Two dissimilar webcomics which Shaenon Garrity has lately induced me to read.

[snarp]

Kiwi Blitz

This is so cute. It's about a girl named Steffi who does Pokemon-seriousness-level arena fights in big cute mecha. Her dad, a roboticist, gives her a special one of her own, which looks like a giant kiwi bird. She naturally decides that she needs to fight crime in it. Her dad also thinks that this would be great. Her best friend/sidekick Benzene is less sure about the wisdom of the idea, but agrees to help her in a vain attempt to keep her out of trouble.

Oglaf

This, on the other hand, is extremely filthy. It's by the Platinum Grit people, and it is filthier than Platinum Grit, so. Extremely filthy. The archive page labels the comics that are not pornographic: "SFW", "Not dirty at all," "Low level swearing, questionable attitude." It's funny.

The present plotline, if you can call it that, involves a very angry bounty hunter woman and a hyperactive "doctor" who actually just gives blow jobs. Both of them are trying to destroy the Fun God, whose followers have been kidnapping the monks whom the doctor has been fellating. But I had to read it twice to figure out that that was what was going on. Plot progression is not exactly the main focus here. There's a sequence where, upon consultation with the monks, the doctor dresses up as a "fruit viking" to seduce information out of a bad guy, because none of them are entirely clear on the concept of seduction.

Comments

[metaphortunate]

The "doc" is a vampire, too!

[snarp]

...oh, wait, she is! Somehow I missed that? I thought she needed the blood for the faking-her-own-death thing, somehow.

[sophisted]

I love Oglaf. I love the Mysterious Lesbian (as we began calling the bounty hunter chick early in the comic.) I hate the newest storyline. And I really, really miss Ivan.

[holyschist]

I still can't believe Ivan's gone. But I love the Lesbian Mercenary (did she finally get a name? She might have, IDK).

[torachan]

I don't really like the current storyline (mainly because it is just really hard to follow and I think shorter stories are more the creator's strength), but I do love the "doctor" and the bounty hunter.

[torachan]

Oglaf is great! I started reading it late last year after having seen a handful of comics linked around. There was some really great fic written for Yuletide. I read and reviewed a bunch here.

[untonuggan]

I <3 Oglaf. My favorite storyline is the one where the bounty hunter is introduced, the one with the Snow Queen or whatever she's called. (With her boudoir).

Speaking of filthy comics, have you ever read the totally NSFW Teahouse? It is about a brothel in I guess what we could call a fantasy/alternate universe setting...there is a lot of really hot yaoi action, although that is not exclusive. It updates once a week. Anyway, you may want to check it out if you like NSFW comics. Less comedic than Oglaf, though, by far (although there are still funny bits, but it is more character-related-humor). I will stop babbling now.

[chomiji]

"Teahouse" is one of the only two Webcomics I follow regularly (the other is "The Less-than-Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal"). Oglaf is hilarious but I'm not always in the mood for it.