History Main / DadaComics

* If ''[[Webcomic/ListeningTo11975MHz Listening To 11.975 [=MHz=]]]'' doesn't count, ''nothing'' does. It seems to take place in a literal DreamLand. The cast includes a girl with antennae (of Pac-Man chasing a ghost) who speaks only nonsensical French, a girl in swirly OpaqueNerdGlasses who speaks only in calculus equations, a Chinese Girl who speaks only nonsensical Chinese, a BarbieDollAnatomy-subverting InnocentFanserviceGirl (possibly Brazilian, from her dark hair and Markov-chain Portuguese) a Hippie Chick who wears 1 less item of clothing each time she appears (last seen wearing a lab coat, glasses, peace sign, hair band, sandals, and nothing else), and a walking radio that can only say the words "Zachary", "Acetaminophen", and "Beige". Oh, and random scenery that quotes... random things. Like the names of European dictators, or random snippets from 1960s novels. Randomly. This doesn't include the backgrounds and minor characters, which can be charitably described as "screwed up." Oh, and the contact page gives information on contacting the author over ''CB radio''. (Note: The author claims to have never heard of Dadaism.)

* Kevin [=McCormick's=] ''ComicStrip/{{Arnold}}'' is about a mentally-deranged boy who spouts weird and random statements, doing things like hosting a show called "Celebrity Electric Chair" (where he kidnapped Julie Andrews and forced her to do a James Cagney impression with a threat of getting electrocuted), cooking hyenas, screaming "AIEE!" at random moments. This was one of the weirdest strips to come out if of the 1980s.

* Kevin McCormick's ''ComicStrip/{{Arnold}}'' is about a mentally-deranged boy who spouts weird and random statements, doing things like hosting a show called "Celebrity Electric Chair" (where he kidnapped Julie Andrews and forced her to do a James Cagney impression with a threat of getting electrocuted), cooking hyenas, screaming "AIEE!" at random moments. This was one of the weirdest strips to come out if of the 1980s.

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* ''Ame'', by Daisuke "[[Creator/StudioPixel Pixel]]" Amaya of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' fame, a short-lived, [[DarkHumour darkly comedic]], and ''very'' surreal and {{Mindscrew}}y YonKoma.

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* ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' is a Dada Comic that exists in the ''Franchise/HomestarRunner'' universe to vent [[{{Jerkass}} Strong Bad]]'s sadistic sense of humor in a poorly-drawn KillEmAll format.
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* If ''[[Webcomic/ListeningTo11975MHz Listening To 11.975 [=MHz=]]]'' doesn't count, ''nothing'' does. It seems to take place in a literal DreamLand. The cast includes a girl with antennae (of Pac-Man chasing a ghost) who speaks only nonsensical French, a girl in swirly OpaqueNerdGlasses who speaks only in calculus equations, a Chinese Girl who speaks only nonsensical Chinese, a BarbieDollAnatomy-subverting InnocentFanserviceGirl (possibly Brazilian, from her dark hair and Markov-chain Portuguese) a Hippie Chick who wears 1 less item of clothing each time she appears (last seen wearing a lab coat, glasses, peace sign, hair band, sandals, and nothing else), and a walking radio that can only say the words "Zachary", "Acetaminophen", and "Beige". Oh, and random scenery that quotes... random things. Like the names of European dictators, or random snippets from 1960s novels. Randomly. This doesn't include the backgrounds and minor characters, which can be charitably described as "screwed up." Oh, and the contact page gives information on contacting the author over ''CB radio''.
** (Note: The author claims to have never heard of Dadaism.)

* ''WebOriginal/AirRideAdventures'' has Kirbies with Stands going on an adventure just because they were bored. Also, the daily strips aren't much more sensible.

* ''Webcomic/{{Chicanery}}'', a sprite comic starring an assortment of ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}'' characters and other clip art. After the events of the game, Pokey embezzles $44 million from Giygas so that he and Ness "have enough legal tender [[LampshadeHanging to go on nonsensical zany adventures]]". They are quickly joined in their escapades by a trigger-happy Mr. Saturn who is relatively more coherent than others of his kind, Mr. T (represented by the "generic black guy" sprite from ''Videogame/{{Earthbound}}'', which looked unmistakably like the real T), Ness's former comrade Jeff, and Pip from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''. These escapades include traveling through time to prevent a nuclear detonation (and briefly ending up in medieval times, represented by graphics from ''VideoGame/UltimaI''), the occasional treasure hunt, extended parodies of ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' and ''Franchise/MetalGear'', and a fight between a giant Mister B. Natural and a HumongousMecha based on ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]'''s Frank Conniff ("the 2000-inch TV's Frank").

* The webcomic ''Webcomic/DresdenCodak'' and its science-based surrealism qualifies, despite having CerebusSyndrome for a short while.

* ''Ame'', by Daisuke "[[StudioPixel Pixel]]" Amaya of ''VideoGame/CaveStory'' fame, a short-lived, [[DarkHumour darkly comedic]], and ''very'' surreal and {{Mindscrew}}y YonKoma.

** Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield isn't quite as dada as the ''[[http://www.dougshaw.com/garfield.html Garfield Randomizer]]''.

* ''Webcomic/MrSquare'' seems to take this trope as it's manifesto, though they are ALL extremely out there, these in particular are some of the weirdest: [[http://revfitz.com/issue164 issue 164]], [[http://revfitz.com/issue93. issue 93]] [[http://revfitz.com/issue95 and issue 95]]

* ''[[http://revfitz.com Mr. Square Comics]]'' seems to take this trope as it's manifesto, though they are ALL extremely out there, these in particular are some of the weirdest: [[http://revfitz.com/issue164 issue 164]], [[http://revfitz.com/issue93. issue 93]] [[http://revfitz.com/issue95 and issue 95]]

* ''[[http://revfitz.com Mr. Square Comics]]'' seems to take this trope as it's manifesto, though they are ALL extremely out there, these in particular are some of the weirdest: [[http://revfitz.com/issue164 issue 164]], [[http://revfitz.com/issue93.html issue 93]] [[http://revfitz.com/issue95 and issue 95]]

* ''[[http://revfitz.com Mr. Square Comics]]'' seems to take this trope as it's manifesto, though they are ALL extremely out there, these in particular are some of the weirdest: [[http://revfitz.com/msi164.html issue 164]], [[http://revfitz.com/msi93.html issue 93]] [[http://revfitz.com/msi95.html and issue 95]]

* ''Webcomic/Cawwwwmic'' is about the hip young Chud Thuck Kankle trying to find his cunk, and it makes about as much sense as you would expect from something with that title.

* ''Webcomic/CawwwwmicDotTumblrDotCom'' is about the hip young Chud Thuck Kankle trying to find his cunk, and it makes about as much sense as you would expect from something with that title.

* ''Webcomic/Cawwwwmic'' is about the hip young Chud Thuck Kankle trying to find his cunk, and it makes about as much sense as you would expect from something with that title.

* ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' by Kris Straub, of Webcomic/CheckerboardNightmare. Almost none of the comics are related, except for some recurring characters such as Two Cops, the cop who enrolled in the Police Academy twice by mistake, or Cthulhu. Found [[http://www.chainsawsuit.com here.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' by Kris Straub, of CheckerboardNightmare. Almost none of the comics are related, except for some recurring characters such as Two Cops, the cop who enrolled in the Police Academy twice by mistake, or Cthulhu. Found [[http://www.chainsawsuit.com here.]]

* ''[[http://www.slowwave.com/index.php Slow Wave]]'' is a collective dream diary in comic form. It makes roughly no sense. Although this might be a subversion, since A) The whole thing is descriptions of dreams, and B) This Troper sent in a dream which the author rearranged to make ''less'' sense.

Since they're not meant to be taken seriously, DadaComics are (with at least [[OneOverZero two]] [[Webcomic/DresdenCodak exceptions]]) almost never subject to CerebusSyndrome.

* Edward Gorey's [[SurrealHumor blatantly surreal]] and occasionally nightmarish illustrated short stories provide an UrExample for this trope, with particular credit due to ''The West Wing'', ''The Epileptic Bicycle'' and ''[Untitled]''.

* Creator/GahanWilson's comics in ''{{Playboy}}'', ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' and other publications.

* ''Webcomic/{{Ghettonauts}}'', a fancomic of ''{{Psychonauts}}'', has it's first page being a shot of one of the campers laying in the grass, apparently on an acid trip, and that's it. It gets weirder.

->''[[WordSaladHumor "MY NAME IS POKEY THE PENGUIN I LOVE CHESS!!]] [[DisSimile IT IS LIKE BALLET ONLY WITH MORE EXPLOSIONS!]]"''
->--'''Pokey''', ''Webcomic/PokeyThePenguin''

* "The Angriest Dog in the World" consists of a panel that briefly explains the, um, "premise" of the comic, followed by three panels of the dog in his owners' yard. The final panel is the same as the preceding three, but set at night. The only way to distinguish one comic from another is by the word balloons emanating from the house, which expound on topics ranging from silly puns to existentialist dilemmas to the makeup of obscure chemical compounds. Oh, by the way, it's written by DavidLynch.
* Max Cannon's ''RedMeat'' [[http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/ (Available online)]]

* Gary Larson's ''TheFarSide'' (no recurring characters, with some minor, still non-canon exceptions), twisted non-sequiturs, blenderized pop-culture in-jokes -- pretty much the forerunner of all the other DadaComics in the newspapers)