(Under Construction)
Here there shall be webcomics which I have read, sorted into various categories so that those of you who perhaps do not know your way around webcomics can find something you like.
Suggestions may be directed at me via comments on this post: http://keepcalmandomnom.blogspot.com/2011/10/quickie-post-new-idea.html
Finished comics: because sometimes you just don't have time for that big long epic, or maybe you don't feel like following something for years, or maybe you just want a quick story fix. Try...
AfterStrife by Ali Graham
Bite Me! by Dylan Meconis
Edwitch by Josh Rosen *
Kitty Hawk by Braden Lamb and Vincent LaBate *
minus by Ryan Armand (I think)
plan B by ? **
Sorcery 101: From Scratch by Kel McDonald
(* these comics are not complete stories, but have been discontinued. Cliffhanger warning, never to be resolved.
** plan B has been moved away from its original site and you will have to jump through hoops to read it, at least at the time of this writing.)
If you're in it for the long haul, or for several of them, welcome and good luck. There are several factors you need to consider in choosing a webcomic:
1. Art quality. Maybe bad art bugs you; maybe it doesn't. Figure out which is the case, because if your eyes bleed at poor proportions there are some comics which will be off-limits for you. Keep in mind, when you're thinking about this, that most webcomic art improves over time as the artist practices - except for those who go in with a set style and then change only infrequently.
2. Update frequency. This may not matter if you're like me and prefer to wait months between checking a comic so you can enjoy it in bulk (which, by the way, makes me the kind of person some artists hate - go figure) but if you'd rather follow a comic in real time you need to have a sense of how frequently you want to check. Once a week? Twice? Every day? There's at least one comic out there which updates with numerous pages per day. You've got all sorts of options.
3. Content. Cussing, nudity, etc. Basically what kind of rating it would get if it were a movie. I'll be as reliable as possible when I get to this section but please remember that it's been a while since I read most of these and my memory is far from perfect.
4. Subject matter. This is the easy bit! Also self-explanatory, which means it's easy not only for you but also for me.
5. Starting point. Some things you can hop in anywhere; some you need to go back to the archives a little for; some will leave you stranded like a castaway on the first desert island ever discovered watching the first boat ever made sail away without you if you do not know everything that came before. Which is to say, shit outta luck. Most of the latter come with loooong archives and are often confusing. They are work to get through, but generally pay off.
6. Mindfuck level. Would you like a nice light, linear comic, or something that will hit you with a tidal wave of time travel, paradoxes, and general weirdness?
Aaaand that's all I can think of at the moment. Will add more later. Still haven't decided how to structure this... six complete lists would be inefficient. I wish I had the skills to make a flowchart, but I do not.
