Concerning Webcomics

There's a wealth of independently-produced comics on the web. I'm speaking not of 'funny pages' comics, but of illustrated stories with a strong narrative. Many of these are the equal of the commercially-produced ones, although it takes some sifting to find the gems among a large pile of good efforts. Then there's the ones that start out so promisingly, and then suddenly go silent as the author discovers there's not enough hours in the day to follow through on everything. Here are a few of my favorite ones that are either consistently updating or are completed.

A recent discovery for me was The Glass Scientists (https://www.theglassscientists.com/) which chronicles a rather different Jekyll and Hyde character through a gaslamp London filled with other characters from horror novels, both well-known and not.

The Secret Knots (https://thesecretknots.com/) is a sporadically-updating comic with beautiful artwork. The storylines could be called literary fiction in their style, and frequently pack a Twilight Zone punch to them. A great example is "11 signs you are not getting enough sleep." I'm always excited when a new one shows up on my RSS feed.

The Bouletcorp (http://english.bouletcorp.com/) is the funny musing of a French artist, which comes out in batches as he translates them from the original French. He frequently takes a wry observation to hilarious extremes.

One more for this time. Lackadaisy Cats (http://lackadaisy.foxprints.com/comic.php) is a fantastically drawn period comic, set during Prohibition in St. Louis, with two gangs of rival, rumrunning cats. It's amazing the personalities that this artist can put into the face of a cat. It's on a brief hiatus while the artist works on an animation of the comic, but it looks like it should resume.

What are your favorite webcomics? Let me know at nl@lampworks.com.