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 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.
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- Campaign Comic (9 P)
- Comics (4 P)
- Completed Web Comics (66 P)
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- Embellished Webcomics (144 P)
F
- Fantasy Webcomics (369 P)
- Furry Webcomics (146 P)
G
- Gag Per Day Webcomics (175 P)
- Gaming Webcomics (110 P)
H
- Historical Webcomics (31 P)
- Horror Webcomics (90 P)
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K
- Korean Webtoons (21 P)
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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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- Demon Wings
- Demonology 101
- Demoön
- Derelict (webcomic)
- The Descended
- Destiny Fails Us
- Determinator/Web Comics
- The Developing Adventures of Golden Girl
- Deverish Also
- Deviantart Secret Wars
- Devil Bear
- Devil May Dance
- The Devil's Panties
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?/Web Comics
- Die for Our Ship/Web Comics
- Diesel Sweeties
- Digger
- Dino Boy
- Dinosaur Comics
- Discovery (Transformers fanfic)
- Disproportionate Retribution/Web Comics
- Dissonance
- Diversity Lane
- Divided Sky
- Divis Morte
- DM of the Rings
- Doc Rat
- Doctor Cat
- Doctor Voluptua
- Does Not Play Well With Others
- Does This Remind You of Anything?/Web Comics
- The Dog Bites Back/Web Comics
- The Dog House Diaries
- Dog's Days of Summer
- Dolan
- Domain Tnemrot
- Dominic Deegan
- Dominic Durgan
- Don't Name It
- Doobl
- Doom-Mates (web comic)
- Doomsday, My Dear
- Dork Age/Web Comics
- Dork Tower
- Double K
- Double Reacharound Orange
- Double Reacharound Red
- Double Reacharound Series
- Dovecote Crest
- Down the Stairs
- Down the Street
- Downer Ending/Web Comics
- Dr. Nonami
- Draco in Leather Pants/Web Comics
- Draconia Chronicles
- Dragon Ball Multiverse
- The Dragon Doctors
- Dragon Mail
- Dragon Mango
- The Dragon Queen
- Dragon Tails
- The Dragon/Web Comics
- Drawn to Bondage
- The Dreadful
- Dream*scar
- Dreamcatcher (webcomic)
- The Dreamer
- Dreamkeepers
- The Dreamland Chronicles
- Dreamless
- Dreamwalk Journal
- Dresden Codak
- Drive (webcomic)
- Drop Dead Gorgeous
- Drowtales
- Drugs and Kisses
- Druids
- DrunkDuck Poop
- Drunken Jellicle Gang
- Dubious Company
- Dueling Analogs
- Dumbing of Age
- Dummy Duck
- Dumnestor's Heroes
- Dungeon Damage
- Dungeons and Denizens
- Dustpit Follies
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- Ear Worm/Web Comics
- Early Installment Weirdness/Web Comics
- Ears for Elves
- EarthBound Legends
- Earthfelt
- Earthsong
- The Easy Breather
- Ebin and May
- Edemia World
- Edison Hate Future
- Eerie Cuties
- Eightland
- El Goonish Shive
- Eldritch
- Eldritch Abomination/Web Comics
- Electric Retard
- Electric Wonderland
- Elf Blood
- Elf Life
- Elf Only Inn
- Elijah and Azuu
- Elle, and all the others
- Elven
- Elven Lacryment
- Emergency Exit
- The Ends
- Endstone
- Endtown
- Energize
- Enjuhneer
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Darkhorse/Web Comics
- Ensign Sue Must Die
- Epiphany (web comic)
- Erfworld
- Erma
- Errant Story
- Erstwhile
- Escape from Terra
- Establishing Character Moment/Web Comics
- +EV
- Even Evil Has Standards/Web Comics
- Even in Arcadia
- Even in the Deepest Heart of Chaos... a Glimmer of Order Can Be Found
- Ever After (webcomic)
- Ever Blue
- Everyday Heroes
- Evil Counterpart/Web Comics
- Evil Diva (webcomic)
- Evil FTW
- Evil Inc.
- Evil Life of Plants
- Evil Overlords United
- Evil Plan (webcomic)
- Evil: Not Worth It
- Executive Meddling/Web Comics
- Exiern
- User:Exousia/sandbox
- Exploitation Now
- Expy/Web Comics
- Exterminatus Now
- Extra Ordinary
- The Extremely Post-Modern Adventures of Flint And Hinawa
- The Eye of Ramalach
- Eye Scream/Web Comics
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- Fabuland Housewives
- Face All Red
- Fafnir the Dragon
- Failure Is the Only Option/Web Comics
- A Fairytale for the Demon Lord
- Fake Knight
- Fake News Rumble
- Falcon Twin
- Fall City Blues
- Fallmind
- Familiar Ground
- Family Man
- Family-Unfriendly Aesop/Web Comics
- Family-Unfriendly Death/Web Comics
- Famous Last Words/Web Comics
- Fan Dan Go
- Fan Disservice/Web Comics
- Fan Nickname/Web Comics
- The FAN
- Fanboys (webcomic)
- The Fancy Adventures of Jack Cannon
- Fanon Discontinuity/Web Comics
- Fanon/Web Comics
- Fans!
- Fantastic Racism/Web Comics
- Far From Home
- Far Out There
- Farchie Archie
- Fated Feather
- Fathead
- Faulty Logic
- Faux Pas
- Femmegasm
- Fera
- Fetch Quest: Saga of the Twelve Artifacts
- Fey Winds
- Filler House
- Final Blasphemy
- Final Fantasy Excursions
- Final Fantasy VII: The Sevening
- Finder's Keepers
- Firefly Cross
- First-Name Basis/Web Comics
- Fishbones
- Fite!
- Five-Bad Band/Web Comics
- Five-Man Band/Web Comics
- Fiyora Nya