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 13 subcategories, out of 26 total.
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- Meta Webcomics (32 P)
- Military and Warfare Comics (21 P)
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- NSFW Webcomics (46 P)
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- Popular Webcomic Sites (15 P)
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- Sci Fi Webcomics (203 P)
- Slice of Life Webcomics (142 P)
- Stick Figure Comic (21 P, 1 F)
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- Unclassified Webcomics (159 P)
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- 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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- L's Empire
- La Valse des Reves
- Lackadaisy
- Lampshade Hanging/Web Comics
- A Lapse in Judgement
- Large Bagel
- Large Ham/Web Comics
- Las Lindas
- Las Paridas de la Guarida
- Laser Feet
- The Last Days of Foxhound
- Last Res0rt
- Last-Name Basis/Web Comics
- Late Blooming
- Laugh-Out-Loud Cats
- The Law of Purple
- Law Toons
- LCD
- Le Avventure del Grande Darth Vader
- League Of Super Redundant Heroes
- Least I Could Do
- Led by a Mad Man
- Leftover Soup
- Legacy of Blaze
- Legend of Bill
- Legend of Setar
- Legend of the Hunter
- Lego Space: The Comic
- Legostar Galactica
- Leitmotif/Web Comics
- The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal
- A Lesson Is Learned but The Damage Is Irreversible
- Let's Be Friends Again
- LeveL
- Level 30 Psychiatry
- Life and Death
- Life in the Analog Age
- Life of Maid
- The Life of Nob T. Mouse
- Life of Riley (Web Comic)
- Life Sketch
- Life with Lamarr
- Light Is Not Good/Web Comics
- Lightbringer (web comic)
- Lighter Than Heir
- Lil Formers
- Liltoon
- Linburger
- Lint
- List of Works That Need Summary/Web Comics
- The List
- Listening to 11.975 MHz
- Little League
- Little Robot, Big Scary World
- Little Tales
- Living with Insanity
- Lizzy
- LnM
- Loading Artist
- Look Straight Ahead
- Looking for Group
- A Loonatic's Tale
- Loserz
- A Lost Realm
- Lotus Cobra Is Evil
- The Lounge
- Love and Capes
- Love and Tentacles
- Love At First Sight/Web Comics
- Love Me Nice
- Love of Sausage
- Lovecraft Is Missing
- LOVEMAGIC
- Lucid TV
- Lulu Cthulhu
- Lunar Hill
- The Lydian Option
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- Mac Hall
- Machine Flower
- A Mad Tea Party
- MADh Vinyl
- MAG-ISA
- Magellan
- Maggot Boy
- Magic and Physics
- Magical Misfits
- A Magical Roommate
- Magick Chicks
- Magiversity
- Magnificent Bastard/Web Comics
- The Magnificent Milkmaid
- Mahou Shounen Fight
- Malefic
- Manala Next Door
- Mandatory Roller Coaster
- Manga Gaga
- Manly Guys Doing Manly Things
- The Mansion of E
- Marauder Shields
- Marilith
- Married to The Sea
- Marry Me (webcomic)
- Mary Sue Academy
- Mary Sue Quest
- Masquerade (webcomic)
- Material Girl
- Max Overacts
- Mayonaka Densha
- Meaningful Name/Web Comics
- Meat Shield (webcomic)
- Meaty Yogurt
- Mechagical Girl Lisa A.N.T.
- Mechanical Maniacs
- Media Research Failure/Web Comics
- The Meek
- Megatokyo
- Melonpool
- Memetic Badass/Web Comics
- Memetic Mutation/Web Comics
- .Memoria
- Memoria (2010 webcomic)
- Memoria (2014 webcomic)
- Men in Hats
- Ménage à 3
- Messenger (webcomic)
- Metal Phone Mouse
- Metanoia
- Mezzacotta
- Mighty Martin's Far from Home
- Mike: Bookseller
- Mind Rape/Web Comics
- Mind Screw/Web Comics
- Mindmstress
- Minion (Web Comic)
- Minions At Work
- Minor Acts of Heroism
- Minus (Webcomic)
- A Miracle of Science
- Misaimed Fandom/Web Comics
- Miscellaneous Error
- Misfile
- Missing Episode/Web Comics
- Mistakes of Youth
- Mitadake Saga
- Mob Psycho 100
- Mob Ties
- Modern Mogal
- A Modest Destiny
- Modest Medusa
- Moképon
- Molten Blade
- A Moment of Peace
- Monkey of the Damned
- Monospace
- Monstar
- Monster Pulse
- Monster's Garden
- Monsterful
- Monsters With Benefits
- Monstra
- Mood Whiplash/Web Comics
- Moon Crest 24
- Moon Over June
- Moon Sticks
- Moral Event Horizon/Web Comics
- MorphE
- Mortal Half
- Most Wonderful Sound (Sugar Wiki)/Web Comics
- The Motley Two
- MOTRO
- Mountain Time
- Mr. Fanservice/Web Comics
- MS Paint Adventures
- MS Paint Masterpieces
- Ms. Fanservice/Web Comics
- MSF High
- Mugging the Monster/Web Comics
- Muktuk Wolfsbreath, Hard-Boiled Shaman
- Mulberry
- Multiplex
- Mundane Made Awesome/Web Comics
- Murphy's Law (webcomic)
- Murry Purry Fresh and Furry
- Mushroom Go
- Mutant Ninja Turtles Gaiden
- My Cardboard Life
- My Life at War
- My Life in Blue
- My Middle Name's Adventure
- My Milk Toof
- My Name Is Q
- My Roommate Is an Elf
- My Succubus Girlfriend
- Mysteries of the Arcana
- Mystery Babylon
- Mystic Revolution
- Mythology Gag/Web Comics
Media in category "Web Comics"
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