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I was reading Drive today and I thought that I'd love to see it as a movie. That got me wondering, what webcomic should be, or is most likely to be, the first to get made into something with a wide theatrical release? We've had several animated series. Misfile did a kickstarter to make a low-budget movie, still in production. But I'm pretty sure that there has yet to be a webcomic that has hit the silver screen.

So, what should it be? Drive? Goblins? Ava's Demon? Gunnerkrigg Court? Broodhollow? XKCD?

Not exactly a webcomic, or at least not a finished one, but I would say Marvelous Bob.

Broodhollow could be interesting, although it seems like a better TV show.

Maybe Demon?

I'd watch a Menage a 3 movie...

There's a cool webcomic called PvP that's about guys at a gaming magazine with a not-so imaginary troll. It would at least be a cool cartoon.

I would like to see Ava's Demon and maybe Plume

Girl Genius
PS238
Nodwick

Those would be my choices anyway.

Darths & Droids

...what?

sixpackshaker said:

I'd watch a Menage a 3 movie...

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That would be a sitcom.
I notice nobody is saying Oglaf.

You could make a CGI series out of Kevin and Kell, I suppose.
Current audiences might like one based on GrrlPower. It could have a very Avengers-y feel to it.

--Patrick

I'd say It's Walky!, but I think that would make a good animated series.

Riceboy, that'd be SO trippy animated!

Celt Z said:

I'd say It's Walky!, but I think that would make a good animated series.

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Yeah, I'd like that.

Strong Female Protagonist?

Celt Z said:

I'd say It's Walky!, but I think that would make a good animated series.

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Maybe, but then we'd need a few boring seasons of Roomies before we got the fun, campy sci-fi show we actually want...

Wapsi Square would be a good anime-style series, but oh my GOD you would have to do so much editing to get things to be understandable...

jwhouk said:

Wapsi Square would be a good anime-style series, but oh my GOD you would have to do so much editing to get things to be understandable...

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I think the lack of exposition in spots would actually make it feel more like an anime-style series.

--Patrick

AshburnerX said:

Maybe, but then we'd need a few boring seasons of Roomies before we got the fun, campy sci-fi show we actually want...

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Even though I liked Roomies!, I think you could set up the characters in an episode or two, and skip most of the other stuff. Just establish Joyce, Joe and Sal, and take it from there.

There was a joke about Miley Cyrus and Dakota Fanning starring in the big screen adaptation of... Girls With Slingshots.

How about Supervillainous?

evilmike said:

How about Supervillainous?

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Hmm...

--Patrick

Personally, I'd totally be down for a Girl Genius film.

Celt Z said:

Even though I liked Roomies!, I think you could set up the characters in an episode or two, and skip most of the other stuff. Just establish Joyce, Joe and Sal, and take it from there.

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Agreed. Though certain events in Roomies are undeniably important for setting up stuff in It's Walky (especially Sal/Danny), it doesn't need to go through the whole story.

evilmike said:

How about Supervillainous?

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Thank you!

Ravenpoe said:

Not exactly a webcomic, or at least not a finished one, but I would say Marvelous Bob.

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holy shit Marvelous Bob was good. I need to see if anyone else ever finished it or what. Hell I just need to re-read it at some point.

phil said:

holy shit Marvelous Bob was good. I need to see if anyone else ever finished it or what. Hell I just need to re-read it at some point.

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They kept saying they would, but as far as I know nothing was ever completed. The MB foundation webpage says it's coming soon to 2014... guess they missed that deadline.

Goblins would work better as a series instead of a movie, I think.

An XKCD movie would be... indescribable. But probably in a good way. Probably.

The Anime Club.

How about a LOLBat movie, you guys?

*dives for cover*

ThatNickGuy said:

How about a LOLBat movie, you guys?

*dives for cover*

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Only if Shecky is his sidekick!

figmentPez said:

Only if Shecky is his sidekick!

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figmentPez said:

Only if Shecky is his sidekick!

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And they have to rescue Tweetie from being held hostage.

--Patrick

I feel like most good webcomics make more sense as TV shows than movies because that's the format they most represent in their current form.

One comic I'm glad hasn't been mentioned is Order of the Stick. That stands far too well in its webcomic format that I think any adaptation would lose a lot of its charm.

ThatNickGuy said:

One comic I'm glad hasn't been mentioned is Order of the Stick. That stands far too well in its webcomic format that I think any adaptation would lose a lot of its charm.

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I think a lot of writers could learn something from OotS about how to have villains with diverse and nuanced motivations, but you're right, I don't think that it works in any other medium. Adapting the visual style to motion would become a gimmick that is all too likely to overstay it's welcome, and even if you wanted to just throw out the entire title, too much of the world and the characters rely on meta-references that are aimed at a niche audience. Order of the Stick is not something I'd try to sell to someone who has no interest in D&D.

I had similar reasons for not mentioning Megatokyo. There's just too many in-jokes that aren't just throw-away gags, but actual world-building. I think a movie would either have throw out too much of what makes Megatokyo what it is, or it would spend too much time explaining the world to the audience. Not to mention that Megatokyo is just kind of floundering, with nowhere near the active fanbase it once had.

Which brings to mind a number of other comics that I didn't mention because they're either finished, abandoned, or otherwise inactive:
- Applegeeks : I really love the character of Eve, and I'm still sad that most of her story never made it into print.

- Finders Keepers : a little too reminiscent of Neverwhere, in some aspects, but still a fantastic story

- The Grand Blue Door : I think this comic is completely vanished from the web, but it was like Anne of Green Gables meets D&D. Seriously, I want more of this. Give me fantasy versions of other genres.

- Angels 2200 - because, duh.

- Cascadia - another webcomic that has pretty much completely vanished. This one had amazing art. It already looked like stills from an animated movie, and the story was pretty good too.

Oh, I recently discovered Hunter Black. It is very cinematic

Oglaf.

...I'll show myself out.

DarkAudit said:

Oglaf.

...I'll show myself out.

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At least you didn't say Sexy Losers.

Ooh, how about Ctrl-Alt-Del, you guys!

ThatNickGuy said:

Ooh, how about Ctrl-Alt-Del, you guys!

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Subway Vs Quiznos: Dawn of Fart Jokes

PatrThom said:

I notice nobody is saying Oglaf.

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DarkAudit said:

Oglaf.
...I'll show myself out.

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Just had to, didn't you?
Now the question is ... do you show yourself out, or do you say it two more times?

--Patrick

Beetlej...oh wait, that's already a movie.

Chainsawsuit: The Movie. Keeping you so woke, it's been arrested for disturbing the peace.

DarkAudit said:

Oglaf.

...I'll show myself out.

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figmentPez said:

At least you didn't say Sexy Losers.

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ThatNickGuy said:

Ooh, how about Ctrl-Alt-Del, you guys!

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Pfft, if this is what we're doing, let's stop pussyfooting around.

Look What I Brought Home: THE MOVIE.

GasBandit said:

Pfft, if this is what we're doing, let's stop pussyfooting around.

Look What I Brought Home: THE MOVIE.

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I've honestly never heard of that one.

GasBandit said:

Pfft, if this is what we're doing, let's stop pussyfooting around.

Look What I Brought Home: THE MOVIE.

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Or you could go with Tobias and Guy. Homosexuality and demons? Consorting together in the same movie and portrayed positively? The Bible Belt would straight-up burst their collective minds!

...and then run out and secretly buy copies to watch later in private.

--Patrick

ThatNickGuy said:

I've honestly never heard of that one.

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I hesitate to do this, given you've been down lately, but if you're ready to be REALLY convinced that all light has left the world and nothing remains but horrific putrescence, you can start reading it from the beginning here.

It's so genuinely awful. It's the worst idea for a webcomic, executed in the worst possible way, and it ran for like TEN YEARS and it got WORSE OVER TIME.

This shit makes Ghastly's Ghastly Comic look like Family Circus.

Geez, Keenspot? Haven't thought about that since the days of Angelfire.

GasBandit said:

I hesitate to do this, given you've been down lately, but if you're ready to be REALLY convinced that all light has left the world and nothing remains but horrific putrescence, you can start reading it from the beginning here.

It's so genuinely awful. It's the worst idea for a webcomic, executed in the worst possible way, and it ran for like TEN YEARS and it got WORSE OVER TIME.

This shit makes Ghastly's Ghastly Comic look like Family Circus.

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Well goddamn. I followed this link, started reading from the beginning, and thought holy hell, this is the worst thing I've ever seen. It is the kind of bad that accosts you. It is bad in a hostile way, like shit that wants to stab your eyeballs.

And as I started to hate this comic, the people who allowed it's creation, and the harsh universe that continued its existence, I decided to skip to the end. And now I feel like an asshole.

And relieved.

Making me more of an asshole.

Ravenpoe said:

Well goddamn. I followed this link, started reading from the beginning, and thought holy hell, this is the worst thing I've ever seen. It is the kind of bad that accosts you. It is bad in a hostile way, like shit that wants to stab your eyeballs.

And as I started to hate this comic, the people who allowed it's creation, and the harsh universe that continued its existence, I decided to skip to the end. And now I feel like an asshole.

And relieved.

Making me more of an asshole.

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"Oh it can't be that bad, can it?"

*clicks*

*reads*

"Holy crap it really is that bad..."

I have trouble believing this is an actual webcomic, and not a "Pirate and Ninja" style of parody.

bhamv3 said:

"Oh it can't be that bad, can it?"

*clicks*

*reads*

"Holy crap it really is that bad..."

I have trouble believing this is an actual webcomic, and not a "Pirate and Ninja" style of parody.

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Oh it was. And it ran for 8 years (kinda petered out around the end of 2007). Then, what Poe is referring to, the author died in 2009 at the age of 36.

On the topic of Keenspot, FunnyFarm should have an animated series.

Yoshimickster said:

On the topic of Keenspot, FunnyFarm should have an animated series.

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I could see that. I feel like towards the end he went off the rails a bit, but I liked the comic.

Celt Z said:

I could see that. I feel like towards the end he went off the rails a bit, but I liked the comic.

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Yeah it was a good run, my only strong criticism is that annoyed with the cliffhanger ending.