I heard today that Disney has bought out Marvel Comic. Poor.

This better not make any difference to The Punisher.

© Charles Schulz

I don’t think there’s ever a time early Peanuts – especially any of the Snoopy or Schroeder strips – fails to cheer me up. The sun is shining, the coffee is hot – how could today fail? An absolute masterpiece of a comic. In four panels Schulz manages to convey an entire story – not a million miles away from the idea of a photo story. Perhaps why I like it so much. I think it goes along with Alec Soth’s views on the similarity between poetry and photography.

Web Comics

With the Watchmen movie due out soon comics are getting a bit more mainstream press so now seems the time for webcomics to get a little more exposure. There are some great, creative, interesting works out there and I want to recommend a few.

• Questionable Content – My favourite web comic. The art is fantastic, reading through the archives makes you realise how much Jeph has grown as an artist. Characters you can care about and empathise with, plots that make sense and a good dosh a humour. Seriously recommended.
• Boy On A Stick And Slither – Daily one-shots about a snake (Slither) and a boy on a stick (er, the titular Boy On A Stick) plus God and Cracker. Lectures on morality, corporations and politics follow. Hilarious.
• Girls With Slingshots – Another slice of life comic. Similar in execution to Questionable Content but with a different feel. The artwork is slightly toned down, less emphasis on big punchlines.
• Sam And Fuzzy – It’s a comic about an indecisive man and his sociopathic bear-like friend, what’s not to like? Slow burning story arcs and great artwork.
• Nothing Nice To Say – Punk based comic, very funny and references lots of bands that I like. I’m probably the exact target audience of this comic. The only bad thing about this comic is that it doesn’t update often enough. Also, check out My Stupid Life which is also by Mitch. His blog is interesting too.

Check them out!