It's time for another review of the week in webcomics. I'm your guest host Daniel, filling in for Jackson while he's off doing family stuff and generally being lazy. So, without further ado, the week in short.
Over at Penny Arcade the site has been chosen as one of
Time magazine's 50 best websites of 2008. Not only that, but the comic continues to
amuse in a continuous recovery from a long lack of funny.
Speaking of lacking in funny, Ctrl-Alt-Del continues to pursue a rather unfunny storyline. While I understand his motivation in trying to bring a plot circle to a close, and can certainly see some logic in what he's done...still. Even if it is, as he says, a "
gamer comic," about gamers rather than gaming, I see no reason to so drastically change the tone of the comic by introducing something so heavy to the plot.
Speaking of plot heaviness,
Megatokyo is still around, and still confusing the hell out of me. As if the intricate plot wasn't hard enough to follow, the irregular schedule of updates for the past few months has made my understanding of the story (and I'll wager that of a lot of other readers) pretty lousy. Now I'm not going to lie: I love Megatokyo. It's the first webcomic I ever read (with the possible exception of VGCats), and although the plot is as intricate as that of any Dostoevsky novel, I stick with it. That being said...I'm glad it's on a side track right now, and I'm finally going to reread the last few chapters and find out what the hell's going on.
Octopus Pie continues to delve into Eve's relationships with her former friends, and naturally the best way to expose true feelings is to have it out in a huge laser tag battle.
Oh, and if you haven't been reading
Gunnerkrigg Court, you should be. It's well written, well drawn, and just when I think that I've predicted the path of the story it always switches things up.
Another well drawn and well written webcomic is
Girl Genius. I was turned on to this by a friend earlier this year, and I have to say, it's quite good.
Questionable Content is exploring Faye's insecurities again, which is typical, because she does have a lot of them. This
last comic is a nightmare for clean freak Hannelore - in fact, lately she's been getting a lot of grief.
That about wraps up my foray into weekly webcomic review. Check these out too:
Misfile
Thinking Ape BluesFlaky PastrySee, wasn't that better than an SGD?
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