SBM, with exoskeleton, seeks... um

Alien Loves Predator is one of the funniest things I've ever encountered online. It's a shame that "LOL" has become, well, meaningless, because I actually did, you know, laugh out loud. More than once. Created with plastic dolls and some very good PhotoShopping, the strip follows the misadventures of two roommates who just happen to be bloodthirsty alien creatures. In that the strip takes place in Manhattan, no one really notices, thus the two buddies pretty much behave like any other two single guys; they worry about the rent, the live and die by the success of their sports teams, and are inept with women. It's pure genius.

What I love is that many years ago, while a college student with a chronic doodling habit, I used to sketch little scenarios of "Al Ien," who was our friend H.R. Giger's 10-foot creation living among us. He played sports -- quite well, one would imagine -- exceling at both football and basketball. Never went anywhere with it, which is one of the huge differences between me and the very talented aLp creator Bernie Hou...