The Web Comics documentary was really cool. Every knows about comics, and comics bombard us all the time (movies, the newspaper, etc.) yet we all don’t really know anything about them (their history, etc.). I think this documentary really illuminated a lot about comics I didn’t know before. I think it’s very interesting that at first comics were rarely censored, and then there was an era of “cleanliness” where comics had to conform to set standards. Then MAD created a magazine, that was unable to be censored and thus bringing about another era of un-censored comics.
Since then I think comics have really diversified. Some are the usual daily-life comedies, while others are comic at all, but rather just touching stories. Looking at web comics now, I think many newspaper comics are starting to put their pieces online as more and more people have RSS feeds that constantly update with new posts/news, etc. So, web comics are perfect for that application. One web comic I subscribe to online is kxcd. This site is extremely popular among computer people (like myself) because it specializes in computer science/technology humor. It is a web comic that truly caters to the technology crowd in its comedy and the way it is presented (through RSS feeds and over the internet).
