So Bad It's Good/Web Comics: Difference between revisions

Some webcomicsweb comics are good. [[SturgeonsSturgeon's Law|A lot of them are bad]]. And some [[So Bad ItsIt's Good|come to a strange line between quality and enjoyability]].

* It's never quite clear whether it's intentional or not, but between the occasional interruptions for captioned photographs of tech support calls, an utterly bizarre early gender [[The Reveal|reveal]], an [[Unwanted Harem]] that puts [[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi]] to shame, a political filler that's no more or less than a black(?!?) Nazi with W's where swastikas should be, and a [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]] {{spoiler|lesbian sex scene}}, ''[[Too Much Information]]'' definitely fits.

* ''[[Concession]]'' appears to a perfect example of this trope. Granted Immy's improved his art considerably (it's still nothing to write home about) but with gratuitous [[Furry Fandom|furry]] [[Fetish Fuel|sex]], over-the-top [[Battle in The Centre of The Mind|battles of the mind]] and a [[Wangst|wangstingwangst]]ing [[Marty Stu]] wolf with evil psychic powers as the protagonist it's just hard to deny. All while still under the face of being a gag a day comic no less. Despite the [[Anti -Villain|sympathetic]] [[Backstory]], Joel is clearly the bad guy. The whole point of the character is that you are supposed to feel conflicted about rooting for him, because he is an [[Nietzsche Wannabe|evil controlling bastard]].

** Then there are instances where the plot (still maintaining the gag a day format) delves into pedasterypederasty and brain cancer. See the scene where the rat blames his child molestation on his brain cancer -- something that was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded and made fun of later on]] with the real reason being revealed. And dear God the strawmen, every Christian character is a veritable bag full o' them.

* The overall quality of ''[[Cheshire Crossing]]'' is actually [[So Okay ItsIt's Average|not so bad]] - however, its artwork definitely falls into this category. To say that copy-pasting is rampant in the comic is a gross understatmentunderstatement - ''every'' female character [[You All Look Familiar|looks like the same woman with a wig and a different dress]], and every male character looks like a ten-year-old boy. There's just something irrepressibly hilarious about the shoddiness of it all.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130719023942/http://www.drunkduck.com/Powerup_Comics/ Powerup Comics]'' is a deliberate attempt to straddle this and [[So Bad Its Horrible|So Bad It's Horrible]]. The main characters are blatant [[Marty Stu|Marty Stus]] who only have two poses (endlessly copied and pasted). The punchlines often rely on blatant discrimination and ''intentional'' [[Internet Backdraft|backdrafting]]. But once you accept that the comic is irredeemably awful, the numerous art errors and [[Orphaned Punchline|non-punchlines]] like "Okay Shadow I know how you love to game!" suddenly become hilarious. Whether you love it or hate it largely depends on whether you're [[Stealth Parody|in on the joke]].

* The ''[[Jack (Webcomicwebcomic)|Jack]]'' BS arc [http://www.pholph.com/whole_arc_viewer.php?id=5&sid=1508 Frigid McThunderbones] would certainly fall into this category. David Hopkins has quite clearly set out to use this trope in the entire arc. Not only does he parody a wide variety of awful material, but he does it in such a way it's actually funny at times (which is somewhat surprising, considering that ''Jack'' is normally a serious story comic).

* Any webcomic made by [[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Brian Clevinger's]] friend Ryan Sosa. But especially the now-defunct [http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php?title=The_Real_Life_Adventures_of_Brian_and_Sosa "Real Life Adventures of Brian and Sosa."]

** The first strip, transcribed from memory: Brian: Oh noes! it's the red phone! Sosa: That means there must be trouble downtown! Brian: To the [[You Fail Physics Forever|space helicopter]]! SFX: Thumpa Thumpa Thumpa! Sosa: It's [[Rob Liefeld]]! He's destroying perspective! [[Rob Liefeld]]: Roar! Sosa: Oh god! I can see you're front and back at the same time! Brian: are you moving towards me or away from me? Sosa: I have no idea!Brian: I'll stop him with insults! Hey Rob! nobody likes you! [[Rob Liefeld]]: People don't like yogurt either. I'm like yogurt. Brian: Oh god! His logic hurts me! Sosa: I'll stop him with violence! SFX: pow! [[Rob Liefeld]]: Arrgh! Naration: [[Chris Claremont]] swears revenge! [[Chris Claremont]]: I hates them!

*** And that is arguably the strip that makes the MOST sense.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131028233635/http://www.hamstard.com/ Hamstard]'', a [[Stylistic Suck|deliberately awful]] strip [[Cut and Paste Comic|"drawn"]] by the main character of ''[[Erfworld]]''.

* ''[http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php Tomoyo42's Room]'' is a [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]] fancomic that thrives on [[Dead Baby Comedy]] ([http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php?lang=&page=119 sometimes literally]), faecal humour and the running "joke" of various characters raping Sakura, with the nondescript visuals being the only thing keeping it out of the X rating. Still, if you get over the initial nausea, you can get a few laughs out of the over-the-top sex and violence, the artist having fun depicting himself as an utter lowlife pervert, the random cameos of characters from the creator's other comics, and not a few jokes that are actually amusing.

** But then that only begins to scratch the surface. Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff is ostensibly created by Dave Strider, a character in Hussie's actual webcomic, ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]''. Dave is a 13-year old boy who delights in being cool through use of [[Isn't It Ironic?|Irony]], that is, enjoying things because they are uncool and thus because it is cool to like them. Dave makes the webcomic, deriving enjoyment from the fact that [[Misaimed Fandom|his fans think that he is sincere]] in creating these terrible webcomics. In effect, the entire thing becomes a satire of ''[[Power Up Comics]]''.

* The whole point of ''[[Comic the Comic (Webcomic)|Comic the Comic]]''.

* [http://www.mantrulcomics.com.ar/?p=2462 Mantrul Comics]{{Dead link}}

* In [[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in Thethe Family]], there is the whole [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527072042/http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/comic151.html "Waluigi In The Family" FIRST special] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20101229174725/http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=791 SECOND special]: as many as <s>35</s> 32 [[So Unfunny ItsIt's Funny]] comics about Waluigi!

* ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'': [[In -Universe]], believed by Sam Starfall to be intentionally invoked by makers of the [[Kaiju]] movies he loves, to the point that the painfully obvious [[People in Rubber Suits]] are digitally rendered so well that it looks like a rubber suited person instead of CGI.

* [[Sonichu]] falls somewhere between this and it's sister trope: [[So Bad ItsIt's Horrible]]. On one hand, the media body of the comic and author's antics (which are explicitly connected), are heinously bad in all regards. On the other hand, [[Bile Fascination]] and strange "I can't believe he went there" events make the books actually rather entertaining.

** The meticulously-maintained troll-wiki "[[CW Cki]]" is perhaps the ultimate testament to this. Despite being horrible, the comic/media entity has inspired one of the most aggressively detailed wikis outside of [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522033036/http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=85439 Shadow's Quest Adventure] is a webcomic by user [[Shadowfan 0 X 90]] (Or one of his many, ''many'' alternate accounts, due to being repeatedly banned) It has quite a mlarge amount of people who hate it, and yet can't quite stop reading it due to it [[So Bad ItsIt's Good|being so unquestionably awful.]] Bad grammar, poor presentation and loads of plot holes (A good few of them being characters dying and coming back to life for no reason) just make it all the more entertaining.

* [http://lazerbot.deviantart.com/gallery/33150480?offset=72 Lazerbot's "sonic comic"], a hilariously bad tale of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|pals]], how they deal with [[Troll|trolls]], and how [[Everyone Is Gay]]. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Except Sonic, clearly.]] [[MST|MSTed]] version [https://web.archive.org/web/20120713053153/http://chanarchive.org/4chan/co/36659/miserable-web-comics here].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003232758/http://manty64.deviantart.com/gallery/26596887 SHERLOK HOMS], a [[Troll Fic|troll comic]] in which [[Sherlock Holmes|"Sherlok Homs"]], [[Ben Drowned (Web Video)|Ben]], and [[Scott Pilgrim|Wallace Wells]] must catch [[Mickey Mouse|"Soicide Mouse"]], [[Sonic the Hedgehog|"Soicide Sonic"]], and other villains.