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Best 1 Lackadaisy
Lackadaisy

Lackadaisy is a long-running webcomic exploring the lives of anthropomorphic cats living in the 1920s during the Prohibition era. Created by Tracy Butler since 2006, it’s recognized for its meticulous artwork and immersive depiction of this period. The comic primarily appeals to readers interested i...

2 Achewood
Achewood

Created by Chris Onstad in 2001, "Achewood" is an underground webcomic that follows the surreal, everyday lives of a group of anthropomorphic animals, primarily cats. The strip is distinguished by its sophisticated, literary character writing, frequently exploring themes of depression, friendship, a...

3 Stand Still. Stay Silent

"Stand Still. Stay Silent" is a post-apocalyptic webcomic created, written, and illustrated by Minna Sundberg, which launched in 2013 and concluded in 2021. Set in the Nordic countries ninety years after a devastating pandemic wiped out most of the global population, the story follows an exploration...

4 xkcd
xkcd

"xkcd" is a webcomic created in 2005 by former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe, recognized for its simplistic stick-figure art style and intellectual subject matter. The comic frequently delves into advanced mathematics, computer science, physics, and internet culture, often featuring extensive chart...

Comic 2005 Webcomic Munroe Geek Humor Stick Figure
5 Gunnerkrigg Court

Gunnerkrigg Court is a fantasy and mystery webcomic created by Tom Siddell and launched in 2005. It follows Antimony Carver, a reserved student at the vast and technologically oriented Gunnerkrigg Court, and her encounters with robots, ghosts, gods, and creatures from folklore. The story contrasts t...

6 Girl Genius

Girl Genius is an ongoing comic book series created by writers and artists Phil and Kaja Foglio, first launched in 2001. It is recognized as a foundational work in the steampunk genre, set in a fictionalized European society during an alternate industrial revolution. The narrative follows Agatha Het...

7 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a daily webcomic created by Zach Weinersmith that began publication in 2002. The strip typically consists of single-panel jokes that frequently explore themes of science, philosophy, economics, and existential absurdity. Aimed at an audience interested in intelle...

8 A Softer World

A Softer World was a webcomic by writer Joey Comeau and photographer Emily Horne, launched in 2003. Most installments arranged three photographic panels, often reusing or reframing the same image, with captions that created a short narrative or abrupt conceptual turn. The comic combined dark humor,...

9 Dinosaur Comics

Dinosaur Comics is a webcomic created by Canadian writer Ryan North in 2003. Nearly every regular installment uses the same six panels of pixelated dinosaur artwork, while the dialogue changes to explore language, philosophy, science, relationships, and absurd hypothetical situations. Its recurring...

Comic Humor 2003 North Webcomic Constrained
10 Order of the Stick

The Order of the Stick is a fantasy webcomic created by Rich Burlew in 2003. It follows a party of stick-figure adventurers in a world governed partly by the conventions and rules of tabletop role-playing games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons. Although it began primarily as a rules-based parody, it...

11 Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade is an influential webcomic started by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik in 1998, focusing on video game culture and launching the PAX convention.

Comic Gaming Humor 1998 Webcomic Holkins Krahulik
12 Dresden Codak

Dresden Codak is a science fiction webcomic by Aaron Diaz that began in 2005, recognized for its philosophical themes, intricate artwork, and focus on transhumanism.

13 Homestuck
Homestuck

Homestuck is a sprawling, multimedia webcomic created by Andrew Hussie in 2009, famous for its complex plot, flash animations, and massive internet fandom.

14 The Oatmeal

The Oatmeal is a humor webcomic launched in 2009 by Matthew Inman, celebrated for its absurd observational comedy and successful crowdfunding campaigns.

15 Sluggy Freelance

Sluggy Freelance is an early internet webcomic launched by Pete Abrams in 1997, recognized for blending bizarre daily humor with expansive, long-term story arcs.

16 PvP
PvP

PvP is a long-running webcomic created by Scott Kurtz in 1998, focusing on the staff of a fictional video game magazine and achieving early mainstream success.

17 Questionable Content

Questionable Content is a slice-of-life webcomic by Jeph Jacques that began in 2003, notable for its focus on indie rock, romance, and evolving AI characters.

18 Cyanide and Happiness

Cyanide and Happiness is a starkly drawn webcomic launched in 2005 by Explosm, notorious for its dark humor, absurdity, and irreverent approach to taboo subjects.

Comic 2005 Dark Humor Webcomic Stick Figure Explosm
19 Megatokyo
Megatokyo

Megatokyo is an influential webcomic created by Fred Gallagher in 2000, renowned for its heavy manga influence and focus on two Americans stranded in Japan.

Comic Manga Style Romance 2000 Webcomic Gallagher
20 VG Cats
VG Cats

VG Cats is a Canadian webcomic created by Scott Ramsoomair in 2001, famous for its anthropomorphic cat characters and parodies of popular video games.

21 Sinfest
Sinfest

Sinfest is a long-running webcomic created by Tatsuya Ishida in 2000, initially focusing on gag-a-day humor before shifting heavily into radical political themes.

22 Ctrl+Alt+Del

Ctrl+Alt+Del is a gaming webcomic created by Tim Buckley in 2002, widely known for its focus on video game humor and a famously dramatic storyline about a miscarriage.

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