March 16th, 2005 -- On the Banks of the Bosphorous

Minimalist sight gags.

Funny how it goes-- just on Monday I was getting ready to gush about all these other webcomic strips I love, and then on Tuesday this weird controversey erupts around events over at Keenspot, one of the premier hosts of internet-based comics. Before you know it, people are filling forums with flaming, ranting pages, harping at the Websnark, and toying with the volcanic temper of Scott Kurtz. I mean, man. I still love reading these guys' work, but it's the sort of un-signifying sound and fury that makes me never want to have forums for this site. Remind me to never ever write anything about the internet webcomic community at large (er, beyond this post).

Sigh.

So, there's plenty of controversey-free fun happening over at Order of the Stick, your SRD 3.5 compatible RPG comic. It's like Knights of the Dinner Table for the 21st Century, and it appeals to the gamer geek in me. The Pet Professional is new, and regrettably stingy in the updates, but it's got a slick look I can learn from. My best discovery by far, though, has got to be Skinny Panda, a masterpiece of black and white that manages to out-Eeyore Eeyore in its pleasant melancholy. It's got wit, style, cuteness, and an unpredictable ability to slip over into rather adult humor (which is still funnier than it is outrageous). As far as I know, the artist, Phil Cho, is no relation to that Liberty Meadows guy.

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