- A Softer World (you've seen more than one tribute comic to this genius duo)
- Dinosaur Comics (Ryan North does dialogue like Shakespeare did dialogue, but nerdier and with dinosaurs)
- Exploding Dog (a lot of my style comes from my early exposure to this web-doodle/comic/masterpiece)
- Natalie Dee (this is the artist who gave me the courage to first start up The Rocket Scandal all those years ago, and still a comic I go back to regularly)
- Questionable Content (Jeph Jaques is kind of my hero of all heroes, even though I avoid sequential art like the plague)
They're all great and I love them each in different ways. If you think you have a comic I'd enjoy (your own or someone else's) let me know and send it along--I'm always looking for something new and exciting: octopustank AT gmail DOT com.