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.