Webcomics

By which I mean mostly non-published work done by individuals in their own evenings after work. I am currently lurking around several of them.

Freakangels- by Paul Duffield. http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23 Set in some future where London is flooding, breaking it up into small communities, a group of psychics that share what they refer to as 'the package' are attempting to make a home for themselves amongst the ruins and wreckage (which they probably caused.) It's a good story, simple layout to read and although Paul's faces do bug me on occasion the range of characters is refreshing enough that I'm still following it. Updates every Friday.

Hanna is not a boy's name- by Tessa Stone. http://hanna.aftertorque.com/?p=4 LOVE this. The way it's set out, the format of the pages, the drawings, it's all interesting down to the little details and textures. The creator works in landscape pages rather than portrait, and everything is nicely thought out. The story is not so unusual -supernatural detective attempts to save the world from evil while making a buck -not that they have any success with that- but the characters really hold it up. The nerdish, over-enthusiastic Hanna (wielding his literally Magic Marker) is a joy to watch, backed up by some equally excellent characters like seedy physician Doc Worth and '...', the mild-mannered zombie who narrates the comic. This is just... it's just FUN. Updates whenever.

The less than epic adventures of TJ and Amal- by E.K. Weaver. http://tjandamal.com/
The art got me onto this one, the drawings really are fantastic. Simply done but really well observed in terms of character traits.
In just one day Amal manages to break off his arranged marriage, come out to his traditional Indian parents, get disowned, and then get very very drunk... He comes round next morning to find TJ, “a lanky, dreadlocked vagrant, frying eggs and singing Paul Simon in his kitchen”. He discovers that while drunk he agreed to give said pasty vagrant a lift to Providence, a mutual destination, and they set off. I suspect some kind of romance will emerge later on but for now it's a classic roadtrip story with some very funny observations about life and stuff. I like it :) Updates every Tuesday.

Dead don't hurry- by “Inkless” http://inkless.deviantart.com/art/Full-DDH-154711112
Okay, so this is one short comic rather than an ongoing one, but I think it's lovely. The story is sombre and charming.

The Dreamwalker Chronicles- by Daryl Toh http://dreamwalkerchronicles.smackjeeves.com/comics/505404/box-full-of-tales-volume-one-cover/
Based around Native American myth, this tells the story of teenager Kyle, and his travels with a young boy who reminds him of someone he knows, except that he has a box for a head.

Broken Saints- http://www.brokensaints.com/
I found this about 5 years ago. Although my good memories of it may just be nostalgia, I was very impressed by the scale if nothing else. I'm pretty sure the whole story adds up to 24 hours of flash video, done mostly with sound-tracked still images, very little movement at all. Four people from different corners of the world are slowly drawn together by a signal, a repeating sign that travels across the globe. When I watched it there was no audible dialogue, only background music. Since then voices have been added, and actually I think that this is the only thing that lets it down. I preferred it before.

Spera- http://spera-comic.com/ray2.html
This is a great idea. Different artists get given chunks of the story and do a few pages of it in comic form. The variations in style and pacing can be quite dramatic and also the story seems to be unfurling quite slowly it's a nice process to watch.