As mentioned by many of you in comments on my last post, most of the popular webcomics are gag strips and soap operas.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
But a lot of other really good stuff gets passed over.
The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of the eponymous protagonist, Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel‘s fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel (1900-1990), nicknamed the “Desert Peach”. Early issues of the comic focused on the Peach’s command of a misfit unit of the Afrika Korps from 1940 to 1943; subsequent issues have explored the pre- and post-war lives of Pfirsich (German for “Peach”) and his supporting cast.
One of the most unusual and interesting outsider works of comic art EVAH. It’s not getting the love it deserves from the world, you can send it some by reading it HERE.
SPQR Blues is one of my favorite webcomics, and I think it’s the only one I’ve ever read online from start to finish. The art has a Carla Speed McNeil flavor, and gets much better over the course of the series.
SPQR Blues is a webcomic–a sword-and-sandals soap opera in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. Mysteries and danger are daily duty in the life of a bodyguard–or so Felix hopes when he signs on. Who is threatening the life of the young girl he has been asked to protect? What secrets lurk in the tunnels below the city? And who keeps putting animals on top of the arch?
CLICK HERE to go to Page 1 of SPQR Blues at ComicGenesis.
Please take a moment to suggest some other webcomics that aren’t getting the populist love.
I really enjoy “The Abominable Charles Christopher” by Karl Kerschl: http://www.abominable.cc/
A new strip is posted once a week and it’s a great mix of humor, drama and has a few different subplots going. Amazing art and wonderful storytelling.
That looks wonderful! I mentioned it ages ago, but have you seen Rice Boy?
http://rice-boy.com/
Also, Sailor Twain. Really love this one!
http://sailortwain.com/
I love the Desert Peach!
I barely read any gag comics (xkcd, SMBC and LFG are the only exceptptions). All my links and bookmarks are story based. I love SPQR blues. I might also recommend, ugh, every comic on my links page. haha! http://warofwinds.com/war-of-winds.php?page=links.htm Oh look. (I’m sorry, birthday party, a wee bit tipsy, not sure if links are ok in comments.)
Rice Boy is an all-time favorite. I’m fond of his other series as well, including Vattu (which is going on right now). Abominable Charles Christopher is a top ten choice as well. I just love it when an artist takes the time to make things perfect. SPQR is on hiatus, but well worth the read of everything up until now.
Aw, Abominable and everything by Evan Dahm was already thrown out there! Let’s say….Dan Kim’s stuff. http://manga.clone-army.org
He’s kind of odd, and often aborts his comics because they’re not meeting his artistic vision. Then he goes missing for months on end. He’s very niche, and it may be difficult to “get” his work because it operates by his rules, but Paper XI and NNN are worth taking a look at (his only two “finished” comics that aren’t derivative) He wants to devolve into anime moeblobs but at the same time has a fascination with nightmares and gore, so he just hates himself all around.
Also, I guess this falls into “soap opera” but I really like the art style and world of Love Me Nice: http://www.lovemenicecomic.com (currently in a hiatus guest strip week though – but hey, by the artist of Gastro Phobia, which is fun too)
Ah, SPQR on hiatus – I thought it was just me not being able to find a new site. The artist’s blog is still active with new drawings every so often. Such a pity because that’s a favourite. I love the Peach too and Stinz.
I followed Warren Ellis’s Freakangels right from the beginning – SO good and the artwork is stunning. http://www.freakangels.com/
Now I’m following Artifice – sci-fi, cyborgs, slash and psychlogy
http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/about/
FYI, sorry some of the comments are being tagged by my spam filter. It’s afraid of all the links! I apologize for the delay.
I almost forgot to mention Lackadaisy. http://lackadaisycats.com/ Tracy herself admits that it’s overwrought and the style takes far too long for a comic – but she’s determined to see it through! Muliple-page updates come in spurts every few months. In the end she probably has the same schedule as Dresden Codak.
Oh, I love that one! So gorgeous.