COMICS/BOOKS

Penny Arcade
“penny-arcade.com"
Get your geek on with this hilarious and smart webcomic for gamers.

Maud Newton
maudnewton.com
Smart literary observations, anecdotes, and occasional excerpts (like ''The Missionary Position,'' Laila Lalami's essay on Muslim women).

Newsarama
newsarama.com
This comics news site reports and reviews the latest releases, movie tie-ins, and industry happenings.

Comics101.com
comics101.com
A walking — okay, not walking, unless your computer has feet, but you know what I mean — encyclopedia about comics.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency
mcsweeneys.net
It's affiliated with the lit journal…hilarious and smart.

The Beat
pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/
Heidi MacDonald is one of comic-dom's premiere journalists, and this ''news blog of comics culture'' is the result of her hard work.

Blog of a Bookslut
bookslut.com/blog
A guide to lit-world scandals. Yummy.

Comics.com
comics.com
Missed today's Dilbert? Catch up on all the latest comic strips here.