Webcomics Corner
Patrick Harris
Issue date: 2/12/10 Section: Comics
Welcome once again to Webcomics Corner, your regularly updating place to find out about some of the best webcomics the internets have to offer. Now that I've maneuvered our conversation to the topic of regular updates with ninja-like precision, I'm going to take a moment to tell you about some really stupendously awesome comics that, sadly, don't update all that often.
The first, "Dresden Codak," is produced by Aaron Diaz. Diaz actually hits every button I have when it comes to irregular updates, promising a new comic "any day now" for weeks on end, even offering regular updates in exchange for a fundraising goal that, when met, results in total radio silence for weeks. But when it updates, on those rare glorious days, the strips tend to be so mindblowingly good that I immediately forgive him. When you go look, I strongly recommend that you investigate the Dungeons & Discourse strips: http://dresdencodak.com/
The second, "Copper," updates once every six months or so, but much like DC above, it tends to be incredible when it does. This is the only strip from which I have purchased prints, and while they aren't all hits, those that are tend to hit very hard indeed. You can do all past strips in a matter of minutes, but I recommend savoring them: http://www.boltcity.com/copper/.
The final, "Don't Forget to Validate Your Parking," is in many respects the opposite of the other two strips. It's black and white, usually just a talking-head comic, and mostly captures author Mike Le's musings on the nature of human interaction, or stories of complete absurdity of Hollywood from a scriptwriter's perspective (not coincidentally, Mike Le is a scriptwriter in Hollywood). It's all words - the comic format is basically just a vehicle for dialogue - but if you're in to that sort of thing, you will enjoy this strip: http://www.dontforgettovalidateyourparking.com/
The first, "Dresden Codak," is produced by Aaron Diaz. Diaz actually hits every button I have when it comes to irregular updates, promising a new comic "any day now" for weeks on end, even offering regular updates in exchange for a fundraising goal that, when met, results in total radio silence for weeks. But when it updates, on those rare glorious days, the strips tend to be so mindblowingly good that I immediately forgive him. When you go look, I strongly recommend that you investigate the Dungeons & Discourse strips: http://dresdencodak.com/
The second, "Copper," updates once every six months or so, but much like DC above, it tends to be incredible when it does. This is the only strip from which I have purchased prints, and while they aren't all hits, those that are tend to hit very hard indeed. You can do all past strips in a matter of minutes, but I recommend savoring them: http://www.boltcity.com/copper/.
The final, "Don't Forget to Validate Your Parking," is in many respects the opposite of the other two strips. It's black and white, usually just a talking-head comic, and mostly captures author Mike Le's musings on the nature of human interaction, or stories of complete absurdity of Hollywood from a scriptwriter's perspective (not coincidentally, Mike Le is a scriptwriter in Hollywood). It's all words - the comic format is basically just a vehicle for dialogue - but if you're in to that sort of thing, you will enjoy this strip: http://www.dontforgettovalidateyourparking.com/
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