#comic reading

[late-tothe-party-07]

So Jason totally has chronic pain right?? Like that can't have been comfortable before OR after.

[transingthoseformers]

Oooo, Megan, Maggie, that is actually an excellent defense as it doesn't deny that he did the accused actions but rather that the autobots have been doing some serious judicial no-nos. Smaaart. Because both of these? Both of these statements are true as hell.

He may be a horrible person, but this is still not a fair trial. They've been legitimately blaming Megatron for everything that went down in the war, while conspicuously staying quiet about their role in it. Optimus bringing in Chromedome is indeed a low fucking blow, rifling through someone's head is absolutely not something that should be happening in matters such as this (as we see time and time again mnemosurgery has pretty dark implications about bodily autonomy and privacy). By giving Optimus such a big and official role here when he and Megatron have a heavily biased past is pretty fucked up. And I'd argue yes, at every turn they've been saying he's automatically guilty and that he deserves to die.

Ever since the beginning of this entire process the autobots have proven this court cannot deliver a fair verdict.

[ofelia-dumb-nerd]

A guide to where to begin reading Nightcrawler. Our lovely, religious, slutty, kind fuzzy elf.

I just think he's neat.

[simonbreeze]

This week's comic reading...

Star Wars

Thundercats

Red Sonja

Kull the Conqueror

Transformers

The Real Ghostbusters

[comicexpertt]

Mind scans in 2021 show that Jean Grey's telepathy is a 7 or off the scale, meaning she has nearly infinite telepathic energy. Meanwhile, she is not even at the peak of her power yet and has been displaying high powers proving her place in the telepath range

At the same time, mind scans are the strongest evidence that Jean Grey is the most powerful telepath

[twotailednekomata]

Okay, this is a fun visual.

[genericpuff]

How am I supposed to find indie webcomics? I’m up-to-date on a handful of them and love them all but I’m just not sure how to find new ones. Most searches for webcomics lead you to the mainstream sites.

I mean mainstream sites are fine in and of themselves if you're following the series you like there (especially if the creators of those comics are trying to opt into things like Ad Rev), but if you're wanting to find stuff outside of Webtoons and Tapas, here are some other methods to do so:

Random Webcomic - About as unbiased as you can get, literally sends you to the website for a comic it pulls at random. All comics in the roulette are user-submitted so for the most part, they're all still active or at least have live sites. Sometimes you'll find the odd broken link tho ;0

Top Webcomics - A collective of webcomics competing for top spots. Offers plenty of ad space where people advertise their comics whether or not they make it to the top of the voting pool. And has genre listings you can browse if competitive listings aren't your thing.

The Webcomic List - A collection of webcomics submitted by users that are then crawled by the site's bots to check for new updates. It has a list for most recently updated, but also sorts by genre. Definitely one of the most "old school" listings to exist.

SpiderForest - A jury-picked collection of webcomics. Once every year or two they open submissions where people can pitch their new or ongoing comics - if they're picked, they get a special listing and features on the site, and can either have their existing website affiliated with SF branding or have a new site created for them by the staff. It's all non-profit and it mostly serves as a community of creators and readers, they are not a publisher, but they offer a wide variety of titles.

Hiveworks - Similar concept to SpiderForest except they're an actual publisher so they offer even more benefits to their selected creators including print deals and merchandising, but as such they're way harder to get into. Their submissions have been closed for a VERY long time but they offer a wide array of comics that typically appeal to general-audiences (i.e. there are no NSFW comics AFAIK).

GlobalComix - A platform that, while not new anymore, has been making strides in competing with platforms like Webtoons and Tapas. Has a lot of Western-style comics but their library variety has been growing and I'm pretty sure they're planning on releasing an app soon (if they haven't already).

ComicFury - The final frontier of old school early 2000's webcomic platforms. Run by one guy, this site allows for full HTML/CSS customization, domain hosting, and all those fun little things from an era long gone by. The front page sorting is set to "Recently updated" by default so there's no algorithm bullshit, no editors playing favorites, just classic 2000's era reading.

As a final note, the best part about browsing for comics that have their own sites is that they usually include listings of other comics that are similar to their own. Sites like Tamberlane will often have roulettes of other recommended comics that you can sift through.

There are plenty other comic aggregation sites out there too, of course, but these ones should help you get started if you're looking for other platforms and archives that aren't subject to corporate scrubbing or picky algorithms. It helps decentralize the Internet just a little bit more and rejuvenate what made webcomics so amazing in the first place - independent ownership, accessibility, and unapologetic existence.

Enjoy! <3

[wednesday-if-it-was-tuesday]

how do you suggest getting into batfamily comics? i’m pretty new to the fandom :)

If you’re into the fun fluffy family stuff then the WFA webtoon and Dustin Nguyen’s Li’l Gotham are really good. Then if you’re a BTAS fan the Batman Adventures series takes place in that continuity. A lot of stuff when the CCA was active has that goofy fun batman content that is kinda day to day. Also DCs early like YA graphic novels like Oracle Rising, Poison Ivy Thorns, The Lost Carnival are good for if you want one-shot easy reads in their own universes.

Obvi there are the classic BATMAN stories that don’t focus as much on the family, but can contextualize and are good. So books like Year One, Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Killing Joke, and Hush. Then there are more old school classic batfamily comics like Death in the Family, Under the Red Hood, Batman Inc, Batman Who Laughs, and City of Owls. For these, if you don’t have the patience to read, DCAMU has stellar animated movie adaptations.

[uncle-cucky]

The very kind @arsonsara took time to make a voice dub of my FRIENDS comic!! :] So I put it to the pages for a fun little video hehe!!!

[cheriekos]

”hey how you doing -“ i started reading batman cataclysm and have not stopped crying since the first page. how do you think im doing

[thepsychicracoon]

A Simple Guide On How To Read The Incredible HULK

HULK Grey

Vols 1-6

• Goes over the HULKS origin

• Shows the relationships between Rick Jones, General Ross, and Betty Ross

• The best origin for the HULK

Tales To Astonish

Vol 63

• introduces The Leader

Tales To Astonish

Vols 90-91

• Introduces The ABOMINATION

Incredible HULK

Vols 180-181

• Introduces Hulks rivalry with wolverine

• Also Wolverines first appearance

Peter David HULK run

Vols 331-467

• Foundational to the hulk

• Establishes Bruce’s mental health

• Establishes Bruce’s other personalities

• Most important Hulk run

Incredible HULK

Vols 472 - 474

• Revivals the truth about what happened to Betty

• Shows the rivalry between HULK and the ABOMINATION

Planet HULK

INCREDIBLE HULK #88-95

Giant Size Hulk vol 1

Incredible Hulk 96-105

• Shows that Hulk and Bruce can co exist

• Shows more tragedy from the HULK

World War HULK

Vols 1-5

• Sequel to planet hulk

• Shows how hulk is far from humanity

SKIP 1

Skip a lot because it’s kinda bad and there is a lot of creative choices that are just straight up not it. Frank Cho (the artist for most of the stuff I’m skipping) is a gross creep who over sexualizes all the female characters to the point of no return. All you need to know is that Red Hulk is General Ross and Red She Hulk is Betty Ross

SKIP 2

Civil War 2

This comic is straight ass there is no point in reading it except for the art maybe. All you need to know is that Hawkeye technically kills Bruce Banner and the hulk. Seriously don’t read this it’s annoyingly infuriating

Immortal HULK

Vols 1-50

• Most emotional hulk run

• Goes into everything from the hulks past

• Shows the horror and tragedy of the hulk while also showing the power of it

Phillip Kennedy Johnson HULK run

Vols 1-on going

• Newest HULK run

• Not going to say anything because it is new but it’s pretty much just more of immortal hulk but less ( that sounds like an insult but that’s actually a compliment)

[dinolich]

LA locals! This is the first of a few events I’ve got lined up for the summer. Come see me and my friends read our comics, all proceeds go to the LA LGBT Center!

[transingthoseformers]

Omg

The older forms of Starscream

[ofelia-dumb-nerd]

A guide to where to begin reading Wolverine (Logan version). Hairy little ball of anger, tragic backstories, sluttiness, flawed father figuring, and beer.

Laura version coming sometime.

[jazzystudios82]

Webcomic Recommendation: Lackadaisy ♡

Summary: "Set in 1920s St. Louis, Lackadaisy is the story of an unlikely gang of jazz cats, alley cats and fat cats doing their best to survive the bootleg business while keeping their subterranean speakeasy afloat."

Distributer: Iron Circus Comics

Source: Webtoon

Creator: Tracy J. Butler (@lackadaisycats)

Genre: Historical, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Crime, Alternate History, Mystery, and Thriller

Status: On Hiatus (?)

Personal Rating: 4 out 5 stars ⭐️

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