Blame it on the need to express oneself in as many avenues possible, or the tendency for this community to navel-gaze out of narcissism or frustration, but you can’t deny how comic strips are a brilliant outlet for these designers. Each carries a different subject, sense of humor, and illustration style that you’ll want to subscribe to all of them.

Brad Colbow: The Brads

Brad’s also been tapped to create more informative strips such as Learning About Contrast in Design and Misunderstanding Markup: XHTML 2/HTML 5.

Kyle Weems: CSS Squirrel

I’ve mentioned CSS Squirrel when he announced his branching out to podcasting, but poking fun at the latest industry developments and insider info is where he shines.

N.C. Winters: Freelance Freedom

NC goes through the ups and downs of freelancing at Freelance Switch’s Freelance Freedom.

Business Guys on Business Trips

BGOBT tells the most awful office tales in detailed narrations but minimal line art.

Matthew Inman: The Oatmeal

The man behind Mingle2 and SEOmoz, Matthew has gone on to create humorous quizzes and infographic-style comics at the very viral The Oatmeal.

Phil Thompson: The FrontEnders

Phil does a front-end spin on the British soap The Eastenders.

Ricardo Gimenes: Behind the Websites

Ricardo creates a fleet of colorful characters to represent different websites, and now makes strips for Smashing Magazine’s The Smashing Cartoons.