<![CDATA[io9: Webcomic]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Webcomic]]> http://io9.com/tag/webcomic http://io9.com/tag/webcomic <![CDATA[ Get Your Steampunk Freak On With New Webcomic ]]> If you've been hankering for a beautifully-illustrated, free steampunk webcomic, then today's launch of FreakAngels may be just the thing you're looking for. The six page launch episode of the weekly strip by Warren Ellis and new artist Paul Duffield may currently be full of familiar Ellis-isms, but is worth your time for the art alone. But don't expect the plot to move quickly, Ellis warns. More preview art below the fold.

Expect future episodes of FreakAngels to feel as interestingly insubstantial as the first. Ellis talked about choosing the webcomic format because,

I realised that if I did it as a web project, I could let it find its own shape, like a novel, and that if anyone complained that they weren't getting six plot points in a single chapter — well, I'm not charging them for it, am I? I'm figuring that, in a free model, enough people will just come along for the ride...

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freakang1.jpg [FreakAngels.com] ]]> io9-356971 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:30:23 PST Graeme McMillan http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=356971&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Torchwood ... You Know, For Kids! ]]> torchbabiez1.jpgFor those who find the reality of Torchwood much harder to stomach than the basic concept, an alternative to the self-conscious "adult" Doctor Who has arrived in the form of fan webcomic Torchwood Babiez. In the words of the creators, the series is "designed specifically to kill you with cute" and "the byproduct of too much booze and conventions." Needless to say, anyone who's ever wished that they could see an underage manga-ized version of Captain Jack may be very excited by what they can see under the jump.

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The series has reached its halfway point last week with a rather unexpected cameo that's somewhat familiar to those of us who remember the X-Babies from mid-80s X-Men comics, but nonetheless, it's already more enjoyable than the entire "CyberWoman" episode of Torchwood's first season.

Why kids and Torchwood should never meet [TW-Babiez.livejournal.com]

]]> io9-355311 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:25 PST Graeme McMillan http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=355311&view=rss&microfeed=true