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 6 subcategories, out of 26 total.
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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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- 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
- Player Punch/Web Comics
- The Player's Guide To S.I.S.U.
- Plebcomics
- Plume
- The Pocalypse
- Pockett
- Pogeymanz
- Poharex
- Pokey the Penguin
- Pokémon-X
- Polk Out
- Pon and Zi
- POPSTAR 5
- Popularity Power/Web Comics
- Positivity
- Power Nap
- Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi
- PPG World Battles the Broccolloids
- Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner/Web Comics
- Precision F-Strike/Web Comics
- Precocious (Webcomic)
- Prequel (webcomic)
- The Pride of Life
- Prince of Cats
- The Princess and the Giant
- Princess Pi
- The Princess Planet
- Prismatic Vodka
- The Private Files of the Fowl
- Problem Sleuth
- Profiles
- Project 0
- Project Naruko
- Prolangs
- The Property of Hate
- Prophecy of the Circle
- Pumpkin Flower
- Punch an' Pie
- Punintended
- Punk Pink
- Purple Pussy
- PvP (webcomic)
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- Rain (webcomic)
- Raine Dog
- Random Doom
- Raptormaniacs
- Rare Candy Treatment
- Raruto
- Ratfist
- Raven's Dojo
- Real Life (webcomic)
- Real Life Comics
- Real Women Don't Wear Dresses/Web Comics
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech/Web Comics
- Recycled in Space/Web Comics
- Red Meat
- Red Oni, Blue Oni/Web Comics
- Red Right Hand (webcomic)
- Red's Planet
- Refuge in Audacity/Web Comics
- Regular Guy
- Reliquary (webcomic)
- Remember
- Remus
- Reptilis Rex
- Rescuing Dara
- Ret-Gone/Web Comics
- Rhapsodies
- Rice Boy
- Rich's ComixBlog
- RiGBY the Barbarian
- Rip and Teri
- Rival Angels
- Rob and Elliot
- Robots and Racks
- Rock Paper Scissors (webcomic)
- Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan
- Romantically Apocalyptic
- Ron Planet
- Ron the Death Eater/Web Comics
- Ronin Galaxy
- The Roomies
- Roommates (2007 webcomic)
- Roommates (2009 webcomic)
- Roommates: These Are My Reflections
- Rooster Teeth Comics
- Root Rot
- Rosenkreuzstilette at 4 O'Clock
- Route 148
- Roza
- RPG World
- Ruby Nation
- Ruby's World
- Ruined FOREVER (Darth Wiki)/Web Comics
- Rumors of War
- Running Gag/Web Comics
- Running Wild (webcomic)
- Rusty and Co.