Dinosaur comics

Dinosaur comics is something of a sensation amoungst the webcomics world. What I think is unique about the internet is even those with absolutely no talent have the potential to reach a huge audience, which can mean both good and bad things. Specifically, it means that a lot of webcomics are not particularly well drawn. The art is only so so. Some webcomics go so far as to not use any of their art at all- pixel comics, cut and paste pixels from games, and clip art comics take pre-drawn images and add captions. Dinosaur comics takes this to a new level, and has the same art every day.

In that case, what makes it worth reading? Well it has to be the writing. Ryan North coats his comics with a rather curious mix of intelligence and silliness. Brilliantly, each character has been given a personality, with t-rex being the star, his curiosity on each new issue, as he explores philosophy, or delightfully sexy double entendres...

All in all this makes for an excellent mix in humour. Ultimately there is little story progression- but dinosaur comics is not about that. New characters are introduced, such as God and the Devil. The comics are wordy, and the jokes often rely on absurdity- usually the humour comes from t-rex's often inane ending statements. This, arguably, is not for everyone, but it's pretty easy to tell whether it is for you- if you liked the comics I linked, then you'll probably like the rest. An advantage to little story progression is that there is no need to read through the archives, although if you are going to do read dinasour comics, I would recommend it, as there are some real gems there.