So, being unemployed and a bit bored I'm having the most natural idea. What if I create a shitty webcomic? Yeah, that would be fun!

The problem is, I can't draw. Somehow almost all webcomics I can find are drawn way too well.

So please recommend me some funny/nice/good-in-some-other-way webcomics that look like they were created by artistically challenged people. In other words, I'm looking for examples that look unprofessionally drawn and have a definite creator (as opposed to authorless memes).

I know one great example (xkcd), but it doesn't count because it's an exception, and you can't have a second stick-figure comic like that. Well, technically you can, but it would look like a rip-off. You are drawing stick figures because you can't draw anything else? Ha! Like that could be true, you pathetic piece of plagiarist scum!

To give you an idea of how bad my drawing skills are, here are some gibs that are almost as bad.

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What do you value the most in a webcomic?

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Visual aesthetics
Thematic deepness
Humor
Novelty of ideas
Graceful potatoness

Reserved for shitty reasons.

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The original One Punch Man manga was very badly drawn but gained a HUGE following

while looking like this:

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Thanks! Although it does look almost nice to me :)

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+1 for this, also if you ever want to see how the manga adaptation looks, feels, and differs from the webcomic you can check it out too.

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I don't know any, but this belongs in off topic as it doesn't relate to steam or the site.

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This is my first forum thread and I actually was in doubt after I couldn't find any info about these categories in the FAQ or Guidelines (except for the Group Recruitment category), so I was thinking along the lines of "if it has gibs, however shitty, it can't be completely off-topic". But I guess you're right, so I moved it to OT.

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They aren't readily available, but what should be in General vs Off Topic has been stated in the discussion sorting thread by CG.
It's something like "help us sort"... if you want to search for it.

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The Order of the Stick is a webcomic with excellent writing that gets into a deep, layered story after starting off as more of a joke-a-day kind of thing (though still great in quality). The art is nice, in my opinion, but it's stick figures, and I think those are drawn with the aid of a computer, too.

It most certainly has "thematic deepness".

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Thanks for the suggestion!
I think the art is nice too, but it does look simplistic enough. That's good :)

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Does Pokey count?

Cause Pokey is love.

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You mean Pokey the Penguin? It definitely counts. I've never heard of it before. It looks awesome!
Thanks :)

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You should just draw ugly comics and make it your unique style. Just add some meaning to it and name it properly :)

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Yeah, drawing ugly comics is exactly what I was thinking about!
I just wanted to convince myself that it's at least possible for a comic to be ugly but still good :)

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XKCD is classified as a webcomic right? xD

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Right! :)

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Oh wait, did you link that in the original post? I just now realized that it's already there so when I wrote my comment I meant it as a suggestion

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That's ok, xkcd is guaranteed to be a great suggestion no matter how many times it's suggested! :)

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True that! :)

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tbh idk about shifty drawings because it looks pretty good, but a good one that i follow is called The Gamer.

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To me it looks like it was drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci with some help from Van Gogh and Rembrandt :)
Thanks for the suggestion though :)

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There's an anime called pong the animation, give it a shot.

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this has been my favorite as of late, not that shitty drawings i guess tho
Trash Bird

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Thanks, the art looks nice yet simple enough. The webcomic itself seems really fun! :)

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My friend is obsessed with Homestuck but a lot of it is drawn quite badly (at least from what I know). It's getting game called Hiveswap soon too.

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Thanks for the suggestion!
It looks a bit too professional to me, but that doesn't mean much since I'm not a good judge of art :)

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+1 for Cyanide & Happiness. Love that site (and their card game) :)

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Cyanide & Happiness is golden :D I wouldn't exactly call it "shitty" as far as the drawing goes though, it's just simple.

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Thanks for these great suggestions!
I totally forgot about Cyanide and Happiness and Dinosaur Comics (and wasn't familiar with the others).

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I don't read webcomics but xkcd is the classic example of this.

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Thanks :)

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xkcd looks very nice drawn.
if you make a webcomic avoid making mistakes that will get you to this wiki (e.g. Sinfest)

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I agree that xkcd looks nice. I guess I'm just looking for an art style that's simple enough to draw. It doesn't actually have to look like total shit :)

Thanks for the wiki link. It looks scary! :)

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The Order of the Stick is pretty amusing, pretty simply-drawn webcomic ;)

I couldn't pick just one option in your poll though, I like both visual aesthetic and either deepness or humour (depending on what kind of comic it is).

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Thanks! And yes, the poll is too limiting, I wouldn't know what to pick either :)

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if it's relevant to your kind of humor: Super Mega Comics!

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It's so weird that it's amazing! And some hugely funny stuff too. And it's drawn so badly that I feel inspired :)
Thanks!

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Subcontinental Subtleties XD

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Thanks! I wasn't aware of such a thing as AAR, much less AAR webcomics :)

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A +1 for Order of the Stick, Buttersafe and Cyanide and Hapiness.

I'll add to the list Chainsawsuit, War and Peas and probably my favourite webcomic ever ever ever, Achewood; extremely well-defined characters who you grow more and more attached to through the series, and the art is simple enough.

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Thanks!
It seems that good webcomics with simple art are more prevalent than I thought :)

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If you're into technology based subjects, I would suggest User Friendly. It is in repeats, but is still a good read. It is primarily still around for the comment section which is a home to a lot of...interesting...people.

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Thanks! :)

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Long ago I read Joe the Circle.

Apparently it's still out there! http://joethecircle.com/

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It looks very fun! Thanks! :)

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Cynic mansion Author is a russian so almost all comics only in russian

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Well, the ones that are in English (on the page you linked) are all hilarious!
And the art style is appropriately shitty :)
Thanks a lot for this!

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Well, I would recommend a web comic. But it is not a bad story and it is relatively well drawn. The webcomic has been going on for about 10 years now so the story is very good.

www.GoblinsComic.ORG

If you are looking for a shorter attention span, you might look up the Blockhead videos on New Grounds for a good laugh.

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GoblinsComic is drawn too well indeed :)
Thanks for your suggestions!

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Savage Chickens
Literally started out as sketches on post-its. Also the only webcomic I know that dares to portray marketing people accurately. :3

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Thanks! The drawing style checks out and there are many hilarious jokes! :)

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1/0 looks pretty shitty but is actually really fun and imaginative and unconventional, and even though the (occasional but) really heavy Christian proselytisation bothered me quite a bit, I still enjoyed it a lot and finished it in only 3 days and would recommend it to anyone.

And I'm not sure it could be considered a "webcomic" but Beth Evans' drawings about anxiety(which can often be quite funny) are ridiculously simplistic yet not stick figures, and never detract from my enjoyment of her work.

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Thank you for both suggestions! :)

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Sonichu

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Thanks! :)

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