The Best (and only?) Punk Rock Web Comic
The self proclaimed “world’s first online punk comic”, Nothing Nice to Say, is the brainchild of Mitch Clem. While there are plenty of traditional comic artists who focus on punk (my personal favorite being Ben Snakepit), the only other punk oriented web comic I could find was Potato Gibberish (which doesn’t have the same wit as NN2S and hasn’t been updated since July 11th, 2008.)
The main reason I love Nothing Nice to Say is that he references a relatively small subculture, down to individual members of bands who you could have easily met while they played a basement near you. One of my favorite comics Mitch has ever done is the three part comic that involves a good friend of mine, Sheena from Lemuria.
Even in an age where everything is at our fingertips through the internet, it’s still exciting to see a web comic focusing solely on punk bands and labels. It’s really surprising that there aren’t more punk/hardcore/indie rock web comics. If I had the drawing skills, I would start one in a heartbeat.
Dark Horse recently published the first Nothing Nice to Say book which collects the last two years of the comic (2006+2007.) I haven’t had a chance to pick up a copy yet, but from the reviews i’ve read, and having been a fan of the comic for a few years now, I highly recommend picking this up, you won’t regret it.
What other blogs are saying about Nothing Nice to Say:
- Switchblade Comb
- Nostalgia For Infinity
- What We Hate
- KLR Thinking
- One Thousand Voices in Stereo
- Unfiltered
- Foggy hillsides in the night
- Punk in Writing
September 30th, 2008 at 12:03 am
[...] Original post by Derek Neuland [...]
October 4th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Have you ever checked out Questionable Content? While more recent plot lines deal with character relationships (incidentally, the hidden draw that keeps you coming back for years of reading), many of the early comics deal in indie culture and drop names of many great indie groups. Thanks to QC, I now listen to the Decemberists, Mogwai, and Broken Social Scene. Check out the forums too!
http://www.questionablecontent.net/
Rob Reply:
October 4th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Ya, its true, I actually just got into QC. There was a 2 or 3 day period at work that I was completely unproductive thanks to my marathon of catching up. Its a good strip!
Derek Neuland Reply:
October 4th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
No, i’ve never heard of Questionable Content before. I just checked out a few comics and it seems right up my alley. Thanks for the suggestion Matt!
May 18th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
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