OK, so I got hooked. Curse you, Eric Burns!
Paul "must copy and paste the last name" Gadzikowski's webcomic Arthur, King of Time and Space has been running 365 days a year for the past 829 days. That's pretty cool…
It was a strip in which he brought the puns that really convinced me to give it a chance. It's definitely an acquired taste, but by 30 strips in, I was hooked. I caught up the entire archive. It's competently drawn. It's competently written.
Most importantly of all from my point of view, it's consistent. It doesn't suffer from Multiverse Syndrome. By definition, it can't. Paul G has stated that his retelling of the Arthurian legends, scattered across several genres and timelines, will take exactly 25 years, at which point he will have reached the end, and he will stop. One of the interesting features of the whole plan is that everyone knows what's coming, at least in general terms. The surprises are in the variants and details, not in the big picture. I like that.
If the comic has a flaw, it's that the characters are rarely, if ever, anything but even-tempered, logical, and calm. Even in the heat of battle, they don't seem too excited. I kind of like that, though. It's a pleasant, peaceful read. I can use more of those right now.
At any rate, I'll start reading it regularly once Comic Alert! goes live again or I get a decent substitute webcomic tool. Highly recommended. (B)