Sadly, the funny paper's are no longer funny to me. When I was little I used to love reading the newspaper comics with breakfast every morning before school, but now they seem kind of stiff and outdated. Luckily my beau introduced me to the wonderful world of web comic's recently and I have been able to rekindle my romance with the funnies, just in a new medium. So here is a list of some of the best webcomics on the internet (in my opinion).
1.) Axe Cop
This comic is written by a six year old, five when the story began, and illustrated by his thirty year old brother. Few things make me smile more than Axe Cop. It's great to be reminded of what a little kid's imagination is like. One of the characters in the comic is called Sockarang, in case you couldn't garner this from the name his power is too throw his arms which are made of sock's like a boomerang. After this character was introduced my boyfriend said "O man I so get that sock's look like boomerang's". It's not just a creative mish mash though, there is a pretty cohesive, and at times even a little heart warming story line. It's been picked up by Dark Horse comics to be made into a miniseries which is currently on sale. YAY!
2.) Hark A Vagrant
Reading this comic makes me feel smart. I love to laugh and learn at the same time, what is better than that? Hark a Vagrant is a history comic drawn by Canadian born Kate Beaton. She recently moved to New York and I'm pretty sure she lives off of all her sweet webcomic money, which is pretty awesome. Not all of her jokes are about history, she does a pretty cool series of comics about what she thinks books are about based solely on their covers. Also there's a pretty sweet Murphy Brown joke in there somewhere.
3.) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
This one is pretty popular; it has even expanded to include SMBC theatre; a video sketch site. It's consistently funny and random everyday. The jokes bounce between graph jokes, penis jokes, and bad parenting jokes on a daily basis. It's pretty nerdy in a good way and it makes me laugh out loud probably more than any other comic on this list.
4.) The Meek
It's almost unfair to call the Meek a web comic. It bills itself as an online graphic novel, and it's perfectly deserving of that title. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous the story is enthralling and characters are well thought out and relatable. This is one of the few serial comics on this list because I have a short attention span it it's hard for me to remember to keep checking serials and not get bored with their story line, but The Meek has always kept me interested.
5.) Weapon Brown
This comic takes all of the beloved character from the old newspaper funny pages and places them in a hyper violent hyper sexualized post apocalyptic world. If you don't want to check out Weapon Brown after reading that last sentence, there is something seriously wrong with you. The main character is super buff and badass Charlie Brown who begins the story as a mercenary in a post nuclear war U.S.A. He travels where no one else will go and is on the lookout for his missing girlfriend, the red haired girl. It's an original idea with amazing execution. The best thing about it is how it's totally serious and totally hilarious at the same time. While you're looking at Weapon Brown don't mosey over to Jason Yungbluth's other comic, What Is Deep Fried, it is kind of creepy and weird and just trust me you will regret it.
6.) Nedroid
There's just something about Beartato that keeps me coming back to the this comic. It's about two best friends, a potato shaped bear named Beartato and some sort of large birdmanthing name Reginald. They hang out together and have daily misadventures. It's nice to see a buddy comic where the characters take turns being the butt of the jokes. I also love the way the characters take everyday situations and make them bizarre. This comic is a good example of that.
7.) Joe Loves Crappy Movies
I like this comic because I'm a huge movie fan and you don't just get a comic but a movie review as well! The title pretty much says it all with this one. Joe goes to see a crappy movie, and writes a review and a comic based on it. Sometimes they are stereotypically crappy movies like Twilight, or G.I. Joe, and sometimes they are actually decent movies that had a lot of potential to be crappy, like Toy Story 3. Other times he writes about using certain plot devices in movies and such. My one big complaint about Joe Loves Crappy Movies is that it doesn't update often enough. The guy that makes it also does a bunch of other comics, none of which are nearly as good in my opinion. Still Joe Loves Crappy Movies is fun and funny, definitely worth a mention.
8.) Captain Stupendous
This comic is written by the same guy who writes Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It was originally called Captain Excelsior but they changed it recently when they released it in book form due to a copyrighting issue. It's sort of like The Incredibles meets A Long Days Journey Into Night. If you like silver age comics for their hokey quaintness, then you will love Captain Stupendous.
9.) Boxer Hockey
Boxer Hockey is still trying to find it's legs as a web-comic but it has real potential. It's about a group of friends who play a strange professional sport together that is a combination of street fighting and soccer, which is played in only underwear. Oh, and the ball is a genetically enhanced frog. In the beginning the characters weren't very likable, but the artist seems to have realized that and is remedying the situation by giving them an adorable and funny backstory about their childhood. If you want to check it out this is a good place to start.
10.) His Face All Red
This is a very well written horror story with fairytale feel to it. The artwork is pretty, it's a little like reading a story board for a movie. I especially like that the artist didn't feel confined to panels like so many other web comic artists do. The only reason it is so low on the list is because it's only a few pages long but it's one of my favorites so I had to mention it.
Honorable Mention:
This isn't really a comic but this guy does awesome Tim Burton style pictures of monsters on post it notes. It's pretty nifty. http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/
7.) Joe Loves Crappy Movies
I like this comic because I'm a huge movie fan and you don't just get a comic but a movie review as well! The title pretty much says it all with this one. Joe goes to see a crappy movie, and writes a review and a comic based on it. Sometimes they are stereotypically crappy movies like Twilight, or G.I. Joe, and sometimes they are actually decent movies that had a lot of potential to be crappy, like Toy Story 3. Other times he writes about using certain plot devices in movies and such. My one big complaint about Joe Loves Crappy Movies is that it doesn't update often enough. The guy that makes it also does a bunch of other comics, none of which are nearly as good in my opinion. Still Joe Loves Crappy Movies is fun and funny, definitely worth a mention.
8.) Captain Stupendous
This comic is written by the same guy who writes Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. It was originally called Captain Excelsior but they changed it recently when they released it in book form due to a copyrighting issue. It's sort of like The Incredibles meets A Long Days Journey Into Night. If you like silver age comics for their hokey quaintness, then you will love Captain Stupendous.
9.) Boxer Hockey
Boxer Hockey is still trying to find it's legs as a web-comic but it has real potential. It's about a group of friends who play a strange professional sport together that is a combination of street fighting and soccer, which is played in only underwear. Oh, and the ball is a genetically enhanced frog. In the beginning the characters weren't very likable, but the artist seems to have realized that and is remedying the situation by giving them an adorable and funny backstory about their childhood. If you want to check it out this is a good place to start.
10.) His Face All Red
This is a very well written horror story with fairytale feel to it. The artwork is pretty, it's a little like reading a story board for a movie. I especially like that the artist didn't feel confined to panels like so many other web comic artists do. The only reason it is so low on the list is because it's only a few pages long but it's one of my favorites so I had to mention it.
Honorable Mention:
This isn't really a comic but this guy does awesome Tim Burton style pictures of monsters on post it notes. It's pretty nifty. http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/
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