Links: My Favorite Webcomics (Part 1)

Time to start another themed series of posts, this time focusing on some of the webcomics I read regularly. Most of the comics on the net seem to be technology or gaming-oriented (go figure), but today's entry is eminently political. Day by Day by Chris Muir is probably the purest form of political webcomic you can think of. There are four characters, covering all ranges of the political spectrum, and they tend to comment rather directly on the happenings of the time.

I've always respected Muir, who is obviously not as liberal as "Doonesbury" creator Gary Trudeau. While there surely exists a temptation to make the strip into a Democrat-bashing fest, Muir doesn't hesitate to criticize or lampoon the other side of the aisle when it's due (and it seems to be due quite a bit these days :-P ).

The main weakness of the strip is related to the format itself - to have a new DBD strip each day, and to keep the strip up-to-the-minute relevant, Muir often copies and pastes illustrations from panel to panel in the interests of economy, which is easier on the artist but sometimes leaves the strip visually dull ("South Park" sometimes suffers from the same malaise).

DBD has gotten so popular it's even being used by SIGarms in their official website. Take a gander.