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Monday, June 07, 2004

One last gasp before I turn in. Adding another webcomic to my repertoire makes me feel like listing them all, with links for all interested. Mind that not being listed is not an insult to any comic; I don't even have time to read the ones I like most of the time, and I update myself sporadically, the entire missed period at a time. That said, I consider all the comics I read to be rather good, and far better than I could do, at least if I want to keep my day job. Should any of the artists (or their lawyers) object to my linking to their comics, I will gladly remove the link if emailed at tstromberg2@washcoll.edu. I reserve the right to be insulted, should that happen.

My Comics:

Exploitation Now - Though now finished, this one started it all for me. Wicked funny very often, and it had hot chicks with crazy gadgets. No complaints.

Penny Arcade - A classic. Anyone who plays video games should be a devotee, and anyone with a pulse should enjoy at least some of it. And to whoever complained about long posts - they're worth it. Would you like to come over for lunch? I believe we're having money!

Errant Story - The last project (that I've heard of) from Poe, creator of Exploitation Now. Fewer babes, less cool technology... but magic is also good. A more mature venture, yet just as funny.

Angel Moxie - I forget how I picked this one up. Random superhero girls fight evil. Like Powerpuff girls, but with more developed characters, and not so friggin cute. And with aliens or something - I forget the story, it's been a while.

It's Walky - I can't possibly imagine the cartoonist of It's Walky ever planned all the plot twists this story has gone through since its inception as Roomies. If it was all planned from the start, he is both brilliant and utterly insane. In any case, every new direction the story takes is just as riveting as the last, though some are awfully random (The Big Cheese, the power booster rod, the Sensitive Scanner... wow).

Count Your Sheep - Now someone got me started on this one. I have to agree with my source, it is awfully cute. Some of the jokes are just plain laugh-out-loud funny, yet without resorting to the crudeness of so many other sources of comedy. As others have pointed out, it is a throwback to Calvin and Hobbes, which I do miss dearly... (sigh) God help me the day Garfield ends, I will have lost my two best reasons to pick up a newspaper.

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