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Long appearing every Tuesday at Salon.com, Carol Lay’s Story Minute is a fantastic comic strip, every one encapsulating a funny, snarky, ironic or merely touching story in a comic taking, oh, about a minute to read. Before the dot.com economy ‘correction’ readers were able to read complete archives of the Minutes at Salon, but alas, now they too fall under the subscription-only section of that site. A fair number of the strips have been collected offline in the book Strip Joint. She’s produced a number of other books as well.

As far as comic strippers’ sites go Carol’s is top notch. Story Minute archives, current strips, other Lay art, and even originals for sale can be found there. It’s a veritable treasure trove of whimsy and satire.