Everything has changed with the Internet, and that includes internet comics. PBS Off Book takes a look at why web comics have grown in popularity:
The internet has given birth to yet another new medium: web comics. Moving beyond the restrictions of print, web comic artists interact directly with audiences who share their own unique worldview, and create stories that are often embedded in innovative formats only possible online. Sometimes funny, sometimes personal, and almost always weird, web comic creators have taken the comic strip form to new, mature, and artistic heights.
[PBS Off Book]