HERE’S A LINK TO THAT GEEK MOM ARTIVLE, EXPLAINING IT ALL.
A NOTE TO NEW READERS ABOUT THE ARCHIVES HERE:
Someone wrote in to let me know that the link to the first strip is broken, and the archives on DorkTower.com are, and I quote, “crap.”
While I should take some umbrage from having my archives called “crap,” I do, indeed, realize they are crap. And we’re working on it. REALLY REALLY hard. 
We’re getting tons of new readers, and I’m SO very worry about the state of the archives and the links. In the meantime, this should help you:
The entire archives, with links, earliest to latest – https://serialist.net/archive/1159
The first strip itself can be found here: http://www.dorktower.com/2001/01/01/comics-archive-1/
In the short term, I hope this helps.
In the long term – THINGS ARE GONNA BE SO MUCH BETTER!