Educational Webcomics

Let's have a look at some Web comics that you may be able to use for your classes:


PhD Comics http://www.phdcomics.com/
PhD Comics have been a long time favorite. Very funny, and very relevant, unfortunately, PhD comics looks down on undergraduates, and therefore is unuseful for the vast majority of my teaching (mainly because I teach undergraduates).

Even still I think Ph.D. comics is one of the highest quality web comics on the web, and something that I very much relate to. (Even if it's not updated super frequently)

XKCD http://www.xkcd.com/
XKCD came out of no where to become one of the webs biggest comics. It is amazing that a poorly drawn stick figure comic can become this big in such a short period of time. XKCD  is  interesting, thoughtful, funny and importantly very relevant in the educational sphere. The best part about XKCD is that it is under the Creative Commons license, which means it is very useful to use for educators everywhere. (Attribution is of course important.)

Tip 01:There's a new full-text comic search box a bit down the page.
Tip 02: m.xkcd.com is a clean, mobile-friendly version of xkcd.com.

http://xkcd.com/336/

http://xkcd.com/908/

Sin Fest http://www.sinfest.net/
Sin Fest is by far and away the highest quality web comic on the Web put out by an independent artist. It is published for free every single day. How does Tatsuya Ishida  manage to do it? I really don't know. This strip has become my daily habit for the past seven years at least. The web comic is not especially educationally nature however covers life, love, religion and the universe. This means that you can find some relevant aspects there depending on your lesson. It is extremely funny, and it's in black and white (which makes it easy to print).

However I am not quite sure about the syndication  rules or terms of use. I encourage you to have a look.

http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3537

MacHall & Three Panel Soul 
http://www.machall.com/
http://threepanelsoul.com
Ian McConville created The Mac Hall strip a long time ago when he was at universty and living in "Macdonald Hall". At the time I was living in on-campus at "Fenner Hall", & therefore appreciated the comicstrip as it related a lot to my undergraduate studies that I was experiencing at the time.

Since then Ian has grown up, and moved on. When Ian finished his university studies, he took a break from writing web comics, and now has a new website known as "three panel soul". This new web comic details his life as a graphic artist, much of his work being within the gaming industry.

Very little of this new website actually relates to educational web comics however, there are a gems in there which are relevant.

http://threepanelsoul.com/2011/05/04/back-to-school/