Webcomics Blogs 
 


At their best, blogs are insightful, informative and entertaining.

Some blogs are very "insider," with an inside joke tone and name-dropping. They often have the most readers, suggesting -- surprise, surprise -- that dish, gossip and back-scratching appeal in the world of webcomics as much as anywhere else.

Other blogs are very "outsider." You don't learn much about the author, and there are few connections to well-known personalities. You don't get scoops, but you often get a sincere attempt at straight talk. Often less disciplined, these blogs vary in quality not only amongst one another, but from post to post. With less to lose, they take risks that can fail.

A few blogs not worth citing are written by people who are to some degree deranged, or who have succumbed to a philosophy of nihilism.

I'm not sure how to classify my blog. I never set out to write a blog, especially one updating seven days a week. The best I can offer is it helps me learn and organize my thoughts. As long as there are interested readers, I'll do my best.

Ultimately, you have to read a variety to find a voice you like. Few people seem to follow more than a handful of blogs, so you might as well look around before you park somewhere.

Blogs are listed alphabetically. I provide as much detail as I have available.



 

Blog of Last Resort
"Making Webcomics Worth Their Pixels"
"Making webcomics successful isn't what it used to be... a young publisher's look at how to succeed in webcomics (or at least what she thinks it takes to succeed), coupled with advice on monetizing your webcomics efforts as well as improving your webcomic, mixed in with her adventures with her webcomic, Last Resort."
Author: Rachel Keslensky
Frequency: 2-3 times a week
Feed Subscription: http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlogOfLastResort
Rates comics with a system? No
Illustrated
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sites by Same Author: Last Resort 

 
Comic Fencing
"Every Friday multiple reviewers face off against the same webcomic!"
Recent reviewers include Jay Slay, Jack Carter, Delos Woodruff, Anthony Cardno
Submissions accepted.
0 - 5 star ratings issued by each of four weekly reviewers.
Started April '08.


 

ComixTalk

Magazine style, multi-contributor publication featuring web and non-web comic coverage.
Editor: Xavier Xerexes
Forum lightly used.

 

"Recognizing when comics are great -- and analyzing what went wrong when they're not."

Author: Matt Koelbl

Updates Monday and Friday

Feed available

Comic rating system: No

By same author: Short Little Stories

Not illustrated

Location: Maryland


 

"Throwaway reviews for a throwaway medium."
Feeds, frequent updates, illustrations
Authors are listed as: Daku, Phil, Brandon, Midnight, The Geek, Brigid


 
Fleen

"The webcomic blog about webcomics"
Author: Gary Tyrrell
Updates weekdays
Popular blog mixes occasionally murky insider jokes and gossip with solid reporting and miscellany from the inbox.


 

The Floating Lightbulb


"Web Comics Eureka."

Author: Bengo

Updates: 1 - 2 daily

Feed subscriptions: Yes

Comic rating system: No

Illustrated

"Recently we are moving away from covering where comics have been and toward where they are going."

Sites/works by same author: Scratchin Post (comic, with Pug), Li'l Nyet (comic, with Pug), Psychedelic Tree House (Neat stuff for comics creators and fans), Klink, You Idiot (Humorous listing of incompetent comics sites), Flavorwhip Collective (multimedia creative project collective, with Silus and Pug), Seamonkeys and Other Disappointments, The Myth of Attic Treasure



 
Tangents

"Rants and Reviews" by Robert A Howard
Contributors include: Amber "Glych" Greenlee, Park Cooper, Barbara Lien-Cooper, Ryan Howe, Steve Anderson, Adam Barnett, Erik Lervold
Email, illustrations
Features longer articles, reviews and essays



 
Webcomic Asylum

Author: Jack Carter
Location: Savannah GA
Rates 1 - 10 chimps
Since March 2007
Substantial archive of reviews and interviews

 

Webcomic Overlook


"Readin' webcomics, then telling you what I thought of them.  I tend to get painfully logorrheic and go on a tangential stream of consciousness flow with my big reviews.  But, hey, readers on the run get treated to some smaller 'One Punch Reviews' too!  I try to get samples from all over the webcomic bouillabaisse, but somehow I keep coming back to zombies, super heroes, and video game comics. Feh."
Author: El Santo
Updates: Weekly at best.
Feed subscription:  Yes
Rates comics with a system: 0 - 5 stars
Illustrated: No
Location: Seattle



 


Authors: Eric Alfred Burns and Wednesday White
Email, comments
An unusual but rather effective rating system is offered, based on enthusiasm: Rabidly Following, Happily Reading, The Hoi Polloi, Why Do I Read This Webcomic Again?
A similar system reports on reading frequency.




  
Zhi

Has not updated since early April 2008.
"Webcomics are my vice and I prefer to examine genre webcomics that are typically ignored by the Webcomic Media."
Author: Scott/ Melbourne, Australia
Comments, Illustrations, Email
Since 2005
This interesting blog is in danger of being demoted due to infrequent updates.