This is the FINAL installment of Comic-Fire! between Eric Millikin and Justin Pierce. Comixpedia would like to say a special thank you to both gentlemen for providing us with excellent examples of their creativity, good humor, and prodigious talent.

The question, in which we think about politics as it applies to the real world... sort of:

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the new governor of California. Does this type of Hollywood showmanship have its place in politics?

Another installment of this month's Comic-Fire! between Eric Millikin and Justin Pierce.

This week it's a debate question for the artists among you. A deeply complex question, one for all of the ages. Well, perhaps the information age anyway. Enjoy.

Political comics have an impact that goes beyond the fiery editorial or the emotionally-charged photograph. The triple threat of humor, visuals, and commentary come together to create work that makes a powerful impression on its reader.

Given the strength of the medium, why don't more webcomics tackle the political cartoon? Most webcomics have their political moments, usually when the comics creator is irritated or inspired by a particular issue and uses his characters as mouthpieces. But few invest in sustained plotlines involved in and characters motivated by politics ala Doonsebury or Boondocks.

In the next several weeks, we'll be looking at a few issues - some near and dear to the hearts of comics-creators everywhere - through the webcomic lens. We invite you, the readers, to vote on which comic persuades you to its point of view. Or, maybe, which makes you laugh harder. Your choice. Enjoy.

For some pulp comic creators, the story just comes naturally. For Christopher Mills, they come supernaturally.

When you think about is, a "Pulp Webcomic" is something of any oxymoron – after all, "pulp" in its basic sense refers to the printed page. However, the term has since evolved into a genre that encapsulates an era of storytelling, an era channeled even today. And, like any story told in the Information Age, pulp comics are no longer bound to bookspines. Supernatural Crime serves as a case-in-point.

Since Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is essentially a play about plays, it has a few things to say about how to set up a story. Eversummer Eve borrows a page from the Bard's tale, and its players make the story approachable – but it's Jones herself who pens an environment more elaborate than any of Shakespeare's stages.

Don't be fooled into thinking you've seen this before, however.

For over three years, Chris Morrison has been regularly producing Polymer City Chronicles, a science fiction-based humor comic. Shockingly, it's not a Star Trek knock-off.

Both Schindler's List and The Shawshank Redemption are considered great films, but nearly anyone will tell you that Schindler's List was more powerful, because it actually happened. The same thought process can hold true for webcomics. A journal webcomic is unlike any other breed of webcomic because it's real. It's not merely a realistic comic; it chronicles events that have really occured in the author's life. This gives it a power and an intimacy other webcomics don't have. Todd Webb's Cartoon Journal provides both in spades.

If there's any doubt whether art and humor are global concepts, Vicho Freidl's webcomic is a topical solution that gets to the root of the dilemma. But perhaps we're getting a-head of ourselves...

Cabezas Que Brillian (literally "Heads That Shine" in English) features Chilean roommates Cesar and Oscar, whose adventures are the centerpiece of the comic. The vertically, follically-challenged boys are nearly identical, except Cesar has thicker eyebrows and facial hair. They star in two types of comics: one is a gag strip format, and the other, newer addition is an ongoing storyline.

Feeling a little blue? If so, you're in luck, because Vera Brosgol's Return to Sender makes a little blue go a long way.

Return to Sender is essentially a realistic webcomic with one small, yet deliberate plot twist that sends it into many fantastical tangents – a bit like the old television show Early Edition, but with the fantasy knob cranked up a few notches.

Reading Bueno the Bear is like being let in on a really good inside joke -- you can be laughing all the way through, if you’re in the right frame of mind. Created by Pendleton Ward, Bueno the Bear exposes us to a bear and a handful of his friends as they do everything from pounce on bugs to stare at the sky.