Saturday, April 15, 2006

Cleaning out comics

I've gotten rid of comics in my Webcomics list that either have been on hiatus forever or don't update on a regular schedule. I don't mind comics that update once a month or once a week or twice a week, as long as it's mostly consistent...but comics that update "whenever the artist feels like it" (which usually translates to "once in a blue moon") get on my nerves after awhile.

And comics that claim to have a regular schedule but then never update annoy the hell out of me.

So goodbye, comic that has been filled with nothing but cat photos for the last I don't know how long.

Goodbye, comic whose site's been down all week and which hardly ever updates anyway.

Goodbye, comic whose claim of "rapid-fire reruns" is absolutely false.

Goodbye, awesome comic that I've followed for years.

Goodbye, comic that started out strong but then went the way of the author's other comic.

Goodbye, extraordinarily pretty comic of a friend-of-a-friend.

I'm open to replacement suggestions. If you know of any good, stable webcomics, let me know!

Contest!

If you can guess the comics above, I'll draw a picture for you of whatever you want and post it here, and you can see why I don't have a webcomic of my own.

Post your guesses in the comments! Whoever gets the most right by, oh, Monday night will be the winner, unless someone gets them all right before that, in which case that person will be the winner.

10 comments:

Dyson said...

"So goodbye, comic that has been filled with nothing but cat photos for the last I don't know how long."

My guess in Nekobox. Heaven help us if someone else is doing that.

"Goodbye, comic whose claim of "rapid-fire reruns" is absolutely false."

Angel Moxie?

"Goodbye, comic that started out strong but then went the way of the author's other comic."

Punks and Nerds? Wait, maybe Errant Story?

As for replacements, if you remember I have too many to count. Here's a couple of interesting ones with varying genres and level of art:

http://www.tsunamichannel.com/
Anime-styles, various series, interesting work.

http://www.elgoonishshive.com/
Fun comic. Has a thing for furry-people, shrinking, gender-swaps and various transformations. They have a gun that does it!

http://www.namirdeiter.com/
Animal-people doing your normal relationships and life stuff.

http://www.shortpacked.com/
From the nerd-core of the creator of It's Walky!

http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/
If you can live with her spelling (she has a rant on it too), it's a fun comic.

http://www.questionablecontent.net/
Just a good comic. Relationships + Music references.

http://crap.jinwicked.com/
Not updating much lately, but I recently read the archives and enjoyed it.

http://manga.clone-army.org/
WARNING: Unsafe for work, and 95% of the population. Some is excellent art and story, some is gore-filled horrible-ness, and one is cute, depressing and sometimes more depressing. All from one author!

http://wigu.com/overcompensating/
Crazy things that supposedly happen to the author. I'd also suggest reading the archives of Wigu.

That's most of what I have that you may not. Though, I wouldn't be shocked if you've already read most of these.

Roderick said...

I'm pretty sure Avalon High is one of them, though I don't know which. ^ ^

Heather Meadows said...

So far all the guesses are wrong! Although Roderick is correct that I have given up on Avalon High before.

I guess this contest is harder than I thought. People probably don't look at my Comics list all the time like I do :>

Tim (long time no see!), I do read Shortpacked! and Questionable Content, but not the others you mentioned. I'll have to give them a try. I'm not too especially into anthropomorphic comics (though I do read Kevin and Kell, which is like the flagship anthro comic), but hey, Zap! has a catgirl...so obviously I can be openminded ;>

Anonymous said...

Rapid fire re-runs is Queen of Wands.

Heather Meadows said...

Yes.

Kelly is in the lead!

:D

Heather Meadows said...

...although from now on I will try to keep myself from giving away which answers are right.

>_<

Heather Meadows said...

Or wrong too, I guess, since that would imply which ones are right.

Yes, I do suck at this!

Okay no more comments from me until tomorrow night!

Anonymous said...

OOH OOH OOH! I KNOW ONE!

Her progress bar on the latest comic actually went BACKWARDS.

Dyson said...

Okay, let's see...

Awesome Comic = Sinfest?

Site down + No updates = Rules of Make Belief?

My latest guesses. ^_^

Also, another comic suggestion (another one of the comics I don't keep a link to, but check through a number of complicated steps):

http://www.countyoursheep.com/

It's about a girl's imaginary friend (a sheep) who, years later, now spends time looking after the girl's daughter.

Heather Meadows said...

Okay, it is now Monday night!

We have two winners: Kelly and Tim! Congratulations. I will draw whatever you guys want. Post it in the comments or email it to me or whatever.

Here are the answers:

So goodbye, comic that has been filled with nothing but cat photos for the last I don't know how long.

Clan of the Cats

Goodbye, comic whose site's been down all week and which hardly ever updates anyway.

Kiagi Swordscat

Goodbye, comic whose claim of "rapid-fire reruns" is absolutely false.

Queen of Wands

Goodbye, awesome comic that I've followed for years.

Sinfest

Goodbye, comic that started out strong but then went the way of the author's other comic.

Winger

Goodbye, extraordinarily pretty comic of a friend-of-a-friend.

Zombie Love

I also recently nuked Everything Jake (so slow...so very slow) and Fallen (sometimes you just have to give up), and readded Dragon Tails, as Hai pointed out to me that it's back!

I was reading the Count Your Sheep archives, but then we moved and I forgot about it! I need to add that comic too :)

Congrats to the winners! Let me know what you want me to draw :>