Webcomics with IF content
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Webcomics are comic strips published on the Internet. There's a lot of them. If you spot one of them referring to interactive fiction in any way, please add a link to that comic here. Add appropriate warnings if there's disturbing or disagreeable content. Thanks.
For cultural references in other media, see List of cultural references.
Webcomics
- Absurd Notions by Kevin Pease.
- ACX by Adam Cadre and J. Robinson Wheeler
WARNING: Features strong language and adult situations.- Academy X #1 p9 has IF parser response jokes.
- Academy X #2 p8 has a billboard ad for interactive fiction in the background.
- Casey and Andy by Andy Weir.
- July 6, 2005 Mentions Xyzzy.
- Chris and Trilby by Ben Croshaw
- Chris and Trilby 65 - A Choose your own adventure comic.
- Dinosaur Comics by Ryan North.
- March 11th 2003 - choose your own adventure: dinosaurus rex
- March 12th 2003 - choose your own adventure: free will
- March 28th 2003 - sierra presents: dino quest i
- April 19th 2005 - the devil raises an interesting question
- May 19th 2006 - t-rex actually has been talking to the devil. he stole this idea from the devil. i - i stole this idea from the devil.
- June 30th 2006 - space rockets! Hover your cursor over this comic; the IF content is in the tooltip.
- June 20th, 2007 - awesome fun times! Hover your cursor over this comic; the IF content is in the tooltip.
- April 9th 2008 - God as ultimate fanboy "IF game".
- June 12th 2009 - guest week 2009: andrew hussie of ms paint adventures! CYOA fun, now with panel camping!
- General Protection Fault by Jeffrey T. Darlington
- June 25, 2006 - "You are in a maze of twisting passages all alike."
- The "interactive comic", as defined on TV Tropes (with numerous examples listed), is a genre in its own right. These comics mimic the style of IF by having the character react to IF-style commands, usually given by readers who can thus affect the plot.
- Interactive Fiction Comic by David Garcia.
- List of all the IF strips. The entire series is about IF.
- The Mansion of E by Robert M. Cook
Many words from games set in Zork are sprinkled throughout the run of this comic, although never with the exact same meanings. Here are some examples of usage:- Bloits: as distance between chairs.
- Dornbeast: first mention of, detailed description of.
- Filfre: referenced character.
- Frobozz: on a pencil.
- Frotz and Gnusto: referenced charcters.
- Nitfol (a recurring minor character): reappearance.
- Rezrov a gnome.
- The Gostak: mentioned here. The line about "pelling back to the bewl" definitely refs the Z-code game.
- A Modest Destiny by Sean Howard.
- MS Paint Adventures by Andrew Hussie.
- The webcomics hosted on this site use an interactive fiction-inspired format, where the plot develops through IF-style commands given to characters. Throughout most of the website's run, the webcomics' plot and the characters' actions were indeed suggested by the readers as IF-style commands, though the use of suggestions has been discontinued some time ago. WARNING: Comics contain strong language and adult situations.
- Nerdcore: The Core Wars by Anton Joseph Rheaume (Scarybug).
- #045: Xyzzy the Chaomancer. Just the name 'Xyzzy'.
- #042: Hunt the Wumpus, #050: Distraction and #051: A Foiled Attempt at Humor. The characters hunt a Wumpus.
- #033: Lightning Round and #062: d(joke)/dx. Characters fear being eaten by a Grue in the dark.
- Nodwick by Aaron Williams.
- 2007-09-12 - Mentions the Cult of Xyzzy.
- Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik.
- Count Your Lucky Stars - The webcomic strip that inspired Metroid (Billy Rawls; 2001; TADS 2).
- Real Life by Greg Dean
- Sexy Losers by Clay
WARNING: Sexy Losers contains sex, full nudity (both sexes), and foul language. Not worksafe in the slightest.- #200 - SYS 64738. In panel 3, a female sex robot recites the beginning of Zork I.
- Shiga, Jason
- Interactive Comics Contains information about interactive comics by Jason Shiga. Two can be played online; The last Supper and The Bum's Rush.
- Sluggy Freelance by Pete Abrams.
- June 28, 2007 - Mentions choose-your-own adventures.
- Something Positive by rkmilholland
CAUTION: This strip has been described as "frequently-bitter and often-disturbing".- July 15, 2005 and July 16, 2005. Mike visits Zork I, at least as far as the attic.
- Strange Candy. Art: Emi-Chan. Story: Xuanwu, Kourin, Tanzy, and Emi-Chan.
WARNING: Naked amine girls.- July 9, 2006 - Trapped at the beginning of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
- July 11, 2006 - ...and a bit of Thy Dungeonman.
- Toothpaste For Dinner by drew
- User Friendly by Illiad
- November 9, 1999. More IF content in the following days.
- May 9, 2000. Look at the background.
- June 18, 2001. More IF content in the following days.
- Dec. 20, 2006. Zork refs in this one and the following day.
- xkcd by Randall Munroe
Note: Make sure you also hover the mouse over the comic to see the tooltip.