The Great Geek Manual

Apple Geeks follows the anime-styled adventures of Hawk as he struggles to survive as a Mac user in a World ruled by Windows. Think Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future meets the Peanuts. This comic is only a recent release, but it holds a lot of promise.
Address: http://www.applegeeks.com/comic_archive/
Authors: Illustrated by Mohammad “Hawk” Haque, and written by Ananth Panagariya.
Genre: Comedy Adventure
Main Character: Applegeeks centers around the misadventures of “Hawk,” a somewhat delusional college student with an unnatural fondness for Apple products.
Premiered: April 18, 2006
Topics: Apple computers
Updated: Twice weekly

Ctrl+Alt+Del follows the misadventures of two die-hard gaming roommates and a Linux user as the deal with everyday challenges to the extreme. Ethan is an eccentric gamer with severe illusions of grandeur, who, while completely out of touch with reality, is friendly yet dangerous. Lucas is the brains behind every operation, and often keeps a close eye on Ethan, in order to help him out of trouble. Scott is the third roommate, not quite a gamer, but an expert with Linux, he is very rarely seen and owns a penguin. Lilah is Ethan’s girlfriend. Nobody really knows how he is ABLE to get a girlfriend, but Lilah is brainy, beautiful and owns in UT2004. Not only is Ctrl+Alt+Del my personal favorite webcomic, but several popular webcomic forums have given it their top ranking. It’s hilarious even if you’re not a gamer! Updated twice weekly.
Address: http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php
Authors: Written by Tim Buckley
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: Ethan MacManus, a 25-year-old of Irish descent, a crazy game fanatic, an amateur artist, and longtime alcoholic. He has always thought he is good at video games, until he is beaten very easily, even by Scott on an Xbox. He is engaged to Lilah, after proposing to her on Valentine’s Day in 2006, having done so by getting all seven high scores on a video game in the arcade to read “LIL” “AH_” “WIL” “YOU” “MAR” “RY_” “ME_”. He also works as a sales clerk at Game Haven.
Premiered:October 23, 2002
Topics: Video Gaming
Updated: Twice weekly.

Dork Tower is the classic roleplaying comic you’ve been hooked on since your first Dragon Magazine! Dork Tower chronicles the lives of a group of geeks living in the fictional town of Mud Bay, Wisconsin. No (official) RSS feed available.
Address: http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/
Authors: John Kovalic
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: Matt is the main character of the comic; many of the storylines revolve around his love life. He’s the gamemaster of his group of friends when they role-play. His favorite game is Warhamster (a parody of Warhammer). He works as a graphic designer but also draws his own comic book, That Grrl, in his spare time.
Premiered: January 1997
Topics: Topics have included role-playing games, comic books, video games, and fandom in general
Updated: Two to three times a week.

Dueling Analogs is a color webcomic that lampoons the characters, culture and subtext of modern gaming culture. The are no story arcs to keep up with – each comic is stand alone joke. The first strip opens on Luigi of the Mario Brothers bent over a table as a proctacologist chastises him not to store money and keys in his anus, and the strips only get funnier from there. The humor reminds me of the Comedy Central series, “Drawn Together.” Definitely for mature audiences only.
Address: http://www.duelinganalogs.com/
Authors: Steve Napierski
Genre: Comedy
Premiered: November 17, 2005
Topics: Video Games all comics are self-encapsulated
Updated: Every Monday and Wednesday

Everybody Loves Eric Raymond is a funny, geeky comic strip sitcom about a group apartment in which, inexplicably, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds and Eric Raymond are all roommates. The jokes are ALL free/open source software in-jokes, but they’re often very funny, and the idea gets tons of bonus points for being so stupendously weird and well-executed. Definitely a must-read for the cerebral programming Geeks out there.
Address: http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/
Authors: Created by John Leach and co-written with Louisa Parry
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: Eric Raymond, Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman
Premiered: October 28, 2005
Topics: Free and Open Source Software
Updated: Twice weekly.

Little Gamers is a webcomic “about a boy who is into computer gaming and his friends.” Fundin and Madsen’s artwork has a definite South Park flavor to it, but the jokes hit a little closer to home http://www.little-gamers.com/index.php?comicID=1500 Sometime a little too close.
Address: http://www.little-gamers.com/
Authors: Created and illustrated by Christian Fundin and written by Pontus Madsen
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: The story centers around the alter-ego of the comic’s author, Mr. Madsen, who frequently speaks leet and is obsessed with his huge collection of pr0n.
Premiered: December 1, 2000.
Topics: Gaming, Software, and, on occation, Current Events.
Updated: Twice weekly.

Mega Tokyo. Two hardcore American gamers get stuck in Tokyo with no money, where they have to deal with ninjas, giant lizards, androids, the undead, schoolgirls and … well, you’ll have to read the comic to find out what all else. Fred Gallagher’s pencil work has made reading Megatokyo’s engrossing storylines a real treat for me over the past few years. I would recommend this site to anyone with an interest in drawing for a living or for anyone who simply love anime. Also, once you’ve become a hardcore fan (so, maybe ten minutes into reading the strip?), you’ll want to check out fredart http://www.fredart.com/ , Gallagher’s blog/portfolio.
Address: http://www.megatokyo.com/
Authors: Fred Gallagher (and formerly Rodney Caston)
Genre: Anime, Comedy
Main Character: Piro, a socially inept and frequently depressed young anime and manga fan.
Premiered: August 14, 2000
Topics: Anime clichés, dating simulations, manga, and video games
Updated: Updates on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

The Order of the Stick is a comic based around a questing band of very self-aware Dungeons and Dragons players. Two things make this comic stand apart. The first and most obvious is the stick-figure style in which all the characters are drawn (which will in NO way detract from your enjoyment of the comic). But what makes this comic truely memorable is the fantastic characterization. Despite the fact that The Order of the Stick has more dialog than any other web comic that I’ve ever read, it always leaves you hungry for more. The Order is funny for all, but downright addictive for those of use who actually understand the in’s and out’s of a real game of D&D.
Address: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0389.html
Authors: Rich Burlew
Genre: Comedy fantasy
Main Character: Roy Greenhilt (human fighter, lawful good), Belkar Bitterleaf (halfling ranger/barbarian, chaotic evil), Durkon Thundershield (dwarven cleric), Elan (human bard), Haley Starshine (human rogue), Vaarsuvius (elven wizard).
Premiered: 2003
Topics: Dungeons and Dragons
Updated: Twice weekly.

Penny Arcade. Alright, if you haven’t heard of this one, you’ve either been living in a parralell dimension or you’ve just escaped from an extended stay in Abu Ghraib. Penny Arcade is a hilarious look at the video game world: the creators of games, the producers, the players, the nuances, and all the things that make video games what they are. It’s crazy, unpredictable style of humor is wonderful. This is sort of the “original webcomic.” I don’t know if there’s a webcomic that been around longer, but if there is, it’s withering away in relative obscurity somewhere.
Address: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic
Authors: Written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik.
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: Jonathan Gabriel, an energetic and free-spirited, but easily enraged gamer. He perpetually wears a yellow Pac-Man shirt and boasts a matching Pac-Man tattoo on his right bicep. He has a fascination with unicorns, a secret love of Barbies and is a dedicated fan of Spider-Man and Star Wars. He’s a line dancer, a Diabetic, a sugar addict, and an overall hyper-impulsive character.
Premiered: November 18, 1998
Topics: Video Gaming
Updated: Every Monday and Wednesday, and occational Fridays.

Player vs Player
Address: http://www.pvponline.com/
Authors: Scott Kurtz,
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: PvP features an ensemble cast of characters, including: Cole Richards, the boss, Brent Sienna, creative director, Jade Fontaine, columnist, and Brent’s girlfriend, Francis Ray Ottoman, the youngest member of the staff, Skull, a lovable troll who is assigned to be a mythological animal friend to Brent, Robbie and Jase, two fat, beer swilling drop-outs who sit in the break room on an old sofa and play sports video games endlessly, Max Powers, arch-enemy and rival publisher of Cole, and Marcy Weisnewsky, another intern.
Premiered: May 4, 1998
Topics: Originally focused on video gaming, nerd culture, and comics, but the humor has broadened to include technology, relationships, and mocking of the generation gaps between the different characters.
Updated: Twice weekly.

Real Life Comics follows the exploits of a group of friends. Loosely based on real people. the comic has endeared itself to many and has helped prove that funny ideas and competent art direction are all you need to make a webcomic. Greg Dean updates regularly and the material is consistently very good.
Address: http://www.reallifecomics.com/
Authors: Greg Dean
Genre: Comedy
Main Character: Greg Dean is yet another fictional representation of a comic’s author. Greg sometimes appears as his not-so-secret alter ego the Shirt Ninja, speaking in Japanese and carrying his own subtitles. He used to work as a fuel jock at a small airport, but is currently attending culinary school.
Premiered: November 15, 1999
Topics: video games, science fiction, and other such “nerd humor”
Updated: Twice weekly.

Sluggy Freelance is a daily online comic by Pete Abrams about aliens, demons, dating, and bunnies with switchblades. The “New Viewers’ Guide” is a great place to begin reading this comic. http://www.sluggy.com/about/nvg.php
Address: http://www.sluggy.com/
Authors: Pete Abrams
Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Main Character: Torg, is a cheerful, impulsive sort, who frequently finds himself going on wild adventures regardless of whether he wants to or not. Often, these adventures are enabled by Torg’s genius inventor friend, Riff. Zoe, the only truly normal character of the bunch, serves as the futile voice of reason for the cast.
Premiered: August 25, 1997
Topics: Science Fiction
Updated: Daily