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‘Darths & Droids’: now this is roleplaying

Darths & Droids Written by The Comic Irregulars Ongoing, 2007 – present Updates Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday It goes without saying that Star Wars is hands down one of the best known and most revisited film series in popular culture. Similar to the various sci-fi adventure fiction it drew from, Star Wars has gone on to …

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‘Dumbing of Age’ is a slice of life college comic with humor and heart

Dumbing of Age (2010-present; updates daily) Written and drawn by David Willis The first year of college is an important, transitional, and often angst-ridden time of one’s life. Veteran web cartoonist David Willis uses characters from his previous webcomics Shortpacked, It’s Walky, and Roomies to tell the story of large ensemble cast of students (mostly freshmen) at Indiana University, which happens to be Willis’ alma mater. …

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”Little Ghost” is an adorable monster serial

Kate or Die “Little Ghost” (2014-present; updates whenever) Written and drawn by Kate Leth In November 2014, Kate Leth decided to switch over the format of her Kate or Die! from autobiographical to a young adult story starring various ghosts, monsters, and beasties. The story was later titled “Little Ghost” and currently has eleven chapters. The last update ends on a  cliffhanger, and Leth posted …

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‘The Gutters’ is the ultimate comics industry parody

First and foremost, The Gutters was a twice weekly webcomic that made fun of various aspects of the comics industry. It took the comics news of that week and spinned into something hilarious and self-contained with a rotating cast of artists, including ones you might know like Annie Wu (Hawkeye), Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan), Joe Eisma (Morning Glories), Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine and the X-Men), and even comics legend Neal Adams, who pencilled a heartfelt tribute to the late Joe Kubert in 2012. The humor of The Gutters is highly topical. However, in the tradition of the best MAD Magazine strips or SNL sketches, it can act as a nice time capsule to 2010 when people were arguing whether Steve Rogers or Bucky Barnes (or Clint Barton) should be Captain America, or 2012 when the circle of snark around Before Watchmen and if it was doing irreparable damage to comics was going on.

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‘Questionable Content’ melds the mundane and the fantastic

Questionable Content Written and illustrated by Jeph Jacques Ongoing, 2003-present Updates Monday-Friday Questionable Content is an indie, romance, tiny robot, slice-of-life webcomic started in 2003 by writer/artist Jeph Jacques. Jacques uses the comic to make his living. He sells ad-space, as well as plenty of merchandise including t-shirts with creative phrases like “YOLO” (You Obviously …

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