On his blog Rick Marshal asks "Which candidates would your webcomic characters vote for?" He only asks the question of a few specific webcomic creators, none of which are me, but I have no qualms about crashing the party. Below the cut I talk about which characters in which comic would support which candidate (and why).

PC Magazine fears me. That is, I think, the only logical explanation.

First they published 10 Wicked Awesome Webcomics, a list of the ten comics they decided had the highest amount of "awesome" tempered with "wicked."

Help Desk wasn't on the list. At the time I could only assume the reason was because Help Desk is "awesomely wicked" instead of "wicked awesome." Still, all the comics they did list are worth looking at.

Now they've published The 10 Best Unsung Webcomics, a list of the ten best comics that don't get the attention they deserve.

Help Desk wasn't on that list, either, and now of course under the Internet Self Promotion Act of 2001 I am obliged to state that the reason I'm not on the list is because PC Magazine fears me. I've never been shy of ridiculing the Computer Industry Press, so obviously they're retaliating by whimpering in fear any time my url is mentioned.

It's the only possible reason!

That's right, guys... I know. I know your fear. If the Internet had olfactory bandwidth I'd be able to smell it.*

... ahem.

That said, you should still check out their list. There are some good comics on it.

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*For the love of God, do not take this statement as an invitation to add olfactory bandwidth to the Internet.

Anyone who is a fan of the Doctor Who BBC Television Series needs to take a look at Rich's ComixBlog. Rich has been writing a truly jaw-droppingly good fanfic comic featuring all ten incarnations of the Doctor since March 10, 2007. I can't begin to tell you how good it is. He's managed to do justice to every version of the Doctor I've seen on TV (I've seen a little of Doctor #2, a fair number of Doctors #3-6, a few of #7, all of #9 and #10 that have been made available in the US to date), both in the way they're drawn and in the way they're characterized. I'm especially fond of the day he's been writing Doctor #6 (the version played by Colin Baker -- I always felt like that version was under-appreciated during its run).

Anyway, I can't recommend it enough. It starts here and is still ongoing.

It's definitely worth a read.

Help Desk reader Tasha Costa, inspired by Monday's comic, created the following icon:

And then created one of the miniature Evil Binky just for the heck of it:

I liked them, so I'm sharing.