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Is it cold in here?:
Starting at the beginning doesn't give you a good feeling for what the strip is about.

Jeph once identified the comics around 1155 as being representative.

I nominate the strips beginning with 336, when Raven holds up a metaphorical mirror to Faye. The story line there keeps cutting to other characters who are also being developed.

What would be your pick?

akronnick:
I first found the strip when QC, XKCD, And Dinosaur comics did the April fool's thing in '08. That was #1111.

Then I read through the whole archive that weekend.

jwhouk:
Yeah, it's kinda funny - if you start at #1, you're hooked in. And there's not a lot of down-time between arcs or stories, and you don't lose interest because things are overly complicated (sorry about that, "Pablo Wapsi" Taylor).

Surgoshan:
I started the week before 666 and devoured the archive in a weekend.  I'm not an indie music snob, but I really didn't mind the fact that the comic was, supposedly, an indie music snob strip.

It was always slice of life.  It just so happened that it focused on indie hipsters, and the fact that they were hipsters wasn't the focus, but instead a fact of who they were, made it both enjoyable and understandable.  I didn't have to know the musicians to understand the jokes.

tinkerbell:
It may seem daunting, but it really is best to start at number one. Not only do you get to see where Faye and Marten meet, you also get to see Jeph's progression as an artist and storywriter. Problem is that once you get to the end you cannot read to your heart's content  :cry:

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