1. Dinosaur Comics. The Platonic ideal of all webcomics. Off the top of my head, here are five things I love about Dinosaur Comics: (1) Ryan manages to write something new using the same image every day; (2) exclamation points (this recent comic deals with just that issue, in fact!); (3) the way that T-Rex's casual murder of that tiny woman is almost never mentioned; (4) the guest strips (one series in 2005, starting there, and another in 2003, starting here); and (5) the flyover jokes.
2. Nedroid (via Dinosaur Comics). Nedroid, as far as I can tell, draws random comics, including a series featuring Beartato (a bear/potato). Nedroid also has a livejournal, which seems to have more comics and drawings than the website. I have a few favorites. This one explores the dangers of ketchup. This one explores the delights of hiding in bushes. His livejournal currently features a high robot quotient. Awesome!
3. Exploding Dog. This one is kind of hard to explain. Readers send in titles, and he draws a comic from them. They often turn out funny, or sad, but mainly surreal. A few recent ones I like: you guys make me happy, this is what I was put on earth to do, it was a long time ago but I still think about it, and I thought we had discussed this.
4. The Perry Bible Fellowship. Master of the twist ending. Here are a few of my favorites: No One is Thirsty, Missing Grandfather, Prank Dragon, Dinosaur Meteors, and QPI Interview (that one is maybe only funny to me).
5. Read a book, for Christ's sake.
My favorite PBF is Suicide Train (http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=0PBF38032BC-Suicide_Train.jpg#39). But those are all great too. No One is Thirsty was the first one I ever saw (in the Dig) and I was hooked.
Posted by: amanda | November 14, 2006 at 11:58 AM