to learn more, here are some places to start:

NEWS AND ANALYSIS
Comixpedia: www.comixpedia.com/index.php
General news and views about Web comics, including T. Campbell’s well researched History of Webcomics.

Webcomics Examiner: webcomicsreview.com/examiner/home.html
Another general-interest site, with in-depth essays and interviews covering all aspects of Web comics)

COMICS SITES
Penny Arcade: www.penny-arcade.com
Tycho and Gabe explore the nerditry of gaming and relationships.

PvP: www.pvponline.com
Originally about gaming, PvP now pokes satirical fun at a full spectrum of human foibles.

Megatokyo: www.megatokyo.com
Two gamers adrift in Tokyo send up manga and anime conventions.

Diesel Sweeties: www.dieselsweeties.com
Contemporary comedy with a sci-fi twist as a robot romances an emo girl.

The Perry Bible Fellowship: cheston.com/pbf/archive.html
Indescribable humor that just might be the Web’s answer to The Far Side.

Digger: www.graphicsmash.com/series.php?name=digger&view=current
Humorous fantasy epic about a female wombat trying to get home.

Komikwerks: www.komikwerks.com
The site partners with comics publisher ibooks and offers a variety of online comics including a series of original comics by Stan Lee.

Wapsi Square: wapsisquare.com
The comical and sometime supernatural relationships between a group of young post-college follks living in Minneapolis.

Scary Go-Round: www.scarygoround.com
The humorous misadventures of a group of young, attractive, contemporary urban brits.

SUBSCRIPTION SITES

Modern Tales: www.moderntales.com

Girlamatic: www.girlamatic.com

Graphic Smash: www.graphicsmash.com

Keenspot: www.keenspot.com

Webcomics Nation: www.webcomicsnation.com

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