Ahh the weird wide world of webcomics. What a love hate relationship I have with you. Y’see, web comics can be extremely funny. But, as a rule, I tend to find them obnoxious, annoying, and generally rage inducing. Something about how they were glombed onto by the Digg/Reddit war-machine (xkcd, The Oatmeal, I’m lookin at you two) and turned into blindingly overhyped little nuggets to be circulated through chain e-mails…ugh. The internet does evil sometimes kids. But, as I mentioned, there are exceptions to the rule, and Romantically Apocalyptic is one of them.

Taking place post nuclear holocaust (what doesn’t these days?) RA follows the mentally deranged Captain and his two loyal servants, The Engineer and Mr. Snippy. The Captain, always in his gas mask and usually toting around something Hello Kitty related, is hysterical and endearing, as are the story lines. It’s really funny, but also dark and epic, and has radiated monsters and whatnot. But the art is the real star. I guess it’s sort of done rotoscope-esque, by drawing over photos of abandoned buildings and shit. I dunno, I ain’t no artist, but I am an internet addict. And this is worth your time.

- Whole Milk