→Early years (2000-2011): removing further original research. Who keeps adding this dross to the article? Keep it short. Keep it clipped. Keep it to the facts.
"Updates Daily" is unsourced. It being about "American Politics" is unsourced. It being about religion is sourced by a quote saying that religious folks shouldn't view it.
'''''Sinfest''''' is a long-running American [[webcomic]] by Tatsuya Ishida. Updating daily, ''Sinfest'' started as a [[black comedy]] strip in January 2000. It has featured a wide range of perspectives over its long history, includingspoken onabout [[Americanorganized politicsreligion]],<ref name="Paste" /> [[organized religion]],<ref name="Wired2009">{{cite magazine |last=Orndorff |first=Patrick |date=2009-08-10 |title=10 Great Webcomics You Should Not Share With Your Kids |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/08/10-great-webcomics-you-should-not-share-with-your-kids-geekdad-wayback-machine/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |quote=This comic takes a very irreverent view of organized religion and should not be viewed by the overly devout or by the closed-minded. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222023014/https://www.wired.com/2009/08/10-great-webcomics-you-should-not-share-with-your-kids-geekdad-wayback-machine/ |archivedate=2016-12-22}}</ref> and [[radical feminism]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Ishida |first=Tatsuya |date=2018-07-01 |title=Notes from the Resistance: Take The Long Way Home |url=https://sinfest.net/news.php |website=Sinfest |quote=I'm launching a new forum for people who like the message of my comic. The new forum will be anti-pornography, anti-prostitution. It will favor the radical feminist perspective over a liberal or conservative one. So if you'd like to participate in a forum environment more in harmony with the comic, I invite you to join.}}</ref><ref name="TMS2017">{{cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=2013-08-14 |title=40 Webcomics You Need to Read |url=https://www.themarysue.com/40-webcomics-you-need-to-read/2/ |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707021326/https://www.themarysue.com/40-webcomics-you-need-to-read/2/ |archivedate=2017-07-07 |work=[[The Mary Sue]] |quote=Over the past year or so, however, the strip has gone through a revolution of sorts, tackling numerous feminist concepts like slut-shaming, misogyny, problematic porn, and street harassment, sometimes requiring great personal adjustments from its main characters.}}</ref>
==Overview==
''Sinfest'' originated as a four-panel daily comedy strip relying on [[dark humor]] with frequent [[pop culture]] references. Over its first decade it evolved into a more serious work, with a large cast of regular characters commenting on such themes as [[organized religion]],<ref name="Wired2009" /> [[American exceptionalism]],<ref name="Paste">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/11/required-reading-40-of-the-best-webcomics.html |work=[[Paste Magazine]]|title=Required Reading: 40 of the Best Webcomics|last=Rosberg|first=Caitlin|date=2016-11-11 |url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032914/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/11/required-reading-40-of-the-best-webcomics.html|archivedate=2017-02-02|quote=Sinfest has recently become a more specific and pointed criticism of the most toxic parts of American exceptionalism. […] [Ishida's] sharp use of The Matrix as a visual metaphor for the ways in which people are blinded has proven particularly poignant during this current presidential election cycle.}}</ref> and [[economic insecurity]].<ref name="PW2009" /> It abruptly shifted focus to [[radical feminism]] in 2011,<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Kleefeld |first=Sean |title=Webcomics |publisher=Bloomsbury Comics Studies |isbn=1350028177 |publication-date=June 25, 2020 |pages=82–3 |quote=A more dramatic shift occurred in Sinfest when creator Tatsuya Ishida switched his focus after a decade from, as one reviewer described, “jiggly pimps-n-hoes humor” (Garrity, 2012) to a more overtly radical feminist message. The change in direction was fairly abrupt and unannounced, surprising many readers.}}</ref> tackling issues such as [[slut-shaming]], [[misogyny]], and [[street harassment]].<ref name="TMS2017" />
