While we are on the topic of nerdy web-based comics that amuse me, I have to mention my favorite of the bunch, xkcd. I forgive the fact that it favors physics and mathematics over biology and genetics for its humor Egg-head humor of this quality is hard to come by. But all of this talk of comics reminds me of my favorite part of the Sunday paper growing up. Calvin and Hobbes. Far Side. Bloom County. Despite the fact that the paper was think enough to kill Alvin and the Chipmunks if it were to land on them, this was only section (other than Sports) that I would make sure to read (well I may have also made sure to review the Best Buy flier). But as the newspapers began to die so did the comics section. It became thinner and thinner. Soon the only things left were the milquetoast strips like Beetle Bailey and Family Circus which are the humor equivalent of Orange you glad I didn't say Banana Knock Knock joke. Thankfully, the thing that killed the comic strip is saving it again. The internet has a flourishing comic strip community. Some blogs are even assembling their own Sunday comic sections with only web-based comics. They aren't terrible. And they are definitely better than Hagar the Horrible.
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