{"id":3493,"date":"2013-07-24T00:51:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T04:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vindibudd.com\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2013-07-24T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T20:35:22","slug":"webcomics-that-have-stepped-up-their-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vindibudd.com\/?p=3493","title":{"rendered":"Webcomics that have stepped up their game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been looking all over the Internet the past few days for webcomics that actually make me laugh. This is something that has been rare in my experience because I am such a stone cold critic of the art form&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BUT<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">THESE WEBCOMICS HAVE STEPPED UP THEIR GAME!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m not talking about comics that have typical webcomic set ups involving sex, video games, liberal use of f-bombs or cliques of social outcasts and self important &#8220;artists.&#8221; I&#8217;m talking about people who have actually put together a unique premise and had the God-given talent to back it up with inventive and sometimes brilliant writing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindibudd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-24-at-12.55.55-AM1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3500 aligncenter\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-07-24 at 12.55.55 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindibudd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-Shot-2013-07-24-at-12.55.55-AM1.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Recently I came across two stellar examples of what I&#8217;m talking about,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robbieandbobby.com\" target=\"_blank\">Robbie and Bobby<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeserker.com\" target=\"_blank\">Beeserker<\/a>. <\/em>The former is about a boy and his robot guardian that started out simple enough and rather pedestrianly but over the course of a thousand plus comics, has really developed into a shining example of what nuanced and sophisticated writing can yield. The art is whimsical, not derivative and most importantly the writing is not insipid and stupid. It&#8217;s a beautiful thing. <a href=\"http:\/\/robbieandbobby.com\/famous-last-words\/\" target=\"_blank\">It also made me literally laugh out loud.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeserker.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Beeserker <\/em><\/a>seems as if it were ripped from a conversation between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allancomic.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Allan<\/em><\/a> and I. I mean, this comic is literally pretty much how we converse. Again, an original idea that is just idiotic enough to be endearing and hysterical. I&#8217;ll never forget, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeserker.com\/comics\/hello-world-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I already regret this!&#8221;<\/a> being uttered while in flight from angry loose bees. Priceless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been looking all over the Internet the past few days for webcomics that actually make me laugh. 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