Thanks to a surprise post on a friend's blog, I've just read the entire archives¹ of Questionable Content, which for some reason I'd never discovered before, despite the fact that its creator has done guest strips on a couple of other webcomics that I read.

It's fascinating, as always, to watch the artistic style of a webcomic evolve over time. Sometimes, as with Least I Could Do, it's due to a change in artists who already have a well-developed style. With others, such as Questionable Content, it's fun to watch the artist evolve from something that looks like a ripoff homage to early Penny Arcade to something really polished and visually distinctive in its own right.²

I really enjoyed the writing; as with most of my favorite webcomics, the punchline-a-day mentality takes a back seat to telling a good story.

My only complaint has nothing to do with the strip itself; when the creator links to another Web site in his comments, he usually links to its front page, but if you happen upon the link months or years later while reading the archive, whatever was being referenced has long since scrolled off the front page and into oblivion. (Jumping Jehoshaphat, J Jacques, learn how to make a deep link!)

1. It's a compulsive, behavior, I know, but when I encounter a webcomic that makes me laugh, I have to read through the entire archive in sequence. Even if I soon discover that the one which made me laugh was an aberration, which was definitely not the case in this one.

2. Such evolution always gives me a faint glimmer of hope that my own cartooning style can grow from something which is currently worthy only of employing upon iSketch, to something I wouldn't be embarrassed for other people to see for more than 140 seconds total.