What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
Science fiction and fantasy novelist (Accelerando, the Laundry Files, Merchant Princes); blogs at Charlie's Diary on antipope.org.
8 things
Questionable ContentOther Jeph Jacques
(arguably I should have ommitted QC and xkcd too, but they're favourites of mine)
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
OglafOther Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne
Oglaf is almost invariably NSFW, rude, and very, very funny.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
Saturday Morning Breakfast CerealOther Zach Weinersmith
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal which, despite the name, comes out almost every day, is the antithesis of QC: every daily strip is a standalone, and it has an alarming tendency to lob philosophical hand grenades at entire fields of scientific endeavour.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
xkcdOther Randall Munroe
xkcd is the third classic, by sometime NASA robot guy Randal Munroe; like SMBC it tends to focus on the sciences, with a distinctly whimsical take on things.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
Kill Six Billion DemonsOther Abbadon
Kill Six Billion Demons Less of a single strip at a time webcomic and more of an episodic graphic novel, KSBD is distinctly Japanese/Hindu/Chinese/Hellish in tone: it seems to follow the travails of an American female student called Alison who winds up in hell, befriends demons, gets caught up in a holy war to end the universe, and ascends towards godhood, but that's kind of selling it short.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
Pepper & CarrotOther David Revoy
Pepper & Carrot by David Revoy is thematically the exact antithesis of KSBD: P&C is set in a very kitsch, cozy, D&D style generic fantasy world.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
Runaway to the StarsOther Jay Eaton
Runaway to the Stars is an extremely crunchy hard SF slice-of-life serial by Jay Eaton, following Talita (an alien centaur-oid alien fostered by humans) and her friends.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
Eldritch DarlingOther
Eldritch Darling Nothing to see here, just your usual webcomic about an eldritch horror from beyond spacetime who falls in love with a lesbian.
His round-up of the webcomics he actually keeps open in a browser window, written to crowdsource more. Note antipope.org serves no working HTTPS, so the source URL is http.
antipope.org ↗·2025-12-26
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