Weekly Webcomic Wrapup can feel it coming in the air tonight

by Ross Miller on Jan 12th 2008 4:20PM

The folks behind RPG-TV commissioned a short cartoon animation as a parody of the Cadbury Phil Collins Gorilla (original video after the break, for those confused). We enjoy anything that reminds us of Phil Collins, animals playing instruments and Rock Band, but we're a bit bummed to see no use of the kick drum, essential for the song.

We're trying a different voting system today, which has the unfortunate side effect of not allowing for embedded links in the choices. So here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics:

Voting will happen after the break, and be sure to let us know what you think of the new format.

Tags: cadbury, gorilla, PS3, rock-band, rpg-tv, webcomic, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (47)

You're honestly saying that RPG-TV video was good?

I wouldn't put animation like that anywhere. I'd delete it and e-burn the file.

I had to give it to PA. None of the others were any good. I'm actually giving it to yesterday's superior comic, which shared my SC4 thoughts.

I completely agree; PA's most recent should have been their nominated one for this week, and it was outstanding.

Hmm that cartoon had the potential to be funny, then it ended.

It was a moderately done copy, with a standard webcomic character instead of the gorilla and a rock band drumset instead of a real one.

Theres so much room for parody with this material, and they missed out on it all entirely.

Oh well, they are amateurs so i guess cant expect keep expecting oscar material.

Anyway what i'm haphazardly trying to say is:

Good job guys :)

A definite improvement Joystiq, but I say go the extra mile and include both the comic's name and comic title on the poll option.

Oops, didn't finish with my original comment:

The reason I suggest this is because the Comic links at the top and the Comic poll beneath it are not in the same order in relation to each other. Having the comic and title together is more convenient and assures the voter picks the right comic.

But they are in the same order ...

Whoops! That's good then =)

I still think the title should be added though.

Noted; don't think I can change it now without resetting the scores, so I won't try that until next week.

Could just number both lists.

I think it would be very handy for me to be able to see a thumbnail of each comic next to the voting. Sometimes there are like 12 comics, and by the time I finish, I can't remember most of them well enough to decide my favorite. If I had some kind of thumbnail, I could just glance down and be like "oh yeah, I did like number 4 best."

Why exactly is Penny Arcade winning?

And the folks from RPG-TV should get their money back: the quality is really poor. The right-hand is fucked up, and his foot isn't even tapping the pedal.

As an amateur animator myself that does the odd job for moneys, I hope to god they didn't pay more then a tenner for that tweened heap of shit! I could pull that out of my arse in under an hour!

"Tweened" implies that they actually drew some keyframes. This just looks like a cut up paper doll, South Park style. Oh god, those arms give me nightmares. And what's with his torso bouncing up and down? I know what that's supposed to look like, but it doesn't.

As an aspiring 2d animator, I too found that flash "animation" to be pretty weak. The drum sticks weren't even in the correct perspective! Nor did the hands look like they were even holding them. And the chest moved independently from the arms... ehg.. I found the animation itself more disappointing than the joke. That better have been for free.

@bm I meant automatic tweening Flash uses to make the shitty South Park style of "animation" that was only in style when everyone still had dial-up.

http://www.thebackalleys.com/flash/flashodyssey.html

(not mine but it gets to the point)

@Poisoned Al:

That Flash animation was HILLARIOUS. (not a typo)

Wow, that was full of win.
http://www.thebackalleys.com/go/
This should be submitted for next week's comic wrapup. Not a comic, but there are some references in there.

"for next week's comic wrapup. Not a comic,"

That's the problem.

Yeah, but VG cats has had flash submitted on occasion. Plus this RPG-TV thing.

Poisoned al: Yeah, I guess the word doesn't necessarily imply hand-drawn keyframes, now that I think about it. Oh well, but we can agree this looks... frightening. :(

@RoboChamp:
Well, the thing is, he moves more or less like the drummer from Guitar Hero III on the PS2... ;p

The only remotely logical reason why some must be voting for the PA cartoon is nothing more than a 'Beavis & Butthead'-esque reaction to the inclusion of the word 'nipples'. It damn sure can't be because of any actual humor involved.

they seemed... meh?

Do you like to cry alot? Only when I'm eating cookie dough icecream and right before I go to bed.

Prehaps I lack a sense of humor but I didn't laugh at a single one of those.

You're not alone =/

Digital Unrest was the only one funny to me... Penny arcade was kinda immature this week...

is there any Phil Collins in RockBand? I'd buy microsoft points and recover my gamertag on my friend's xbox just to play some phil collins drums.

I refuse to believe Penny Arcade is winning.

I like it, I don't have to go to a new page everytime I wanna see the results.

All golden, except RPG-TV (both the comic and the cartoon)

Digital Unrest made me lol, as always

Good ol' Chris Jizm!

Careful for old Sparkman, lulz.

The new format is a mistake. Instead of scrolling through as usual and enjoying weekly webcomic wrapups as they come, I have to click through - which wouldn't be such a disjointed experience compared to before if you didn't also separate the links from the voting. This last part is terrible. It's enough that I have to re-open some of the links to remind myself of how the link relates to the subject line, now I have to play a matching game with the titles I ignore in the first place? Consider for a moment how much of your readership is borderline ADD while they're vegging out on your site.

The new WWW format detracts from usability, makes voting less intuitive, and feels like a MySpace-inspired ploy to increase raw page loads and push more ad content. I see no pros to balance against the cons. Kill it.

They all fail.

"Fuck you man, I like Phil Collins!"
If I had a nickel for every time I had to say that...

He also does a mean cover of the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows".

The only reason I played GTA Vice City Stories was the chance to hear Phil Collins as I gunned down people during drive-bys.

Surreal, yet oddly liberating.

Friday's Penny Arcade was funnier than anything referenced in this poll.

Seriously.

Dear RPG-TV:

The idea behind the video? Fucking awesome.

The animation, though? Fucking HORRID. Get a refund.

Wow, that is the worst arm animation I have ever seen.

I've been afraid of Cadbury commercials ever since this aired:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2wRvJ04ss

WHAT IS THIS SHIIIIIIIII

i was about to cry foul at the DU for being just like mondays CAD but it was also on monday so yea...

im 50/50 on the new voting format. 1: i like how it works better but 2: the lack of correspondence between the lists threw me off for a second. if it stays tho, im sure to get used to it. and who am i to complain anyway, i dont run the site.

voted CAD, but man dueling analogs was horrible as usual, seriously the worst/most unfunny comic.

btw, phil collins gorilla can fucking throw

those were pretty much all dire.

Where is the funny?

They were all weaksause.

I'm sorry some of you guys didn't like the animation. A friend of ours did it and he'd never used flash before in his life so I think he did a pretty good job all told.

i liked the previous format better....the less clicking links i have to do, the better...

I definitely prefer the new system, but I think it would help to have the comic name and title of the strip in the voting options.

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