History EarlyInstallmentWeirdness / Webcomics

* ''Webcomic/{{Sunstone}} used to be a collection of pin-up images consisting of Ally dominating Lisa and Anne. Many of these featured descriptions of Ally enslaving them and subjecting them to unsafe punishments, as might be expected of a pure fantasy scenario. Since deciding to write ''Sunstone'' as a serious story aiming at debunking popular misconceptions of BDSM the author removed most of the problematic strips...

** ...for them to later reappear {{DaydreamSurprise as fantasy sequences of main characters. }}

** ...for them to later reappear {{DaydreamSurprise as fantasy sequences of main characters.}}

* The first 13 comics of ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' have no plot and take place in a blank featureless dungeon. Then they introduce the ExcusePlot of having to kill an evil lich. Around the 150th strip they finally get out of the dungeon, but there still isn't much emphasis on plot. Around page 300 however, things start to [[CerebusSyndrome heat up...]]

** Quite a few characters ended up being subjected to [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Characterization Marching On]] compared to their previous personalities. Elliot was just as much of a pervert as Tedd (he's now incapable of even thinking dirty thoughts while ''trying'' to,) Tedd was more a straight pervert instead of a ChivalrousPervert, Grace was aware of the sexual implications of wearing nothing but a trench coat (where afterwards she suddenly became the InnocentFanserviceGirl with NoNudityTaboo) and Sarah was much more of a feminist (before the feminist part was shifted over to her friend Susan.)

* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' got its start as a straight-up ''WorldOfWarcraft'' parody. It was much more cartoonish in both drawing style and narrative, with Richard burning Kale to ash in his first appearance, then having a conversation with him as a pile of ashes in a pouch while seeking out the priestest Ben'Joon ("Benny") to resurrect him. In the years that followed, the comic has developed its own unique world. It remains comedic but has lost its more cartoonish elements.

* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' had a much cruder art style, and largely revolved around jokes about Kirby eating random things rather than the deeper plot lines in later issues.

* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' got its start as a straight-up ''WorldOfWarcraft'' parody. It was much more cartoonish in both drawing style and narrative, with Richard burning Kale to ash in his first appearance, then having a conversation with him as a pile of ashes in a pouch while seeking out the priestest Ben'Joon ("Benny") to resurrect him. In the years that followed, the comic has developed its own unique world. It remains comedic but has lost its more cartoonish elements.

* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' got its start as a straight-up ''WorldOfWarcraft'' parody. It was much more cartoonish in both drawing style and narrative, with Richard burning Kale to ash in his first appearance, then having a conversation with him as a pile of ashes in a pouch while seeking out the priestest Ben'Joon ("Benny") to resurrect him. In the years that followed, the comic remains comedic but has lost its more cartoonish elements.

* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': in the early stages, the Mega Man jokes were only there to fill in until a hand-drawn strip could be introduced, but after a couple of false starts, the hand-drawn part was dropped entirely and it was retooled into a full-time Mega Man sprite comic. There was also character-related oddness such as Bass having a decent IQ (later he became TheDitz even by comparison to Mega Man).

* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': in the early stages, the MegaMan jokes were only there to fill in until a hand-drawn strip could be introduced, but after a couple of false starts, the hand-drawn part was dropped entirely and it was retooled into a full-time Megaman sprite comic. There was also character-related oddness such as Bass having a decent IQ (later he became TheDitz even by comparison to Megaman).

** Quite a few characters ended up being subjected to [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Characterization Marching On]] compared to their previous personalities. Elliot was just as much of a pervert as Tedd (he's now incapable of even thinking sexy thoughts while ''trying'' to,) Tedd was more a straight pervert instead of a ChivalrousPervert, Grace was aware of the sexual implications of wearing nothing but a trench coat (where afterwards she suddenly became the InnocentFanserviceGirl with NoNudityTaboo) and Sarah was much more of a feminist (before the feminist part was shifted over to her friend Susan.)

* ''{{Drowtales}}'' was originally set in the ForgottenRealms setting, and was a lot more explicit about sexuality, deliberately introducing [[{{Squick}} Squicky]] details about the drow sex lives to weird out the readers and showing Ariel as a more outright VillainProtagonist. Later on the first several chapters were redone to make the tone and setting more internally consistent with later story arcs.

* ''{{Drowtales}}'' was originally set in the ForgottenRealms setting, and was a lot more explicit about sexuality, deliberately introducing [[{{Squick}} Squicky]] details about the drow sex lives to wierd out the readers.

* ''ZebraGirl'' started with very random magical hijinks and lots of postmodernist jokes that made absolutely no sense and were only funny because of how unexpected, and out of place they were, even during it's first serious story arc.

* The first 13 ''OrderOfTheStick'' comics have no plot and take place in a blank featureless dungeon. Then they introduce the ExcusePlot of having to kill an evil lich. Around the 150th strip they finally get out of the dungeon, but there still isn't much emphasis on plot. Around page 300 however, things start to [[CerebusSyndrome heat up...]]

* Early ''{{Webcomic/Goblins}}'' strips often involved back and forth interaction between the adventurers and their oversensitive DM. As the series went on, that was increasingly dropped in favor of more internally consistent worldbuilding and character interaction.

* The first 13 ''OrderoftheStick'' comics have no plot and take place in a blank featureless dungeon. Then they introduce the ExcusePlot of having to kill an evil lich. Around the 150th strip they finally get out of the dungeon, but there still isn't much emphasis on plot. Around page 300 however, things start to [[CerebusSyndrome heat up...]]

* ''ZebraGirl'' started with very random magical hijinks and lots of postmodernist jokes that made absolutely no sense and were only funny because of how unexpected, and out of place they were, even during it's first serious story arc.

** Also, the 'Grunts' used to be so stupid they could barely talk without resorting to HulkSpeak. Nick couldn't count past 7 because he lost 3 fingers on one hand during an accident. While they're still not exactly brilliant - with Nick in particular being prone to not understanding figures of speech or long, complicated words - they're at least more DumbMuscle than TheRalphWiggum these days.

* ''{{Webcomic/Sire}}'' starts before the main character receives her distinctive facial scar. The cover of the first chapter stands out as it's used in all the banners and promotional material and does not feature the scar.

* ''{{Webcomic/Sire}}'' starts before the main character receives her distinctive facial scar. The cover of the first chapter stands out as it's used in all the banners and promotional material and does not feature this feature.

* The initial focus of ''WebComic/NeglectedMarioCharacters'' actually wasn't comics, but instead humorous biographies and fact sheets for various obscure Mario characters. Then Jay Resop created a comic based on the end of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', and from there the site gradually changed...

* ''{{Drowtales}}'' was originally set in the ForgottenRealms setting, and was a lot more explicit about sexuality, deliberately introducing [[{{Squick}} Squicky]] details about the drow sex lives to wierd out the readers.

* In ''{{Loserz}}'', this meant that Ben didn't always act like he was struck with TourettesShitcockSyndrome when around girls. [[http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/13 See here.]]
* ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}'' initially wasn't even a webcomic, it was a site for Munroe to upload random sketches.

* Even outside of CerebusSyndrome and the GenreShift, early ''WapsiSquare'' still had narration, which was absent from later strips as well as characterization that differed from what would come later.