User Friendly

: For the concept in software engineering, see user-friendliness.

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User Friendly is an online daily comic strip about a the staff of a small, fictional internet service provider, Columbia Internet. The strip's humor tends to be centered around technology jokes, and geek humor.

Related Topics:
Comic strip - Internet service provider - Technology - Geek

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It is drawn and authored by J.D. Frazer, a.k.a. "Illiad". It is considered to be one of the first major webcomics, and has been running since November 17, 1997. Although the drawings were shaky to start with, the jokes have been popular and the artistic style has developed. Its popularity inspired many other webcomics with similar themes, the most popular being Penny Arcade and PvP.

Related Topics:
J.D. Frazer - Webcomic - November 17 - 1997 - Penny Arcade - PvP

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User Friendly is now published in a variety of newspapers making it one of the first webcomics to make the transition from the net to the mainstream.

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In late 1999, User Friendly and Sluggy Freelance swapped a character (A.J. and Torg).

Related Topics:
''Sluggy Freelance'' - A.J. - Torg

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