the first webcomic

Dburkhead · Post by **Dburkhead** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:27 am

Either Kevin and Kell or Sluggy Freelance, I don't remember which came first.

Wait a minute. There was an ongoing "in joke" in John Ringo's "Grimmer than Hell" and later books (a supertank called "Bun Bun") of the Posleen series. One of the books "Hells Faire" had CD which included a short Sluggy story arc ("Game called on account of naked chick.") That was quite a bit before I discovered either series online.

Fadri · Post by **Fadri** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:10 am

I'd say RPG World or The Misadventures of Hello Cthulhu. I'm not sure which was my first one.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:26 am

The first one I saw was penny arcade, but it was in a game magazine and I didn't know it was a webcomic. The first on the web comic I remember reading was the now finished Dragon Tails.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:37 am

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:07 pm

I've always considered Red Meat, in my heart, to be a newspaper comic. Because it is the only arrangement of ink that has any value in our local fascist alt weekly freebie rag. Also, Max Cannon is a local boy!

But if we count it as a webcomic, Red Meat was the first. Goats and Penny Arcade are next, after being shown to me by friends.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:04 pm

I mostly just read normal syndicated comics (Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert and whatnot) online.

First exclusively online comic that I managed to read much of would probably be Pokey the Penguin.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:22 pm

Oh, yeah, Pokey might've been first for me as well...

Ebility Deranged · Post by **Ebility Deranged** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:25 pm

Demonology 101.

Rianeva · Post by **Rianeva** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:27 pm

I have no idea. PA in EGM, maybe?

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:33 pm

Clan of the Cats. It was a fantastic discovery.

And from there into College Roomies from Hell, and from there to insanity. It sure has been a fun trip.

CW

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:30 pm

Sortelli wrote:I've always considered Red Meat, in my heart, to be a newspaper comic. Because it is the only arrangement of ink that has any value in our local fascist alt weekly freebie rag. Also, Max Cannon is a local boy!

But if we count it as a webcomic, Red Meat was the first. Goats and Penny Arcade are next, after being shown to me by friends.

Have you ever had the urge to strip naked and stare through his windows? With a kinda bug-eyed expression?

Or leave milk bottles filled with exciting goop on his doorstep?

That's probably just me, isn't it.

Xavier · Post by **Xavier** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:34 pm

i think it was "the Jar". which doesn't exist anymore, and was replaced by some valkylre comic that isn't as good.

or wait. i think the truth is more embarrassing. if i remember right, i was looking for porn, and stumbled accross "Boy Meets Boy".

or was it "Megatokyo"...

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:52 pm

I was reading syndicated comics online for a brief time, then I found Residence Life (which doesn't seem to be around anymore

) off of Yahoo. From there to PVP, Penny Arcade, Sluggy and then it all kind of went downhill from there.

EmergencyExit · Post by **EmergencyExit** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:05 am

I think someone showed me Read Meat first online, but Sinfest was the first one I actually read and got into which introduced me to many other keen comics.

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:45 am

First webcomic I actually sat down and READ was Xenith, by Aerie. Fell in love with it, then found out it stopped updating and wasn't going to resume. That darn near killed me, so I set out in search of other such amazing comics, preferably ones that would continue updating.

Came across PA, Dominic Deegan, Gaming Guardians, Road Waffles, Legostar Galactica, Errant Story/Exploitation Now, Sinfest, and a slew of keenspace comics that were abandoned, and eventually pissed me off to the point where I decided I had a story to tell, and I was going to tell it, and see the goddamn thing through.

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 1:02 am

I think my first was Sinfest, followed by Thin H Line and then a whole bunch of Keensp* comics.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:31 am

Purple Pussy

Odd1 · Post by **Odd1** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:33 am

Deemon Pooka --> Keenspace.com --> Keenspot.com --> Wendy Comic

After that it's all a blur. A sexy blur.

Evil Jamie! · Post by **Evil Jamie!** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:25 am

Some random manga thingy on Angelfire, then Megatokyo.

DJMayhem · Post by **DJMayhem** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:34 am

Dominic Deegan.

I practically fell in love with it, and I still read it. PA and PVP followed closely after.

EDIT: DAMMIT JAMIE! NOT THAT TOUNGE AGAIN!