Weekly Webcomics #1

Hello and welcome to the very first Digital Sentinel Edition of Weekly Webcomics. I'm glad that you could make it. Due to the switch over to this blog format, the Weekly Webcomics numbering shall be reset to #1. If you find yourself in the possession of one or more of the email issues, consider them vintage and hang on to them. You never know how much they're going to be worth.

To get The Digital Sentinel off to a good start, I've elected to review one of the most accessible and funniest webcomics out there. While most comics like to have the massive story lines that take months to fully publish and the clever jokes that refer to comics previously posted two years ago, others have found that the smaller, newspaper-style strips are the way to go. And still others have found that a single picture with thought-out dialog and text can bring down the house. This last variety is exactly what today's webcomic is all about. Weekly Webcomics proudly presents:

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
http://www.smbc-comics.com/

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is created by Zack Weiner and has been running in its current incarnation since September 2002, with the archives running back to May 2006 (the first 480 were recently removed). SMBC is, at its essence, a comic that normally takes average dialog and places quite the humorous twist to it. As the page is updated every day, there's always changes to the formula, but your average panel has an interesting situation completely thrown in a different direction by the text directly below it.

Due to the nature of the comic, there's really no way to provide a coherent summary as there isn't anything coherent about it. Each panel is completely self-enclosed, allowing for individual enjoyment of each new panel. In fact, the site actually has a "Random!" button in its navigation system, allowing for, obviously, random viewing of the comic panels. Though there are exceptions, the general rating of the jokes usually fall into the PG to PG-13 range, showing that vulgarity isn't required to have a hilarious comic.

And hilarious it is. You should be sure you're reading this comic somewhere you won't get in trouble for laughing, because you'll definitely do so more than once. SMBC is one of those comics that doesn't take long to read, gives a good laugh, and keeps you coming back every day for more. What more could anybody want from a comic? It easily fits into just about anyone's day - what, with the one-panel comics, and all - so there's absolutely no excuse for not reading it.

Once in the Archives at the main site, you'll find other comics posted there. I can not attest to their quality, as I haven't read over all of them. But it couldn't hurt to give them a once over, as well, so look if you've got the time.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is updated every day, providing a good laugh every time you wake up. Definitely add this one to the growing bookmark list and don't forget to check back there regularly. Just don't miss the black text at the bottom of the panels!

Enjoy!


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- Superman's speeches all end the same way.