DANIELLE CORSETTO: “Part of the reason, I think, that we’ve become successful is that we put a lot of our personality directly into the strip.”

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Laura Weiner is a big fan of webcomics. She follows around thirty-five comic strips online.

LAURA WEINER: “Reading them online, it’s a little more intimate than just going to a comic store and purchasing a mass-produced comic book.”

MARIO RITTER: Michael Uslan is an artist who was among the first instructors to teach university classes on comic book folklore. He says webcomics are getting noticed.

MICHAEL USLAN: “I do know that many of the studios and talent agencies and comic book companies troll these websites.”

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SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Our program was written and produced by Brianna Blake with reporting by Josie Huang, Julie Taboh and Faiza Elmasry. I’m Shirley Griffith.

MARIO RITTER: And I’m Mario Ritter. You can find links to "Something Positive" and "Girls with Slingshots" at voaspecialenglish.com. You can also tell us your favorite webcomics and read and listen to all of our programs online. Join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.