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Webcomic Recommendations?

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Here are the webcomics I currently subscribe to, in no particular order:

1. XKCD
2. Tom Tomorrow
3. Sci-ence!
4. Penny Arcade
5. SMBC
6. Reptilius Rex
7. Garfield minus Garfield.

I have the distinct feeling I'm missing a few. What are your favorites?
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  1. JesseApril 12, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    As someone with very similar tastes, Wondermark gets top marks.

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    1. JesseApril 12, 2012 at 4:38 PM

      Though since some of the more recent ones tend toward multi-strip arcs, hitting 'random' is probably a better method of trial evaluation than working back sequentially.

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  2. Ryan CooperApril 12, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    Thanks!

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  3. Andrew KasperApril 12, 2012 at 4:34 PM

    Dinosaur Comics

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  4. AnonymousApril 12, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    Why is there no reference to www.pbfcomics.com

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  5. AnonymousApril 12, 2012 at 10:51 PM

    Dr. McNinja, Get Fuzzy, Frank and Ernest

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  6. AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    Married To The Sea can either be awesome or completely nonsensical

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  7. Ryan CooperApril 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    Thanks a lot, everyone! I'll check these out.

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  8. limakoApril 15, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    You're missing a lot of awesome webcomics: there are almost too many to keep track of. In particular, I like "Whomp!" which hits way too close to home. "Faraday the Blob" is zany and off-the-wall. "Dustpiggies" is rather aggressively weird, but reliably good for a chuckle. "Tom the Dancing Bug" nails politics with a high-powered nail gun. "Doctor Emery's Nightmares" is just getting started (she's my daughter-out-law). There are a bunch more. It really is a golden age of webcomics.

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