A friendlier take on robots and human extinction.

I particularly enjoyed reading the webcomic Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life. It follows the story of two robots, Chris and Ben, whose liberating bohemian drive circuits lead them to travel the solar system in a series of comedic misadventures. The comic has a quirky way of click-and-drag scrolling that seems weird at first, but adds something to the reading process. There are 78 episodes, which will keep the reader laughing for awhile, but unfortunately the authors seem to have ceased further production as of April ’09. All in all, it’s a good read, with my particular favorite being Mars.