These are all serial strips, meaning they have storylines that require the strips to be read in order. In some cases this will take a very long time, since the archives go back years. I've linked the main page of each of them, so to start reading, click "first strip" or go to "archives" and start at the earliest. Treat them like novels - if you have to leave partway through, just bookmark the strip you're at and start again from there.
This strip isn't for everybody. It starts with an abortion joke and the black humor never lets up. That said, it's one of my absolute favorites, because the characters are well-developed and the punchlines are always hilarious but still feel like dialogue. R.K. Milholland does a great job wrapping up each arc while maintaining a consistent mood and canon. If it's your thing, you'll be captivated by the immense amount of archives, so be careful. If it's not, you'll be bummed out by the misanthropy. Give it a shot, and you'll know soon enough whether you're a fan.
There's not much to this strip but it's consistently lovable and a lot of them are pretty funny. It's one of the most popular serial webcomics out there (or it's the one with the most vocal or social fans). It's a character-driven story about a bunch of 20-something hipsters who are all really neurotic. I like the art.
This starts out FANTASTIC and gets kinda awful, but for a long time it was a big influence on my character writing. The world and the characters are incredibly engaging and reading all of the archives will be very satisfying until you get to about mid-2007, at which point it kind of jumps the shark. But the beginning is very worth it.
Two boys grow up as best friends, then fall in love - but the comic is not about a "gay relationship" but rather, just a relationship. The chemistry between Fox and Collin is unique and the rest of the characters are great as well. It's quirky, funny, sweet, strange, and tied with Something*Positive for my favorite strip.
I can't decide if this goes under Serial or not, so I put it here because I'd recommend reading it from beginning to end. It has a very strange vibe to it and some of you might hate it, but I think it exposes some little sliver of our humanity that is very often ignored. It sometimes addresses the themes of madness and faith (my two favorite themes, yay) from a really different, gentle and interesting angle.
If QC took itself less seriously and did more drugs, it would be Octopus Pie. Some of the arcs are rather forgettable, but the reality of the characters never wanes (even when they seem like they should feel like caricatures) and they're all lovable all the time, even though you know you'd hate them in real life.
At first glance, it's the comic equivalent of every zombie movie ever. But the art is fantastic, and if you poke around the site you see that the artist has put an immense amount of planning and effort into creating that world. It has a very LotR feel - an encyclopedic creation of a fantasy reality that doesn't overpower the main story but enriches it.
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