The Web also frees comics from the iron cage of the traditional strip format. "Being online, there's no reason our strip has to be three panels right next to each other," says Mike Krahulik, half of the team that produces the webcomic Penny Arcade. "It often is."

Webcomics aren't shackled to the grinding schedule of the daily paper
either; Penny Arcade publishes three times a week. And Penny Arcade is always in color. On the Web, every day can be Sunday.