For Future Reference - Online Comics

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My favorite online comics:

Penny Arcade:
-My favorite strip: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16
-Also good: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/04/29
-Explanation: mostly discussion of video game industry and popular entertainment culture. Sometimes violent or overly ironic.

V. G. Cats: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/
-My favorite strip: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=150
-Also good: http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=186
-Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Arcade_%28webcomic%29
-Explanation: mostly discussion of video game industry and popular entertainment culture. Very good at mocking films.

Dinosaur Comics:
-My favorite strip: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=619
-Also good: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=881
-Also good: or http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=29
-Also good: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=10
-Also good: or http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=883
-Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Comics
-Explanation: uses the same panels with different dialogue every week. Focuses on philosophy and culture commentary, as well as language jokes.
-NOTE: if you hold your cursor over the comic, a bonus joke pops up in the little yellow tool-tip thing

Head Trip Comics: http://headtripcomics.livejournal.com/
-My favorite strip: http://headtripcomics.livejournal.com/1431.html
-Explanation: mostly discussion of popular entertainment culture, but with female protagonists' views. Not updated regularly anymore.


Video Joke Sites:

Ask A Ninja: http://askaninja.com/
-My favorite episode: http://askaninja.com/episodes?page=1 "Ninternships"

Ask A Republican: http://www.askarepublican.com/Welcome.html


Recommended by my cousin:
-PVP Online: http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20020401
-Perry Bible Fellowship: http://pbfcomics.com/

Comments

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

My friends have introduced me into Dinosaur comics--I'm fond of their overuse of "!" because it makes everything sound so enthusiastic!

On a more roleplaying-geek level, 8-bit Theatre is classic on a general RP level, and I've recently become very fond of Order of the Stick, which is more D&D-based, has plot and character development that far outweigh any expectations I had of it, and has pretty much had one laugh-out-loud moment every strip.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

T-Rex is always enthusiastic of course! How could he be anything else! He's T-Rex!

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It took me a few tries before I got the feel for Dinosaur Comics, but I end up loving it because it's pretty literary for an online comic. It goes into all these philosophical allegories that, while not at ALL subtle, are simultaneously informational and funny. I mean... T-Rex talks about driving in a car with Science Personified, Religion Personified, and Invention Personified. I mean... who writes comics about stuff like that? I love it.