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Flying Spaghetti Monster... In the Puddle!

Tuesday August 26, 2008

I read several web comics regularly and one that I recently added to the group that I open in my browser every morning is In The Puddle, written and drawn by Cique Johnson. I haven't been reading it quite long enough to entirely know what's going on and who everyone is, but I like it enough anyway to keep up with it (and this suggests it will get better once I do know what's going on).

Being the oh-so-observant reader that I am, I never noticed the link to The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the right-hand column. Well, no worries because Cique found a way to work it into her comic from 08.25.08 — her character, Cique, is hosting a booth at a comics convention (I think?) and she's visited by a biology teacher who actually manages to teach evolution in his class. He gets a reward from Cique that I'm sure he wasn't expecting...

Anyway, this gives me a chance to recommend In The Puddle generally as a web comic. I don't normally get to do that since it's rare that comics, or at least the ones I read, mention anything relevant to his site. Since the topic has been raised, though, what web comics do you read regularly?

Comments

August 26, 2008 at 10:19 am
(1) nal says:

Non Sequitur

August 26, 2008 at 3:02 pm
(2) Paul Buchman says:

>what web comics do you read regularly?

Cectic, at cectic.com

August 26, 2008 at 6:09 pm
(3) Samuel Skinner says:

I archieve trawl. Currently my approach to webcomics is to bookmark everyone I come accross and I have…

About 14 pages worth. Wait- that is forgetting the ones in my email box… probably 20 total.

Obviously, I will never be able to read the all, but I can make some offers.

xkcd
perry bible fellowship
unicorn jelly
1/0
Darth and Droids
Freefall
Dominic Deegan
Narbonic
Kid Radd

Perry Bible Fellowship and Unicorn Jelly get rather… disturbing at times. You might want to skip them.

Dominic Deegan started good, went downhill and spawned the most… unusual reaction where former fans… well, they define snarking.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53160
Unfortunatley Mookie is stifling us with sheer boredom, but I am certain the snarkers WILL prevail.

The others are good quality, although they may appeal to differant tastes. There is probably more, but I would have to recall them and I lack the ability to sort good from bad quality- these are ones that simply shine.

August 26, 2008 at 11:15 pm
(4) Triphesas says:

I actually like Dominic Deegan, even as it is now…
Anyway, I’ve got a pretty long list, but a few of the highlights are:
Dominic Deegan
Misfile
Yosh!
El Goonish Shive
Megatokyo
DMFA
The Wotch (and it’s spin-off “Cheer!”)

August 28, 2008 at 2:25 am
(5) Indigo says:

I’ll try to limit this to my very favourite ones.

Something Positive*
Scary Go Round
Penny and Aggie
I Drew This, Ozy and Millie (both by the same author, and rather sporadic these days)
Something Happens
Subnormality*
Scandal Sheet

*Adult content/offensive images warning.

August 30, 2008 at 2:13 pm
(6) John K says:

My favorite is the flash cartoon series, “Salad
Fingers.”

http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm

Although, it’s not really related to atheism. Or to reality for that matter.

August 30, 2008 at 4:30 pm
(7) elisa says:

I really like
XKCD
Piled Higher and Deeper (http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php)
Wellington Grey
(http://wellingtongrey.blogspot.com/)

Isn’t really a tradional webcomic but I like it enough to mention it here :
Indexed (http://indexed.blogspot.com/)

September 2, 2008 at 1:33 pm
(8) Darwin Finch says:

I have to echo SS’s mention of The Perry Bible Fellowship. The artist has taken a break from new episodes but there are plenty to check out.

September 2, 2008 at 3:07 pm
(9) Allen says:

XKCD and Perry Bible Fellowship are the only two that I really like.

September 2, 2008 at 10:03 pm
(10) MIke says:

I enjoy Girl Genius. It’s quite long by now, but the story progress reminds me of the Flash Gordon serials.
Adventure! Romance! Gaslamp Fantasy!

September 3, 2008 at 6:09 am
(11) weemaryanne says:

Chuckle. Y’know, maybe we rationalists need to ramp up our PR. I can see the slogan now:

“Come over to the real world and get hugs’n'kisses from talented, way-cooler-than-you women!”

October 9, 2008 at 8:11 am
(12) Tails Kitsune says:

These are the web Comics i Read

Gunnerkrigg court
El Goonish Shive
The Wotch
Ozy and Millie
Girl Genius
Akaelae
Oh my gods!
Peter is the wolf
Alien Dice
And Shine heaven now ~ A hellsing Fancomic
Cat legend Comics
American Gothic daily
Contemplating Reiko
Flakey pastry
VG cats
IllWillPress.com
Secret of Mana theater

I have a lot more stored in my bookmarks but theses are the ones i go to the most.

From, Tails Kitsune

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