Humorous Links
Online Comics (Regular Reads)
- Girl Genius – steampunk mad science adventure
- Real Life – mix of everyday humor and sci-fi zaniness
- Something Positive* – twisted dark comedy
- Punch an’ Pie* (a spinoff from Queen of Wands) – comedy/drama
- XKCD – one-off nerd & science humor
- Shortpacked!* – geek comics & toys humor. Mix of ongoing & one-off gags
- Comic Critics – mostly one-offs about comics & comic fans
- Orneryboy* –
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal* – one-off twisted humor
- Myth Adventures – adaptation of Robert Asprin’s comedic fantasy novel, Another Fine Myth.
*Something Positive, SMBC, and Punch an’ Pie (and sometimes Shortpacked! and Orneryboy) often deal with adult language or situations. Something Positive and SMBC tend to be sick, twisted, and occasionally offensive.
Online Comics (Used-to-Reads)
- Queen of Wands—ran from 2002–2005, highly recommended
- Spamusement (on hiatus)
- Elf Only Inn—ran from 2002–2004
- Midnight Macabre—from the creator of Something Positive (done, though the strip’s fans have taken up the challenge in the forums)
- S*P: New Gold Dreams (on hiatus)
- Partially Clips
- Scandal Sheet!
- Simulated Comic Product – quirky one-off humor (done)
- Sluggy Freelance
- User Friendly
- Waiting For Bob—ran from 1999–2001
Other Cool Stuff
- This Is True - weekly newsletter collecting strange stories from around the world
- Snopes.com: The Urban Legends Reference Pages of the San Fernando Valley Folklore Society
- Urban Legends and Folklore at About.com
- The Onion - satirizing the news
- BBspot - another good satire site
