I’m not really big on online webcomics. That’s usually David’s territory. I read Penny Arcade (because everybody reads Penny Arcade) and XKCD (science!), but that’s about it. I haven’t found any that have spoken to me. In the past, though, I’ve given props to online series that focus on comics, like The Variants, Lil’ Batman, and Murder Burger. What sucks is I’ve always wanted to find one to get into, and most of the ones I find have ended. There are no good ongoing ones! In fact, I was beginning to think it was such a plague that I pitched the idea for us to do a weekly webcomic here at Multiversity.
Well, allow me to introduce you to ComicCritics.com.
I found it by complete accident, and I’ve been addicted to reading it since I started. Starring a full cast of characters, it centers around a group of “kids our age” who work in a comic store and constantly dissect the validity of modern comics. They also happen to run a website called Comic Critis in which they, guess what, critique comics! They are thousand times more harsh than we ever will be, but at the same time it’s a pretty great example of the type of fanboy that exists these days. What makes this comic so funny to me is that this is perhaps the first webcomic I’ve ever read where I could say “I know this guy!” It makes it much more funny. On top of that, Comic Critics is one of the first sites to regularly say something quite different than, say, Multiversity would say (apparently Geoff Johns isn’t God! Who knew?). It makes for a very humorous read, and more often than not, I agree with some of the stuff they say, such as the above comic (which I have said about a million times over).
Or maybe I like it because the main character actually enjoyed Final Crisis, much like myself, and I’m happy to see another spirit with beliefs like mine. Either way, this comic has my support.
The comic is written by Sean Whitmore and drawn by Brandon Hanvey, who happens to be a forum moderator over at CBR. You can check it out at ComicCritics.com. It is updated weekly, and it is most definitely a funny read.
