Poker and the arts have had a long and fruitful relationship across many genres. There are many classic poker films, and what TV sitcom has not had a poker night episode? There is the renowned painting, Dogs Playing Poker, and scores of poker related songs like Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler. One of the latest poker art forms to emerge is that of the online comic strip. For an audience that is turning more and more to the web for their entertainment, these strips provide the ideal game break. Arguably the best known of the bunch is “Life’s a Bluff.” Written by Frank Frisina, and loosely based on his own poker and real-life exploits, it follows the hapless card games, and social ineptitudes of a character named Charlie Blanks, perhaps a grown-up and hairier version of Charlie Brown. Another comic with a large following is “+EV,” which stands for the poker betting terminology, “positive expected value.” In this strip, author Bobby Crosby chronicles the life of a guy who gives up his job to play online poker, and the wife and child who has to deal with him. Both series have plenty of inside jokes for the poker pro as well as the bad beats and odd friends that anyone could recognize.

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