2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW(REVISIT) 48: WAYRIFT

2011 WEBCOMIC CHAMPION OF THE YEAR AND THE WEB COMIC WITH THE MOST ACTIVE READERS

WEB COMIC: WAYRIFT
CREATOR: Aywren (AKA Wren) and Syntyche (AKA Syn
UPDATES: Monday, Wendsday and Friday
STATUS: Last updated Oct. 4
ARCHIVE: It's broken down in chapters. There are 50, with about 22 to 48 pages each.

Hey readers how are you today? I was glad to see my page rank finally went up! It's about damn time, I want my "page rank of 4" back! I'm only a Page Rank two, but you have to start somewhere, right? Todays web comic is a black and white comic. I normally don't like these much but lately I have seen some great black and white comics. Todays comic is WAYRIFT... so let's do it!

PROS: A very good story that never stops building to bigger better things. This web comic has likable characters, over a 100 readers, a forum, plenty of comments, a blog, fan art and even video. There is a lot to do on this site period-- on top of that a very good web comic to read. The info on this web site was one of the most easy to find and well organized-- that I have seen so far this year. The webpage template is better and more colorful and now it's done in color. Also this comic has been consistent all year.

CONS: Ummmm... let me see. Maybe that the whole archive is not in color.

LAST WORD: This webcomic almost has no annoying flaw, at least not for me. It's been long time that I can say that. I'm sure there is one but I'm not it nit picking mood and look for stuff that stands out. The only thing I can say is that some people may not like this style of genre comic. A very nice web comic! It has active fan base and the site offers much to see while catching up on the archive. The characters as I said before are interesting and you get a chance to see each artist/writer give a different take on the same character that lives in there own separate dimension. It updates M/W/F but The pages aren't numbered during normal reading but they are in the archive so that is not a real issue. This comic was a real treat and I would suggest that you fav this site. You will not regret it!

OVERALL SCORE: 9.5 CONCEPT: 10 Wayrift is an online webcomic (manga) created by two oldschool gamer girls who grew up on the opposite sides of the USA… and just both happened to fall in love with the same video game, Final Fantasy IV, as young teens. Both were interested in the concept of the Lunarian race as portrayed by the original SNES version of the game (back then, we knew it as Final Fantasy II). Both began to develop their own stories and worlds, their own versions of characters like KluYa and Golbez. I have seen sprite comics done on a game but this comes off very original! ART: 9.0 The art  is a ever improving manga style, that looks better.  The artist only seem to draw backgrounds if they really have too. COLORING OR SHADING: 9.0 There are some real good color affects used now and on top of the excellent cell shading used in the early part of the archive.. WRITTING AND SPELLING: 10 The characters and story is easy to follow and understand. Spelling and grammar check out to be in good shape. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.5 Damn this webpage is now flashy on top of being well organized . There was no struggle to find the info I was looking for except maybe when they update this comic-- it was there, but I didn't see it at first. Also there is a ton to do at this site with a blog, forum, fan art and more! This site also loads fast.  ENTERTAINMENT: 9.0 Reading this web comic was a lot of fun. I like the characters and story keeps getting better. This may be one, I read the whole archive! Only wish it was in color. POST FREQUENCY: 8.5 Three times a week in color now is very good. POPULARITY: 6.5 Wayrift still has only a PR OF 3 but  at least this webcomic now has 108 active readers. It must have lost some from last time when it was 122. Awren and Syntyche get a lot of comments. I counted 58 to even 70 in some post!

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW(REVISIT) 47: HOW UNFORTANTE

WEB COMIC: How Unfortunate
CREATOR: Joe Gibson or Jgib99
UPDATES: Twice a week
STATUS: HIATUS
GENRE: Action/comedy/Super beings
ARCHIVE: 253 pages

AWARD: FUNNIEST WEB COMIC OF THE YEAR FOR 2010

Happy NEW  YEAR! I know this some late reviews and it is 2012 but needed to finish my comics on my list before the voting begins. I'm not sure that I believe but hey you never know... Today's web comic review is called How Unfortunate. I swear! It is not a fantasy comic. I think I got into a little pattern there. So on to the review...

PROS: This comic is funny and yet serious at the same time. Characters can die and become mutilated all on a whim. This comic will surprise you at what a character will say at any given moment. The main lead villain (if he's not dead yet, sorry I haven't had time to read the whole thing) is one the best villains I've come across in a comic. Finally a villain who became a billionaire in a believable way. He sales adult toys a gels! LOL--I'm for real! That was genius, shot out to the creator on that one. The woman characters are nice to look at and are written perfectly. It's in color! A nice size archive to boot and this DD template is way better.

CONS: This comic is on looooong  hiatus. This comic does not always update as it says. You better fav it if you like it. It's not easy to find this comic in the slew of Drunk Duck comic titles unless if you remember it's name. Sometimes the comedy is a bit over the top and some pages can be way too chatty. Only those police station cliche pages are suspect.

LAST WORD: The Drunk Duck template is way better now but it's still not in the class of a good How unfortunate for you, that are just reading this comic now. This comic is a whole lot of fun. Some pages may make you speed read through them. Fortunately... that doesn't happen allot. It's rare when a super hero comic dares to be cutting edge, funny and violent all at once. Joe may get a bit carried away at times but you will enjoy the ride. This is one of those comics you-- have--to-- start-- from beginning to really appreciate what the creator is doing with these characters. Unfortunately this comic is on hiatus so unless if you haven't read the archive you may not want to visit this one right now .

OVERALL SCORE: 7.0 CONCEPT: 9.5 How Unfortunate is a off wall action/comedy about two detective thrown into the insane and dangerous world of super powered beings. And (surprise, surprise) they have a hard time adjusting. A unique idea. ART: 8.5 The art style is different from any other comic I saw. Joe makes more of a attempt to draw backgrounds while most run away from it. His drawing ability while good-- and still improving is not polished just yet. COLORING OR SHADING: 9.0 His use of shadows and highlights are well above average and give his art work that extra pop. WRITING AND SPELLING: 9.5 The story is easy enough to follow (If you read enough of the archive) and consistent. Some pages are a little too wordy. Spelling and grammar seem okay.  WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 7.5 Drunk Duck has improved there template but Comicpress template is still better. Don't get me wrong it works for what it's meant to do but if your new to this web comic you will be lost on who these characters are. If you know how to maneuver around DD you can find out what this comic is about but sometimes that option is not available. The Mature rating is easily found on the thumb nail to this comic. Sometime this template loads slow and sometimes you end up posting twice when commenting because of some glitch in the site. ENTERTAINMENT: 9.0 When I first saw this comic I was like it was just okay-- then when I saw some of the super powered females in action I was hooked. Joe really knows how write the dialog for them. The guys are okay and they have there spots when they shine, but the woman are almost always on fire. While this does not happen much. this comic does have those long wordy cliche pages coupled with those over excessive comedy moments when you say ENOUGH!  h POST FREQUENCY: 1.0 this web comic is on almost a six month hiatus. So this score is now a lot lower then before. I hope the creator is okay. Before that this comic updated twice a week in color is which was above average and is better then most. Plus as a new reader you have 253 pages to start with. POPULARITY: 3.0 A page rank of 2 is okay but your not raising hell online. Also He's lost in the mix of Drunk Duck so this comic may not be known as much as it should be. Joe does get comments from yours truly and at least 5 others on each post. This is one of few web comics that I had read before and after I reviewed it.

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 46 (REVISIT): EBEN 07

WEB COMIC ALL STAR CHAMPION

WEB COMIC: EBEN 07
CREATOR: DBETHEL
 UPDATES: EVERY WENDSDAY

ARCHIVE: IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO CLASSIFIED FILES 10 to 40+ pages.

Today I will be reviewing a comic did before last year. It is none other then "Web Comic All Star" Champ of the year EBEN 07. I decided to review some comics over because I'm trying to keep those that do well in the spot light. That's why I came up with Web Comic All Stars. It well be tough, there are so many web comics out there. But I will do my best to give the best and most fair reviews to all challengers. Last time Eben 07 scored a cool 9.5! Can he go any higher... or lower? I changed my review system some so it will be hard to score a overall perfect 10 score. The last time I saw this comic the bomb shell was dropped that Eben was a clone, oh snap!So lets start the review already.

 PROS: Eben 07 as with the last review, has a great story to along with his signature art. His web site is has a even better page design, a cool web comic template, plus more info and links then a year ago. His blog keeps you informed of his latest moves like his "APE" Tour appearance that was a modest success. I also found reading most of his archive that he gives great commentary with each update. A unique thing about this comic is you jump in on any mission, because each chapter does stand on it's own. It's almost like reading a whole new comic each time! The just gets better!

 CONS: He only updates once a week.

 LAST WORD: This comic still rocks and the present chapter " Three Ring Bound" looks like it is building to something special. but my favorite chapter is still "Goo Finger" and the "Love Of Russia"! In the last review I didn't understand his chapter lay out before but with some tweaks he made on his site from my last analysis-- it now makes perfect sense how he does this declassify each mission system. After the web comics I've seen or reviewed I still haven't seen a comic like this one. He has made moves to get his fans copies and collector art pieces to further enhance his popularity. This comics only real weak point is his update frequency, but some improvement with his popularity couldn't hurt. Being last years champion DBethel, you recieved a 1  point bonus. That gave you a boost, you were really a 8.5 or 8.87500 to be exact.

OVERALL SCORE: 8.5   CONCEPT: 10 Pure genius. This missions envolving secret Janitors that clean up the scene after spies! Some how when I reviewed this before I didn't see that they were Janitors, I thought they were the spies. Egg all over my face! Then again I did not see the page that explains all this... at least I don't recall. But don't get it twisted-- these Janitors can kick butt! ART: 10 The art style is very good and polished. It also doesn't look similar to most of the art styles I have seen online. He draws backgrounds a bit more than when I was viewing  his past work. COLORING OR SHADING: 9.5 The coloring is still spectacular with a good use of shadows and motion blurs here and there. There is just no "wow" colors like I've seen in some web comics like Drowtales. In other words-- color affects that take it to another level.   WRITING AND SPELLING: 9.5 The classified files were a little confusing at first but now that I get it, the story flows pretty well. Grammar looks good but I saw a few misspells. They were not in the comic-- they were in some of his blog post.  WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.5 Another thing he improved in. This web comic page template fits perfectly! Info this time around was even easier to find. With this much stuff on the page it still manages to load fast. ENTERTAINMENT: 10 This comic is a whole allot of fun to read. The declassified files page "archives" even have some new ones I never saw before.   POST FREQUENCY: 6.0 This comic updates once a week in color, on every Wednesday. Not bad but I've seen comics with color update 3-5 times a week. But if it's not broke don't fix it. POPULARITY: 6.0 With a page rank of 4, this web comic does better than most but it still hasn't moved up that much since I reviewed it before. It has fans that do comment but no where on the level of  "Wayrift" or "1977 the web comic" that can average 20 to 50 comments a post.

KudoSurf Me!

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW (REVISIT) 47: THE PATH

WEBCOMIC: THE PATHhttp://thepathcomic.olddyingkitty.com/
CREATOR: JAMES RIOT
UP DATES: MON-FRI AND SOMETIMES RANDOM
GENRE: FANTASY/ACTION
ARCHIVE: NOT NUMBERED BUT I WOULD SAY EASILY OVER 60

Welcome to another web comic  review. After reading another web review blog I noticed that with so many web comics out there it just aren't enough reviewers to go around. I was wondering if I should stretch my limit and see if I cant double my current pace. I have something that might work but I need a bunch of comics to try it on. This won't be one of them. I wasn't sure what to think when I first came across this one. It was a  comic on that Wevolt site that I recently took a look at another comic on there, but it now has it's own Comicpress site. I did something I rarely do. I read the whole archive! It's called The Path.

PROS: A very entertaining story! The art work shows some shine and the characters give good stage presence! The web page is now upgraded and it looks real good. The creator has a knack for making you hungry for more. The suspense is off the hook!

CONS:  A parental warning may be needed and I can't tell what page I'm on.

LAST WORD: The Path has taken a major step forward with a new bad ass website.This comic surprised me. It's pretty good! After reading the whole archive I think that nothing bad really stood out enough to make me stop. There may be some mild language( I can't remember) but nothing too bad. I thought I read something a bit over the top...so I guess some mom might throw a fit of what her child is reading. The creator was thinking of making a kids version (Do that). I highly recommend this one.

OVERALL SCORE: 9.0 CONCEPT: 10 THE PATH is about two main characters Kat Williams and Chance Mcgavin. They appear to be human but are so much more. They are posed to stop a threat of apocalyptic proportions. The thing is--these threats are mythological monsters. I couldn't of done a story in this genre any better. ART: 8.5 The art is well done. The backgrounds don't knock you out the box but they give just enough atmosphere to each scene. COLORING OR SHADING: 9.0 This where the artist really shines. The coloring looks old school at first glance but it breaths life into this story. The use of shadows highlights are done very well! WRITING AND SPELLING: 10 The story has a nice pace to it. The spelling and grammar  seem perfect. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.0 Wow the website looks good, real good It loads good and not ad heavy. This is not the best web comic  template but this such a leap from the website before. I'm sorry if I'm gushing a little.My only gripe is I can't tell how many pages he has now. ENTERTAINMENT: 10 I can't believe I read the whole archive in one sitting. I guess each post had just enough story and ended with just enough suspense... not easy to pull that off. POST FREQUENCY: 9.5 Another score I'm impressed by. For me--posting five times a week in full color is boss! That being said this artist does a nice job posting one panel updates. Very clever. Only one comic does 5 pages a week and updates with bonus material on the weekends and that would be  WayWard Sons Legends. POPULARITY: 4.0 I didn't check PR yet but 259 people like the Path on Facebook, as well 15 followers.That's okay for now

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 45: DROWTALES (REVISTED)

WEB COMIC: DROWTALES
CREATOR: Yan "Kite" Gagne, Mary Kite Garren(colorist and more) There are others from last time I don't see listed for some reason?
UPDATES: Main story is updated daily or so they say...
STATUS: Last Updated Dec. 17
GENRE: Fantasy Anime
ARCHIVE: Main story is 1430 pages!

Can't believe this year is almost up. Oh well at least it was better than last year! Today's web comic is another I reviewed last year. It's called...Drowtales which is a site that hosts numerous web comics, several of which take place in the Drowtales universe; a world based on Yan "Kern" Gagné's interpretation of Drow elves—including history, cultures, world, and evolution of subspecies. The "main" featured comic is called Moonless age written and drawn by the site's webmaster Kern and revolves (mostly) around Ariel Val'Sarghress, her upbringing and later quest to find a friend who has been banished. A number of different spin-off comics are included on the site, featuring stories taking place in the same universe while focusing on different aspects or giving details on the back story of events that happened before Ariel's time. In addition, the site hosts several different and unrelated elf/furry based comics, independent of the Drowtales universe.

PROS: This web comic has the best page template out there I believe! You have to see this page to believe it. Tell me another web comic that has this changing background feature, when you change the page. It's also well organized, loads fast and has a huge archive to devour! One of the best fantasy stories I have come across.

CONS: The creators are bit aloof, I guess especially if your a new reader. You won't hear too much feed back from them. They may be very busy though. They don't have a blog you can communicate with them or talk to each other about the current update.

LAST WORD: I honestly haven't been able to read the whole archive because all of the different story lines. That in it self can be a little confusing, but this comic has a great story and the art is outstanding. If the creators were a little more forth coming they could have easily won web comic of the year! This is one of few comics that totally earned the high overall score below with out me manipulating the numbers a little to round it off. It would of got a 10 if this comic showed how many readers it had like WayRift. The page rank is just so so.

OVERALL SCORE: 9.5 CONCEPT: 10 Drowtales is about 7 different stories spanning the main story Moonlight which about Tales of the people born into the Moonless age of the elven history and how they will shape the future of this underworld gone into chaos.ART: 10 ART:10 Great on every level. Despite the change of artist the quality doesn't drop off. Even though I am a little hard on manga the art style doesn't remind me of any other of this type of style. COLORING OR SHADING: 10 Also great and on a high level. Better than most published comic books from Marvel or DC! WRITING AND SPELLING: 10 Well written and easily understood. Spelling and grammar check out just fine. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 10 Still the best web comic template online. Loads fast  despite there is a lot to take in. Well organized and there is much to see and read here. Info is easy to find. There is art galleries, games, animations, media, forum, news and more. So much to see so little time. ENTERTAINMENT: 10 This comic is way more entertaining then "Penny Arcade" unless if you don't like fantasy. There are multiple stories that branch off from the main story and even the one story that is on hiatus, still has a archive of  1179 to keep you occupied. POST FREQUENCY: 10 Hmmm... They post daily or so they say. I'll give them the benefit but I can't totally verify this ether. But even just 5 days a week in full color with this quality of art... is boss! POPULARITY: 6.0 This comics only real weak spot. I can't tell how many readers it and it still has a"page rank of 3" Not bad but this comic should have a page rank of 5 or higher. I know PR is not everything but those sites that do get get high PR get huge amounts of traffic on a normal basis It still boggles my mind that some of the most crappy drawn and written comics have the higher page ranks? They must all link together and promote like crazy even paying for hits or something.

KudoSurf Me!

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 44: TWOKINDS(REVISTED)

WEB COMIC: TWO KINDS

CREATOR: TOM FISHBACH

UPDATES: EVERY WENDSDAY

STATUS: LAST UPDATED NOV. 30 2011

ARCHIVE: WOW 632 PAGES!

This is now the time of the year I revist those comics that I was impressed by I will still new comics but these will be the priority. Todays comic is comic I read a couple years ago and enjoyed it. This time I'm reviewing it so let me see how it stacks up. The comic is called TwoKinds...


PROS: The art is top notch as well as the coloring. Manga lovers will love the the way the artist draws the animal/humanoid like characters and the way he writes this story. The story isn't to hard to follow and yet it's very deep and character driven. His site well organized and I was able find everything I needed to easily write this review. Over a 600+ archive for a new reader to dive into!

CONS: I think due to the artist going to college and working, his updates maybe held hostage for donations at times(Not that I blame him), but I could be mistaken. I only read his donation paragraph twice and that's what it sounded like. Tom only updates once week. The story on the surface sounds too familiar to something I played or read with a character losing his memory at the beginning of the chapter.

LAST WORD: I could of swore he had his own website last time? A fantastic comic, I'm glad I found this one again! The characters are interesting and the story does remain fresh while exploring the racial tensions between the races. Sadly this comic could have scored a higher overall score if it updated more and if I had more to judge it's popularity on. I went mainly by it's page rank but fan comments could of helped out here a little. It was the same as last time I reviewed this one. I did notice he that he is number 4 in the top web comics list. His overal score is about the same but still very good.

OVERALL SCORE: 8.5 CONCEPT: 9.0  Twokinds is a webcomic that takes place in a world conflicted with racial tension, primarily between the human-like Humans and the animal-like Keidran. A deep moving story except for the part about Trace losing his memory and struggling to regain it. I've played too many role playing games with the same type of beginning story, I guess. But I'm glad the story is so much more than that. ART: 9.5 Tom's manga style is  top notch and polished. He's also not scared to draw backgrounds. *Note: His was already good in his first chapter but he got progressively better by chapter 12. COLORING OR SHADING: 9.5 This is also top notch but I have had a chance to see some comics that are a little better. WRITTING AND SPELLING: 9.5 The spelling and grammar check out good. The character writing is good but sometimes it was little choppy or I had to read some lines over a few times, to understand in the first chapter. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.0 This site is well organized and put together. This is even more impressive since he uses web comic host like Keenspot. Everything is easy to find and the archive is huge. The site loads fast and there is no waste of space. The design on the archive pages is simple, but works. Some nice links like deviant art should give new and old readers some more things to look at. ENTERTAINMENT: 9.5 The story at first looks alot like I read before, but the building tension between the races and underlining love story is pleasant surprise. I will read this one from beginning to end. Tom did a great job here! POST FREQUENCY: 6.0 It's not bad that he updates once a week in color, but more updates would have been better. He does stay on scheduel however. POPULARITY: 6.0 With a "Page Rank of 3" this web comic does okay. I think perhaps with a blog or a comments field, it  could do better. Tom does have forum and does web chat but it may not be enough for promotion. This comic is now number 4 in the Top web comics. So he has done some promotion.

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 43: ROOT ROT COMICS

WEB COMIC: ROOT ROT
CREATOR: DAVID HERIC
ARCHIVE: 3 CHAPTERS OF 12-29 PAGES SO FAR
UPDATES: RANDOM; ONCE A WEEK (UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS)
GENRE: PARANORMAL, HORROR

Hope everyone had a nice thanksgiving. I'm almost turkey ed out! It took some time to get to this review done but here you go. should be updating my own comic at some point today or tomorrow. Today's webcomic is called is called Root Rot Comics, enjoy! Also I know everyone may not agree with my scores on webcomics but if you look at my system, I am the most fair. If you have a popular webcomic but suck at drawing you will be praised for your networking skills but your art skills will be called into question. I compair you with comics that are similar and in your genre. I draw the line at stick figures or have ass drawn comics however. There will be no mercy if you fall into that category because I have no respect for what you do. I appreciate art in all it's forms... not laziness. If you are a great manga/anime artist I will not hate on you but because that art form almost looks the same as everyone else's work I won't give you 10 for art but a 9.5 is the highest. Okay, enough with this! Let's get on with review.

PROS: This comic could also be a good horror suspense flick. This is a original  interesting story after you really read it.and  coloring style that speaks volumes(He is wicked with Photoshop). The web comic has all the info you will need to become familiar with this comic. The archive is easy to navigate and it works!

CONS" The artist does try to update at least once week but doesn't always. The next update can be anywhere from a week later to month. At least he gives you heads up. There were some misspells that I did see.

LAST WORD: This comic I wasn't sure of at first. It looked good but most horror comics are weird, slow and hard to follow... not this one. Now after reading the whole archive I was very impressed. I highly recommend this one! The best horror comic I have ever come across. I have seen others that look really good but not nearly as entertaining! Also this comic is better then it's overall score would indicate. The writing/spelling, populararty and especially the updating score killed it. Work on those and you should be higher!

OVERALL SCORE: 7.5 CONCEPT: 9.0 Root Rot is a full page comic that chronicles the adventures of Eliot Shakman and Evelyn Graham as they intern at a paranormal investigation agency. Looks like X-files but staring teens that can do amazing things. On the surface it looks familiar but at a closer look a original tale begins to spin. ART: 8.5 I like the art style but he's still growing and improving. The backgrounds are well mapped out but can look little off at times. COLORING OR SHADING: 10 Few comics that  do color can touch this level of eye popping style. David is is great with making the backgrounds give life to a scene.  He may be better then "Red's Planet" creator! I'm sorry but Drowtales , still  does the best coloring and affects on a webcomic I've seen combined with their flawless art. WRITING AND SPELLING: 8.5 A weak point in this comic, I did see a few misspells. The story is easy to follow and none of his scenes seem to drag too long. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.0 I never saw the template he had before but this one fits the comic perfect. All buttons work, all basic info is there. It could be better but it is good enough. Thank god there were no site issues here at least for me. You other guys are pissing me off with those server errors and slow page downloads. ENTERTAINMENT: 9.5 I read the whole archive and each page made me want to see what would happen next. The characters are interesting even if they are a little cliche. POST FREQUENCY: 2.0 Terrible. David does try to update on a normal basis of once a week but this can take as as a long as month. This is a color comic and coloring is harder to do... but once a week is acceptable but nothing less. He does explain what's going on so you at least we know what's going on. POPULARITY: 3.0 This comic has 23 followers and some comments. A page rank of 3 is okay.