I have a real hard time describing it to friends. It’s a talking animal strip, but you kind of have to forget that, it’s really just about northern california semi-employeds… but it’s also surreal as hell… except for the months on end where its not… it can be about pop culture, but it usually isn’t… the appeal is sometimes in the punchlines, but a lot of the time it’s in the wording of the setup or even just the ridiculous posing of the simply drawn characters. It’s a rarity in post-WWII comics, something honestly fresh and unique and funny all at the same time, but without ever devolving into Zippy the Pinhead willful obscurism either.

There are tons of good webcomics out there. Achewood is the only great one I’ve ever read… and reread… and rereread… heads and shoulders better than anything in your newspaper.