{"id":10944,"date":"2007-05-10T11:52:17","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/05\/10\/we-read-comics-2.html"},"modified":"2007-05-10T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2007-05-10T18:52:17","slug":"we_read_comics_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/10\/we_read_comics_2.html","title":{"rendered":"We Read Comics!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hey Kids! Comics!\" height=\"100\" alt=\"kidscomics\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/kidscomics.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Been a while since I last talked about my online comic strip reading habits.&nbsp; I culled a lot from my old list when I changed over to Google Reader (I rely on a feed reader for this stuff unless there&#8217;s no other choice, see below), but here&#8217;s what I currently have.&nbsp; (Note: I am <em>not <\/em>very diligent about reading most of these, I fear &#8212; not that they don&#8217;t deserve them, just that I Get Busy; I&#8217;ve bolded the ones I am most likely to hop onto regularly):<\/p>\n<p>Print comic strips online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.com\/comics\/chickweed\/\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">9 Chickweed Lane<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/fun\/bizarro.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Bizarro<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucomics.com\/calvinandhobbes\/2007\/04\/11\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calvin &amp; Hobbes<\/a> (reruns, of course) (<a href=\"http:\/\/wdr1.com\/blog\/calvin_and_hobbes.rdf\" target=\"_blank\">inline feed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dilbert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dilbert<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcamax.com\/doonesbury\" target=\"_blank\">Doonesbury<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/dykestowatchoutfor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dykes to Watch Out For<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fborfw.com\/strip_fix\/\" target=\"_blank\">For Better or For Worse<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/foxtrot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Foxtrot<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlepi.nwsource.com\/fun\/funky.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Funky Winkerbean<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comics.com\/\/comics\/getfuzzy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get Fuzzy<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tapestrycomics.com\/getfuzzy.xml\" target=\"_blank\">inline feed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li> Pibgorn (off the air but <a href=\"http:\/\/officialpibgorn.livejournal.com\/2248.html\" target=\"_blank\">returning<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcamax.com\/zits\" target=\"_blank\">Zits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Web comic strips online (duh):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webcomicsnation.com\/poyorick\" target=\"_blank\">Breakfast of the Gods<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cad-comic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ctrl+Alt-Del<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorktower.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dork Tower<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.io.com\/~fuzzface\/dt\/dt.xml\" target=\"_blank\">inline feed<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/nodwick.humor.gamespy.com\/ffn\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full Frontal Nerdity<\/a>**<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlgeniusonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Girl Genius<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irregularwebcomic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Irregular Webcomic<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itswalky.com\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s Walky!<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/nodwick.humor.gamespy.com\/gamespyarchive\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Nodwick<\/a>**<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantitp.com\/Comics.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Order of the Stick<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penny-Arcade<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvponline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PvP<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallifecomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Life Comics<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shortpacked.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shortpacked<\/a>**<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonlabs.com\/comics\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Sinfest<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaterhopper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre Hopper<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/theniceguycomic.com\/comics.htm\" target=\"_blank\">The Nice Guy<\/a>**<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vgcats.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VG Cats<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/wapsisquare.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wapsi Square<\/a>*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*I use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicalert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ComicAlert <\/a>to provide an RSS feed\/reminder for these strips.<\/p>\n<p>**These strips have <em>no<\/em> RSS feed.&nbsp; None.&nbsp; And nobody&#8217;s scraped one together, either.&nbsp; It&#8217;s maddening.&nbsp; So I have a reminder to once a week go to an FF Bookmark Group I&#8217;ve set up and look at them.&nbsp; Yeesh.&nbsp; Many thanks if you can point me to feeds for any of these, because it&#8217;s enough to make me read them less than I want to.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Been a while since I last talked about my online comic strip reading habits.&nbsp; I culled a lot from my old list when I changed over to Google Reader&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-comics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27805,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/07\/what-to-suggest-to-avengers-fans-who-actually-want-to-read-a-comic-b.html","url_meta":{"origin":10944,"position":0},"title":"What to suggest to &quot;Avengers&quot; 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