Images: A laugh a click

A comic strip and blog from Hans Bjordahl, a Microsoft program manager for Outlook. In November 2004, his comic replaced Dilbert to appear in the company's weekly newsletter.

A classic comic from Hans Bjordahl, whose accompanying blog attracts a community of like-minded techies.

A comic strip written by Tom Chi and Kevin Cheng, co-founders of Offpanel.com, a federation of niche comic strips with blogs. The tailored audience of each strip commands targeted advertising.

Hans Bjordahl, with a computer screen showing off his niche comic strip, Bug Bash.