Webcomic Thoughts

There were days when I was a webcomic addict. I'd read things like Go Girly, Pawn, MegaTokyo, Looking For Group, Okashina Okashi, and even Sexy Losers. Among various others. I was particularly fond (for reasons I do not quite understand) of stuff like April and May, Exploitation Now, and Tomoyo42's Room. Hell, I even put up with the weirdness of Life of Riley and Hello Cthulhu.

But now? Well, now I seem to have faded.

I mean, some of my favorites from the aforementioned list ended and there was no reason to keep visiting their site in the hope of a new comic. But what about the ones that haven't "died" or ended yet? I mean, sure some of the above are all over and done with, but what about the ones that aren't? I don't know. I just don't feel the need to actually read through them anymore. Sure, I drop by Looking For Group at least once a week and check out MegaTokyo once a month, but that's about it. Well, aside from the odd visit to Contemplating Reiko, which always lifts my mood, but that's beside the point. I don't even bother to save the comics and dump them into my HD for future reference or something anymore.

I've particularly lost the desire to read MegaTokyo, though I don't really see why. The art has improved considerably over time, naturally. The plot is a tight one and I definitely see that as an improvement from the "a joke a minute" format of the first part of it. So why do I only bother when I've got absolutely nothing else to do? I don't know.

I don't even know why I stopped reading it so damn much in the first place. Maybe it has to do with time, but that's unlikely. Between all my side projects and playing various games, I still have a little bit of time to catch up on my favorite webcomics.

I guess I just got tired of reading them, after a while. The good thing about webcomics with plots is that there's more than just the art and the humor to hook you in. The problem with that same set-up is that you tend to slowly develop a lack of patience for delayed updates. Well, for me, anyway. I sort of like my webcomics the way I like some of my manga: I want there to be a strong plot, but if you can tie up a good subplot that doesn't always have to tie in directly to the core story, I don't mind either.

That's probably why I still read Pawn and, to a lesser degree, Looking For Group. The first because the story is updated in parts, so I don't have to wait too long for one story arc to be completed, even though the overarching plot hasn't even really gotten going yet. The second I like because the updates are regular and set, which means that I can visit it once a week, which means I don't have to wait too long to know more of what's going on.

Am I making any sense? Probably not. Just as well, I think.

You know, one of these days, I'll finally realize that my list of projects to be done is finally done. As it stands, I seem to constantly be adding things to it. For the morbidly curious (and I honestly can't imagine who would be), here's the list in order of when they arrived, with the newest being at the bottom.

Create a visual novel using Ren'Py
Create an NPC mod for BGII with dissociative personality disorder
Finish Darkness & Stars
Finish Lie To Me
Develop the concept and start writing for Gouka Aya

Clearly, the first two on that list are the ones that I am least likely to actually pull off.

Edit:
This is just stupid: Pedophile allowed to work in kindergarten.