feihong Posted December 23, 2018 at 05:13 AM Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 at 05:13 AM Recently, I found that there are quite a few bilingual webcomics out there, so I put together a spreadsheet. I'm sure that there are many more in the wild, so if you find one that isn't on the spreadsheet then reply to this message and I'll add it. I would also appreciate a heads-up if you find that any of the links is broken or dead. So far, the spreadsheet contains the following titles. When I get around to reading more of them, I'll start ordering them by entertainment value. Pepper & Carrot / 小辣椒与萝卜头 [ english simplified ] - fantasy, comedy, slice-of-life The Girl from Class / 课堂中的她 / 課堂中的她 [ english simplified traditional ] - romance Distant Sky / 深淵的天空 [ english traditional ] - sci-fi, thriller Timing / 追逐时间 [ english simplified ] - sci-fi, thriller Again / Again [ english simplified ] - sci-fi, thriller My Giant Nerd Boyfriend / 我的傻大个男友 [ english simplified ] - comedy, romance, slice-of-life My Boo / 与鬼魂同居 / 隐形的同居 [ english simplified traditional ] - supernatural, romance Moon You / MOONYOU-独行月球 / MOONYOU-獨行月球 [ english simplified traditional ] - sci-fi, comedy Lookism / 看脸时代 / 看臉時代 [ english simplified traditional ] - comedy, metamorphosis God of Bath / 沐浴之神 / 沐浴之神 [ english simplified traditional ] - comedy True Beauty / 女神降临 / 女神降臨 [ english simplified traditional ] - comedy, metamorphosis 10th Dimensional Boys / 少年们在做什么 / 少年們在做什麼 [ english simplified traditional ] - comedy Eggnoid / 蛋男情缘 / 蛋男情緣 [ english simplified traditional ] - romance, comedy Sweet Home / 家 / SWEET HOME [ english simplified traditional ] - horror, thriller The Wormworld Saga / 蠕虫世界传奇 [ english simplified ] - fantasy, adventure New Normal: Class 8 / 不平凡的平凡8班 [ english simplified ] - comedy, slice-of-life Dice / DICE-骰子 / DICE-骰子 [ english simplified traditional ] - fantasy Refund High School / 重生高中 / 重佛高中歷險記 [ english simplified traditional ] - fantasy Lumine / 狼人路姆尼 / 小狼人路姆尼 [ english simplified traditional ] - drama Hellper / 地狱尽头 / 地獄盡頭 [ english simplified traditional ] - action Subtle Disaster / 微小的灾难 / 微笑的災難 [ english simplified traditional ] - drama Deep / 深海 / 深海 [ english simplified traditional ] - thriller About Death / 关于死亡 / 關於死亡 [ english simplified traditional ] - drama Hive / 虫穴 / 蟲穴 [ english simplified traditional ] - sci-fi, action Smile Brush / 会笑的画笔 / 會笑的畫筆 [ english simplified traditional ] - comedy, slice-of-life I Love Yoo / I LOVE LIU [ english simplified ] - romance A Bittersweet Life / 甜蜜人生 / 甜蜜人生 [ english simplified traditional ] - comedy, slice-of-life Coffin Jackson / 傑克森的棺材 [ english traditional ] - thriller Dr Frost / 神探弗罗斯特 / 神探弗羅斯特 [ english simplified traditional ] - drama Siren’s Lament / 人鱼哀曲 / 人魚哀曲 [ english simplified traditional ] - romance Shriek / 驚聲尖叫 [ english traditional ] - horror Unknown Caller / 未知號碼 [ english traditional ] - horror 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agewisdom Posted December 23, 2018 at 08:14 AM Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 at 08:14 AM Appreciate the list here. Definitely helpful in Mandarin learning. Care to share your personal top 3 among that list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feihong Posted December 23, 2018 at 02:26 PM Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 at 02:26 PM So far, I've spent way more time preparing the spreadsheet than reading comics, so my personal top 3 isn't very meaningful at the moment. However, I can unequivocally recommend Pepper & Carrot. Amazing art, and relatively easy. I also like My Giant Nerd Boyfriend, which language-wise isn't hard at all but the cartoony font can be a bit much at times. I think Timing will be really good based on my experience with the author's other works, but I'll probably wait a while to start it because most of its chapters are still behind a paywall (it's an old series but the translation is probably quite new). An interesting side note is that Timing was adapted into an animated film in 2014. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agewisdom Posted December 24, 2018 at 12:47 PM Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 at 12:47 PM 22 hours ago, feihong said: So far, I've spent way more time preparing the spreadsheet than reading comics, so my personal top 3 isn't very meaningful at the moment. I see. Many thanks for the work in preparing the list. It must been quite a lot of work. Thanks for your recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feihong Posted January 3, 2019 at 02:34 PM Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 at 02:34 PM Over the holidays, I took the time to read a bit of all 32 series in the spreadsheet. Since these titles were all popular enough to garner official translations, it's safe to say none of them are bad. But only a few are exceptional: Pepper & Carrot The Girl from Class Distant Sky Timing Again My Giant Nerd Boyfriend My Boo Moon You I've copied these 8 over to the Awesome Webcomics spreadsheet (will make another post about that some other time). No series was particularly suitable for beginners, but Pepper & Carrot and Wormworld Saga both seemed relatively easy, which makes sense since they're both very kid-friendly. I also think that 10th Dimensional Boys is quite easy, but it's printed in traditional, and its humor is extremely puerile---most gags revolve around butts, farts, and... other stuff that comes out of butts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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