The Webcomics Review

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Name: The Webcomics Review
Date(s): February 2014-present
Submissions: yes (asks and submissions)
Type: analysis, discussion, liveblogging, art & original writing
Fandom: multifandom
Scope: webcomics
URL: thewebcomicsreview.com
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The Webcomics Review is a tumblr blog run by Daniel Kelly. Some of the content is cross-posted on Kelly's blog on his own website, saffroncomic.com, but much of remains only on Tumblr.

Anybody can tell you what’s wrong with your comic, but nobody can tell you how to fix it.

Blog description

Topics

  • Answering reader-submitted questions about webcomics (recommendations; analyses; history questions; update-to-update discussions, etc.)
  • Reviewing webcomics submitted by creators
  • the nature of webcomics as a medium, including strengths and challenges that distinguish it from other popular media
  • storytelling analysis and techniques, applied specifically to webcomcis and more generally
  • Kelly discusses the writing process behind his own webcomics Legend of the Hare and Saffron and Sage
  • live-blogs and updates on Kelly's other artistic projects, including original fiction and learning to draw

Frequently discussed webcomics include Homestuck (as well as the Epilogues and Homestuck 2), Sinfest, Gunnerkrigg Court, Prequel, Dumbing of Age, Least I Could Do, Cassiopeia Quinn, Monster Pulse, Narbonic, Sleepless Domain, Octopus Pie, and more

Notable Posts

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