Current Events > Camp Weedonwantcha: a dark humor we comic about parental abandonment and neglect

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I like webcomics. They're free entertainment by fairly unique people, that try not to bend to corporate demands (though Adsense likes to fuck over NSFW content). If you can find an author who resonates with you, you can have a constant source of entertainment from a cool person - in that sense, webcomics can feel closer than traditional media.

Recently, I managed to sniff out Camp Weedonwantcha. It won a Penny Arcade contest or something, and I think it's under the Penny Arcade label despite being hosted on its own site. The webcomics focuses on 12 year Malachi, unknown years old Seventeen (I don't think that's her age, but it is her name) and Barry, a big guy animal lover who doesn't speak much.

The concept is that Camp Weedonwantcha is a place where parents send their unwanted kids as a way to abandon them. There are no adults, and supplies are airdropped in when necessary - though the supplies tend to be unwanted supplies, like shitty celebrity autobiographies, shitty wigs or recalled medication.

The humor comes from the kids being these chipper, fun loving kids surviving in this lighthearted quasi-Lord Of The Flies situation, with its own dangers and cliques and angst being balanced out by goofy oddball humor. If a dumb "ate the wrong berries" joke is the sort of thing that tickles your rib cage, give Camp Weedonwantcha a look.

Also, the art is gorgeous. El Goonish Shive and Questionable Content are two of my favourite webcomics, but they started off looking pretty terrible - the artists were absolute beginners who taught themselves how to draw. I like that about them, but at the same time, it's such a treat jumping into this webcomic and swing amazing art from the get-go.
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ok
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Been reading it since shortly after it first started. Its always one of those I let build up for a few months, then read/catch up on all at once.
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Bump, with some links to potentually get you started:

http://campcomic.com/comic/62
http://campcomic.com/comic/66
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I guess I should start reading it again now that the site if fixed.
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Haven't read that comic in years but I still think about buying the hoodie from their store from time to time.
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