Readers pick best webcomic: friend or foe?

by Ross Miller { Sep 25th 2007 at 8:00AM }

Did you ever pass / receive "do you like me: yes or no" messages in school? No? Oh well, Spider-Man did, according to Tim Buckley. His Ctrl+Alt+Del strip took top honors in this week's webcomic wrapup.

Second and third place to go to Penny Arcade and VG Cats, respectively. Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week!

Here's the breakdown:

Quick, to the archives!

Tags: ctrlaltdel, friendorfoe, pennyarcade, spiderman, timbuckley, vgcats, webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nomi @ Sep 25th 2007 8:15AM

I voted for PA...and I never usually vote for PA.

Neuropod @ Sep 25th 2007 8:42AM

Penny Arcade was as great as ever, while CAD was even worse than usual.

portuga-man @ Sep 25th 2007 8:44AM

WHAT?!

this.... thing won the readers best webcomic?!

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!?!

Chris @ Sep 25th 2007 8:52AM

It was funny, you elitists.

MNC Dover @ Sep 25th 2007 9:17AM

CAD was deserving of the win this week, but I thought PA was still the best. The next poll will probably be imbued with Halo love and our site is will be no different. Check it out:

http://www.mondaynightcrew.com/comic.html

It makes more sense if you saw the final round of the Omegathon at PAX. Enjoy!

Jerk Face @ Sep 25th 2007 8:58AM

That CAD was f*cking hilarious.

WiNG @ Sep 25th 2007 9:01AM

it was clever AND the joke has a broader appeal to all such note passing.

PA is usually great, and the comic was funny but there was no joke. It was just a picture, then a circle around one character while the narrator curses at you. wow that's a hard comic to write.

I could write the EXACT same comic, except in Guild Wars saying KILL THE FRIGGIN MONK FIRST

I could write the same comic except in Sonic 2 saying DESTROY THE FLOATING PLATFORMS FIRST, ASSHAT

you see? Theres no joke. The joke is "most people don't realize strategy X"

Tim @ Sep 25th 2007 10:31AM

CAD was by far the funniest, and I don't see how you can even compare it to PA's entry in terms of sheer humor. For the life of me, I'll never understand this mindless zombie following PA gets. Sure, they're hilarious sometimes, but nowhere near as often as the voting tends to skew. Whenever I've voted I always vote purely off the humor involved, not out of 'fanboy devotion' to any one particular strip.

Bidoof Protection Military @ Sep 25th 2007 10:43AM

Hm... I didn't find last week's entry for PA all that funny. Wasn't bad, but wasn't the best, either.

Personally, I had voted for Hijinks Ensue. But seeing as how it isn't one of the major comics (PA, VGCats, or CAD, etc.), that makes it near impossible to win, right?

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 25th 2007 10:48AM

I voted for VGcats the sliders reference was awesome.

blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Sep 25th 2007 11:06AM

vgcats almost always sucks

linkman26 @ Sep 25th 2007 11:22AM

Can someone explain the joke to me?

I honestly have tried hard but can't understand it! :(

Bidoof Protection Military @ Sep 25th 2007 12:37PM

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe is a upcoming game for PC, PS2, 360, Wii, DS, and PSP.

The comic plays off of how students would pass notes between each other in class.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 25th 2007 12:45PM

Well maybe I'm wrong but if you look at the paper it says circle one:Friend or Foe?,Venom circle "or".

Is kinda like the "Find X" joke,He circle "or" since the paper said circle one not circle the option "friend" or the option "Foe".

Neebs @ Sep 25th 2007 2:31PM

CAD is usually not funny to people because their comics focus on the main characters more.

Tim @ Sep 25th 2007 9:57PM

@Neebs:

Yeah, CAD focuses on its own characters more...and its own characters are funny. He normally doesn't need to go outside the CAD universe to be funny, which shows his gift and talent. If you haven't actually taken the time to have read it over the years and be familiar with the characters though, I suppose I could see why you wouldn't think they're funny somehow. It's how most comic strips through the years have been done though, they're thematic with a set of familiar characters. Constant random errata shot from the dark can certainly be funny too, but the potential for humor isn't as easy nor as frequent.

Werbal @ Sep 25th 2007 6:41PM

CAD is only funny to people with shitty senses of humor.

This particular strip received a glorious makeover over at /co/ on 4Chan. The usual method is "Remove the 2nd and 3rd panels from Fuckley's strips to make them funny," but I find even that usually fails.

The strip is anti-humor.