Comics that got you started...

War · Post by **War** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:18 am

The first online comic I read was RPGW. And that's when I thought "hey, I have a computer, I can draw. How hard could it be?"
A couple of months later I got a scanner and started.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:29 am

http://www.crfh.net is to blame.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:47 am

No comic got me started. The first webcomic I ever heard of was Sluggy Freelance, and that was after I had my own. I think it was around 99/2k. I didn't even know they were called webcomics back then.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:37 am

My first internet comic was PVP, i found it while looking up stuff about the Thief games. From there I moved on to Penny Arcade and Megatokyo and stuff like that. I think my first keenspace comic was El Goonish Shive, back when it was still on Keenspace.

Spriteville, USA · Post by **Spriteville, USA** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:17 am

Something Positive, 8-Bit Theater, and my friends desire to make a webcomic all got me into it.

That and I started futzing around with sprites. My first set was a half-life set, still pretty damn good. Making a game with them too. While doing the HL set I made one of myself as a joke. Then I decided that I could do more of them and over a summer tinkered with the idea until I basically made what I have.

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:38 am

I think the first comic I read online was Freefall.

I was writing for a Usenet story group at that time called alt.devilbunnies, about killer rabbits who were trying to take over the world. The creator of Freefall, Mark Stanley, wanted to put a devilbunny cameo in his comic, so he contacted us for permission. We enthusiastically agreed. Then Mark physically mailed us a floppy disk full of swag, including the devilbunny strips of his comic and a bunch of non-comic related fan art. Cool guy. Great strip.

I'm not sure what the second comic I read was. A co-worker kept badgering me to read Sluggy Freelance, and a friend of mine kept trying to get me to read a furry soft-core porn strip whose name I forget, both at about the same time.

It seems to me that webcomic authors tend to create their own competition, don't they? Odd.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:23 am

The first comic I remember reading online was http://www.dragon-tails.com followed by such comics as 8 bit theater and Penny arcade. I had been drawing a comic on paper before started here. I found out about keenspace when one of my friends started a comic here.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:05 pm

looking for free hosting

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:57 pm

I have wanted to make comics for a while (like forever and stuff) but decided I wasn't ready to start. Fading Aura from If-Then-Else pointed me at Keenspace. I'd been reading Residence Life before that but didn't realize there was a free comic site involved. Errant Story was just a good story and it finally made me decide to jump in and do my own. Little did I know that "I can do that" meant I wouldn't have any free time for the next two straight years.

Beyonder_alpha · Post by **Beyonder_alpha** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:11 pm

Exploitation Now.
LOVED THAT COMIC, much much more than errant story to be honest.

My second comic was machall and after that there was penny-arcade.

Initial thoughts on PA were "Everybody is making a comic these days it seems."

TalonLeuco · Post by **TalonLeuco** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:51 pm

RLC Davidson got me hooked, yes noise monkey, blame him, he needs a good blameing. what really got me hooked, sadly, is no more, and noone will help me start it back up: Battle Royale. o well, time to move on i supose,

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:55 pm

legostargalactica wrote:I think my first keenspace comic was El Goonish Shive, back when it was still on Keenspace.

That can't be right; EGS was never on Keenspace.

Axonite · Post by **Axonite** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:02 pm

"Peanuts" got me into comic strips. "Doctor Fun" was the first comic I remember seeing online that I hadn't already seen in the papers. Apart from that, the first webcomics I remember seeing were "Down To Earth" and "Kevin and Kell." I think I first found KeenSpace through a link from KeenSpot, but I didn't have a comic ready to go online at that point... when I decided to put Station V3 online, signups were either disabled or there was a long wait. I put it up temporarily on the webspace provided by my ISP, and signed up for KeenSpace as soon as I could.

Psiogen · Post by **Psiogen** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:09 pm

I got into webcomics about 4 1/2 years ago. I think my first one was Sinfest, although I don't actually like Sinfest very much. Actually, the badness of webcomics was what inspired me. If gave me confidence!

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:20 pm

It's cool that I have read a bunch of these comics that got others started! OnlineComics.net has some reeally good comics that I adore.

As well I got hooked to KeenSpace through Battle Royale, but I liked it so much I'd hate to restart it and it suck. And besides, War is the only one who can unlock that stupid Door!! lol.

Telecoda · Post by **Telecoda** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:43 am

Doodled for years. Then started doing gag cartoons. Submitted a few to newspapers and magazines. Finally go one accepted.

Then discovered a site called http://www.cartoonstock.com tried selling my stuff on there with limited success (too many professionals on the site with huge portfolios).

Lost interest.

Started drawing for friends again and circulating my cartoons. Decided to revive my cartoons and searched for a suitable host and found keenspace.

Had a punt at a webcomic rather than gags for a while but it wasn't for me.
(really must finish off that storyline...)

Now just back to the gags.

Nicotine · Post by **Nicotine** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:54 am

Well, I heard about this site years ago in like 2000 when my friend had a comic here (it's title escapes me now). But that's how I got aquainted with the name of this site. I never visited it again after her comic stopped though. When summer boredness was killing me I looked for this site again and began reading several of the comics. I decided to make my own too because it looked fun...and I had nothing to do that day!

Munchy · Post by **Munchy** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:07 am

beano, dandy and calvin and hobbes

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:08 am

Sinfest, Bloom County, Boondocks.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:25 pm

All the classic print-comics that people are always bringing up (Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, etc...)... and... my first webcomic was ... Megatokyo... and I thought "man, it would be cool to do something like that..." I'm so ashamed...