comic rambles
May. 15th, 2011 05:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marycatelliAh, the rambles of reading. . . a few weeks back, one webcomic I read had a discussion about what you could read once you got through the archives of that comic. . . and one recommended topwebcomics.com. . . after some reading, and some dropping as not quite worth reading through the archives, I can recommend a few.
All fantasy, more or less, as it turns out. But a lot of different subgenres.
Rusty & Co. The D&D adventures of a group consisting of -- well, a mimic, a gelatinous cub, and a rust monster. Plus whatever humiform female they manage to acquire on any particular adventure -- there's been a number of adventures and quite a number of such characters, plus a wide array of how she gets involved. I particularly admire the angel-and-devil-on-the-shoulders here. (Starts here.)
Impure Blood A gladiator, not entirely human, receives an offer to escape if he will help in a search. Which rapidly precipitates him in a maelstrom of conflicting agendas. (Starts here.)
Wooden Rose A Victorian tale featuring two sisters living by an enchanted woods, and the mysterious stranger who meets them. I particularly like the art. (Starts here.)
Roza: The Cursed Mage We meet her trying to rescue a horse-prince, with, or despite of, her enchanted blood. Her search leads her to a sparrow knight and more curses, and knowledge of curses. Also has lovely art. (Starts here.)
Strays Meela, a feral girl, has her fire and life interrupted when a bounty hunter's hunt goes through them. She attaches herself to him, and manages to be both bratty and touching. There was a bit of drag when that got monotonous, but a new character has entered and sent him on a new mission and brought along Meela. (And she dreams.) (Starts here.)
All fantasy, more or less, as it turns out. But a lot of different subgenres.
Rusty & Co. The D&D adventures of a group consisting of -- well, a mimic, a gelatinous cub, and a rust monster. Plus whatever humiform female they manage to acquire on any particular adventure -- there's been a number of adventures and quite a number of such characters, plus a wide array of how she gets involved. I particularly admire the angel-and-devil-on-the-shoulders here. (Starts here.)
Impure Blood A gladiator, not entirely human, receives an offer to escape if he will help in a search. Which rapidly precipitates him in a maelstrom of conflicting agendas. (Starts here.)
Wooden Rose A Victorian tale featuring two sisters living by an enchanted woods, and the mysterious stranger who meets them. I particularly like the art. (Starts here.)
Roza: The Cursed Mage We meet her trying to rescue a horse-prince, with, or despite of, her enchanted blood. Her search leads her to a sparrow knight and more curses, and knowledge of curses. Also has lovely art. (Starts here.)
Strays Meela, a feral girl, has her fire and life interrupted when a bounty hunter's hunt goes through them. She attaches herself to him, and manages to be both bratty and touching. There was a bit of drag when that got monotonous, but a new character has entered and sent him on a new mission and brought along Meela. (And she dreams.) (Starts here.)