Last updated on January 15th, 2026
It’s time for my annual look at my favorite webcomics and comic strips for 2025.
I note that some of the comics I read over the past few years have ended their runs, have had too long a stretch between strips to keep listing, or are on an indefinite hiatus. As such, I’ve listed some previous favorites.
Also as usual, this list is for currently running comics, not long-ended oldies (“Peanuts,” “Calvin & Hobbes,” etc.).
Dinosaur Comics
By Ryan North
Running since 2003, “Dinosaur Comics” features (in every strip) the same clip art of a green Tyrannosaurus rex and two other dinosaurs, but with different dialogue every day. T. rex himself is a know-it-all that often leaps to bizarre or erroneous conclusions on various topics. He’s also obsessed with Batman and Sherlock Holmes, though he clearly likes the former better—Holmes to him is “the world’s greatest detective that isn’t Batman.” (Batman’s sometimes called the “world’s greatest detective”; I wonder what Holmes fans make of that.)
A high point is the strip about how many of Batman’s foes have pun-themed real names.
FoxTrot
By Bill Amend
“FoxTrot” is a long-running newspaper strip about the geeky Jason Fox and his suburban family. The strip made its debut in 1988; in 2007, “FoxTrot” switched from daily strips to Sundays-only.
The cartoonist, Bill Amend, is an Apple fan. As such, the Fox family’s devices are always based on some real-life model of Apple computer, from an Apple II in the earliest strips (from the late 80s) to the Fox family’s current flat-panel iMac-like “iFruit.” (Also keeping with the times, the family, or at least their matriarch Andy, now has a second computer, an iFruit laptop.) The strip switched to calling its computers “iFruits” in a 1999 storyline parodying the first-generation CRT iMacs.
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen is a political cartoonist. Among other publications, she was a mainstay on the now-dormant political cartoon website The Nib.
One recent high point: a 2025 strip noting how obnoxious tech middlemen are trying to insert themselves into everything (AI, rent-seeking subscriptions, privacy invasive practices, etc.). Sorensen jokes the solution might be how things were done years ago (newspapers, etc.). I don’t have a car, but for me, an RSS news reader, non-Google email, not using smart speakers or food delivery apps, and using self-hosted media helps.
The Joy of Tech
By Nitrozac and Snaggy
Nitrozac and Snaggy are the co-creators of “The Joy of Tech,” a comic making fun of various aspects of technology. Jokes range from Apple’s iPhone to Elon Musk’s latest antics. Facebook is a particularly frequent target (for good reason); recently, there’s also been jokes about TikTok’s current US status. The strip’s creators are Canadian, so the US’s state in general also gets a few jokes.
Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast
By Greg Fox
“Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast” is a biweekly comic about the permanent residents of a gay-owned-and-oriented bed and breakfast in Long Island, New York. Stories revolve around the characters’ lives, including soap opera-style romance problems. While not explicit, the strip is occasionally not suitable for work (NSFW).
Occasional topics in the strip include the Legion of Super-Heroes (the cartoonist, Greg Fox, is a big fan) and baseball (one of the characters, Brad, is a minor league baseball player).
Mattie Lubchansky
Mattie Lubchansky is a politicial cartoonist; they were an associate editor for The Nib website, where their strips also ran. An occasional feature of their strips is a post-apocalyptic setting mocking current issues or events.
One noteworthy strip from 2024 mocks new tech “innovations” that tend to be less than excitement-worthy.
Questionable Content
By Jeph Jacques
“Questionable Content” is a long-running “slice of life” webcomic. The setting’s a Massachusetts college town, but in a “twenty minutes into the future” setting where sentient robots (“AIs”) coexist with humans. Nearly the entire main human cast are twentysomethings. This strip definitely veers into NSFW territory; the characters aren’t shy about swearing and/or talking about sex.
Rae the Doe
By Olive Brinker
“Rae the Doe” is a daily comic strip set in a world of funny animals, and stars Rae, a trans woman. Most of the strips focus on the daily lives of Rae, her girlfriend Mimi (a skunk), and her friends. Some strips also feature Rae’s experiences as a trans person. Rae frequently makes bad puns; there’s also occasional fourth-wall breaking, as well as jokes about the strip’s art style.
Sarah’s Scribbles
By Sarah Andersen
“Sarah’s Scribbles” is a webcomic that’s been running since 2011. Most of the humor comes from the (technically unnamed) main character feeling burdened by the weight of adulthood and its responsibilities, plus her own feelings of anxiety.
Tom the Dancing Bug
By Ruben Bolling
www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug
“Tom the Dancing Bug” is a long-running satirical political cartoon. Recurring characters/themes include:
- “Chagrin Falls”: a stereotypical white suburban comic strip/sitcom family are thrown into bizarre or dystopic political situations.
- “Lucky Ducky”: a loose parody of “Uncle Scrooge.” Hollingsworth Hound, a wealthy dog, is convinced the impoverished Lucky Ducky somehow “gets away” with Hollingsworth’s anti-poor grudge-of-the-moment. (Lucky’s catchphrase is “gotcha!”) There’s also Hollingsworth’s schemes to increase his wealth, such as trying to make a film using only AI.
- “God-Man”: God as a Silver Age-style superhero (mostly parodying Superman). One 2012 strip has God-Man demolish an apartment building to stop someone from committing the crime of… downloading “Lady and the Tramp.” As the downloader notes, the film should’ve entered public domain in 2012, which Disney itself expected when they made the film. Copyright lengths were a maximum of 56 years when “Lady and the Tramp” was released in 1955, but retroactively changed twice (in the late 70s and late 90s). As such, the film will enter public domain in 2051.
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