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 11 subcategories, out of 26 total.
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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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- Nachtmaehrchen
- Nahast: Lands of Strife
- Name's the Same/Web Comics
- Namesake (webcomic)
- Nami Warriors
- Namir Deiter
- Nana's Everyday Life
- Nanoha GamerS
- Narbonic
- Narm/Web Comics
- Natalie Dee
- Nature of Nature's Art
- Necessary Monsters
- Nectar of the Gods
- Nedroid
- Negative One
- Neglected Mario Characters
- Nemu Nemu
- NepetaQuest 2011
- Nerd³
- Nerf NOW!!
- Nerf This
- Never Mind the Gap
- Never Trust a Trailer/Web Comics
- The New Adventures of Cool Spot and Calvin
- New America
- New School Kids
- Newheimburg
- Newshounds
- Newton the Newt
- Next Town Over
- Nice Hat/Web Comics
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero/Web Comics
- Nichtlustig
- Nicktoons Tales
- Nicky510
- Niels
- Nigh Invulnerability/Web Comics
- Night of the Uprising
- Nil Points
- Nimona
- Nine Frames
- Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
- Nineteen, Twenty-One
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot/Web Comics
- Ninja'd
- Ninmu Nanmu
- Nintendo Acres
- Nintendo Super Squad
- Nip and Tuck
- No 4th Wall to Break
- No Black Plume
- No Dice
- No Need for Bushido
- No Pink Ponies
- No Rest for The Wicked (webcomic)
- No Songs for The Dead
- Noble Demon/Web Comics
- Noblesse
- Nobody Scores
- Nodwick
- Non Sequitur Scene/Web Comics
- The Non-Adventures of Wonderella
- Non-Indicative Name/Web Comics
- The Noob
- Noodle Incident/Web Comics
- Nosfera
- Not a Villain
- Not Enough Rings
- Not in My Backyard!
- Not Invented Here
- Not Just Nicky
- Not Quite Daily Comic
- Not So Different/Web Comics
- Not So Distant
- Not the Worst Comic
- Nothing Comes Naturally
- Nothing Nice to Say
- Nowhere Boy
- Nowhere University
- NSFW Comix
- Nukees
- Nuzlocke Comics
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- The Oatmeal
- Obfuscating Stupidity/Web Comics
- Oblivion Chaos
- Oblivious to Love/Web Comics
- Oceans in The Sky
- Octopus Pie
- Of Mice and Mayhem
- Off White
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome/Web Comics
- Oglaf
- Ogri
- Oh Crap/Web Comics
- Okashina Okashi
- Old Shame/Web Comics
- Older Than They Look/Web Comics
- Older Than They Think/Web Comics
- Olympic Dames
- Omakii
- Omnitopia: The Playground
- The One Adventure of Adelaide Parker
- One Chilly November Day
- One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5
- One Question
- One Steve Limit/Web Comics
- One-Man Army/Web Comics
- One-Punch Man
- One-Winged Angel/Web Comics
- Only Sane Man/Web Comics
- Only Silver
- Opey the Warhead
- Orange Marmalade
- Orbit
- Order of Tales
- The Order of the Stick
- Original Life
- Ornery Boy
- Orphaned Series/Web Comics
- The Oswald Chronicles
- The Other Darrin/Web Comics
- The Other Grey Meat
- Other Peoples Business
- Otter Soldiers
- Our Dragons Are Different/Web Comics
- Our Little Adventure
- Our Vampires Are Different/Web Comics
- Out at Home
- Out of Print
- Out There
- Outside Interference
- Outsider
- Overcompensating
- Overlord Academy
- Overlord of Ravenfell
- Ow, My Sanity
- Ozy and Millie
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- The Packrat
- Palindramas
- Pandect
- Panthera
- Papa Wolf/Web Comics
- Paper Mario and the Everclear Night
- Paper XI
- Paper-Thin Disguise/Web Comics
- Papi Nyang
- Para-Ten
- Paradigm Shift
- Paradox (webcomic)
- Parallel Dementia
- Paranatural
- Paranoia Fuel/Web Comics
- Parental Abandonment/Web Comics
- The Parking Lot Is Full
- Parry and Carney
- Particle Fiction
- Pastamonsters
- Patchwork and Lace
- Patchwork Champions
- Patchwork Heroes
- A Path to Greater Good
- Pawn
- Penny and Aggie
- Penny Arcade (Webcomic)
- Pepper&Carrot
- The Perpetual Aquarium
- The Perry Bible Fellowship
- Persona 3 FTW
- Persona 4 TW
- Pessimistic Sense of Inadequacy
- Pet Projects
- Peter and Company
- Peter Is the Wolf
- Phoebe and Her Unicorn
- The Phoenix Requiem
- Photo Comic
- Pibgorn
- Picatrix
- Pictures for Sad Children
- Pictures of You
- A Piece of Pie
- Pietà Plagiarism/Web Comics
- The Pig's Ear
- Pigeater
- Piled Higher and Deeper
- Pilli Adventure
- PinkBlack
- Pinwheel Pawnshop
- The Pirate Balthasar
- Pixel Art Comic
- PK Comic
- Planes of Eldlor
- Planescape Survival Guide
- Planescape: Metamorphosis
- Planet B
- Planet Zebeth
- Planeta Absurdo
- Plastic Brick Automaton
- Platinum Grit
Media in category "Web Comics"
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