Captain Gold, made of flesh and blood and a tiny bit cyborg, is a member of O.R.E., a secret organization alongside members: Colonel Brass, Captain Cobalt, Captain Silver, and known Combat Model Robotron, Captain Copper. There is an ongoing battle between humankind versus Robotrons, androids created by Professor Zürdich. How is it possible to trust Anyone if Anyone may be a Robotron in disguise?
This comic has fighter planes (check); explosions (check); and melting Robotrons (double check). (*Rated E, contains depictions of Mild Violence by and toward Robotrons)
Step inside the Secret World of O.R.E. Agents and read Captain Gold and the Robotrons by dpat57, rated E!
In a post-apocalyptic future town a young girl is murdered by bloodthirsty monsters. Rangers Nightshade and Moonsong are hot on the trail of the viscous murderers, but can they find them before the cold and deadly vigilante Pagan reaps their dammed souls and consigns them all to hell? Civil peace is on the line, one wrong move could result in a race-war… This is an action drama story with a fantasy western feel. The art is all digital, mainly black and white line art with some colour.
Read Mercury Virus - Generational Drama, by mercuryviruscomic, rated E.
All aboard the interrealm train, heading toward a one-way stop to the Shadowlands. The conductor this evening is Rebeka Sutton joined by the Q.T.74 (aka “Cutie”), a mechanical spider companion. Rebeka seeks to help unburden transitioning passengers traveling through this train track. The next passenger scheduled to board the train is Roselle Snow, a Blue Rose with a haunting tale. Roselle is about to discover that the only monsters on the train are the ones brought along by each traveler.
Mirage makes a grand nod toward the art of silent films. The dialogue trades text bubbles in exchange for white text on a dark backdrop in strict silent film fashion.
Become as light as a feather and read Mirage by InkyMoondrop, rated E!
Generational differences can be quite pronounced and they certainly are in this family, featuring a dog, daughter, mother and grandmother, all interacting and reacting or one another. One has everything, one is getting by and would like to have everything, one has nothing and doesn't know why it's important, and none of it means anything at all to the dog! This is a daily newspaper style humour comic strip, all in black and white line art!
Read - Generational Drama, by Acricket, rated E.
Catch a glimpse of a typical day shoveling on the farm. The single male Rooster crows, “Cock-a-Da. Cock-a-roo.” Sunlight erupts from behind the barn. Set in the non-fictional Canadian province, New Brunswick, just North of Nova Scotia, and sharing a border with New England, in the Northeastern United States. One man, one mule named Horace, and one more additional man play out the entire scene of episode one. The delivery of the jokes are sure to be a pun-enthusiast’s delight.
The art is drawn in mostly charcoal gray and cream-beige scale, with a creative take on comic panel outlines. Prepare for the upcoming Episode Two: Deadname the Pirate.
Appreciate the rich field of double entendre-filled jokes in Episode One: Horace the Mule, and read The Ballad of Bill by TheBalladofBill, rated E!
Creel is a smoldering wreck of what it once was. Mysterious alien hybrids have wreaked havoc across the lands, killing most of the populace and abducting others for unknown reasons. Juno and his sister Naomi must learn to survive in this demon haunted wasteland, dodging alien hunting parties, and scrounging for resources while plotting a daring escape! This is a Scifi survival adventure story, all drawn in black and white, it's richly textured with fully detailed backgrounds.
Read - Gamma Blue Smoldering of Creel, by Odebear, rated E.
James has been a cave-dwelling monster with a fascination for humans, much to the chagrin of his sister, Mum, and Victor (no relation). The night is young, the forest dark, and a few humans lurking in the same area as James mistakenly believe he has a brain injury. In the moments following an unplanned hospital visit, James is about to run into the fashionable Tolly, a red-haired girl with misplaced keys who is about to relearn the importance of not judging a book by its cover.
The art begins with muted warm grays and olive greens before switching to a vibrantly colorful palette. This comic story has full sized pages in full-color.
Take out some eyeglasses intended for night driving and read Night Lights and Dark Places by shibazoid, rated M!
Nickolas isn't too easy around people, something dark has happened in his life that's left him a little damaged and a trifle on edge, but he's surviving in his own way. He has a lovely partner with a baby on the way, he's just celebrated his birthday, things are going good… till they're not. Guardians of Man is a psychological thriller, it starts off slow but rocks into gear pretty hard when you least expect it. The art is fully digital, simplified manga style, with really cool looking colours and design features.
Read - Guardians of Man, by Gumshoecomix, rated M.
There is an abandoned palace, Le Theatre Charogne, in the heart of Lapinville, a town no stranger to rabbits. The midnight bell strikes when a weary traveler searching for a place to crash decides that squatting in an abandoned theatre is preferable to sleeping on the streets. Now, preferable is not the same as safe once discovering a painting of the masquerading Danse Macabre—a mask wearing, dapper gentleman, dressed in a top hap (complete with a feather). Queue music. The evening is about to get really interesting.
This is a collaboration comic with storyboard, writing, and colours by Steadfastnomad; Lines and rendering by JCorrachComics. Full-length pages, digitally coloured with an emphasis on a monochromatic green/neon yellow/dusty rose colour palette.
Place a new vinyl on the phonograph and read Danse Macabre Danse Amour by JCorrachComics, rated T!
It's a post POST gamer comic featuring two punks and their meta commentary on games, life, nostalgia, and the world in general. Gamer comics were what MADE webcomics back in the day. Sure there were other types of webcomic out there but it wasn't till gamer comics took off that webcomics exploded as a medium! We don't really think of them as much today so things like Game Punks is a great reminder, as well as bringing original stuff to the table. It's a quirky, humour, meta commentary, slice of life comic with rough, but cool art in its own particular style, all digital, mostly in colour.
Read - Game Punks, by TroyVS, rated T.
Oswald has accidentally died and landed in Hell. More specifically, Oswald has landed in the Lesser Planes of Hell, a place for people who died too soon. Life on the Lesser Planes is not a cakewalk with its inhabitants who get off the bus after only one stop and pedestrians who walk too slowly while taking up the whole sidewalk. Oswald is about to take control of fate…by ripping out a page of text from a very sacred book. Oswald’s dangerous deed is about to test the very fabric of existence.
The art uses many experimental techniques from pencil sketches to charcoal on texturized paper to vectorized dot shading. The majority of the pages are in black and white.
Meet Lucy and Cerberus and read Oswald the Overman in the Lesser Planes of Hell by OswaldTheOverman, rated T!
Tag Forester is a hard boiled noir style PI working in and around the city of Portland, Oregon. This time his case involves the fallout from the death of an old client… Who will get the money and the house? -his cheating wife who abandoned him when he was dying of cancer, or his loyal mistress who stuck by him? There are others with eyes on the money too, with violence in their hearts. Will tag save the day? How many dead bodies will there be by the time this is all over?
This is a traditional nor detective style story and part of a series, if you look through the rest of Rickrudge's comics you'll see a few more Tag Forester stories! The art is all black and white pen drawing. It's a simple, direct, stylised look.
Read - Sunday Punch, by Rickrudge, rated M.
A crew of bandmates called “The Sellouts”: Leo the lead vocals and ukulele; Ariel the bass; Gulliver the horn; Gene the drummer; and Kei Zheng on keyboards. Favorite fan of the band Skuncle, also known as Barry Jackson, loves attending shows and is an older than dirt multi-instrumentalist great at selecting hats. Watch the crew get into amp fights, where strength is not as important as the ability to discern enemies quickly. This is a comic centered around bandmate camaraderie and team dynamics—perfect for anyone who has ever been in a band or is thinking about forming a band.
The chapter covers are painted in full digital color with a majority of the comic story pages in black and white. Chapter titles are named after album titles with a specific interest in the ska music genre.
In order to meet bandmates Leo, Ariel, Gulliver, Gene, and Kei, read Sell Outs by Terralopod, rated T!
Circle city is home to a colourful bunch of single edged shapes of the circular variety. They have a lot of stories to tell, usually in four panels with a punchline at the end of them! This is a humorous comic strip full of great little jokes, bad romantic overtures, terrible pickup lines, and silly situations.The art style is slick and professional, fully digital and well rendered in full colour. All in all this is a very well polished product!
Read - Simple Complications, by simpleCOMICS, rated T.
There is a plane on a runway ready to take off at fifteen hundred hours. Emily Stedman, a university student identified as a genius protege by her professor, is introduced to Major Blue, an Air Force liaison, interested in her cognitive abilities. A bit clumsy at times, Stedman is able to connect the dots and see what is in front of her while making the leap to what is not in front of her. Welcome to the briefing room—complete with a stack of nondisclosure agreements that must be signed (and kept forever) unless disappearing completely sounds like a better option.
The comic is updated in full-size colored pages while using cel shading techniques.
Sign those NDAs, learn the truth, and read The Return of the Old Gods by RabbitMaster, rated E!
This is the story of a transwoman, a sometimes painfully relatable slice of life story told using surreal fantasy imagery. Depression and desperation are rendered in bight, happy colour. It's a pretty and fun looking comic that gives us a look at the regrets from relationships past and present emotional turmoil from the inside, which is an interesting and unique experience, although not always a comfortable one. This is mostly created with physical media, which is a rarity these days, especially for something so coloured and detailed. The writing could possibly be a little heavy for some but every word counts.
Read - She Used To Be Fractal, by CartoonAdventurer, rated E.
Phrora is an adventurer traveling all the way to Starleaf Valley, a countryside lush with farmland and abundant crops. Phrora’s curiosity leads her to a private garden where the arrival of Priestess Skymi, a wind priestess of the Soulwind Kingdom is announced. It turns out Starleaf Valley is closely connected to the spirit world, which was reason enough for Priestess Skymi to visit the stained glass covered tower in the city centre. The mystical secrets behind the origins of magic are about to be revealed—especially for those whose wishes are to become a heroic explorer.
The majority of the comic archive is drawn using professionally clean black and white line-work with chapter title pages in full-color.
Feline adventurous? Then read Explorer Chronicles by aurorajames, rated T!
Let a super creepy cannibal Tom Waits take you on a surreal journey into the dark, twisty backwoods… see cryptids emerge from the blackness, obscure gods and angels going about their business in this weird world of North American strangeness. This is a surreal, slightly comical series of creepy stories strung together with a supernatural theme. It's all drawn with a soft pencil in a very realistic style so it has a very distinctive look to it. You won't confuse this comic for too many others!
Read - American Pantheon, by Serg19, rated T.
Iki considers herself a “bottom-dweller”, living and working in the lower levels to make a living. A serendipitous encounter and luck are about to intersect in the forgotten remains of a junkyard after a routine trash-diving detour leads to a luxurious discovery. Introducing Mister Dumpy, aka crocoboy27, or Mr D, a high-end security Beast Head used as a bodyguard for the upper-level’s wealthier class. D carries a lot of baggage and is recovering from a painful past, to which Iki reminds him that, “it’ll be okay, yeah? You’re gonna be okay.”
The art is drawn in TheJagged’s trademark ink-wash style of varying levels of grayscale. The art style has dreamlike watercolor textures.
Order up a serving of Smoofo Boofo, nutri-smoothie, and read Meatware by TheJagged, rated M!
Fang is a tough little, speedy, barbarian warrior woman with great big Sonic style hair! She's the last of a proud tribe and a pretty decent thief. But it seems that everyone in the kingdoms wants to get their hands on her. She has a massive bounty on her head and greed is a great motivator, but some have darker objectives, including a demon queen. This is an incredibly fun fantasy comic full of comedy, adventure, amazing action scenes and cute fantasy women. The art is bright, highly stylised and colourful with cell-shading.
Read - Arkin Blade, by GuyPercinn, rated T.
Domenic is a slovenly bachelor from a Sicilian-American household in New Jersey and he still lives under the same roof as his domineering mother and pet pooch, Lily. Down the road, Katherine, reeling from her latest unlucky relationship prospect, rides alongside her “already-in-a-stable-relationship” sister, Ashley. This small-town, unlikely romance story begins on a quiet sidewalk in the Garden State where a grown man ordered to do chores by his mother is about to intersect with two sisters driving recklessly behind-the-wheel of a car.
The comical expressions of the characters and impressive backgrounds exemplify the drawn comic medium. The comic story is presented in full-length coloured pages.
Find out the importance of picking up litter and read Withdrawn by Casscade, rated M!
Neville likes to “speak truth to power”, as they say, that “power” being the magician he works for, the grim faced Al. Neville is a sardonic sarcastic bunny, full of hilarious and cutting one liners with which to happily eviscerate the stony faced Al. Al isn't well please at this and takes ridiculous, magic-show themed revenge on the mouthy bunny time and again! This is a newspaper style comic strip, there's no story, just jokes. It's an easy and fun read! The art is digital, colourful and consistent.
Read - Neville Magicians Rabbit, by TekTockToons, rated E.
Lilly first draws the attention of Satan, the Devil, after drafting a contract—signed in blood—while a sixteen-year-old student at an all girl’s Catholic high school. Two years later, Satan has returned and this time, Lilly has been waiting with her bedroom walls plastered in “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Devil’s Bride” film posters. Tick. Tock. A late night diner conversation between Satan and Lilly results in an outpouring of subconscious desires…like starting a family?!
The art style is really modern, with clean lines and colouring on par with cartoon animation. The colour palette is black and white line art against a monochromatic purple backdrop with scarlet rouges used to emphasize blood.
Find out if Lilly will follow through with her side of the contract and read Domestic HellLand by SheepShekets, rated M!
A blood soaked boy collapses in the pouring rain rain and lies in the street, dying… No one helps him. A passer by is shocked and rushes to his side. Seemingly recognizing the boy he's galvanized to action and carries him home to care for him, for some reason he eschews calls to take him to hospital. There's a lot of mystery here, not least of which is the identity of the dying boy, not even HE knows!
This is a great action drama with marvellously drawn dark, gritty art. It's been 20 years in the making and it was even featured already here back in 2011 but since this is a whole new version and it's been redone AND that was so long ago it's worth another go. It's a cracking read, even the dialogue heavy pages move along well.
-Warning- if you don't like blood: there are some views of wounds being stitched up.
Read - Nocturne 21 Volume One, by Hirokari, rated M.
Jake Sunrise, a man of very little words, is on the scene whether to fight off feral children and protect a hog-tied lady in distress from a shady cavern; evade a messy situation at a shady circus; or stand up to a gang of men in a graveyard. Sunrise is a drop dead gorgeous mercenary who makes bounty-hunting a profession.
The comic is organized by different issues of mini vignettes. Each issue has a different art style ranging from full pages of color to black and white line work.
Cheer on the vaquero without a voice and read The Return of Jake Sunrise by Picture Books, rated E!