Webcomics are a New Medium. As such, they have a lot of tropes unique to the medium and the communities that surround it.
In addition, they are heir to a lot of older tropes, as Webcomics authors, artists, and even the readers are usually fans of Pop Culture and Genre Savvy.
Webcomic Genres:
- Campaign Comic
- Dada Comics
- Fan Webcomics
- Interactive Comic
- Journal Comic
- Life Embellished
- Remix Comic
- Slice of Life
- Transformation Comic
- Two Gamers on a Couch
- Webcomic of the Game
Art Tropes:
- Animesque
- Cut and Paste Comic
- Infinite Canvas
- MS Paint
- Photo Comic
- Pixel Art Comic
- Sprite Comic
- Stick-Figure Comic
Strip Types:
- B-Side Comics
- Con Recap: Creator devotes an episode to recounting their experiences in a Fan Convention.
- Guest Strip
- Filler Strips
- Fourth-Wall Mail Slot
- Holiday Nonupdate
- New First Comics
- Sunday Strip
Meta:
- Abandoned Info Page
- Alt Text
- Archive Binge
- Archive Panic
- Archive Trawl
- Author Appeal
- Author Guest Spot
- GIS Syndrome
- Identical Panel Gag
- Kudzu Plot
- Law of Conservation of Normality
- The Merch
- Odd-Shaped Panel
- Orphaned Series
- The Rant (News Post)
- Schedule Slip
- Series Hiatus
- Shout Box
- Speech-Bubbles Interruption
- Strip Archive
- Strip Buffer
- Unpleasable Fanbase
- Webcomics Long-Runners
- Webcomic Print Collection
Tropes:
- Author Powers
- Cerebus Syndrome
- Dramatic Drop
- Failed a Spot Check
- First Law of Gender Bending
- Frame Break
- Gamer Chick
- Genre Savvy
- Good Angel, Bad Angel
- Half-Identical Twins
- Halloween Cosplay
- Homage
- It Runs on Nonsensoleum
- Let's Mock the Monsters
- Mundane Fantastic
- No Fourth Wall
- Pictorial Speech-Bubble
- RPG Mechanics 'Verse
- Sadist Teacher
- Science-Related Memetic Disorder
- Snarky Non-Human Sidekick
- Sorkin Relationship Moment
- Speech Bubbles
- Talking Is a Free Action
- Thinking the Same Thought
- Unsound Effect
- Wacky College
- Webcomic Time
- Wheel of Decisions
- World of Weirdness
- Write Who You Hate
- Write Who You Know
Companies:
- Blank Label
- Blind Ferret
- Comic Dish
- ComicFury
- Comic Genesis (formerly Keenspace)
- Comic Rocket
- The Duck (formerly Drunk Duck)
- Hiveworks
- Smack Jeeves (closed December 31, 2020)
- Tapas (formerly Tapastic)
- Webtoon
