Category:Web Comics
"They're all about video games, gamer nerds, web geeks, dork nerds, gamewads, nerd games, web webs, and elves."
—--Strong Bad on webcomics
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A webcomic is exactly what it sounds like, a comic on the World Wide Web.
They vary in format from gag-a-day Garfield-style strips, to dramatic, romantic graphic novels, to Japanese-inspired manga-style comics. Some of the most popular webcomics tend to have a computer game theme, giving an idea of who their key audience are (or, perhaps, where the author is coming from).
The medium as a whole suffers from the same problems as Fanfic with regards to Sturgeon's Law: a low barrier to entry means that the entire 90% of crap is visible. While many of the webcomics -- particularly those on free community sites like Drunk Duck and Comic Genesis and Comic Fury -- are considered low quality, there are many high-quality comics out there.
Some webcomics, such as Penny Arcade and xkcd have even gained sufficient popular and critical acclaim to earn their creators a living wage from their work, usually via selling The Merch. As was noted on the Newspaper Comics page, the bar for success in sequential art was set fairly low by the old newspaper syndicates and comics publishers, so "a living wage" rather than movie/rock star extravagance is all anyone ever expected to begin with.
Webcomics work on a very different set of standards than other fiction. Almost all webcomic authors are working pretty much entirely alone as they both draw and script their comics and most do not plan any further along than to the end of their current story -- sometimes not even that far.
Many of them try to adhere to a schedule they aren't really capable of meeting, resulting in them rushing to meet their deadline and making mistakes that should be avoidable. So many of the good 10% lack qualities standard in traditionally professional works. This can be because of the lack of editorial input as well as the lack of lead time. Not all webcomics suffer from this, though, and even the ones that do can still be interesting. Arguably, some strips benefit from their rawness.
Growing in popularity in recent years, webcomics use Tropes just like any other media, and thus can be seen cited throughout the wiki.
Subcategories
This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 26 total.
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K
- Korean Webtoons (21 P)
M
- Meta Webcomics (32 P)
- Military and Warfare Comics (21 P)
N
- NSFW Webcomics (46 P)
P
- Popular Webcomic Sites (15 P)
S
- Sci Fi Webcomics (203 P)
- Slice of Life Webcomics (142 P)
- Stick Figure Comic (21 P, 1 F)
U
- Unclassified Webcomics (159 P)
W
- Web Comics/Heartwarming (57 P)
- Webcomics Multiverses (25 P)
- Wild Mass Guessing/Web Comics (160 P)
Pages in category "Web Comics"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,972 total.
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- S.S.D.D.
- Sabrina Online
- Sacred Grounds
- Sacred Heart
- Sacred Pie
- Saijiki Stories
- Sailor Moon CS
- Sailor Sun
- Sakana
- Salad Days
- Sam & Fuzzy
- Samurai Princess
- San: Three Kingdoms Comic
- Sandra and Woo
- Sandusky
- A Sangheili's War Is Never Over
- Sarab
- Sarah Zero
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
- Saturn Sally
- Scale Wars
- Scandinavia and the World
- Scary Go Round
- Scary Shiny Glasses/Web Comics
- Scenery Porn/Web Comics
- Schlock Mercenary
- School Bites
- School of Mages
- Scout Crossing
- Scrambled Eggs
- Screwed by the Network/Web Comics
- Search for the Truth
- Seasons (webcomic)
- The Second Crimean War
- Second Empire
- Second Generation
- Second League
- Seekers (webcomic)
- Seinfeld Is Unfunny/Web Comics
- Selkie
- The Senkari
- Sequential Art (webcomic)
- Serenity Rose
- SERGOM
- Serial Escalation/Web Comics
- Serious Business/Web Comics
- Serious Emotional Disturbances
- Servants of the Imperium
- Sex Is Violence/Web Comics
- Sexy Losers
- Sfeer Theory
- Shades of Green
- Shadowbinders
- Shadowgirls
- Shadownova
- Shadows of Enchantment
- Shark Teeth
- Sheldon
- Sherlok Holms
- Shifter
- Shifters
- Shiniez
- Shinigami Death Punch
- Ship in a Bottle (webcomic)
- Ship Tease/Web Comics
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog/Web Comics
- Shooter's Epic Awesome Adventure of Manliness
- Shortpacked!
- Shout-Out/Web Comics
- Shown Their Work/Web Comics
- Shredded Moose
- Shrub Monkeys
- Shut UP, Hannibal/Web Comics
- Sidekick Girl
- Significant Anagram/Web Comics
- Silent Hill: Promise
- Simply Sarah
- Sinfest
- Sinful
- Sinister Evolution
- Sins
- Sire
- Sister Claire
- Sister Wulfia Focka
- Sketchy
- A Skewed Paradise
- Skin Deep
- Skin Horse
- Skullkickers
- Slackerz
- The Sliding Scale Comic
- Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism/Web Comics
- Slightly Damned
- Slightly Eccentric
- Slipshine
- Sluggy Freelance
- Slyphorama
- SMAAAASH!!
- Small Market Sports
- SMOCT
- Smuf
- Smug Snake/Web Comics
- The Snail Factory
- Snow By Night
- Snowfall
- Snowflakes
- So Bad It's Good/Web Comics
- So Bad It's Horrible/Web Comics
- So Damn Bright
- Soap On A Rope
- Sodium Eyes
- A Softer World
- Solo Leveling
- Solomon Stone
- Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped/Web Comics
- Something Completely Different/Web Comics
- Something Happens
- Something*Positive
- Somewhat Cure
- Somewhere Different
- Song of the Cloud
- Sonic and Pals
- Sonic the Comic Online
- Sonichu
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice (webcomic)
- Sorcery 101
- Sordid City Blues
- Sordid Details Following
- Sore Thumbs
- Sorting Algorithm of Deadness/Web Comics
- Sorting Algorithm of Mortality/WMG/Web Comics
- Soul Symphony
- Sounds Like a Melody
- The Space Between
- Spacetrawler
- Spamusement
- Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki
- Special School
- The Specialists
- Spell My Name with an "S"/Web Comics
- Spelling the Vacuum
- Spiddrelli
- Spiderwebs
- Spiked Math
- Spiky-Haired Dragon, Worthless Knight
- Spina Cage
- Spinnerette
- Springiette
- Sprite Comic
- Spy6teen
- Square Root of Minus Garfield
- Squid Ninja
- Stage Select
- Star Guys
- Star of Destiny
- Star Something
- Star Trek Ragnarok
- Starcrossed
- Stardroids
- Starfighter
- Starslip
- State-tan Project
- Station V3
- Status Quo Is God/Web Comics
- Stealth Pun/Web Comics
- Stencil 88
- Stickman and Cube
- StoneToss
- Stop Helping Me!/Web Comics
- The Stormrunners
- Strange Acquaintances
- Strange Fiction
- Strawberry Death Cake
- Strawberry Syrup
- Strawman Has a Point/Web Comics
- Strays
- Strife Strips
- String Theory (webcomic)
- Striptease (webcomic)
- Stripy Six
- Stubble Trouble
- STuCK
- Stupid Fox
- The Stupiders
- Subnormality
- The Suburban Jungle
- Sugar Bits
- Suicide for Hire
- Suitcase Nuke (webcomic)
- Sunflower and Blade
- Supah Nario Bros
- Super Effective (webcomic)
- The Super Fogeys
- Super Sam and John of The Night
- Super Stupor
Media in category "Web Comics"
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