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Dominic Deegan |
Humor:8 |
Art:4 |
Story:1 |
Sin:9 |
Overall:1 |
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In the beginning, the comic is consistently very funny. But, eventually, after about 100-200 comics or so, the storyline begins to become quite a bit darker, which puts a big damper on the humor. The author relies heavily on the use of puns to add humor. While I ordinarily hate puns, these ones aren't so bad, and some of them I kinda like.
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I'm not quite sure what to call this drawing style, but I like it. The comic is not often colored, and when it is, it usually doesn't look that good. He's better off sticking with black and white and I'm glad that's what he usually decides to do. The foreground art is excellent, but there is rarely much background art.
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Dominic is a seer. For those not in the know, a seer is one who has the ability to recieve glimpses of the future. Come and see what trials such a unique gift brings. The storyline rules! No, seriously, Mookie (the author) is a great storyteller. Very well thought out and no plot holes. Plenty of surprises and twists and turns, but not so many that it gives you reader's whiplash. Genre: fantasy. The suspense will keep you coming back for more Dominic Deegan every day.
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A rather high sin rating for being the best comic, huh? Well, this comic is redeemed by the fact that no matter how much sin is going on around Dominic, he still maintains good character. Swearing, lots of graphic violence, sexual inuendo, a bit too much cleavage showing (especially when they go to Erossus, a.k.a. "sin city"), scenes with implied sex, and an implied threesome sex scene (again, in "sin city"). Dominic does swear, but otherwise participates in none of these things. After about 968 comics, it is revealed that most of the characters in the comic tolerate homosexuality.
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This was one of those webcomics where I knew it was going to be a winner within the first 20 strips or so. I loved it so much that I've laborously copied the entire archive onto my hard drive strip-by-strip. I was very sad when I caught up to the present day. The storyline is so good, however, that I do not mind waiting a whole day for the newest strip to come out. Dominic is a very likeable character that should appeal to a wide audience. Go read this comic from the beginning to the present day NOW!
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Adventurers! |
Humor:1 |
Art:10 |
Story:8 |
Sin:2 |
Overall:2 |
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Oh. My. Lord. This is the funniest webcomic I've ever encountered. It starts out funny, and it -stays- funny. Note that you will only get the jokes if you've played at least one RPG before.
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The art in this comic pretty much sucks. It gets better as it goes on though, and the bad art is by far outweighed by the fact that the humor is so awesome.
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At first, there isn't much of a storyline at all. While the strip focuses on the same group of characters the whole time, the things they do do not seem to link together into any real plot. Just random jokes poking fun at illogical things that happen in RPGs - which are pretty dang funny, mind you. Eventually, though, some pretty good plots develop. Over 1000 comics and it doesn't get old. You will like it, and you will stay interested. Read this comic!
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This comic is practically angelic. There isn't even any swearing, which I don't actually consider to be a sin anyway. The only thing I can think of that someone may gripe about is that the female ninjas show a little too much cleavage. The art is so bad that it really doesn't make a difference, though. Heh. Unfortunately, this comic is hosted on Keenspot (a popular host for many webcomics), which means some of the banner ads aren't so clean.
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If you have played even just one RPG, you will love this comic. If you are an avid RPGer, you will adore this comic beyond belief. If you have never played an RPG, you probably won't understand this comic, sadly. Enough said: go read this comic from beginning to end right now!
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The Wotch |
Humor:2 |
Art:6 |
Story:5 |
Sin:4 |
Overall:3 |
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Most of the humor comes out of the akward situations that result from Anne's magic, but the authors know how to pull humor out of random stuff as well. Changing someone's gender, specifically: changing guys to gals, is a favored way to bring some laughs.
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The art begins "below average", but eventually progresses to "average." The strips are large, long, and always in color. The comic would never survive if it weren't in color; the line art just isn't good enough for that. The art is a team effort by two authors. One draws, the other colors.
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Meet Anne Onymous. She is "the Wotch," although she doesn't really know what that's supposed to mean, other than that she's gifted with powerful magic. She has just transferred to Tandy High School, where two guys stumble upon her secret. They all become friends and vow to keep each other safe. Anne is still a novice in magic, which leads to all sorts of accidents and troubles, most of which end up bringing about some very akward and funny situations. Join Ms. Onymous and her friends as they try to undo their mistakes, only to inevitably make more later.
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Family friendly. Not a single swear word. There is, however, a bit too much cleavage showing on some of the girls; especially on the guys that are changed into girls. The art is just good enough for something like that to matter. Absolutely no sexual inuendo. Overall, very clean.
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What, are you too lazy to read the entries about the individual qualities of the comic? You just want a quick summary? Well, too bad. There's no shorter way to say it!
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9th Elsewhere |
Humor:11 |
Art:3 |
Story:2 |
Sin:3 |
Overall:4 |
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Not a whole lot of humor to speak of in this comic. The main focus is the story. Many of the drawings are cute enough to be considered funny by some people.
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Very detailed for a comic. No color, but it's best that way. Many "cute" drawings.
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Carmen, a depressed young writer who has bounced around foster-care homes all her life suddenly finds herself magically trapped in her own dream world with a quirky ethereal muse. To wake up, she must resolve the inner conflicts that have been tormenting her mind for years. A fascinating exploration of a human psyche.
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Mild and infrequent swearing. No complaints otherwise!
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No summary here. The entries for the individual qualities of this comic are concise enough.
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El Goonish Shive |
Humor:5 |
Art:5 |
Story:4 |
Sin:10 |
Overall:5 |
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Much of the humor in this comic centers around people's genders (or species) being changed, thanks to Tedd's handy transformer gun. Many akward situations result. The author knows how to pull humor from random, everyday situations, too. There are also a number of video game references that the geeks will enjoy.
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The art is pretty sub-par in the beginning. But, as with all comics, the art gets much better as it goes on. Most of the strips are in black and white, but for really cool scenes the author will do it in color. He does a good job of it too. The transformations look pretty sweet. Stick with the comic, and you'll end up seeing a lot of cool looking creatures.
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Meet Tedd, a young, weird and fantastic inventor who happens to be the son of a government employee who covers up paranormal activity for a living. Meet Elliot, friend of Tedd and trainee at a one-of-a-kind "Anime-style Dojo." Meet Grace, a girl of unknown origin who stumbles into Tedd's life looking for help. Her ability to transform into a squirrel, or a half-squirrel, half-human, is more than a little weird. Everyone likes super powers, right? Yeah, they're cool. Complicated but gripping, entertaining, and even touching plotlines will keep you reading this comic from the beginning right up to the current date. Note that you have to go through about the first 30 comics or so before it starts to get interesting (but don't skip them; they're important to the plotline).
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Tedd is a little dirty, and not ashamed of it. Some other, minor characters are dirty too. Sometimes, but not often, the author will use something dirty as the punchline for the strip. Someone might be offended. Sometimes a bit too much cleavage will be showing and the art is just good enough that it may be a problem for some people. Also, later in the storyline it is very much emphasized that homosexuality should be tollerated. Oh, and swearing is fairly frequent, too.
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What, are you too lazy to read the entries about the individual qualities of the comic? You just want a quick summary? Well, too bad. There's no shorter way to say it!
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Schlock Mercenary |
Humor:6 |
Art:9 |
Story:3 |
Sin:5 |
Overall:6 |
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Heh heh heh, yeah, this comic can be pretty funny. Humor is pulled from a wide variety of sources. Wide, I tell you. Far too wide to merit an example of such a source. Go read this comic yourselves, you lazy schmucks.
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The art starts out being really crappy, but eventually progresses to being pretty dang good. Always in color. The later art easily beats most newspaper comics. It's worth wethering through the earlier, poorly rendered comics for the sake of being able to follow the storyline later. Regardless of the art quality, any portion of the comic is a good read for its entertaining story and humor.
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Genre: 31st-century science fiction. Follow a group of greedy, violent mercenaries as they travel the galaxy seeking contracts big enough to cover the next payroll. Unique to this group is a creature named Schlock, which more closely resembles a giant pile of poop with eyeballs than it does a living, let alone sentient being. Fortunately, he doesn't smell like poop, and he has some pretty cool abilities to boot. With over 2000 comics in the archives, Schlock Mercenary makes for a good, long read, and many different plotlines.
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No swearing. No clevage showing per se, but the clothing some of the women wear is a bit too form-fitting. The art isn't really good enough for that to matter, though. Yeah, there is some sexual inuendo. Although the comic seems to generally take on an athiestic perspective, the author is actually a Mormon. Lots of violence, and a few main character deaths. Recommended age group: 17 and up.
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What, are you too lazy to read the entries about the individual qualities of the comic? You just want a quick summary? Well, tough. There's no shorter way to say it!
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8-bit Theater |
Humor:3 |
Art:11 |
Story:9 |
Sin:6 |
Overall:7 |
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Black Mage (BM) is so very, very evil. His mind is so twisted and his statements and actions are so appalling that you just have to laugh at them. Without BM, there is no 8-bit Theater. There are other characters who have their own unique and humorous qualities. Their quarrels and strong character flaws are what keep the humor mill running around this comic. There are a few RPG jokes that gamers will enjoy, too.
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One of the first sprite comics. Very, very crappy art, hands down. Most, but not all, sprite comics are like that. The sprites are taken mostly from the FF1 game for original Nintendo (NES). Backgrounds range from crappy 8-bit-ness to amaetur photoshop goodness. We forgive the author, though, because he's so dang funny.
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The plot roughly follows the storyline outlined in the old NES FF1 game from Nintendo. The author takes plenty of artistic liberties with the plot though, so there is no shortage of surprises. Since NES games are too small to have a decently deep storyline, people who haven't played the game will understand and enjoy the story/humor of this comic anyway. I know I did. Anyway, it's basically your over-cliched story about a group of idiots on a quest to save the world from the really powerful evil bad guy. There are plenty of side-quests and misadventures, as well. Too many plot holes. The storyline isn't all that gripping. But hey, you don't read this comic because it's deep or interesting; you read it because it's funny.
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Sexual innuendo? Yep, they've got that. Bloody violence? Mmm-hmm. Swearing too. Not too much cleavage, but it's a sprite comic for crying out loud - even if they were naked (which they aren't), you wouldn't really see anything. Reccomended age group: 15 and up.
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Bah. Overall descriptions are for the lazy. You don't want me to make fun of you for being lazy, do you? Go read the individualized descriptions for this comic instead.
...quit looking at me.
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Order of the Stick |
Humor:4 |
Art:8 |
Story:10 |
Sin:7 |
Overall:8 |
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Mostly a collection of clever jokes that make fun of the more illogical mechanics of D&D, but there is plenty of character-based humor as well. Great for any D&D fan or even for someone who's merely a friend of a D&D fan.
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This one is kind of interesting. They're stick figures, but they're really, really well drawn stick figures. Always in color. Unlike most comics, the art quality of this one does not change over time. It starts out decent, and stays decent. Other people draw stick figures because it's all they can draw; this guy draws stick figures because he thinks they're funny.
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The story follows a group of adventurers in a typical D&D game. A fighter, a rogue, a ranger, a mage, a bard, and a cleric all seek the great lich Xykon. It's all a bit cliched, but that's to be expected with any parody.
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A couple of dwarfs have sex, but no "parts" are shown. Minor swearing. Sexual inuendo. A female character loses her top off-screen once and everyone watches. Religion in general gets made fun of a little bit. Viewer discretion is advised.
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A D&D parody. Those who play RPG video games but not paper-and-pencil RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons will likely not get some of the jokes, but still enjoy the comic anyway. If you've never heard of an RPG and don't even enjoy the fantasy genre in general, you probably won't like this comic; heck, you won't even understand it. If you PLAY D&D, you will absolutely love this comic. Go. Read it from the beginning to the end now.
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Angel Moxie |
Humor:7 |
Art:7 |
Story:7 |
Sin:1 |
Overall:9 |
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Clever humor that mostly comes out of the unique and quirky personalities that all of the characters have.
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Decent hand-drawn art. Never colored. Nothing too flashy to look at. Just... decent. That's all.
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Three 6th grade girls are given super powers by a heavenly being and bid to save the world from an overwhemingly powerful evil force that is soon to come. One is given magic, another is given supreme intellect, and the last is given incredible physical strength. The comic is just a tad cheesy on the whole, but that's how it is with comics that are geared towards a younger audience.
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A very, very innocent comic. Appropriate for all ages. There is some fighting, but it's very clean (think "Power Rangers"). One swear word out of all 618 comics.
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This comic is aimed at a somewhat younger audience. The author says "ages 7 and up." I didn't mind reading it, though.
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Mac Hall |
Humor:9 |
Art:1 |
Story:11 |
Sin:8 |
Overall:10 |
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It's not really that funny. Maybe it's just not my kind of humor, I dunno. I do have a couple of favorites, though.
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Pure Photoshop goodness. Always in color; always pretty. Art style changes over time.
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There is no storyline; none at all. Hence the disfavorable rating. Nothing but random jokes. But hey, some people (those with short attention spans) like it that way.
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Implied sex. Minor swearing. Recommended age group: 17-29
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Random college humor with great art and absolutely no storyline. You don't even have to read it from the beginning. Lazy people can check the site every few days or so and simply read the latest strip. Not my favorite comic in the world, but hey, different people, different tastes.
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Megatokyo |
Humor:10 |
Art:2 |
Story:6 |
Sin:11 |
Overall:11 |
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The comic starts out pretty funny, then declines after a while as the story shifts from "crazy things happening" to "relationships." No sign of the humor coming back. Some of the humor that is there is kinda crude.
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Good art. Real good. Hand drawn. Very very rarely in color. Art improves over time.
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Piro and Largo: two avid American gamers who fly to Tokyo on a whim and end up being trapped there with no money to get back. Thanks to his fluency in Japanese, Piro manages to land a job at a local manga/gaming shop called "MegaGamers." Largo, who is not at all fluent, freeloads off of Piro. Piro doesn't mind though; Largo is his best friend. They develop relationships with the people there and end up liking Tokyo so much that they decide to stay even when they do raise the money to go back. Piro is typically serious, depressed and self-hating. Largo is typically cheerful and insane. All kinds of craziness happens which can only be described as "MegaTokyo." Largo keeps the comic funny; Piro keeps the comic grounded in real storyline.
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Just trust me on this one. High school age and up.
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A very popular webcomic that's been around for quite a while, but not so great in my opinion. Well drawn, to be sure. Some great humor involving Tokyo disasters and Sony being evil. But mostly, just kinda angsty, and sometimes a bit crude. Decent but confusing story. If for no other reason, read it because so many other webcomic-ers make frequent references to Piro and MegaTokyo.
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