I am no artist, but thankfully I'm friends with quite a few. The awesome Allan made this avatar for me, and not because I promised I'd vote for him for the "Best Real Life" award. I still want to create a character called "The Glowing Question Mark" just for the heck of it, though.
I've been a comic book and comic strip nut since I was a kid, and at 41 it doesn't look like I'll be losing those obsessions any time soon. I initially came here to read "The World of Witt" and "Weird Sisters Ink" by my good friend Scott Witt. Then I discovered "Applied Living," "Allan," "Freefall Drift," "Broken Things" and so many other good strips. I highly recommend especially these 6.