Ahh, Homestar Runner...what can I say? It's one of a kind. It seems so long ago now when I first started hearing Trogdor quotations, and yet they still get passed around from time to time, or worn on t-shirts.

The Brothers Chaps have been doing this web cartoon for so long, and to such great success, that not all that long ago they were apparently able to quit their regular jobs and simply make their living off of merchandise sales. Personally I guess I can see where the popularity comes from, but the show seems stagnant. Mind you, I'm not saying that it has BECOME stagnant, I'm saying it was stagnant from the beginning. That's just the mood of the series. You have about five characters that live together in an area--I guess you could call it a town--with a population of, well, those five characters. Nothing ever happens. Nothing ever changes. Okay, there are a little more than five characters, but you seldom see more than four or five in any given episode.

I would have given the series only two stars, but it gets another half-star for its innovative use of internet capability. Homestarrunner.com is chock full of games, pictures, audio, episodes, and mini-episodes, and frankly I'm confused as to why more websites haven't followed this example. The web is such a vast media outlet; you can do so much with just a single theme. The brothers definitely had the right idea.

Anyway. Check out the Strong Bad e-mails...you have to click the little, far-too-small "sb emails" link at the bottom of the flash window. The really funny and classic episodes are in there, but they're about one in a dozen, so good luck finding them.

Homestarrunner.com(/.net- "It's dot com!")was my official introduction to the world of Internet animation, and I was hooked the moment I saw "Where's the Cheat?". Simply? It's awesome. The Brothers Chaps are geniuses. The episodes always have me laughing at the end, then quoting random lines for days afterward- up until the next sbe-mail, that is. The animation is smooth and crisp, and the voice work, for it being just three people, is just awesome.
And the random They Might Be Giants appearances are an added bonus. ^^

Totally awesome. Seriously, I have Homestar Runner.com as my homepage. I'm pretty good at the voices of Coach Z, Bubs, Homestar, Strong Mad, Strong Sad, Homsar and The Cheat. Of course, my favorite part is sbemail. I check my sbemail every day. They aren't as regular as they used to be.

"Nobody's dumber than the Homestar Runner on the Strong Bad E-mail Show!!!".

I could go on and on and bore people with stuff they are going to just skip, but definitely go to homestarrunner.com.

Hint: Just press the "Rando" link all day and you won't stop laughing.

Ah, Homestar. It wasn't the first web cartoon series, but it's almost certainly the most important. I mean, it's the Simpsons (or at least the Flintstones) of webcartoons; maybe it's not the most visually inventive offering out there, but it's animated smoothly, the series itself has dang near universal appeal, and it's formed the current benchmark in webcartoons.

If there's one criticism to be made, it's that, considering that the cartoon's creators have been making the thing for nearly six years now, the series hasn't really evolved as much as could have been expected; by the same note, though, the series hasn't been going downhill at all. It's been staying at the same level for some time.

I could probably make quite a few gripes if I stayed long enough; maybe it could be better, but come on, this is quite an achievement. I'm going to ahve to give it the full 4.

One of my favorite flash cartoon series, and one of the cleanest. The characters are intersting and funny. The animation is pretty good too, especially for flash. Definitely check this one out, especially the Strongbad e-mail section. ^^

Enjoyable, funny web shorts without all the bad language (the worst you hear is "crap"), gore, and sex you see on the web these days.The animation isn't Pixar quality or anything but it's good for what it is.
It's worth checking out so I give it a good solid 3 stars.