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Here, have some webcomics recommendations:

Girl Genius

I'm not sure how to describe Girl Genius without spoiling the story, but I'll give it a shot. It's a steampunk (or "gaslamp fantasy", as the creators put it) story set in sort-of Europe. Their tag-line is that "Mad scientists rule the world. Badly." Basically, a lot of people in this world have "The Spark", which allows them to invent the strangest things in a fit of madness. Some families where the Spark is hereditary rule cities or large territories. Among these families are the Sturmavoraus family of Sturmhaven, the Heterodynes of Mechanicsburg (the last Heterodynes, Bill and Barry, went missing (as well as Bill's wife), and are now the stuff of legends and fairy tales), and of course, Baron Wulfenbach, the current head of an empire, and his son Gilgamesh.

The story follows young Agatha Clay, a student at the university in Beetleburg and everything that happens after the Baron comes to see her professor, a clank (a sort of steam-powered robot) runs berserk in town, and her locket - an heirloom from her uncle - is stolen.

Gunnerkrigg Court

This story takes place in a boarding school the size of a city. The school is focused on science, while more natural, magical beings live in the forest beyond. The students are not allowed to go there.

We follow protagonist Anitmony Carver, who came to the school after her mother died. Antimony is a strange girl who rarely lets her emotions show. Having been raised in a hospital, she's not too used to socialising either. Luckily, her best friend Kat(erina) Donlan makes up for it.

Antimony (or "Annie", as Kat calls her) meets a lot of people in school, human and otherwise, who knew her mother. She makes friends with a not-scary ghost and a shadow who wants to return to the forest (and since Annie isn't allowed to cross the bridge, she builds a robot to help it - out of parts she found in a room marked "spare robot parts"). There's a lot of weirdness going on - Annie treats the mystical weirdness as normal, while Kat treats the mechanical weirdness as normal.

The Adventures of Dr. McNinja

...Do I really need to describe this? He's a doctor. And a ninja. Of Irish ancestry. His family are ninja too. He has a gorilla receptionist, his mentor is a Benjamin Franklin clone, and his sidekick (who is twelve) grew a mustache through willpower. He's fought pirates, zombie ninja and Dracula.

Best quote: "You lit yourself. On fire. Why did you light yourself on fire?"
"Huh? Seriously? Because. They can't grab me if I'm on fire."

Something for everyone!