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** Seconded! I don't know how he did it, but he manages to make the plot make more sense than it ever did in the movies, and anything that he can't make sense of is lampshaded within an inch of its life.

* ''[[Misfile]]'' and ''[[Reaper]]'' just genius in [[Web Comic]] and TV form respectively. If a [[Fan Fiction|crossover fic]] doesn't appear on fanfiction.net soon I may be forced to write one myself.

** The first thing I do after shutting off my alarm every weekday morning is open up my laptop and read the latest ''[[Misfile]]''--except that one day that I stayed up so late, it was already up before I went to sleep.

** Seriously, what other webcomic... or indeed, what other ''comic''... can make a slew of meta/D&[[D/Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall]] jokes and then ''successfully'' pull off a genuinely heart-wrenching death scene... ''on the same page?''

** Even better (if possible) is [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html "Wanna play blocks with me?"] That scene is a [[Tear Jerker]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] at the same time.

** Agreed. No other webcomic manages to pull off such a mix of comedy and drama with such success... and in spite of a thoroughly ridiculous art style too!

** I actually think the art style is adorable. OOTS combines a gripping plot, lovable characters, some serious moral questions, geeky gamer humor, and endlessly quotable dialogue full of a boatload of wordplay and double entendre. And the way it constantly lampshades, subverts, parodies, deconstructs, and otherwise plays with tropes is delightfully clever. I also enjoy that it has strong female characters without falling prey to [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]], and that it averts [[Humans Are White]]. (Heck, it's the only webcomic I know of with a black protagonist other than a long-defunct one written by two friends of mine.)

*** This troper edited that comic for the memorial of a friend... its the sort of afterlife he would have wanted. And he was a big xkcd fan.

*** Seconded. [http://xkcd.com/254/ Here's] the evidence.

** As if you needed more proof, check out the [http://xkcd.com/657/ Movie Narrative Charts], and then [http://xkcd.com/681/ Gravity Wells].

*** And it even gave a [[Shout-Out]] to [http://xkcd.com/609/ us...]

** ... and for everyone who hasn't, it's just a darkly hilarious sprite comic with brilliant writing.

** I almost can't express how much I love this comic. I only discovered it a few months ago, by which time it was effectively over. However, this allowed me to read nine years worth of strips in a matter of weeks, getting the whole story at once. It is truly the most hilarious thing I've ever read, from strip number 1 to 1225.

** My own gushing consists of Sinfest being the first webcomic to make me -care- about the characters. I actually -cared- whenever someone had a problem and I truly hoped things would end up well!

* ''[[Megatokyo]]'', [[Kudzu Plot]] and all, can still make me laugh, cry, and feel shocked and ashamed at its tale of people stumbling towards relationships in an atmosphere of [[Absurdity Ascendant]]. I ''want'' these made-up people to find love and support whilst I giggle and gasp at the [[Humongous Mecha|mecha]] run by the division of the police that facilitates disasters run by someone whose wife {{spoiler|and daughter}} is a [[Magical Girl]] and his daughter keeps a zombified Godzilla and harbours a crush on the protagonist whose sorta-girlfriend/idol was saved by an enigmatic [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] magical girl from being blown up by the black-ops division of Sony... look, just read it. Keep clear of the [[Broken Base]], though.

** And this (non [[Yaoi Fangirl]]!) troper is eternally grateful-- after discovering the comic on here, she went on an [[Archive Binge]] and now looks forward to [[Goodbye Chains]] updating more than most of her TV shows (and for her, that's saying something).

** [[Goodbye Chains]] is awesome in every sense I can think of. And thank YOU [[TV Tropes]], for introducing me to it!

* ''Head Trip''. Funny, kickass and with really good art, this is how you do [[Life Embellished]], dammit! Oh, and it's ultimate [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] is that [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]] parody. Yes, [http://headtripcomics.comicgenesis.com/d/20080505.html that one.] I have it printed out and stuck on my wall.

* ''[http://lackadaisycats.com/index.php Lackadaisy]'' - Astonishing, vibrant art? Check. [[Roaring Twenties]] vibe in every page? Check. A varied and sumptuously intriguing cast of characters? Check. A winning [[Trickster Archetype|trickster hero]]? Check. Who could ask for anything more?

*** For all of its animation and music, perhaps the single most impressive achievement of Homestuck is making walls of text both enjoyable and central to character development.

** This troper is firmly convinced that the strip [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Owq7SFehU Descend] is the most perfect video ever. The combination of humor, epic, and sadness is absolutely absurd, and the fact that the music is so awesome certainly helps. This troper has watched it at least fifty times, and is not going to stop anytime soon.

*** All the flashes are awesome, really. [[Running Gag|All of them.]]

* [[Dinosaur Comics]] is both ridiculously clever and [[So Bad It's Good]].

* This troper is surprised that ''[[Newshounds]]'' is so obscure in this wiki. Thomas K. Dye's dialogue is clever and biting without being gratuitously cynical, his characters are awesome and the new format has truly shown how talented at writing Dye is.

* The merely whacky first strips of ""[[Emergency Exit]]"" were fun, but when the whackiness starts to form a coheisive plot, along with a greatly improved art style, awsomeness ensues.

* [[Pictures of You]] is this troper's favourite Webcomic (sharing the podest with [[Gunnerkrigg Court]]). The way Gibson Twist protrays the relationsips of the group is just unbelivably natural. Go read it!

* [[Sluggy Freelance]]. This troper was introduced to the webcomic a few months ago and has only recently finished the epic archive, and never once did the humour wear thin. It managed to pull off [[Cerebus Syndrome]] remarkably well, and the serious moments thrown into the usually silly, happy plot are extremely poignant and occasionally heartbreaking.

** A webcomic where just about ''anything'' can happen (so long as it's PG-13) that runs the gamut of every genre imaginable without ever losing the humor and endearing characters at its core. Plus the thing's so frickin' huge that, by the time you finish your [[Archive Trawl]], you'll be ready to go back and re-read your old favorites again.

* [[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]] and [[Cyanide & Happiness]]. Yes, they're [[Dead Baby Comedy|Dead Baby Comedies]]. Yes, they both [[Crosses the Line Twice|cross the line]] ''[[Crosses the Line Twice|at least]]'' [[Crosses the Line Twice|twice per comic]], but god''damn'' they're [[Rule of Funny|funny]].

** [[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]] is the only comic that makes me actually laugh out loud on every page. Xkcd doesn't even come close to making me laugh out loud. Nor does [[Penny Arcade]], and I'm a gamer.

* ''[http://www.reasonablyclever.com/ Reasonably Clever]''. How many webcomics can you name that start with an asteroid hurtling towards Earth, then manages to work in a Mario Batali robot, The Matrix, a Doctor Who spinoff who is a Chilli chef, an entire organization of Red Herrings, Tony Stark, Advent Calendars (TWICE!), and cosplaying as Wash from Firefly during a [[Zombie Apocalypse]] as part of a semi-recognizable plot, and be made entirely from legos?

* ''[[Digger]]''. A beautifully done webcomic with it's own mythologies and backstories, as well as great characters that really make you feel for them. Also OMG the main character is a stoic wombat.

* I'd also like to mention ''Breakfast of the Gods'' a well-done story that takes a darker look into the world of cereal mascots, and is all-around very engrossing.

* [[Sylocat|I]] love [http://evanstanley.deviantart.com/gallery/ Ghosts of the Future]. It is the epitome of [[Dark Fic]], but it is brilliantly written and breathtakingly illustrated, a heartrending reimagining of the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] storyline that will actually make you love and root for some of the [[The Scrappy|most despised]] characters in the Sonicverse.

* As a huge [[Metal Gear Solid]] fan, [[The Last Days of Foxhound]] managed to make me look at the whole series in a different light. It's a superb comic, and like [[Order of the Stick]], it does [[Cerebus Syndrome]] right, still being awesomely funny a few strips away from a massive [[Downer Ending]].

* [[Men in Hats]] is one of the best webcomics out there. The comic is unrelentingly dark, with no chances for any of the characters to get a clue or be nicer. It shows complete hilarity at every turn, with amazing degrees of idiocy and sociopathy. Check it out when you can.

* [http://www.catandgirl.com Cat And Girl] is so introspective and sardonic.

* [[Alien Dice]]. I just fell in love with these characters. The story beautifully portrays the suffering of an alien gladiator, but mixes in a good bit of light-heartedness as well, turning a blue battle-weary slave into a beautiful [[The Woobie|woobie]]. I could really sympathize with them as they struggle against an organization determined to keep them oppressed, along with several other random forces in the universe. Mix in an array of cute critters, spaceships, and beautiful-looking art,and you have a webcomic that has held my interest and not let it go for the past two years.

* [[Next Town Over|Next. Town. Over.]] This comic has gorgeous art, great fight scenes, and takes [[Show, Don't Tell]] to it's inevitable conclusion. Seriously. There is not a line in the thing that doesn't need to be. All the character relationships are unspoken, but obvious through the use of echo, paratext, etc. Did I mention it's a [[Steampunk]] [[Western]] [[Urban Fantasy]]?

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