*Hello With Cheese
Oh yeah—webcomics can be topical. I wonder if Dwight Freeney’s ankle will hold up enough to make him the Gandalf of this Super Bowl.
One of the things I love to do when reading webcomics is see what other comics they’re advertising on their site—it’s a feature of the community that I love, because not only do bigger webcomics produce revenue, but they also get the word out about up-and-coming comics that they usually enjoy themselves (while not a hard-and-fast rule, since the creators are the ones running their own sites, it stands to reason they’re making advertising decisions, and I hope that extends to advertising things they have at least some respect for. Perhaps I’m naïve in this regard).
I won’t lie, though—often what I stumble across isn’t really all that good. That’s not to say there isn’t a reason to enjoy the webcomics I’m being hyper-whisked to, but, law of averages, I’m not going to be a steady reader after this initial experience.
Not so, though, with my new find: Hello With Cheese.
I mean, I clicked over from Something Positive, and what I found was pure gold.
Or, pure ether-gold (Please, someone write a SF story about aether-gold? Thank you).
I mean, to put my excitement into context about this webcomic, I actually ran over to Mike (my Funn-e-Pages hetero lifemate) to tell him about it. Granted, I was reading it during work, but I like to think that counts as work.
Right?
A series of one-offs, rather like Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, I was literally laughing out loud (but not rolling on the floor laughing—need to clean the cube soon) at absurdities such as this:
“I’m out for dead presidents to represent me…against the zombies”—Nas.
It’s that kind of nerding that makes me feel like I have the best job in the world.
I have to say, though, one of my favorite "recurring" strips is "MasterSmurf Theater." I would totally watch this movie:
"Um, I am not "Mr. Smurf". You're Mr. Smurf. I'm the Smurf. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Smufness, or uh, Smurfer, or El Smurferino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."
Brilliant.
Make sure to check out the "About" link, too, where they have a comic explaining how they get their ideas and make the magic happen.
And remember--next time you're reading a webcomic you enjoy, check out a comic that's advertised. Not only are you helping support the webcomic you're already reading, but you might find a new one to add to the RSS feed.
And that's never a bad thing.
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