The Onion - Internal link: http://www.theonion.com/content/index
- main page at http://www.theonion.com/..
As I recall from a year or so ago (ie from about 2000), new issues go
up on Tuesdays.
Parental Note: this site is often R-rated.
Another good satirical site: "Something Awful": http://www.somethingawful.com
(Oct 16, 2005) Parental
Advisory warning (as usual) -Use their search feature to search on
Geocities, find their Geocities review pages and look at other awful
Geocities sites like mine...
Here's an innovative on-line comic which spoofs cyberspace and
on-screen science fiction: "Argon Zark": http://www.zark.com/ -- "Y2K" edition
available also! This was possibly the first online webcomic! (It began
back in 1995!) Nothing much for parents to be worried about here, so
this comic gets a G rating or maybe a very mild PG rating; however, it
will take at least older kids to appreciate this, due to the "Sci-Fi",
computer, and societal references. Better starting page: "The Hub": http://www.zark.com/front/hub.html. (updated Jan 28, 2006)
Here's a graphic artist and storyteller who deserves to have more
money: Phil Foglio: http://www.studiofoglio.com.
Here's his current project, "Girl
Genius" online: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com
(updated three times a week). (June 27, 2005)
User Friendlyhttp://www.userfriendly.org/
(Geeky
computer humor - pretty much G-rated. I think it's in some
newspapers). I've read the whole series as of Aug 20, 2005, and I can
generally recommend it to tech/business readers. It's really cute --
(especially the little "Dust Puppy" guy who was born from dust inside
the servers) and not as bitter as "Dilbert". The author is Canadian, so
there's some (very infrequent) Canadian content. He does some pretty
good rewording of old pop songs on Sundays and an archive of links to
those is specially available on the site. Here's a sample of a strip:
"One Night in Our NOC": http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20031019&mode=classic.
However, there is a strong left-wing (anti-property-rights) viewpoint.
The RIAA and those who want to protect their content are not totally in
the wrong, and a lot of this heavy file-sharing is morally
questionable. Even the aboriginal North Americans ("Amerinds", to
advocate a term) had intellectual property rights to their
entertainment content (stories and songs). Not all tech types are
left-wingers; in fact, the libertarian viewpoint is heavily
represented. This is a demographic which the author of this strip
should not ignore. (updated
Jan 28,
2006).
Sinfest http://www.sinfest.net/ (Stronger
than PG, approaching an R-rating for outrageous subject matter and
language)
Goats http://www.goats.com/ (I'm not familiar
enough with this to be able to rate it)
Sexy Losershttp://sexylosers.com/
(Pornographic,
X-rated and as outrageous as the author can possibly make it)
Mega Tokyo http://www.megatokyo.com/
("Anime" (formerly
known as "Japanamation"); appears to have little to no nudity and to be
a soap-opera/relationship strip, R-rated for swearing and sexual talk -
I don't read much of it).
Something
Positive - http://www.somethingpositive.net/
- another soap-opera/relationship strip (I'm into these). I was hooked
into reading this due to a crossover from "Queen of
Wands" (which began at (rerun strip): http://www.queenofwands.net/d/20051124.html,
or http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05112004.shtml).
Sun Dec 18, 2005.
This strip features (sometimes) a rather surreal pink cat that can take
any shape (some, rather, most, of the shapes it takes look like they
can cause nightmares). It's also rated R for language, sex and
violence. There is also truly mature content. The main character from "Queen
of Wands", Kestrel, has been adopted by this strip. I
liked the art more at the beginning of the strip, which is not normal,
since webcomic graphic artists usually improve drastically due to the
practice. Reading about supportive friends and family is always balm
for my soul, even though these characters act quite "whacked" much of
the time.
Here are some sample strips that I enjoyed (or were noteable): (updated Jan 28, 2006)
Really cute picture of the cat ("Choo-Choo Bear") -- looking more
catlike and less surreal - http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12212004.shtml
(I refer mainly to the second picture -- this is also some
foreshadowing about the person trying to pet the cat)
Last updated Apr 9, Mar 12, Jan 29, 28, 2006; Dec 18,
Oct 16,
Oct 2,
Aug
30, 28, 21, 2,
1, July
25, 12,
11, 10,
1,
June
27,
26, Jan 3 2005; Aug 22, 17, 12, 10, July 22, 7, June 13, April 25,
March 21, 16,
7, Feb 22, 14, 1, Jan 31 2004; April 7, March
29, 2003