Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: Zombie edition
by Ross Miller 
{ Aug 12th 2006 at 2:25PM }
In case you haven't noticed (and how? We haven't shut up about the frickin' game ...), Dead Rising was released this week. While you may find our incessant coverage annoying, webcomic artists have shared in this obsession, with Ctrl+Alt+Del dedicating an entire week of comics, and Penny Arcade starting an ongoing story arc about it. WIth so many Dead Rising jokes out there, we thought we'd ask you to tell us,
[Image from Gamasutra's Stubbs postmortem]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SergeXIII @ Aug 12th 2006 2:48PM
figures, I decided not to do a dead rising gag at http://gnerds.comicgenesis.com/ and this happens.
T-Bag @ Aug 12th 2006 2:51PM
The Servbot angle FTW!
rom @ Aug 12th 2006 2:58PM
HoP-- That comic pretty much sums up the way I play this game. LOL I Love this game.
Jorge Gonzalez @ Aug 12th 2006 3:07PM
The numbers better shift wildly or I'll think this poll is fixed. That HOP comic was the unfunniest one in the whole lot.
maikeru @ Aug 12th 2006 3:13PM
The Jessica angle is perfect. If I could actually play the game, I figure that would be how I would go about it.
The Shaun of the Dead cameo comic is second for me, mostly because I love that movie and totally intend on throwing CD's (since there doesn't seem to be vinyl records) at zombies when I get Dead Rising.
James @ Aug 12th 2006 4:05PM
At least the multiple PA and CAD comics will keep people from the just winning because they're PA or CAD.
Joe @ Aug 12th 2006 5:09PM
weapons angle wins for three reasons: salad fingers in first panel, using a hippo as a weapon, and the "force push" joke.
Mac Aoidh @ Aug 12th 2006 5:26PM
Cad will clearly win when you tally the total votes per comic, in wedensday's I thought the timing and emotion was pure comic genius. Second I give to console wars and thirdly cad's friday one.
Hooked was good but to me lacked any punch.
And Penny Arcade's were their weakest in a long long time...
[PA]headn00b @ Aug 12th 2006 5:57PM
"And Penny Arcade's were their weakest in a long long time..."
But it has Frank.
Seriously though, Dead Rising is a good game but this is ridiculous. There are only so many different ways to do the same joke.
gamer9190 @ Aug 12th 2006 7:38PM
2 Things.
1. CAD is the worst popular webcomic out there.
2. None of those were funny. Am I a jaded gamer who has grown fatigued of webcomic humor? Yes, yes I am.
Tiago @ Aug 12th 2006 7:43PM
Guess I beat everyone to the punch :x I did my dead rising thing last week :P
I think this is what you get when a game seems so innovative and fun, people talk about it, A LOT.
It's free publicity and it's well earned.
I really liked the CAD ones ^^
James K @ Aug 12th 2006 7:53PM
Oh man! Zany random violence in CAD, what will they think of next?
gamer9190 @ Aug 12th 2006 8:28PM
Dead Rising sounds like a cool game, and I will buy it when I get a 360, but... It's a sad, sad day in the gaming industry when killing zombies in a mall is innovative.
Kurzon @ Aug 12th 2006 10:37PM
I didn't really like any of these. This is a much better comic: http://www.sorethumbsonline.com/d/20060811.html
Rare Hare @ Aug 13th 2006 1:43AM
The first Penny Arcade comic was awesome. I don't know about you guys, but I thought the akward Alanis Morisette reference was even funnier than the last panel.
It's a shame more people don't recognize comic gold like I do :D.
Vazel @ Aug 13th 2006 5:22AM
Consolewars was funny. Even though you can indeed shoot people in the game it's still funny. I accidently voted for another webcomic though. Meh, not like one vote matters, right?
Zero_ @ Aug 13th 2006 5:27AM
Hooked on Polygons slowly emerges as a consistently amusing webcomic.
Vazel @ Aug 13th 2006 9:12AM
Who is Frank from the Penny Arcade strips? A recurring character or a pop culture reference i'm not getting?
Platinum Skeet @ Aug 13th 2006 9:46AM
It's a combination between the 2nd and 3rd CAD comics for me. After reading one then the other in order I already knew what I was going to vote for...
gamer9190 @ Aug 13th 2006 1:21PM
A recurring character, a manager at EB Games who has Vietnam flashbacks.@Vazel
refleks @ Aug 13th 2006 5:39PM
Come on! Penny Arcade was the funniest thing ever. Calling them communists is just too funny to pass up on.
And the next one....
How can you not like that s*** when they have the line "It's like ray-hee-aiin on your wedding day." while Tycho is throwing his cellphone at some zombie.
LunarAura @ Feb 8th 2007 6:05PM
HoP was the one that got me laughing the most. I'm a PA fan through and through but theirs was weak to me. Guess I had to be a videogame salesclerk some time in my life to truly appreciate the PA ones. :-/