The Washington Post is having a poll for the best webcomic of 2010. Now I’m not gonna tell you how to vote, and I can’t muster the numbers that P.Z. can; but let me just say that our Official Webcomic, Jesus and Mo, is one of the nominees, and that P.Z. does look at this site, so maybe he’ll unleash his hordes . . .
The unfalsifiable duo.
And-a-one, and-a-two, and-a-chikka-boom-chikka…
When nominations were solicited, numerous folks were commenting as to how xkcd had become lame. But 2010 was the year of Dirty Harry, Dilution, and The Carriage, let alone Arsenic-Based Life, the perfect quick draw. I love Jesus and Mo, but for pure wit…
Both xkcd and The Oatmeal are excellent choices, but how can we turn our backs upon the Saviour and the Prophet, bees be upon him?
Man, the list of nominees sucks. Some of those comics are horrible, and all of my favorite comics (which are also widely popular) aren’t on the list, except for xkcd. Boo, hiss!
Can you suggest some we should look at then Jen?
Hm, my hyperlinks seem to have gotten stopped by moderation, so here’s just a non-linky list:
Something Positive
Questionable Content
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
PHD Comics
Nedroid
Girls with Slingshots
Oglaf (very NSFW but hilarious)
Concur. Sluggy Freelance is *still* good, Girl Genius speaks to the (mad steampunk) scientist, and on and on…
Just voted–so far J&M is winning (although it seems you can vote more than once…I did ;-))
There’s also a nice article about Miyazaki, on his 70th birthday.
I thought our boys ran in print somewhere like the Guardian.
Great comic but just couldn’t bring myself to vote against XKCD
I could. Granted, that was after I’d already voted for it twice…
Hmmm. . . I had no problem voting against XKCD.
Granted, 2D Goggles (aka Lovelace & Babbage), Hyperbole and a Half (best newcomer of 2010?), and even the venerable Dinosaur Comics weren’t nominated. So I voted for Jesus and Mo with a clear conscience. (As of this posting, way in the lead with 30% of the vote.)
Good heavens, what an odd list. And they miss a lot of amazing stuff as others have noted. No mention of Ursula Vernon’s “Digger” which saw a major climax near the end of the year. No appearance of Evan Dahm’s (creator of Rice Boy) atmospheric new strip, “Vattu”. No “Hark, A Vagrant”, “FreakAngels” or even “Skin Horse”. It’s a joke.
That said, I’ll dutifully vote for Jesus and Mo.
35% now. These results don’t seem very scientific to me…
Oh my. My three favorites, xkcd, Oatmeal and J&M. I think I’ll have to abstain.
And how is it that a Washington Post poll has less than 500 votes (as of 10:38PM ET)? Definitely ripe for Pharyngulation.
I voted for J & M and I note that it is ahead. D
How do you people know all of all these web comics? Do you have to subscribe to them individually or is there a site someone can recommend that collects the links or displays them all?
Use an RSS reader. Get your WEIT, lolcats, and webcomics all in the same place!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_aggregator
Also, is XKCD funny again? I gave it up in 2009.
And if you do Android, Beyond Pod is well worth the $7. I use it for podcasts but it says it does everything RSS.
Just voted – J&M is up to 45%
Jesus and Mo, mofo!!!!
🙂 J&M leading with 45%!
I only visit J&M regularly, and I must say it’s the best, 99% on the mark.
After I read about the contest (on J&M) I visited the competitors, and definitely J&M is the best. (somebody say you can vote more than once? …)
Are we coynealizing a poll?
yup. A hordette is coynealizing a poll
Or Walking with Boots, all over it. But only because J&M was the best choice of that sorry bunch. (This year, xkcd used to be kick ass.)
Aw man, what about Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal? I thought for sure they’d be nominated.
If SMBC had been a choice, it would have beat out Jesus & Mo for me. A year ago maybe XKCD would have topped J&M, but XKCD has been a little too hit and miss for me lately. It’s still one I read faithfully, but J&M is better.
I just discovered slowpokecomics, that’s a good one.
Also missing:
Scenes from a Multiverse. Def my new fav.
http://amultiverse.com/
Gunshow used to be awesome, still not bad
http://gunshowcomic.com/
Go J and M!!
No Sinfest, no Girl Genius, no 2D Goggles. I guess I’ll have to settle for Jesus & Mo.