We’ve all heard about how the Presidential candidates have earned millions of dollars through their websites. Some have even credited Barack Obama’s successful candidacy for the Democratic nomination on it.

But a little State Representative election in Kansas is attracting attention for the Web comic strip that has raised nearly $100,000 for an unlikely candidate.

Sean Tevis, a web designer, created a “stick-figure” comic strip to virally spread the word about his candidacy and the challenges that he is having being Democrat in a very Republican region of the state. Through his inventive strip where he explains how if 3000 people gave him a little over $8 a piece, he could earn the minimun $26,000 a consultant told him he needed to successfully run a campaign against the Republican incumbant. His politically charged comic strip, labeled 3000, he made the callout to the web to get him the money he needs.

The web replied with over 3 times that amount, $96,000, with nearly most of the money coming from outside the state.

Talk about the power of the pen (or strip)!

NPR’s Morning Edition ran this story today.

Your Zingerpals have been working really hard in the skunkworks to give the world a new introduction to the future of comic strips. In the coming weeks we will be introducing a new Zingerding.com.

While we think our current site is cool (I personally coded it) and has done a good job of collecting names, we think our new one will be better. Here’s a sneak peak of what the site will look like:

New Zingerding.com Home Page

The new site will hopefully better convey the message about what we’re trying to build such as:

• THE community for comic strips artists around the world. A place where artists can share their ideas, promote their work, and even earn money for their effort.
• THE community for comic strip fans to enjoy the deepest and best collection of comic strips anywhere.

Our goal is to get a massive list of people who are interested in being involved. This site is going to help make this community happen.