Top 10 Cool Webcomics November - December 2011

Way over due an update to my top 10 cool webcomics. A few of my favourites have ended since I last did a top 10 so great online comics like Acrobat, The Fowl and Freakangels are now complete. You can still read them at their respective site. Anyway, here's the current rundown for November/December 2011


10. Questionable Content by J. Jacques
9. Flying Sparks by Jon Del Arroz
8. William Feist: Paranormal Investigator by Old Dying Kitty Comics
7. Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun by Eric Peterson and Ryan Cody
6. Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
5. Pictures of You by Gibson Twist
4. Superfogeys by Brock Heasley & Marc Lapierre
3. Specimen B-28 by Stephen Daymond
2. Vanguard by Mr Hades(Dan Butcher)
1. Smash by Chris & Kyle Bolton

It's a real struggle trying to get this down to 10 comics as there are so many good webcomics out there now. A few that came really close and may get into the top ten at some point are Spindrift, Adler's Watch, False Positive and Deathboy.
As always if you'd like to suggest a web comic for the Cool Webcomics list please email me. I do get lots of submissions and don't have the time to respond to every one (i only get about 20 minutes free time per month to mess around online, mostly I work, or be a dad, or clean, or be a husband, or train, or sleep. so I'm sorry if i don't get back to you.) However if I see something that is awesome I will most definitely come back to you and post it on the blog. It might even make the Top 10.

Updates from the Twitter Feed

Way past due for an update to the blog so here's the most recent bunch of tweets about cool webcomics. I tend to post of my latest finds and fave on Twitter as it's much quicker for spreading the word about great new webcomics or awesome existing ones. So head over to Twitter and follow me there to be kept in the loop.
I'll still be updating the blog from time to time with the posts from twitter and I'll try and get back to writing more detailed posts but as this is just a labour of love for me it has to come behind all the paying work and family stuff. Anyway hope you enjoy the latest installment of comics and don't forget to comment.

Check this webcomic. http://www.d20something.com/d20

Are you all up to date with Tozo - the Public Servant? http://tozocomic.com/

Hand of the Morningstar is worth a look! http://handofthemorningstar.com/

Book 2 of Sacred Pie has just concluded. a great time to go read the whole epic so far: http://www.sacredpie.com/

Check out Terminals. Its really good! http://terminalscomic.com/

Check this. http://www.foreignmattercomic.com/

Check this out http://talesofarmstrong.com/

Check this http://runninwithagun.ca/

Found this. "Will Work for Blood" 50 or so episodes/pages so far. Got me gripped. so go check it. http://wwfb.smackjeeves.com/ 

Just in case you're interested. http://www.makeshiftmiracle.com

Check this out. http://www.falsepositivecomic.com awesome so far.

This looks like it could be fun. http://www.spindrift-comic.com/

Check this out http://abaddoncomic.com/

What about This? http://www.iaviv.com/stupidsnake/ can't make up my mind if it's nonsense or the best webcomic I've ever read.

This is very good. worth checking out http://www.ineffableaether.com/

Hey. Did i tell you all to check this out? http://www.agreeablecomics.com/kimimura/ if not I'm really sorry. it's awesome.

Go read this? http://www.agreeablecomics.com/fight/ it's lots of fun!!

I happened upon this http://adalee.smackjeeves.com/ Not my usual cup of tea but I found it very entertaining. You should go check it out.

Hey. Found a new Webcomic. Only a couple of pages so far but looks interesting. http://the-backwoods.com/

Found This. It's good! http://www.ipp-comics.de/en/comics/title:dorn/ 

found this. passing it in. go check it!! http://counteragents.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/counter-agents-entry-1/ 

Check this out. A nice little online comic http://www.adlerswatch.com/

Hey folks check out http://www.freemarscomic.com Another cool webcomic.

Found this http://olddyingkitty.com/William_Feist/ It's awesome. Go Read it now!

Are you checking out The Revenger? You should be it's good so far. http://revengercomic.com

More from the Twitter Feed

Time for some more of the Cool Webcomics that I've been shouting about on Twitter. . . well typing about at least. At last count I'm up to 86 followers and can't believe that 86 people are interested in what I'm saying. Once I get a couple million more I'm gonna start some kind of cult. Not sure what type yet but it'll be one of those cool ones where we don't all commit mass suicide. Maybe just a big party or something.

Anyway rambling already. . . On to the links.

Nathan Sorry by Rich Barrett http://bit.ly/uZwmk. It's a cool concept about a guy who everyone thinks has died on 9/11. well worth a read.

Go read 'Heist' by Brendan McGinley. It's really cool. Oh, and it has a really cool logo too. http://bit.ly/gX5XRm

Here's a cool webcomic worth checking. Wake the Knight: http://bit.ly/eWZkh8. Should be OK to read again since Drunk Duck is back online.

I recently got turned on to Super Fogeys: http://bit.ly/hra6. It's a whole lot of fun. Why had I not read this before???

Spinnerette is pretty cool and it's probably one of the few Manga-esque comics you'll see promoted on this blog. Go check it our for yourself. It's about a young girl who gets bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes a super hero. . . . sound familiar? http://bit.ly/9DaPoc

Fusion is about a young girl who has an alien entity sharing her body, giving her superpowers. Well that's the basics go read the rest for yourself at http://www.drunkduck.com/Essay_Bee_Comics_Presents_Fusion/

OK that's plenty for now more to come later. As normal if you are following me on twitter you may have already read some of these. I'd love to know what you think.

More Webcomic Tweetness

Some more Cool Webcomics That I've been posting about on Twitter. Hope you enjoy these and as always feel free to comment or even better follow @coolwebcomics on twitter.

So, as with the previous post below are some Cool Webcomics that I've been reading and felt the urge to tell you about, well in the very least give you a link so you can go check them out for yourself.

I'm sure that you'll find something that you like, if not in this post then most definitely somewhere on the blog.

For Lovers of Dragons and Fantasy webcomics Tears of the Dragon is awesome. Go read it here.

Teenage spies, espionage, International Danger. That'd be Spy6teen. Another cool webcomic. http://www.spy6teen.com

Check out Team Mummy online comic. It's insane. http://teammummy.blogspot.com/

Check out The Assignment from R & R Comics. Well worth your attention. http://bit.ly/yxV8G

Go have a look at Hard Graft http://hard-graft.net/ very enjoyable.

Found this awesome webcomic called The Class. Think this is gonna be a big deal. http://t.co/t5UNcug go read it now.

Found another promising webcomic. It's called Blueyonder. Don't confuse it with the broadband and TV provider Blue Yonder. Who are now Virgin. . . Just go check out http://t.co/bRbnQ4T. It is very nice.

Another nice Little Webcomic for your viewing pleasure http://www.whoisrain.com.

Malaak: Angel of Peace. About a Lebanese superhero. Well worth your time http://bit.ly/iu0gw.

The Allies lost WWII. Find out what happened after that in Heroes Inc.http://bit.ly/7VtN9p great story, great art!

Zombie Fun. Gotta love a good Zombie Webcomic! check out http://www.zombenstrikes.com

Specimen b-28 just got a brand new website. making it much easier to enjoy. http://www.specimenb28.com

Only 25 pages so far but looks really good. Go check it out. http://abaddoncomic.com/

Check out 'Light Years Away' on Floodworks. A certified Cool(by me) online comic http://bit.ly/4pfUrZ.

Everyone's probably already reading this one but check out the brilliant 'Jackie Rose' http://www.jackierosecomic.com

Still more to come soon. I've been Tweeting lots.

Webcomic Tweets on Twitter

Hey folks,
I don't get to post full comic profiles as often as I'd like but if you follow me on Twitter you'll know that I've started to Tweet about Some of the cool webcomics I found out there on that Internet thing. so with this post I thought I'd update you on what I've been tweeting about so anyone not on the old twitter bandwagon can also click through to the awesome webcomics i tweet about.

I think going forward this may be the new format for posts. So by following me on Twitter you'll get links to all these cool webcomics and more a few days quicker than they'll apear here, but if you want a bunch of comics all listed together with basic info about them, then this is the place to come

The Rioteer over on WEVolt is a good one to start on. Click here to go read that.
Synopsis
1948: America entered WWII too late to stop the 3rd Reich. Emboldened by their victory in Europe, the Germans brought the war to American soil...and won. Now the East Coast belongs to the Axis Powers, and is a testing ground for their depreaved mad scientists. Only one man stands between the huddled masses and scientific horrors: the last surviving result of America's super-soldier program. Atomic zombies, Nazi vampires, terrors from beyond the stars...nothing is too much for The Rioteer: Champion of Freedom! Comic updates on Fridays

Next up is Geist which is a little bit different to the stuff I normally post about although still very good and has lots of promise. To read Geist click here.
Synopsis
After weeks in hospital, Kate Crowley returns to school scarred, cursed and looking for revenge. But it won’t be easy: her targets are the untouchable Geistlords, influential students with the power to control the invisible monsters known as Geists. Worse, her cursed eye is making her hallucinate. And her only ally is her former best friend, who hates her almost as much as he hates the Geistlords. To get her revenge – and, maybe, win back her friend – she’ll have to use her curse to discover the truth about Geists…if it doesn’t drive her insane first.

Now this next one is an online garphic novel that has been completed and is available for you to read in full. Heartless Dark by Phillip and Adam Sevy. To read it click here.
Synopsis
Heartless Dark follows both Matthew and Ailis, two people at opposite ends of an apocalyptic prophecy, as they struggle to link global occurrences, personal events, and historical writings in a race to save the world.

OK about big mech robots and city destroying monsters. Kill all Monsters has that covered. Go here to read this high octane slugfest. Kill all Monsters is by Michael May and Jason Copland.
This webcomic is lots of fun and well worth a read (not that the others are not, i just don't have a synopsis for this one)

Some Superhero goodness now with Frostfire. I enjoyed this one hope you will too. Go here to read it.

Next is Wayward Sons: Legends. An Epic Sci-fi, fantasy, super powered, mythilogical saga with great art and a cool story. Read Wayward Sons: Legends here.
Synopsis
The Pantheans have just prevailed in a bloody civil war. Things go quickly awry while attempting to imprison the traitorous Kronos and a multitude of monstrous intergalactic criminals. Now the crew of the Ulympea, led by Captain Suras, must do whatever it takes to stem a full-scale prison break. What happens next, however, is completely unexpected! What starts as a straight forward Sci-Fi story, soon takes twists and turns into a genre-bending epic that defies explanation.

Red Moon Rising is really nice and is building to be another epic webcomic. Read it here.
Synopsis
Red Moon Rising is a full-colour steampunk fantasy webcomic set in the midst of a magic-fuelled industrial society, following one person’s small mistake and the knock-on effect it has on the people and the world around them.

Next I tweeted a link to Danielle Dark. If you like vampires then you'll like this. if you don't like Vampires then I suggest checking this out because its got so much more going on and the art is nice too. Read it here.
Synopsis
Danielle Dark is the story of a vampire not entirely accustomed to what she is. Danielle is trying to fit into mortal society, but discovers that is more difficult than she imagined.
Turned just over 150 years ago, Danielle is a relatively young vampire, but the circumstances of her change have made her a vampire with additional abilities. The fact that Danielle is different than other vampires has not escaped the attention of various entities with their own agendas. Some merely wish to observe Danielle’s activities, while others want her cooperation. There are also those who want Danielle destroyed.
Fortunately, Danielle Dark is a formidable vampire with equally formidable allies. But her biggest challenge is to accept herself for what she is. Find out more about Danielle Dark each week. Updates are every Friday.

More coming in the next post but enjoy these for now

Top 10 Cool Webcomics for March 2011

I was over on DeviantArt commenting on Mr Hades journal and had a brainwave (or brainfart). So here it is the Top 10 Cool Web Comics for March 2011 as decided by The Cool Webcomics List Blog(that's me).


10. The Private Files of the Fowl by Dan Schkade
9. AxeCop by Ethan Nicolle
8. Questionable Content by J. Jacques
7. Ichor & Blood by Stephan Krosecz
6. Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
5. Pictures of You by Gibson Twist
4. Acrobat by JD Smith (also on DrunkDuck)
3. Vanguard by Mr Hades(Dan Butcher)
2. Jesus Christ: In the Name of the Gun by Eric Peterson and Ryan Cody
1. FreakAngels by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield

So, there you have it. My Top 10 Cool Webcomics for March 2011. (Also provides me with a handy list of links for reading my favourite webcomics rather than having them bookmarked)

As always if you'd like to suggest a web comic for the Cool Webcomics list please email me. I do get lots of submissions and don't have the time to respond to every one (i only get about 20 minutes free time per month to mess around online, mostly I work, or be a dad, or clean, or be a husband, or train, or sleep. so I'm sorry if i don't get back to you.) However if I see something that is awesome I will most definitely come back to you and post it on the blog. It might even make the Top 10.

Vanguard - Web Comic

This Comic is one I've been watching for a while. It's a superhero webcomic, which are pretty rare things to find online, well good ones anyway.
The creator Dan Butcher(Mr Hades) is a prolific online comic creator/collaborator having worked on other webcomics such as Retake(I blogged about this one) and Heros Unite over on DrunkDuck.
Having cut his teeth on those other books Dan's new comic Vanguard shows a certain level of craft and maturity that you dont get on many webcomics.

I'm really enjoying Vanguard but when it came to writing up this blog I was at a loss when trying to describe it. On the face of it, this looks like your typical superteam story but after a few pages you start to get concepts of a much larger story going on. My initial impression was of a superhero team like the Avenger or the Justice League but this got drastically changed when the team is sent on a rescue mission which becomes more of a military covert ops team of super soldiers.
I was having trouble labelling it so I did the only smart thing I could think of. I emailed Dan Butcher and asked him to describe it.

Here's what Dan says.
"Vanguard is the story of a team of genetically enhanced meta-humans employed by the British government to protect the nation’s interests, at home and abroad. It is set in the not too distant future, where the world is becoming more politically and economically unstable. There are food riots, water and power shortages and a rising crime rate as day to day living becomes more of a struggle. The story begins with a simple rescue mission and events spiral from there."

Now that's a perfect description, I wish I could have done that. Anyway, moving on.

The Story
Really good concepts and some excellent scripting so far have made me really enjoy this comic. Good character interaction and development are keeping me interested and coming back for more.
The Art
I've written about Dan's art before when I blogged about Retake(Go see that post) so all I'm going to say on this one is that his skills continue to develop, his colour work is vibrant and intense his use of textures and cg background and props integrate well with the line work. Go see for yourself and enjoy the comic.

As always let me know what you think of it, or better still tell Dan.

Vanguard Comic
Dan Buthcher on DeviantArt

Pictures of You - Web Comic

This online graphic novel is, in my opinion, a sort of slice of life drama about Peter Morris and his friends through their college years. Sounds awesome, right? Right?
Sounds about as dull as possible.
However, this is probably one of the few webcomics that i could not stop reading. Seriously I read it solid until i got to the latest page. It's funny, serious, scary, intense, irreverent, engaging, sad and intriguing. A bit like the Wonder Years but done really well and much more relevant to actual life and no Fred Savage (Not that I have anything against Fred), but its still a plus point.
The set up is the hook, The story starts with Peter and Andy heading to a party with Peter thinking about his life, where he's at now, leading him to reminisce about the friend he had through college/Uni.
There is so much that happens to start saying more would begin to spoil things so I'll go with a few random words that may get you more interested.
How about drinking, playing chess, smoking weed, forming a band, falling in love, homophobia, cultural ineptitude, spousal abuse, more drinking, lots more smoking weed, strippers, porn movies, more weed smoking, star wars and Muligan. And that's just scraping the surface.

Oh, and it updates every other day.

Please Go check this out, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Remember to come back and tell me what you thought.

Pictures of you Web Comic

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