It’s webcomics week! (Since these webcomics are totally free to browse as you please, I’m going to keep my own comments to a minimum, and simply link you to some of my favorite examples.)

Dinosaur Comics is somehow one of the most brilliant webcomics ever while barely qualifying as an actual comic. For almost seven years, creator Ryan North has been doing Dinosaur Comics five days a week using the exact same art with only the words changing. It’s a simple formula, with apparently endless imaginative permutations. T-Rex shows up, says a few things, a nice lady named Dromiceiomimus pops in and either interjects something or quietly observes, and then Utahraptor bursts on the scene with enthusisasm and a few comments before T-Rex makes his final remark. Occasionally other invisible or miniature characters show up like God, the Devil, a pygmy elephant, or a tiny bug. I feel like I should add that the Devil only ever wants to talk about video games.

The Devil! What are you doing here?!

Teens! Are you interested in slang?

That is why I will ask the Utahraptor to do them for me!

It’s SO CUTE!

Perhaps I will learn… SIGN LANGUAGE?

Another thing I love about Dinosaur Comics is its unrelenting positivity and optimism. It’s so exciting and charming that it’s difficult for me not to imitate North’s style when writing an enthusiastic blog post, you guys (Oops! I just did it!). Dinosaur Comics also has pretty sweet merchandise, but I wish North would put out complete collected editions instead of simply a Best Of book. All of Dinosaur Comics is the best! Maybe if everyone e-mails him to request it?

I almost forgot to mention that if you hover your cursor over each comic, there’s an additional hidden joke. And if you click on “contact” in the header, there’s yet another hidden joke in the pre-populated subject line of the e-mail. Try it yourself in the following hilarious comics:

Here Lies T-Rex: Hey I Bet He’s Still Wicked Handsome!

The answer is “Batman”!

YES I CAN.

The course of my life has now been set!

Notice the ‘k’!

So that’s Dinosaur Comics. It’s unrelentingly awesome so you should probably make it your homepage or something.