Alright. Today we cover the topic of *Cue Trumpets* Online Comics. Most of these can be found with a simple Google? search and I'm too lazy to copy and paste hyperlinks, so, yeah. I think I'll do a 5 star rating system to compensate from my chronic lack of postage.

First in the list of randomly order is Little Gamers: A very random, some profanity, about a group of guys (I think that number is 4 but I could easily be mistaken) with tons of references to video gaming and computers. Nothing complex, so anyone could enjoy it with just basic knowledge, but it's really not all that funny. The art isn't much to look at, plain black and white simple figures, with an occasional color image. Some shining moments but mostly just random stupidity. ***(3 stars)

8-Bit Theater: This comic requires a decent background in the Final Fantasy series to understand as well as passing knowledge in Dungeons and Dragons and minor knowledge in Warcraft as well (well, all of 3 strips I think). It's a bit light on speed of action, but not that you'd ever notice since the humor covers that well and there are never any non-comic days, so yay to that as well. The art is mostly refined 8-bit sprites, but remember that those are 8-bit Final Fantasy sprites so it's not nearly as grievious. *****

Dragon Warrior: You don't actually have to understand Dragon Warrior at all though it helps with the inside references. This is basically the Dragon Warrior version of Final Fantasy. For the unenlightened in my audience, Dragon Warrior was, errr... is, a long running RPG famous for having slimes as the basic enemy (Final Fantasy doesn't have slimes, go figure). It's famous for other things as well, but not having played it I'd hate to speak without authority. Never an off-topic day. Appropriate and cool 8-Bit sprites here as well. ****+(*/2), anyone who has a better way to do half a star, please tell me.

Angst Technology: This comic is updated daily, and it's brother comic Weakend Warrior not nearly as often. The first is a computer gaming company comic and is great as long as you are versed in the latest releases. The latter is a fantastic paintballing comic that even I appreciate despite never having gone paintballing. Both are black and white, but they rarely have any dead-artist days, and never have shirt guy dom (more on him later), so yay. ***+(*/2)

RPG World/Adventurers: Yes, these are seperate comics, but so similar that I've decided to save space and group them together. These basically take Final Fantasy (the later, as opposed to 8-bit) and make fun of their logical fallicies in every way gamers have wanted to, ever. Wonderful, color art, but unless you've played some RPG's there isn't to much reason. Well, even then you'll side with the characters who don't understand RPG mechanics either. Best when taken with the List of RPG cliches sitting on another Internet window. *****

Exploitation Now: Now a dead comic, but still worth the intrest. Very graphic and often profane. It starts off far more random and hits plot more occasionally towards the end. It's a bunch of creepy sci-fi Deus Ex Machina, but still it's worth a look. Some great jokes throughout and some running gags. Requires a wide versing of random knowledge with specialization in anime conventions (see the Laws of Anime for reference). All black and white but very well drawn, too bad it has stopped. ****

Sparkling Generation Valkerie Yuuki: Kitty-Hawk's replacement comic for The Jar, which I quite a pity, but even extending a mere dozen-pages, it's worth its weight in gold. Not much knowledge needed yet, though versing in North Mythology and Magical Anime Girls (read: Sailor Moon) is fun. Large, lush, and full-color. *****

Bob and George: Another of the comics that have the quanity over quality slogan. A daily comic that doesn't seem to have a plot that alternates between badly drawn scanned images and awesome Megaman 8-bit (and higher, and modified versions) sprites. The Megaman is funny, and not really Megaman specific, but it's not much to write home about. **+(*/2)

Not Gonna Take It: A really weird hand-drawn comic that is sometimes in color, sometimes not. It's good art but after awhile all the characters really really start all looking the same. Sometimes I'm lucky if I ever get the gender of the person down before a pronoun rolls around. It's a good story-driven plot, but it is also really invested in the paranormal. It's like the X-files plus Dawson's Creek, played out by bipedial cats. And it devolves into furry sex a bit too often. Worse, there's a huge like 4 or 5 month block where no comics got done. ***

Mac Hall: As Duke Nukem liked to say "Hail to the King, baby". Mac Hall is a comic about college life and it's bust-a-gust (not to be confused with either Bust-a-Move? or Bust-a-Groove?) funny. It's full color with tons of great jokes. While there's not much of a storyline there are extended comics and the whole thing does tie together pretty well. *****

Critical Fumble: This comic requires quite a bit of skill. From trying to read the randomly included weird fonts (or the drunken british style Dwarves) to the required Dungeons and Dragons/RPG knowledge that is entailed. All done in color with really cool Capcom? sprites that I still haven't found the source for. A working plot, if a bit random. ****

Oldskooled: A comic done for those of us who still remember nearly every NES game there ever ways. Both the really obscure and the mainstream (if any of those can still legally be called that). A fabulous use of sprites though it hasn't been updated in quite some time. Try the trivia and see how sad your childhood really was. ***

Wendy: I read this at work cause I was bored one day. It seems to gain a plot near the end, which hurts its best qualities, which happen to be cute girls who have a habit of doing sexual things both on and offstage. Never any of the graphicness of Exploitation Now, but this is a comic made for people like Jeff and Brent. A real pity it tries to do something at the end, and goes black and white doing so. ***

Life of Riley: Another of das uber comics. This one really doesn't need background, it explains itself as it goes, or at least explains as much as you need. Great drawings, though also very Deus Ex Machina at times. It's kinda cliffhanger at some parts right now, but time will fix that. ****+(*/2)

Megatokyo: This deserves seven or eight stars really. It's fabulously drawn, intriguing, great plot, humorous. Cute anime-style girls and totally random events for Largo. There is the danger, as with all intensely good comics, of Stick Guy Dom, who also did stand-ins at The Jar. All I can say is be very afraid, but read the comic anyways. I'll stop myself at that, else this could run on forever. *****