Recommend a webcomic? Don’t mind if I do!

I don’t read my RSS feeds as often as I used to, funny considering the technology available these days to pull feeds is so much more streamlined (I use Feedly running on the back of Google Reader). I blame full-time work. However, I do have quite the list of webcomics buried in there.

K has said she’s after something funny and potentially science-y/nerdy. I have 38 comics sitting in my list right now… here’s the ones out of those 38 that might work for her!

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
  Usually one-panel jokes, updates daily, has more science jokes in it than any other webcomic I read.

•  XKCD
  I doubt there’s many people left who haven’t heard of XKCD – but it fits the requirements perfectly so I include despite the well-knowedness.

•  Buttercup Festival
  Surreal humour. I love it, may not appeal to all. One-off strips for the most part, the humour is from a mixture of disciplines and philosophies.

•  Gunnerkrigg Court
  Story-driven comic – you can’t just jump into this one and start reading at any point. Through its characters it explores the tension between magic and technology, mythology and fact.

•  Dinosaur Comics
  Frequently has science/maths/language puns.

•  Dawn of Time
  A cute comic about dinosaurs and time-travel! Story-driven, best to read from start, but you can just jump in to a degree.

• Hark, A Vagrant!
  History-based jokes, great character depictions of famous people.

• Odd Fish
  Not exactly science, but geek humour in here, particularly for language nerds. Doesn’t usually have storylines that extend beyond 1-2 strips, but worth reading from the beginning to get the feel for it!

• Sluggy Freelance
  Story-driven to the extreme, must read from beginning… I haven’t read this comic for 7+ years, but I used to like it (yes, it HAS had a long run :P) One day I will go back and start reading it again from where I left off :P Lots of science/nerd jokes.

• I have not read Girl Genius but I intend to at some point – story-driven science/steampunk comic, apparently!

Also, I can recommend many other webcomics that do not fall under the “geek/science humour” category, should that not be enough :P