Tuesdays with Media: Sheldon

Comic strips are great: in a small space, they give you the setup and punchline for a joke.  Since there are so many comic strips, it easy for creators to set their's apart by giving their setup a unique spin or theme.  Maybe their comic is about the army or about vikings or about a chubby cat.  And with the internet, webcomics are available to more people than ever before.  In particular, I enjoy Sheldon, a comic that often pokes fun at nerd topics:

Those are all real comic book characters.

Written by Dave Kellett, Sheldon is about a genius ten-year-old boy that runs his own software company.  He downloaded some speech-recognition software into his pet duck's head, Arthur, who can now talk.  He lives with his grandpa, "Gramps" and is friends with the two other kids in the neighborhood: Dante, who wants to be and artist, and Emily, who wants to be an actress.  Despite some fun characters to play with, Kellett sometimes drops everything for fun diversions.  For example, lately he's been doing "Anatomy of ..." comics about different animals:

One thing that can be dangerous about webcomics (verses traditionally printed ones) is that they may not appropriate for all audiences.  Kellett, however, keeps things kid-friendly.  That's not to say that kids will get all of the jokes, but there won't be anything inappropriate.

If you're looking for a fun comic with a nerdy bend that you can share with your kids, Sheldon is a great pick.