Take a trip down memory lane with today’s Shortpacked, wherin the original Avengers eulogize the American icon that was Steve Rogers…
Oh man, this is good. Kudos to the new-ish Yirmumah writer, Wiz Rollins, for coining this beauty. I’m just geek enough to use it in my day-to-day, real world interactions.
I’m always late to the game when it comes to these kinds of things, but anyway, this webcomic is called The Perry Bible Fellowship, and it’s amazing. Yes, Achewood-level amazing.
Check out this one or maybe this or perhaps this or even this. Be careful, some strips aren’t sfw.
It comes as no news to longtime KFR readers that we’re big fans of Rick Onstad’s brilliant webcomic, “Achewood,” so we’re pretty stoked for the guy to see that no less than TIME Magazine recently write up a little somethin’-somethin’ about the strip. It’s not like we think that webcomics need mainstream media attention to validate them or anything like that, but it’s always cool to see talented people who make stuff we like gain attention and, hopefully, benefit from a larger audience.
…I think the striking thing about Achewood is its enormous emotional range — it’s incredibly funny, but some strips are really achingly sad — check out, for example, the arc where Ray goes to hell (he’s forced to drive a 1982 Subaru Brat there) and meets bluesman Robert Johnson. Or the infamous Cartilage Head sequence.
It kind of expands your understanding of webcomics, the way Maus did with graphic novels. Except this time it’s with cats.
“NYC2123″ may have been the first comic created and optimized for the PSP (check our interview with NYC2123 creators here), but it’s a field that’s rapidly filling up with newcomers. One of the latest comics to attack the handheld device field is “Hitless,” a story about a special agent with a super spy suit that goes rougue for some reason.
The art is above average, especially for a free online comic that’s not a humor strip, and the writing is solid enough. The only real annoyance is the flash-based website (necessary for the accompanying soundtrack to do it’s thing, I suppose) and the unmissable typos that crop up throughout the lettering. The real appeal here is that the creators of the comic offer it not only in an online format, but also have versions optimized for just about every handheld device you can think of. And it’s all free, so, y’know, give it a read.
I’ve been a Sinfest fan for years now, and have even posted about the strip here on KFR in the past. I have to say, though, that ever since adding a full color, oversized Sunday strip, Tatsuya Ishida has become almost untouchable in the webcomics world. The typical content of Sinfest guarantees we’ll never see it in the Sunday paper, but there are few strips in print or online that can even come close to Ishida’s art and storytelling abilities. If Sinfest isn’t among your daily list of webcomics to visit, you’re really missing out.
Ever wish you could be an indy-paper cartoonist, but either didn’t have the writing or art skills? Well, Commix just might be the answer to your prayers. A variety of artists submit their illustrations for writers to mix into customized strips. It get’s even more interesting when other people remix your strips into, theoretically, better strips. Site visitors are encouraged to vote on the strips they read, and websites can embed a script into their pages that will syndicate the newest strip out to them for some instant, easy content.
As you’d expect with a project of this nature, the strip quality is a bit hit or miss, but there are a few gems to be found by scrolling through the entries. Budding writers should be stoked by the site, especially, since they have the opportunity to work with some big deal artists like Peter Kuper and Paul Hoppe.
ShortPacked normally sticks to toy humor, but Dave Willis manages to get in a few good comic book strips from time to time. This Pat Lee themed strip amused me quite a bit - dig that crazy nipple tweaking!
