DAMONK'S TOP TEN PICKS OF THE MONTH!

SMARCH PICKS!



OOPS! IT'S THE "THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY TOP TEN LIST, BUT I'M AN IDIOT AND SCREWED UP" MENTION!!!!
CheckerBoard
NightMare!!!
Well, Duh! I can be soooo stupid sometimes... Kristopher Straub's Checkerboard Nightmare was supposed to be on my Top Ten List this month, but when I was organizing it all, somehow he got lost in my shuffle, and poof! He wasn't given the mention he so rightly deserves!!! This comic should not be missed; yes, it plays with metacartooning, but this comic has also got great comic art, too! I always get a good laugh out of the gags that occur in this strip, and have yet to be disappointed by Straub's own take on webtooning!

To be fair, I won't say what rank he was supposed to have, or who would be taken out in his place. Let's just say that it's a damn good strip, and leave it at that, and next month, we'll see where it gets to, 'kay? ^_^



#1- I discovered One over Zero this month through Kevin Pease's spiffy links page, and boy am I glad that I did. This comic, which started a month before i first put mine on the web, has gone a similar route to that of FRAMED!, daring to have no fourth wall as part of its premise; in fact, I'd almost call it the love child of Triangle and Robert and FRAMED!, only with better writing than me!

I had NO CHOICE but to skyrocket this pick to the top of the list... it's just that good. 

#2 - This seems to be a month of list upheavals as FANS! races back to my top favorites, after slipping for a month...

To be honest, I'm not sure why it slipped off, but I wasn't as enraptured in January -- some art switches, some story muddling...

In February, tho, WOW! The Hyperman storyline really grabbed me, and just won't let go, making me check for the update as soon as midnight rolls around!  Poof! I'm hooked again!

 


 
#3 - What/s A Life also jumps up here from nowhere following its crazy daring Yaoi and Yuri twins storyline! I found myself not sure who to cheer for, Donny, Kaylen, Lilith, Adam... But there were certainly some unexpected twists going on here, and even a bit of LICKING! All of this resulted in me wanting each day to pass faster, so I could see what was going to happen next! Good stuff, Caster! 
#4 - Wow. Amber "Glych" Greenlee's No Stereotypes has just been wowing me more and more. Wow. Her Star Wars storyline wrapped up quite freakily, with some real cliffhanger-like moments that had me almost screaming at the monitor demanding more! Wow.

And now she's messing around in the FRAMED! universe? Eep! What new and exciting crazy hijinx will ensue???

(Have I mentioned "wow" yet?)

 

#5 - Silly Cone V dared to be different this month, and how! Great innovative paneling ideas, and controversial subject matter, all handled expertly with hearty ladles of laughter -- Brandon "scrubbo" Sonderegger certainly knows how to make things edjukationnal AND funny! And did I mention the dream kiss? *eep!*

 


 
#6 - I admit it. When Aaron Farber first changed up his format by getting rid of the ever loveable Pink and Blue, it was hard for me to adjust. However, Pentasmal's new format is finally growing on me. More than that, it's taking over my soul and demanding pie. 
Magical floating pie.

Umm, I think that's supposed to mean that I LOVE it all over again. 'Cause I do. A lot. 

 


#7 - He's still got MEGA MAN. And he blew up my Allison this month.
Really... does anything else need to be said?

 

#8 - This comic had me hooked from the very beginning -- the very beginning being, of course, when I had first heard about it, since ROCR has been around for a long, long, time... A well-written and well-drawn ongoing fantasy tale, it never ceases to entertain, and even makes me laugh on more than one occasion... The currently storyline is particularly interesting, featuring an 'earth-pig' named SCARABUS (sound familiar, Dave Sim fans?)...

Oh, and it's even got one thing that FRAMED doesn't...
NIPPLES. (*gasp!*)

#9 - And still Paul Roustan refuses to leave my top list; this month, he beguiled me with spiffy panel experimentation, a funky superbowl experience, references to 80's movies, not to mention saving me from my own strip!

And throughout all that, his charm and his wonderful art continues to shine through like a shiny, shiny thing.  And I like shiny things.


#10 (tie) - This strip is another one that has often been in my honourable mentions list, and moves up to the top ten because of its own plays at innovation, both in form and content! David Bowie, Monet paintings, and a through the looking glass-like wonky experience currently make ZWOL a strong number ten in my books! 
 
#10 (tie) - Todd MacFarlane's Balls.

If that don't explain it, then nothing will.


 
 
15+1 HONOURABLE MENTIONS!

8-bit Theatre, Blotto Street, Chopping Block, CRFH!!!, Eat The Roses
It's Walky!, Lang Lang, MegaTokyo, Residence Life, Striptease,
Todd and Penguin, Toonbots, Triangle and Robert,Wendy, Zebra Girl

...and Zortic will never escape this list.


 
 
SPECIAL PERMANENT SLUGGITE SPOT O' HONOURABLENESS!
The FIRST ever webcomic I discovered, and still one of my favorite reads! I put it aside from the TOP TEN, 'cause it'd always be in there otherwise! Just consider it a Damonk Hall of Famer!

 



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