Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

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Just a note (mostly to myself) about some webcomics I've been reading all of the webcomics I've read, I guess:

• VG Cats - Still hilarious. Also still hilariously sporadic with their updates. Still one of my favorites despite always being left high & dry whenever I want more.
• Penny Arcade - One of the most consistant webcomics I've ever seen, for better and for worse. at least 40% of their output is too weird and random for my tastes, but they update frequently, and the good jokes usually hit home.
• Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures - I'm still hopelessly behind on the story in that one. I should stop being intimidated by that, though, since the real issue is that I never know when to stop once I start getting into it.
• Brawl in the Family - I left off ~the 400's. Should be a fairly quick read if I ever want to finish it off since it ended 2.5 years ago.
• 8-Bit Theater - I have yet to make it past the 100's in that one, but only because a few shticks start to drag around that point. Someday I gotta power through that part to see if it gets any better. The beginning was really strong, after all.
• Original Life - Technically still updating sporadically, even though it hasn't been updated since June. I also believe I left off somewhere around #350, give or take. Checks #347, specifically, when the girl asks her father what the meaning of life is. Because of course.
• Sabrina-Online - After 20 years, this comic actually ended. That said, I think where I left off was a decent stopping point. I might still want to poke around a bit, but so far, it looked like it only kept going because its creator found it 'theraputic', and ended because 20 years sounded like long enough to drag out a sitcom-style rom-com, that was originally made for an Amiga fanzine in the mid-90's, that peaked sometime around year #4...or rather, the first year after it left the print-era and therefore no longer no longer had to adhere to any publishing standards...
• Zoophobia - I read all that was available for free. Unfortunately, I'll have to buy the rest on Patreon if I ever want to read further. I don't blame her for wanting to abandon Tumblr and only offer her comics to people who aren't going to ridicule her needlessly (or if they do, could easily be ignored on the grounds that they at least paid her upfront, and could just as easily put their money where their mouth is if they actually meant what they said). However, it still kinda stings, if only because my money is tight right now. Oh well, I've got enough other comics that its no big loss to me, and I can still say that I enjoyed what I already read.
• Thunderpaw: In The Ashes of Fire Mountain - I want to continue it, but I'm not gonna lie, I've been uncomfortable with the story and format since day one. I left off at the beginning of Ch. 3, but this seriously better go somewhere more cohesive than the drug-induced nightmares that encompassed the first two chapters (literally, in the case of ch. 2).
• The Furry Experience - The first strip is terrible. Insulting, even. I haven't read much beyond it, but that strip speciffically seems like it was just a random idea that he had one day, and the comic thereafter simply recycled the setting and characters. Honestly, it seems like it might be a heartwarming read, I just gotta get past that first step.
• The Katbox has yet to be thoroughly cleaned...out. As in picked through. For its buried treasures. The last one of them that I read (that was enjoyable, at least. In all honesty, the name was starting to become pretty apt, all things considered) was Uberquest, which...I wanna say I read past pg. 81, at least into the early 100's, but I didn't recognize them when I went back & checked. Also, please advise: avoid the Xmas special at all costs, unless you want to see some furry stags in speed-os jingle their bells. Seriously, no wonder I don't remember any of the strips from post-2014: I went blind!
• DJandora - Great comic, but at this point, I'm not sure if it'll ever be finished. Apparently it just...stopped...dude paused it back in February to get caught up at Job #2, and just...never continued. He won't even talk about it.
• Roomies - Beautiful. I mean, it'll never continue, seeing as the dude ran out of funds, and even his patreon's been de-listed, but it ended on a very touching note. I would've loved to see where it was going to go, but...I think I can live knowing that what I got was perfect for what it was, albeit possibly more due to the circumstances I experienced it than anything else. Still, it's definitely become one of my personal favorites.
• Boxer Hockey - Dead & Buried. At least I can go through the archives and re-read what's there, but it was clearly trying to weave a more complex narrative before it was finally abandoned completely.
• Star Fox: The Lylat Wars - Dead, but this time for more frustrating reasons: The author lost interest, apparently. Oh well, I still gotta read the last chapter that I downloaded from the author's pixiv page a while ago, so at least I still have a little more to enjoy.
• Just Another Web Comic - Dead, this time for more....literal reasons. RIP, Tikiman. Your comic was the first one I ever read, back when I didn't even know it was possible to publish your works online, in a format that others could appreciate. Thank you.