Category Archives: Web Comics

Here be watchmen

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

With a title like, To Set A Watchman, it’s small wonder that Harper Lee‘s new novel rings a bell with even the most casual reader of graphic novels. However, leave it to Ruben Bolling to use that pavlovian response and … Continue reading →

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Hands inside the panel!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

The joke is as old as comics themselves, I guess, but this version by Alex Norris, is a funny, inventive new take on it. What’s more, it’s just one of the many strips by Alex that reveal this refreshingly offbeat … Continue reading →

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The Dartmoor Pegasus

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

Every now and again, if you wait long enough, something delightful will pop up on your screen that you didn’t know about and that makes you simply happy. The Magnificent Dartmoor Pegasus Named Kevin is a new web comic by Philip Reeve … Continue reading →

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Behold, The Comics machine

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Wim Lockefeer

My pal Gene Kannenberg has set himself the challenge of creating an abstract comic every single day for a year. So far he’s done two takes on the Family Circus, a single strip comic and a few longer ones, such … Continue reading →

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Calvin and Garfield

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

Pandyland takes the Garfield Without Garfield / Calvin Without Hobbes to a next nihilist-existentialist level, with additional Dilbert admin. My head hurts!

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FIDH Annual report in comic format

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

It would seem that there’s a huge surge in reporting comics happening, on websites like Symbolia and The Nib. FIDH, the world-wide human rights movement, goes one step further and published its 2013 yearly report in one big infographic in comics … Continue reading →

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Lady drawers

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

Writer and artist Anne-Elisabeth Moore has an ongoing column called Ladydrawers for progressive investigating reporting website Truth-out.org, in which she mostly covers the position of women in the creative industries. Each column is in comic strip format, with collaborations by … Continue reading →

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Tales from the crypt

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Wim Lockefeer

Andy Warner did a great comic on the one-man renovation job on the San Fransisco columbarium. It is a real tribute to persistence and dedication. The story was published in The Nib, Medium‘s quite vibrant comic corner (which you should follow).

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The Ultimate Batman

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

You have fan fiction, and you have fiction produced by fans that hits harder than anything official featuring the characters involved. The least you can say about The Deal, a quite disturbing Batman-story by Daniel Bayliss and Gerardo Preciado, is … Continue reading →

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Comics for Clarity!

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Wim Lockefeer

Big Deal, Big Money is a great example of how you can use comics to explain a rather difficult subject in order to get as many people on board as possible, in this case why Verizon’s demarche to tariff internet … Continue reading →

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