  diesel sweeties is a webcomic and former newspaper comic strip written by richard stevens iii (r stevens). the comic began in 2000, rall, ted (2006). attitude 3: the new subversive online cartoonists, new york: nantier, beall, minoustchine. isbn 1-56163-465-4. p. 17-20. originally hosted at robotstories.com. from january 2007 until august 2008 it was syndicated to over 20 united states newspapers, including major daily newspapers like the detroit news and houston chronicle. material from diesel sweeties appears in ted rall's attitude 3: the new subversive online cartoonists, along with other webcomics such as cat and girl, dinosaur comics, boy on a stick and slither, fetus-x, and the perry bible fellowship. stevens is a co-founder of the dumbrella alliance of webcomic artists. since 2002, stevens has supported himself through online sales of merchandise related to his comics.{{cite news|url=http://www.wired.com/underwire/2008/07/r-stevens-steer/?intcid=postnav|title=r. ste
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