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hrmm ... I guess I am the only Java advocate.

I haven't coded anything for an online comic strip yet, but it would be simple. Anything will work, but if you are going for standardization then I would go with perl or php. You will find those most readily available.

I would definitely make a couple of points about web design:

1. Never rely on javascript, only think of it as a bonus feature. Lots of people are disabling it now because it is annoying and a security risk, so don't make anything that won't work without it.

2. Simple is always best with html. Strangely enough, people don't seem to realize that the complexity of your html WILL affect how fast the page loads. Try not to nest tables within each other. Also, don't go image crazy as many ppl like to do these days. Images are nice, but too many images will affect loading time on your page, even if they are small.

3. Super compress your images. Most people gloss over this thinking that photoshop or XXX program does it for them, but that is not true. you can do better. Most icons don't have that many colors in them, so take advantage of that. Most of your images should be less than 500 Bytes (meaning 0.5 KB) Your art falls under slightly different rules of course.

4. Don't clutter. This is the biggest problem with most websites these days, nobody understands spacing. If you have a whole lot of information, then break it up into multiple pages. This not only makes each page easier to read, but it also makes each page smaller so they load faster.