So I spent a significant chunk of the past few days devouring the entire 560-strip run of Questionable Content. I think I had glanced at it a couple times before without getting snagged, but this time, having been referred by Les Orchard's link in my del.icio.us inbox to #557, a meditation on 'cowboy bottoms' and therapy techniques, I was intrigued. Backtracking a bit, I started getting interested in the story arcs and character development, but I think what nailed it for me was #545: Conversational:

When not offering spurious definitions of nonexistent terminology, QC also dishes out commentary on indie music and the indie scene, sexual tension, toilet humor, and flights into pure absurdity. Some favorites:

• #111: featuring indie-rock couplets.
• #240: cultural decline and rampaging bears.
• #344: introducing "Oedipal marshmallow cereal."
• #467: flowerpots and hair gel don't mix.
• #547: mythic material you won't find in Bulfinch's.
• #548: Belle & Sebastian better watch their backs.

Incidentally, QC protagonist Marten Reed has a seldom-updated blog, Yelling About Music.