Web Humor Blog

Usually when the phrase "higher education" is used in an entertainment context, it's as a euphemism for some dudes being in college and getting high all the time. But, surprise! PhD Comics is a real, actual comic about graduate school. The series, by Jorge Cham, is here to let you know that if you're considering going for a doctorate, you're probably making a really bad decision. Watch as he loses sleep, abandons anything like a social life, and lives in constant misery, just to be called "Doctor" some day. There's gotta be an easier way to get laid.

An increasing amount of the world's capacity for production is spent on massively multiplayer online role playing games. In fact, Blizzard's World of Warcraft has a larger economy than Antarctica and the Moon combined. All of this is to say that there's more people playing MMOs these days than just malcontents and weirdos. Although, yeah, it's mostly malcontents and weirdos. But the growing diversity of the weirdos in the MMO world is beautifully reflected in The Guild, the classic web series starring and written by Felicia Day. If you have even a shred of nerd in you, you are obligated to watch this, and will be held accountable if you don't.

Looking for a web comic with vaguely metaphysical overtones that's actually about a bunch of cutely drawn characters and their amoral debauchery? That's kind of a weird thing to be looking for, really, oddly specific, but I guess it's your lucky day because here's Sinfest. Following the adventure of a kid, his weird friends and acquaintances, and various deities from a range of religions, Sinfest is a web comic that features religious elements yet brazenly rejects the tenants of every religion ever conceived (even Scientology, probably). You'll probably go to Hell if you read it, which is the strongest endorsement I can give to anything.

When you think of "brainy + cute", there's two things that come to mind: Velma from Scooby Doo, and About.com Web Humor Guide Lukas Kaiser. But to that roster you should add Sanjay Kulkarni's web comic Cowbirds in Love. The breezily sketched comic specializes in taking a deep thought or obscure principle from philosophy or psychology and then spinning it into a neat little bundle of charm that will make you smile. For full effect, read it in a puffy yellow turtleneck sweater.

There is a motto in the marketing world which is treated as its highest gospel. That motto is, "18-34 year-old men have a lot of disposal income that they'll spend on any old crap, so put some shots of chicks in bikinis and some dudes fighting or whatever and they'll give you money for basically anything. Yes, even web domains." This philosophy has given us Stuff, FHM, Maxim, Axe Body spray, Spike TV, and just about every beer commercial in the last 25 years. And it's also given us a breast-laden, nutshot-rich source of comedy in Holy Taco. And sure, the site may appeal to the baser instincts of the Y chromosome, but that doesn't mean it can't make your brain laugh, too.

So almost a decade ago, these two Australian guys decided to put aside their comically oversized knives and make a comic strip. But rather than collaborating in some boring, it's-been-done way like one guy writing it and the other drawing it, they decided to take turns drawing panels one at a time, letting the story take shape organically. As an added bonus, for the last several years, this has been done through the mail between two countries that are over 10,000 miles apart (although they share a Queen). A neat novelty, certainly, and also a way of creating some amusing, irreverent comics that also stay relatively true to the tradition of newspaper funnies. See for yourself with our profile of Benson Comics.

People have always attributed human characteristics to cars. Cars in pop culture have been people's mothers, vengeful murderers, the entire cast of a blockbuster animated movie, and, in one case, a partner in some very graphic sex with Lindsay Lohan (it's true; you should watch that movie). It's only natural that cars would make friends with each other. And of course, when cars form friendships, they're always with cars of the same make, model and color, because cars are <i>viciously</i> racist. Celebrate these bonds by reading our profile of "Auto Buds". This to-the-point tumblr was created by Jon Glaser, former "Late Night" writer/bit player and star of Adult Swim's "Delocated", and it just might make you giggle.

When you hear about a web comic called "AppleGeeks", you might think that it's all about iPods and Pads and Macs and iClouds and trademarking "app store" and things of that nature. Actually, that goes for most potential titles that involve the word "Apple" without the words "Gala", "Seed", or "Bad" also being in there. And even then you couldn't be sure. As it turns out, AppleGeeks is not so much about Apple products and is more about some eccentric weirdos who happen to use them. And it's created by an eccentric weirdo who uses Apple products to make full-page, full-color installments of their surreal adventures. It's pretty, it's adventurous, and it's got jokes, jokes, jokes, (almost) none of which are about Steve Ballmer.

The Earth was created 4.1 billion years ago. And in those 4.1 billion years, what was the best thing to happen? That's right, Antoine Dodson. Scientists speculate that something better than Antoine might've happened in another solar system, but we simply don't have the technology to determine this. But as great as Antoine's local news rant was, it wouldn't have reached such lofty heights without the auto-tuning treatment and accompaniment by The Gregory Brothers. Although it transcended its roots, the Bed Intruder song began as part of their Auto-Tune the News series. And if you haven't watched the rest of the series, in which TV talking heads became pitch-perfect divas, you're missing out.

The interminable wait for a fifth season of AMC's "Mad Men" won't be over until the summer. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the ragingly misogynistic culture of the 1950s and '60s today! Not when Rob Scott's "Madderer Men" is around to pick up the slack. Kick back, light a cigarette, sip on a Scotch, and give your wife a couple good smacks across the face, and enjoy our profile of "Madderer Men". It's laughing at the differences between the genders the way your grandfather did. Not your grandmother, though, she was busy hiding from your grandfather because he would get in a terrible way when he'd been drinking.