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Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by probably_wrong on Saturday June 07, 2014 @04:30AM (#7861628)
That second list has some very good ones. Some other ones that are or were popular:

Girl Genius, winner of several awards for both story and art, a story about a world ruled by MAD SCIENCE: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/

8-bit theater (finished now), an overall parody of Final Fantasy: http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-goin...

Megatokyo - it used to be pretty big among manga fans, I don't know if it still is: http://megatokyo.com/

Savage chickens, a strip drawn in sticky notes: http://www.savagechickens.com/

Basic Instructions - hard to explain, but still, very funny: http://basicinstructions.net/

Penny Arcade, one of the first "big" webcomics, from the same guys that run PAX: http://penny-arcade.com/

Manly guys doing manly things, an overall parody of macho characters in popular culture: http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/

XKCD, terrible (minimalist?) drawing, truly great writing (if you are geek and/or math inclined): http://xkcd.com

Keep in mind that for new readers it is usually better to start from the first strip and move on, but that usually means that you have to endure some pretty terrible artwork (check the "first" button, and move on).

Also, it depends a lot on what you like reading - XKCD is almost exclusively math-oriented while Penny Arcade is not really funny if you are not into videogames. Then again, that's the good side - there's something out there for everyone.

Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by FoeNyx on Saturday June 07, 2014 @08:27AM (#7861938)
Among other great comics cited in various replies around here, I would also suggest :

• The not-updated-often-but-still-great « perry bible fellowship » : http://www.pbfcomics.com

• The overly optimistic « Buni » : http://www.bunicomic.com/

• The Norwegian POV : http://www.optipess.com/ (relevant to main topic http://www.optipess.com/2010/09/20/no-girls-allowed/ ; or to news http://www.optipess.com/2010/10/08/missing-piece/ )

• Not always SFW (depends where you work of course) :

  • Science, Sex and Fun  « Saturday morning breakfast cereal » : http://www.smbc-comics.com

  • Often trashy but also often very funny « Cyanide & Happiness » : http://explosm.net/comics/
Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by shiven on Saturday June 07, 2014 @06:51AM (#7861789)
Two more for the list:

Sinfest: http://sinfest.net

Why you should check it out: Great illustrations. Mid-to-Long story arcs, with single shorts thrown in full color panels on Sundays. And it is SFW.

Questionable Content: http://questionablecontent.net

Some find it a bit insipid and too self-referential at times, but it has it's brilliant moments. Also (mostly) SFW.

Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by thaumasiotes on Saturday June 07, 2014 @11:31AM (#7862297)
I'll link to favorite strips of mine instead of to the home page :D

Piled Higher and Deeper - grad students. http://phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=591

Extra Ordinary - surreal humor. http://www.exocomics.com/05

Boy on a Stick and Slither - surreal humor. It's dead now, and judging by my friends is a minority taste, but has several of my favorite strips to its name. http://archive.boasas.com/?c=286

minus - more surreal humor. Also dead, but excellent. http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus13.html

Jesus and Mo - making fun of religion and the stupid things it inspires people to say. http://www.jesusandmo.net/2006/05/11/skin/

Sam and Fuzzy - Hard to describe. The cartoonist does a great job making sure there's a joke in every strip, despite involved continuity. http://www.samandfuzzy.com/1482

Station V3 - originally great. Hit such an awful dry spell that I unsubscribed, but hey, maybe it's funny again. http://www.stationv3.com/d/20110722.html

Of those already listed, I also endorse savage chickens, xkcd, basic instructions, and sinfest.

http://xkcd.com/349/

http://www.savagechickens.com/2010/11/identification.html

http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2010/1/10/ho...

http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4746

Re:Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Pag... by tacticus on Saturday June 07, 2014 @06:15AM (#7861762)
http://www.qwantz.com/ is pretty interesting as well. the same art every time.