jquery code selector
<p>I have this code that someone else wrote and am wondering, what this jQuery code is selecting? Is this valid jQuery code?</p>

<pre><code>var a = $("&lt;h3/&gt;").append($("&lt;a/&gt;", {
    href  : "/comic/title.html",
    class : "comic-link"
}).text("comic-name"));
</code></pre>

<p>I have never seen HTML tags being used like <code>&lt;h3/&gt;</code> or <code>&lt;a/&gt;</code>. </p>
