Poll of the Day > Whatever happened to webcomics? When did they die? What killed them?

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Entity13
09/14/22 12:16:21 AM
#51:


I ended up quitting on Gunnerkrigg Court, because it's felt for the past year or more like they're spiraling between endgame flag to endgame flag without any real forward progression, a couple characters I liked are gone while a couple others just don't appear often to make room for ones I don't care about, and I'm just all around tired of GkC.

Compare to Questionable Content, which looks like it's moving toward a potential ending, which would be fine since so many stories are resolved or at a cathartic point in their respective journeys, plus Faye and Bubbles, which felt forced into being for the sake of making the grumpiest main cast character happy, but is alright now that the introduction of their relationship is done. We'll see how much more of a future there is for QC, versus whether or not Jacques bothers to make something new.

I follow a few nsfw ones, as well as a couple comics on the web that aren't quite webcomic in nature, though the latter have a habit of rarely updating, sadly.

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KodyKeir
09/14/22 1:09:27 AM
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Webtoons and tinyview have taken a few artists inhouse as it were and I just never made an account to follow artists there; if I can't find an RSS feed I don't want to get another app.

VG Cats is mostly dead, Scot moved to a new host during the pandemic but he has never been the same since his meltdown.

Quantum Vibe is an "interesting" comic in spite of the Artist's libertarian bent.

Manly Guys Doing Manly Things has pretty much stopped updating since Kelly got full time animation work.

If you ever read Mac Hall, they have another comic called Three Panel Soul

Looking For Group is doing a cyberpunk thing right now.

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Zareth
09/14/22 3:39:52 AM
#53:


Flork of Cows' stuff is pretty great

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Revelation34
09/14/22 4:39:16 AM
#54:


KodyKeir posted...
Webtoons and tinyview have taken a few artists inhouse as it were and I just never made an account to follow artists there; if I can't find an RSS feed I don't want to get another app.

VG Cats is mostly dead, Scot moved to a new host during the pandemic but he has never been the same since his meltdown.

Quantum Vibe is an "interesting" comic in spite of the Artist's libertarian bent.

Manly Guys Doing Manly Things has pretty much stopped updating since Kelly got full time animation work.

If you ever read Mac Hall, they have another comic called Three Panel Soul

Looking For Group is doing a cyberpunk thing right now.


Meltdown?

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ParanoidObsessive
09/14/22 4:42:11 AM
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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
You just said you weren't around for what I saw. I wasn't the one who made it so webcomics stopped appearing where they used to. What we've established is that times HAVE changed, it's just you weren't around for "times."

Except no, the opposite of that. In other words, the "times" weren't what you thought they were even when you thought they were.

And now, it's not the "times" that have changed, only your perception of them.

So webcomics aren't dead, and the only thing that has really changed is you.

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ItsKaljinyuTime
09/14/22 5:21:20 AM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
Except no, the opposite of that. In other words, the "times" weren't what you thought they were even when you thought they were.

And now, it's not the "times" that have changed, only your perception of them.

So webcomics aren't dead, and the only thing that has really changed is you.

Webcomics aren't being posted in the places that they used to. That's the change. That's what I mean by "dead."

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slacker03150
09/14/22 7:56:24 AM
#57:


ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
Webcomics aren't being posted in the places that they used to. That's the change. That's what I mean by "dead."
Forums are dead. You aren't likely to see anything on them.

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ItsKaljinyuTime
09/14/22 8:01:17 AM
#58:


slacker03150 posted...
Forums are dead. You aren't likely to see anything on them.

It's not just forums. There's other places you used to see them. But they were replaced by other content. It's not that these places aren't populated and filled with content, it's just the content isn't webcomics.

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Revelation34
09/14/22 3:50:46 PM
#59:


People post webcomics on Imgur and Twitter all the time. It's how I originally found the webcomic I posted in here.

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Yellow
09/14/22 3:58:47 PM
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Lokarin posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/0/AADnJsAADqn8.jpg
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KodyKeir
09/14/22 4:15:13 PM
#61:


Revelation34 posted...
Meltdown?

I don't remember the details too clearly but he had an incident at the Toronto Comic Convention with some fans and then when it hit the internet he doubled down on how right he was and that the community owed and needed him or some such and he pretty much stopped updating (there have been the occasional post over the years but not on any schedule) His entire comic business collapsed overnight. Oh and he tried to kill himself in 2019.

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Zareth
09/14/22 5:13:25 PM
#62:


Yellow posted...
Is that not supposed to be funny?
No it definitely is

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Doe
09/14/22 7:35:30 PM
#63:


Yellow posted...
Is that not supposed to be funny?
The joke is the woman realizing he's SS

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Zareth
09/14/22 7:41:20 PM
#64:


Doe posted...
The joke is the woman realizing he's SS
It's also about the naivety of children. They're shitting on grandpa because of his stupid mustache, but have no idea that he was a nazi, or even what that means.

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FuriousFox
09/14/22 8:13:41 PM
#65:


ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
I mean what happened to the scene? What happened to the industry? What has caused the differences we see now compared to what we saw then?
It became possible to stream video over the internet. Basically, more popular forms of entertainment became available.

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Metalsonic66
09/14/22 8:33:34 PM
#66:


Revelation34 posted...
People post webcomics on Imgur and Twitter all the time. It's how I originally found the webcomic I posted in here.
And reddit and Facebook and Gamefaqs

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Revelation34
09/15/22 12:21:06 AM
#67:


Zareth posted...

It's also about the naivety of children. They're shitting on grandpa because of his stupid mustache, but have no idea that he was a nazi, or even what that means.


It's both.

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Revelation34
09/15/22 12:31:57 AM
#68:


https://pbfcomics.com/comics/the-treat/

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Zareth
09/15/22 1:34:37 AM
#69:


Revelation34 posted...
It's both.
Does the word "also" mean anything to you?

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SoreChasm
09/15/22 3:54:53 AM
#70:


Zareth posted...
Does the word "also" mean anything to you?
You might have to define it for him.

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rexcrk
09/15/22 8:09:33 AM
#71:




Stone Toss is still pretty great

/s, because I know people here cant take a joke



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KodyKeir
09/16/22 2:29:24 AM
#72:


https://explosm.net/comics/dead-body

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SoreChasm
09/16/22 2:54:37 AM
#73:


KodyKeir posted...
https://explosm.net/comics/dead-body
Kris' comics are usually pretty good.
Rob's are decent.
Dave's almost always completely suck ass.

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KodyKeir
09/16/22 1:26:07 PM
#74:


https://loadingartist.com/comic/listless/

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Flynt
09/17/22 2:28:18 AM
#75:


I still read over thirty of them. Some I've been reading for years, some are relatively new. I have a dozen or so on my "to start" list as well.

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Metalsonic66
09/17/22 2:33:25 AM
#76:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/2/AAFUswAADrre.jpg

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Revelation34
09/17/22 4:53:56 AM
#77:


Metalsonic66 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/4/2/AAFUswAADrre.jpg


Bowser won?

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Twiroach
09/17/22 9:37:39 AM
#78:


Revelation34 posted...
Bowser won?
No the parents are showing a kid who grew up in a post apocalyptic world what video games were like.

This is why web comics died, they're too complex and were supplanted by dope memes

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Revelation34
09/17/22 10:30:59 AM
#79:


Twiroach posted...

No the parents are showing a kid who grew up in a post apocalyptic world what video games were like.

This is why web comics died, they're too complex and were supplanted by dope memes


Nah that was actually Mario.

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Metalsonic66
09/17/22 11:08:07 AM
#80:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/0/AAFUswAADrvq.jpg

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Revelation34
09/17/22 11:12:48 AM
#81:


Metalsonic66 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/0/AAFUswAADrvq.jpg


Respect the death blades.

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Metalsonic66
09/17/22 11:41:44 AM
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Revelation34
09/20/22 9:12:29 AM
#83:


The only problem I have with webcomics are how fast you can catch up on them and then need to wait for new ones.

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KodyKeir
09/20/22 10:40:39 AM
#84:


Revelation34 posted...
The only problem I have with webcomics are how fast you can catch up on them and then need to wait for new ones.

Depends how deep the archive is and how prolific the artist is; there are some that have been turning out daily comics for twenty years now and some who have only posted once a week in the same time frame. Most artists flame out early, some manage to go go several years before burnout sets in, a few have been able to make a living off it, some of them propelled to stardom, and some of those stopped making comics when they did.

Though if anyone knows Robert M Cook of Mansion of E, I am wondering if he is all right; I've mentioned before that he stopped updating during the pandemic. Twenty years of daily comics, never a big audience, just a few regulars for a passion project. He posted one day that he was burned out and was taking some time and that was the last anyone heard from him.

http://mansionofe.comicgenesis.com/

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Metalsonic66
09/20/22 12:51:34 PM
#85:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/0/1/AAFUswAADsbR.jpg

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Revelation34
09/23/22 3:04:33 PM
#86:


Metalsonic66 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/0/1/AAFUswAADsbR.jpg


Classic.

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Metalsonic66
09/23/22 4:43:58 PM
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