If you have the Monday blues, here are a bunch of web comics to brighten your day. Talented comic artists have embraced the web as a publishing channel and geek culture thrives in the web comics space. This list is only a very small selection of my favourites.

XKCD

Described as “A webcomic of romance,sarcasm, math, and language.” XKCD combines geeky subjects with a healthy dose of surrealistic ideas and musings on the human condition. Not having an ongoing story, it’s a great comic to dive into at random.

PVP

The popular geek-culture related Webcomic by Scott Kurtz. PvP follows the lives and adventures of the staff on a fictional gaming magazine.

Penny Arcade

Equal parts comics and commentary, Penny Arcade features Tycho and Gabe, the alter egos of creators Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Read about the antics and thoughts of the Penny Arcade crew, updated every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Perry Bible Fellowship

The Perry Bible Fellowship was once produced on a weekly basis for newspapers such as the UK Guardian, the Ottawa Express, and the Baltimore City Paper. Currently it’s creator, Nicholas Gurewitch, is taking a break from drawing the comic, but it’s another good one to browse randomly.

Update – 17 Dec 08: The PBF website is currently offline, hopefully this is a temporary state of affairs.

Real Life Comics

This semi-autobiographical comic by Greg Dean puts a funny spin on life as a typical modern day geek. In addition to the everyday real life stuff, there are regular jaunts into an exagerrated world of Greg’s creation.

Little Gamers

Created by Christian Fundin & Pontus Madsen, Little Gamers is rude and crude but regularly delivers the laughs and topical subject matter.

HijiNKS Ensue

Joel Watson’s Hijinks Ensue uses geek pop-culture references to make fun of other geek pop-culture references. If you are into SciFi, Technology, Comic Books, Cartoons, 80’s TV, Non 80’s TV or geek-life in general you should find something to laugh at here.

Dilbert

Although not originally a web-based comic, Dilbert chronicals a bunch of office cubicle dwelling stereotypes. The well observed humor should strike a chord with anybody who works in or has ever worked in a corporate office environment.