Five favorite comics

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Schlock Mercenary and TOTQ are both very special in different ways. Howard Taylor is consistently funnier but Ralph is an excellent storyteller and when TOTQ does do "funny" Ralph does it spectacularly well. I consider these the two best webcomics period.

Ralph isn't as consistent in the other two strips but at times he hits the quality level of TOTQ.

When Hopkins is "on" with Jack he's astoundingly good. When he's not "on" he's mediocre but he makes you think often enough to be worth it.

"Userfiendly" is great for "geek humor" :). http://userfriendly.org/

For truly twisted pop-culture-parody humor (REALLY adult!) you can't beat Ghastly, the one and only inventor of "Google Sepuku". No way I'll link to it but if you MUST check it out, be warned.

Freefall isn't perfect but it's actually pretty creative and downright weird in terms of the story arc length for the length of time it's been going - one of the oldest strips on the web and it's covered...what, six weeks of in-story time!?

(Something else about Freefall and TOTQ: the art quality and style haven't varied very much, in stark contrast to, say, Schlock(!) and they're good "paper book material" as a result.

"Gene Catlow" and a few others are OK but...eh. Not that big a deal.

"Kevin and Kell" has had moments but...it's getting old and the core moral premise is kinda nasty, actually way worse than anything Hopkins ever came up with.

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Oh yeah, one more I almost forgot about:

ROSWELL, TEXAS!

http://www.bigheadpress.com

Written by L. Neal Smith, drawn by Scott Beiser. Which means VERY Libertarian, very pro-gun except both know way WAY more about guns than Ralph. Sorry Ralph, but in that department they're absolute kings.

Good story so far.

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Now being a Texan born and bred, I can only say...........YEEEEHAAAAAAA!

Now I have to read this comic, because I find it VERY interesting.
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There was a time when I would have listed "Ozzie and Millie" and "Sabrina Online", but the first became too PC and the second lost its way somewhere.
I kinda liked "Girl Genius" but despite the lush artwork, I found the writing lacking.

In addition to all of Ralph's comics, I'd list:

Freefall
The Cyantian Chronicles
9 Chickweed Lane
The Whiteboard
Schlock Mercenary
OTH! (Oh, the humanity!)
Digger (on GraphicSmash.com)
Something Positive
21st Century Fox
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