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* ''WebOriginal/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy'', ''WebOriginal/HermionesABCs'', ''WebOriginal/TheMarinaLegacyTransformed'', and ''WebOriginal/MyFavoriteThingsTheLegacy'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

[[caption-width-right:350:This DSHW, made with ''TheSims 2'', qualifies as a Machinomic]]

[[quoteright:350:[[{{Webcomic}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/machinomic.jpg]]]]

[[AC:HalfLife2]]

Popular sources of Machinomics include RainbowSix, TheSims, [[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon F.E.A.R.]], and {{Halo}}.

* The now-defunct Internet community based at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHWOnline PHWOnline]] was dedicated to creating comics using Garry's Mod. During its operation, it spawned such classics as ''Ravenholm Armory'', ''Kenny the Cop'' and [=BrashFink=]'s stunning comic ''Apostasy'', detailing the events immediately prior to ''{{Half-Life }}2''.

* The now-defunct Internet community based at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHWOnline PHWOnline]] was dedicated to creating comics using Garry's Mod. During its operation, it spawned such classics as ''Ravenholm Armory'', ''Kenny the Cop'' and [=BrashFink=]'s stunning comic ''Apostasy'', detailing the events immediately prior to {{Half-Life }}2.

* The now-defunct Internet community based at ''[=PHWOnline=]'' was dedicated to creating comics using Garry's Mod. During its operation, it spawned such classics as ''Ravenholm Armory'', ''Kenny the Cop'' and [=BrashFink=]'s stunning comic ''Apostasy'', detailing the events immediately prior to Half-life 2.

* The comics in ''Magazine/TopSecret'' are a variant: the cartoonish characters are overlaid on top of (photoshopped) video game screenshots and interact with the videogame characters. Of course, since the comics were made in the early 90's, we're talking about 2D pixelated graphics here.

* ''Arrendale Heights'' is an ongoing SoapOpera Machinomic created by MLEK, hosted at various website hosts, currently on blogger.

* ''Arrendale Heights'' is an ongoing SoapOpera Machinomic created by MLEK, hosted at GameSpy.

* {{Concerned}} is another comic made using Garry's Mod.
* LifeWithLamarr is yet another comic made using Garry's Mod.

Reasons run the gamut for why someone would choose to make a Machinomic instead of simply making Machinima. Perhaps you are a lousy editor, or your video card is inferior. Or maybe, you just don't have good audio recording equipment. Or, perhaps you have bandwidth issues. Regardless your reasons, Machinomics can be a good substitute for dozens of other Webcomics formats and for Machinima. Machinomics may use a variety of Webcomic publication formats, from being straight-up comic strips to formalized [[http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php?title=DVD-Storybook_Hybrid_Webcomic DVD-Storybook Hybrid Webcomics]] (a.k.a., DSHW, inspired by storytelling exchanges on game websites and by DVD menus) to basically anything.

[[{{Webcomic}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/machinomic.jpg]]
[[caption-width:350:This DSHW, made with ''TheSims 2'', qualifies as a Machinomic]]

* The comics in ''Magazine/TopSecret'' are a variant: the cartoonish characters are overlaid on top of (photoshopped) video game screenshots and interact with the videogame characters.

* ''WebOriginal/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy'', ''WebOriginal/HermionesABCs'', ''WebOriginal/MyFavoriteThingsTheLegacy'', and ''WebOriginal/TheMarinaLegacyTransformed'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

* ''WebOriginal/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy'', ''WebOriginal/HermionesABCs'', and ''WebOriginal/MyFavoriteThingsTheLegacy'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

* ''WebOriginal/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy'', ''TroperWorks/HermionesABCs'', and ''TroperWorks/MyFavoriteThingsTheLegacy'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

* ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WebOriginal/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy An Astronomical Alphabetacy]]'', ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/HermionesABCs Hermione's ABCs]]'', and ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/MyFavoriteThingsTheLegacy My Favorite Things: The Legacy]]'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

* ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy An Astronomical Alphabetacy]]'', ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/HermionesABCs Hermione's ABCs]]'', and ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/MyFavoriteThingsTheLegacy My Favorite Things: The Legacy]]'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

* ''[[CiemWebcomicSeries Ciem: Vigilante Centipede]]'' (pictured above) is a DSHW Machinomic from Dozerfleet Comics, available on several websites. While serving also as a promotion for the DSHW format, ''Ciem'' sought in so many words to be the TropeCodifier.

* ''[[CiemWebcomicSeries Ciem: The Human Centipede]]'' (pictured above) is a DSHW Machinomic from Dozerfleet Comics, available on several websites. While serving also as a promotion for the DSHW format, ''Ciem'' sought in so many words to be the TropeCodifier.

* ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/AnAstronomicalAlphabetacy An Astronomical Alphabetacy]]'' and ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TroperWorks/HermionesABCs Hermione's ABCs]]'' are ongoing Machinomics that follow the [[http://www.legacychallenge.com/lcnewrules.html legacy challenge]] rules.

* ''StrangetownHereWeCome'' is one using the characters from the premade neighborhood Strangetown.