History DarkIsNotEvil / WebComics

* Curio from [[{{Webcomic/morphe}} morphE]] is a Moros mage who controls shadows and the ability to perform "Death" magic. He is a 15 year old timid wallflower and in no way represents the traits of his abilities.

* ''WebComic/TalesOfTheQuestor'' features a suit of pitch-black armor with red glowing eyes in the faceplate, enspelled to move by itself and haunted by the ghost of the knight who died wearing it. Said ghost turns out to be a courageous KnightInShiningArmor (paint job notwithstanding), and without him shaming the armor's current wearer into returning to the fray, [[TheHero Quentyn]] would almost certainly have been killed by the red dragon.

* Dee from ''TalesOfMU''.
** Mackenzie, who's supposed to be this horrible man-eating half-demon, is actually really nerdy and shy and wouldn't think of hurting someone... unless she forgets to drink virgin blood once a month, or comes in contact with a diabolic rage-inducing weapon, or someone tries to hurt [[RobotGirl Two]], or... Well, [[HairTriggerTemper the list goes on]], but she regrets her actions after she regains control.

* [[spoiler:Rilian]] the necromancer in ''DominicDeegan'' masquerades as a jolly guy called Brian in the Around the World arc. After he reveals his true identity, one of his associates remarks that he was not deceiving Dominic: The masquerade was a rare opportunity to let loose and be himself for a change. The personality, the philosophy and even the body was all him, the only fake thing was the name.

* Played with in ''SlightlyDamned''. The Demons ''do'' have some evil tendencies, but are neither necessarily nor wholly evil - the most prominent Demon in the series is Buwaro, who is an absolute sweetheart, and even Lazuli, who is definitely evil, seems to have genuinely cared about her partner and is pursuing the heroes partly out of revenge for his death.

* Paired with LightIsNotGood in ''SlightlyDamned''. The Demons, despite looking much more feral and dangerous than the angels and having some evil tendencies, are not inherently good or evil - the most prominent Demon in the series is Buwaro, who is an absolute sweetheart, and even Lazuli, who is definitely evil, seems to have genuinely cared about her partner and is pursuing the heroes partly out of revenge for his death.

* Paired with LightIsNotGood in ''SlightlyDamned''. The Demons, despite looking much more feral and dangerous than the angels and being on the side of Hell, are not inherently good or evil - the most prominent Demon in the series is Buwaro, who is an absolute sweetheart, and even Lazuli, who is definitely evil, seems to have genuinely cared about her partner and is pursuing the heroes partly out of revenge for his death.

* In ''DragonMango'', [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter04/dm04-26.htm despite Mango's horrified reaction, Pumpkin doesn't think the shadow beast looks like a bad little guy, and asking whether it's scared or needs help does get it to respond.]]

** Another example of how DarkIsNotEvil is the aptly titled Monster in the Dark, an extremely powerful creature owned by Xykon who hides in constant darkness as a trumpcard for him to use. However the Monster itself is a simple-minded being with childish tendencies, only acting evil when directly told to by Xykon and even then doing so ineffectively (it doesn't care to eat children, throwing them into the trashcan instead). O-Chul, a paladin being kept prisoner by the villains, recognizes the creature as not evil and befriends it within a span of three months.

* OffWhite: Hati, the [[http://off-white.eu/comic/page-192 demonic]] [[http://off-white.eu/comic/page-193 looking]] dark wolf spirit, is tying to buy time for a dying world. His angelic brother wants the world to die.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]] may be a race of [[HornedHumanoid horned]], [[EyesOfGold yellow-eyed]], [[FangsAreEvil fanged]] {{Jerk Ass}}es with [[TheEmpire a tyrannical society]] built on ''massive'' ValuesDissonance, in addition to being actual internet {{troll}}s, but most of them aren't really so bad once you get to know them better. In general this trope and LightIsNotGood apply to their culture, which has a view of of the moral status of light and darkness inverse to that of mankind as a result of their nocturnality and the dangers of exposure to the Alternian sun, making it most fitting that in recent events almost all of the biggest threats facing the trolls involve bright light.

** Parodied with Tsukiko, the [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]] PerkyFemaleMinion of [[BigBad Xykon]]. She thinks that because death is the antithesis of life and the Living are Jerkasses who are "prejudiced" against her for her [[NightmareFetishist "Beliefs"]], the undead are therefore kind and caring creatures misunderstood by others and that a CompleteMonster like Xykon will eventually grow to love her. The Monster in the Dark tries to tell her that it doesn't work that way.
* [[TheGrimReaper The Guides]] from Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt are dark, frightening (at least one of them looks downright [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]]), grim, and an obvious and infallible omen of death, but if you start chatting with them, you'll find out they are nice. [[spoiler: Of course, unless you are a medium, by the time you can chat with them it's too late to tell the tale...]]

* In ''{{Erfworld}}'', Vinny Doombats has the appearance and bat-themed trappings of a classic {{Dracula}}-style vampire. He's also the loyal right-hand man to the [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience color-coded "good" side]] leader, and acts on straightforward "good" motivations (friendship to the aforementioned leader and recognition that the enemy is a dangerous aggressor).

* Off-White: Hati, the [[http://off-white.eu/comic/page-192 demonic]] [[http://off-white.eu/comic/page-193 looking]] dark wolf spirit, is tying to buy time for a dying world. His angelic brother wants the world to die.

* ''Webcomic/ZombieAndMummy'' are a pair of rotting, undead monstrosities. They are also nice roommates.

* ''LastResort'' and the Dead Inside. Filled with Vampires, Zombies, and Djinn, they certainly look set up to be evil, complete with "Dead Eyes"... except Jigsaw's shaping up to be a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire, and if anybody's come across as evil right now, it's the angel-winged Celeste.

* In ''OrderOfTheStick: Start Of Darkness'', it's revealed that the Goblins' god, The Dark One, is actually an ascended goblin who was called that because of the color of his skin. He was actually a leader and a peacemaker before being killed by [[strike:evil]] human, elven and halfling nobles during a diplomatic meeting. (Actually, sadly the nobles probably weren't "evil" per the D&D alignment system ''as defined by their own gods'', since they [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman "merely" did away with a goblin]], not a member of the "privileged" races. But since D&D designers like to pretend that in D&D cosmology Good and Evil are Objective moral forces, having someone assassinated during a peace talk should rank as an evil act.)

* Picture if you will a comic in which a [[BloodFromTheMouth mysterious sickly]] eccentric and his [[OurZombiesAreDifferent undead henchman]] kill someone and resurrect him without his consent, turning him into a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent predatory monster]]. ...And they're the ''protagonists''. This, my friends, is the beginning to HannaIsNotABoysName.

-->'''K:''' [I] met Liz through Hester. She's...''dark.'' She might be Bi. [[NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat Not that there's anything wrong with that]]. She seems ''worldly.'' As if she's seen everything you could possibly imagine...
* Showcased in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=283 this]] ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', along with LightIsNotGood.

* In ''[[http://shadowgirlscomic.com/ Shadowgirls]]'', not only do the protagonists have some kind of darkness-based powers, but the recently revealed, rather joyfully sadistic protagonist has [[LightIsNotGood light-based powers]].

* Showcased in [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=283 this]] ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'', along with LightIsNotGood

* In ''{{Halflight}}'' one of the main cast is mistaken for being evil for being dark in [[http://halflightcomics.com/http:/halflightcomics.com/comic/chapter-1-page-15-2 this strip]].

* [[TheGrimReaper The Guides]] from GunnerkriggCourt are dark, frightening (at least one of them looks downright [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]]), grim, and an obvious and infallible omen of death, but if you start chatting with them, you'll find out they are nice. [[spoiler: Of course, unless you are a medium, by the time you can chat with them it's too late to tell the tale...]]

* ''SilentHill's'' Alessa Gillespie is either ChaoticGood or ChaoticNeutral, depending on whether you assume that her motivations are to prevent the [[spoiler: birth of some sort of demon goddess and protect the world]], or just to [[spoiler: end her own suffering]], but either way, she is ''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel absolutely freaking terrifying]]'' and she is preventing the end of the world.

* In ''{{Achewood}},'' when Philippe falls asleep in the garbage dump where he went to find a missing couch, he's carried off by two horrifically disfigured men. They are later revealed to be Zell and Cory, two drifters who got their disfigurements in a flophouse fire, and were just taking him to their home so he'd have a safe place to stay.

* [[ParanormalMysterySquad The Paranormal Mystery Squad]] consists of a {{Goth}}, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], [[CuteWitch Wiccan]] and {{Dhampyr}}

* TheParanormalMysterySquad consists of a {{Goth}}, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolf]], [[CuteWitch Wiccan]] and {{Dhampyr}}

** Another strip has Belkar invoke this trope with regard to Vaarsuvius and hir EvilCostumeSwitch, telling Haley that she shouldn't judge hir just because of the newly added glowing eyes, wild hair, pale skin, vampiric fangs and ominous voices. Of course, V ''has'' just [[spoiler:made a DealWithTheDevil and killed an entire lineage of black dragons]], so...

** There's also [[LadyOfBlackMagic Rose Lalonde]], who dresses all in black, consults with {{EldritchAbomination}}s, and uses powerful [[TheDarkArts dark magic]]. But she's doing all of it to try and save her friends from a game that seems [[TheUnfettered impossible to win otherwise.]]

** Parodied with Tsukiko, the [[{{Squick}} necrophiliac]] PerkyFemaleMinion of [[BigBad Xykon]]. She thinks that because death is the antithesis of life and the Living are Jerkasses who are "prejudiced" against her for her [[NightmareFetishist "Beliefs"]], the undead are therefore kind and caring creatures misunderstood by others and that a CompleteMonster like Xykon will eventually grow to love her. The Monster in the Dark tries to tell her that it doesn't work that way.

* [[TheGrimReaper The Guides]] from GunnerkriggCourt [[spoiler: are dark, frightening (at least one of them looks downright [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]]), grim, and an obvious and infallible omen of death, but if you start chatting with them, you'll find out they are nice. Of course, unless you are a medium, by the time you can chat with them it's too late to tell the tale...]]

* [[TheGrimReaper The Guides]] from GunnerkriggCourt ''[[spoiler: are dark, frightening (at least one of them looks downright [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]]), grim, and an obvious and infallible omen of death, but if you start chatting with them, you'll find out they are nice. Of course, unless you are a medium, by the time you can chat with them it's too late to tell the tale...]]

* [[TheGrimReaper The Guides]] from ''[[spoiler: '' are dark, frightening (at least one of them looks downright [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian]]), grim, and an obvious and infallible omen of death, but if you start chatting with them, you'll find out they are nice. Of course, unless you are a medium, by the time you can chat with them it's too late to tell the tale...