Another year has come and gone and with it the chance to sit around waxing nostalgic about the things can came and went with it. That’s what Internet windbags like to do during the last week of a year and who are we to be any less of windbags.

Every year we like to look back and recap what we think were the best comics of the year. Really it tends (and this year is no different) to devolve into us just listing off comic after comic (as the show notes will attest) and fits of indecision as to which one we like the most.

With the deaths of Zuda, we one had three categories this year. Best Horizon’s Watch (new comic), Best Comic Reviewed by Digital Strips and Best over all comic. We’re always changed the rules as we go, and here we go again, I’m not going to tell you who wins here. You have to tune in to find out.

Show Notes:
Webcomic Overlook
Rigby
Dawn Chapel
Chim Chum
My Milk Toof
Not invented here
Escape From Planet Nowhere
Retail
Grumpiverse
Zahra’s Paradise
My sister the Freak
Cleopatra in Space
Red’s Planet
snowflakes
Chavo and Don Anders
Hark! A Vagrant
Bullfinch
ChickenHare
Bear and Tiger
Bug
Faraday the Blob
Bean
Woody After Hours
Hello with Cheese
Kukuburi
Realm of Atland
Blambot
Rich Stevens
Sinfest
Penny Arcade
PvP
Questionable Content
4G
Johnny Wander
Dark Places
Smooth and Natural

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OK, here we go.

This episode is another one of those old-school, fighty fighty shows were we butt-heads butt heads straight on. We’ve had enough of these of late to make me think this may be the new way the show is from now on so, hooray for progress.

This week the battle lines a draws squarely around Guttersnipe, the cartoony tale of the most adorable little red haired-skamp since Little Orphan Annie. Who I hate. Let’s say since Felicia Day instead, since I like her. This rags-to-rags tale rages all over a fictionalized 1930s America the likes of which the Internet has never seen. At least I hadn’t. If it’s out there some where else please let me know.

Anyway if I’m going to get the show notes linked before I go to work, I’d better wrap this up. Listen to the show and let us know what you think.

Speaking of Show Notes:
Smooth and Natural (warning today’s strip has boobies)
Comics Talk
Brigid
Fleen
The Overlook
Storming the Tower
Skadi
Gastro & Phobia
Chronillogical
19th century industrialist

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Once again I must apologize for the fact that it is Tuesday rather than Monday, something that is my fault. I must also apologizes for the frist 10 seconds of audio. It gets better real quick I promise.

This week we take on another comic, but that isn’t all that surprising since that’s more or less par for this course. We also fight quite a bit, but once again, that’s sort of what you guys come here for.

This week we’re taking a look at The End a SciFi tale with a plot and a cast quickly spinning out of control. We talk about what we like and what we don’t like, both topics we have varying opinions on. We learn just how wrong Jason is and just how right I can be. All as an absurdity early hour.

All this, some web comics news and more tangents that you can shake a stick at, this week on Digital Strips.

Show Notes
comicpress.org
comicpress.net
Rigby the Barbarian
Kevin Mellon
SuperFogeys
Foxtrot
XKCD
Order of Tales
Web comic Overlook
Penny Arcade
PVP

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This week it looks like everything is on time and in it’s place. Please don’t get used to this, I don’t think I can handle the pressure.

Jason and I are back in fighting form and pulling no punches this week. We’ve scanned Horizons looking for new comics and found what we like but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the other one likes it. This week we take on the black and white, single panel cutefest which is Chim Chum and the Portly Samurai. After that we head other to the wrong side of the tracks for the long form, blacksploitation epic, Smooth N Natural (NSFW). I always say this month’s Horizon picks are polar opposites it has never been more true.

Not too much else to say. We get all up in each others digital grills and there ain’t no nothing we can do about it. But there is something you can do about it, leaving a comment below is an excellent way to put which ever one of us you disagree with in his place. So get too it. Jason’s becoming insufferable.

Show Notes
Templar Arizona
Sinfest
Faraday the Blob
Captain August
Bear and Tiger
Lucas Turnbloom
4G
Transmission X
Sin Titulo
Abominable Charles Christopher
Kukuburi
Butternut Squash
Realm of Atland

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Ugh, so sorry for the delay on this one. I won’t gross you out with the details of my illness and just say it was gross.

So this week we’re headed back to the brownest spot on the map, Templar Arizona as we read deeper into chapter three. Mostly we talk about pacing, why it’s so important for a comic, what makes for good and bad pacing and what can over come it.

It’s a fun show full of comical insight, clever analogies and Jason admitting he was wrong. Join us won’t you and then hit up the comments section.

Show notes (links coming soon)
Our Valued Customers
Web Comics Weekly
HalfPixel
Web comics dot com
Brad Guigar
Web comics What’s cooking
Legend of Bill
Dog eat Doug
PC Wienies
ChickenHare

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I hope you like the old-school Digital Strips, because that’s how this episode is gonna roll.

There is a definite streak of disagreement running through this podcast. Jason and I could not seem to find any common ground and you, the good listeners get to reap the benefits.

We set our sites on Super Normal Step, the type of long form, page-based story strip we haven’t hit for a while. It’s full of action, adventure and smart-mouth fuzzy bunnies. Rather than settle into our normal routine of discussing the art and writing in a structured and civilized fashion we spend most of our time arguing our main thesis of whether or not the comic is good and refer back to these aspects as we go. It’s sort of different format and I’m curious what you guys thought, so please let us know.

Also as always we’re eagerly awaiting comments and emails so keep those coming.

Show Notes
Nodwick
Full Frontal Nerdity
Our Valued Customers
The Meek
Not Mad
The Dish
Web comics Beacon
Gigcast

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