When I was a kid, I faithfully read the comic strips every day. Somehow, somewhere I outgrew comics (and given I design friggin’ video games for a living, that’s quite an indictment). I suspect it’s partially because I no longer have a tangible newspaper anymore, prefering to use online sources for my news.

As such, I only read good comics that are available online: Dilbert (which is a lot funnier, once you’ve worked at 3DO), Penny Arcade (which is pretty funny whenever they’re not writing in-jokes that only they get) and Sinfest (which is pretty funny as long as he stays away from the cute pets).

Anyway, now I can keep track of the rest of those comics that I don’t read anymore with “I read the comics so you don’t have to” (edit: now the “Comics Curmudgeon”). Reading his insightful summaries on the strangeness in the comics is like getting in touch with old friends, while at the same time reminding me how happy I am that I don’t read these on a daily basis.