Scat-Obsessed Teddy Bears and Pixelated Robots

Obviously, most of you wouldn't be here if you didn't spend some amount of time online on a computer. It's likely that many of you spend most of your time online while at work. You might even know of a few good places to go to waste time online. A couple years ago, I started coming across web comics, and it seems that the whole thing has totally blown up. There are so many good ones out there, plus regular comics that are usually in newspapers that can also be found online. Tonight, I'm giving you a list of top-quality online comic strips. These are my favorites:

• Derf City: Derf's comic is online only, but he does have some books available, such as the one detailing his celebrity schoolmate, Jeffrey Dahmer. Yes, that's real, he really went to school with Dahmer, and then made a mostly depressing graphic novel about it. Derf's strip has no running narrative or storyline. There only a few regular characters, but they don't appear very often. His schtick is his overblown and sadly realistic caricatures of the political right and the cultural bottom of society.
• Ted Rall: Ted Rall is a noted cartoonist and columnist. His cartoons have appeared as regular features in Time and Fortune magazines, which is surprising considering his slightly alarmist liberal views. No regular characters, no running narrative. His columns are just as worth checking out as his comics. Very political, but not confusing. Very sharp wit.
• Tom Tomorrow: This Modern World. Tom's comic is locally seen in Detroit's biggest alternative weekly, the Metro Times. It can also be seen on Working for Change. He does have some regular characters, but no running narrative. Very sarcastic and of course, very political.
• R. Stevens: Diesel Sweeties. Billed as a "pixelated robot romance web comic," that's exactly what it delivers, along with some social commentary on cultural tribes. There's Indie Rock Pete, who's so hip he barely exists, Metal Steve who has a mullet, always wears a t-shirt with a skull on it, and insists on keeping his virginity, Maura the former porn star who is now retired and dating Clango the robot, Lil' Sis, Maura's little sister who has bisexual tendencies purely for the sake of trendiness, and Electron Mike, the required computer geek who doesn't know how to communicate with women. There are other characters who appear less often like the Red Robot who wants to destroy all "hu-mans," and Pale Suzie, the goth girl. It's almost like a little soap opera, but it's really fucking funny.
• J. Jacques: Questionable Content. This one is fairly new to me, I found it while checking out the links on Diesel Sweeties. It may not look like much if you just look at the most recent post, but go back to the beginning, and read all of them, it's funny as hell.
• Neil Swaab: Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles. Mr. Wiggles can be seen every week in Detroit's other local alternative weekly newspaper, Real Detroit. This comic is probably horribly, horribly vile and offensive to most people, but I love it. It's blasphemous, it's perverted, it's disgusting, and it's beautiful. Two main characters: Neil and his roommate/best friend Mr. Wiggles, who happens to be a teddy bear. A teddy bear who likes little boys and shitting on the couch. This seriously has to be seen, but be warned, it's very offensive and probably not safe for work.
• David Rees: Get Your War On. So, this one does have some regular characters, but no running narrative, and the characters themselves don't really have any regular personality, they're just vehicles for the word balloons in the comic. Very smarmy, smart-ass political commentary. A lot of swearing. Good shit.

In fact, go back to the archives on all of these, it's totally worth it.