The Breakfast Club

The following comics are the reason we occasionally have peanut butter on our mouse. As a kid, I grew up often reading the newspaper comics over breakfast and I've continued the tradition in a slightly modified manner. I've been reading For Better or For Worse since those early days but the rest are new acquisitions and some of them have been VERY acquired tastes. I actually read a few more than this, but they're not all as recommendable. If any (or all) of these are unfamiliar to you, I do recommend giving them a try (or several - they can be hit and miss).

Bob the Angry Flower:
www.angryflower.com
A weekly strip by a former cartoonist for the U of A student paper, the Gateway. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes excruciating.

Dilbert:
www.dilbert.com
This one is really too much like my work.

Doonesbury:
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
I read this as a kid and NEVER understood it.

For Better or For Worse:
http://www.comics.com/comics/forbetter/index.html
I'm amazed that Lynn Johnson has been doing this for 20+ years and is still damn good.

Penny Arcade:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/
This site is dedicated to the review of video games. Normally it wouldn't interest me much, but the two guys who write it are simply fantastic. The writing and the art and the warped sense of humour got me hooked almost in spite of myself. If you're going to read the comic, at least scan the beginning of the associated text. It often makes much more sense that way,

Something Positive:
http://www.somethingpositive.net/
Okay, this often looks really harsh when you start reading, but it's not quite as nasty as it looks. I think.

Sinfest:
http://www.sinfest.net/
Possibly the best cartoon portrayals of God and the Devil ever.

9 Chickweed Lane:
http://www.comics.com/comics/chickweed/index.html
I love Amos. Edda should too.

Queen of Wands:
http://www.queenofwands.net/
Not as strong as some of the other webcomics, but entertaining.

Questionable Content:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/
If you read this from the beginning, you can see a pretty marked inprovement in his art. This one lets me occasionally feel all smug because I recognize an indie music name.

Okay, I promise to write something soon that's not just a links dump, but I really do spend a silly amount of time on the sites listed here.