Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is going in circles
by Ross Miller 
{ Feb 17th 2008 at 9:00PM }
Here we go again. Just like last year, and the year before that, we pack up and head off to San Francisco. Though it was last year, it seems like only yesterday we were amassing in California. It's disorienting -- kind of like a mobious strip. Okay, have we justified this week's theme? Good, let's move on. Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics.
- The Control Alt Delete Theorem (Dueling Analogs)
- Professor Layton and the Perpetual Torment (Penny Arcade)
- Welcome to the Galaxy! (GamerPALs)
- Battle Fighter: Alpha (Truck bearing Kibble)
- Can you define "greatest"? (
QwantzDinosaur Comics) - Altair's ad campaign (2P Start)
- Fungi gone wild (Digital Unrest) (Get it? Because he was a "fun guy"? Oh, nevermind.)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nakayar @ Feb 17th 2008 6:19PM
I actually enjoy CAD so I found the BashCAD Theorem really well done.
Saria the Cat @ Feb 18th 2008 1:39AM
No way, man! Obviously the real funny thing to do is to find talented people to hate and then make a big deal about it. All the time. And obsess over it and then laugh with other people that hate that same person. It's really much better than enjoying life or finding something you like.
Synergistic @ Feb 18th 2008 7:55AM
Saria, I'm pretty sure you just described the internet.
eldee @ Feb 18th 2008 8:36AM
CAD wasn't even game related this week so it loses by default.
Anni @ Feb 17th 2008 6:29PM
The DA joke is actually rather subtle. See, he pretends to be explaining the CAD Theorem when the Theorem actually lies in the fact that this DA comic is WALL OF TEXT and staggeringly unfunny. Well played, DA. Well played.
Penny Arcade, on the other hand, is goddamn hilarious this week.
Sam406 @ Feb 17th 2008 9:21PM
I wonder if he did it on purpouse, I read the comments, and he seemed to be against the CAD bashing...
PointyThings @ Feb 17th 2008 10:38PM
Tim Buckley should really rent out his services as a professional punchline killer. He's quite good at it.
bigsim @ Feb 18th 2008 5:03AM
Yeah I don't know what to think. It has wallz-of-text, stupid pointless violence and every character has the same CAD-inspired stoner expression.
But then the author goes and makes the "If I don't like it, I don't comment on it" quip. I don't know what to think.
DSimon @ Feb 17th 2008 6:58PM
Just a quick note: the comic is called "Dinosaur Comics". It just happens to be at qwantz.com, but it's not titled "Qwantz".
Ross Miller @ Feb 18th 2008 12:06AM
Noted, but I can't fix it due to an angry bit of polling code. (It bit me, it freaking bit me!) I'll make a note of it on Tuesday.
Shignami @ Feb 17th 2008 7:41PM
The only reason i would ever be jealous of fuckely is because hes managed such a perfect, long-running scam, and still has time to be an asshole.
Ghen @ Feb 17th 2008 9:38PM
DU wins. Thats about as simple as it gets to make Mario's world totally perverted in every game possible.
Hey mario, the princess is in another castle but hey, I'm not wearing a hat!
Nick the Hero of Canton @ Feb 17th 2008 10:30PM
How do I submit comics? I know a guy (over the internet) that has a pretty funny sprite comic (I know, your thinking sprites - ugh) but they are genuinly funny.
Godmil @ Feb 18th 2008 4:01AM
Don't tease us like that, give us a link.
Big Ed @ Feb 17th 2008 10:44PM
WTF? Where's VG Cats?
waynski1457 @ Feb 17th 2008 11:00PM
hell yea, i would have voted for it!
as it stands, i vote DA because i like CAD. PA and DU were awesome this week to tho.
Brian @ Feb 17th 2008 11:47PM
I second this notion.
Ross Miller @ Feb 18th 2008 12:05AM
Haha, that was great. Sorry, just forgot it this week. I'll throw it in the next recap.
Cameron @ Feb 17th 2008 10:47PM
Can I ask you a question? Why is 2P Start featured in every one of these webcomic things? The comic is absolutely god-awful. It's not funny and the "art style" is worse than my 5 year old brothers. They should not have a website. Moreso, the creator should not exist.
oddEvan @ Feb 17th 2008 11:32PM
They're probably featured because, oh, I don't know, it's a gaming webcomic that's updated every week? I actually find them quite funny. Just because you don't get the joke doesn't mean it's not funny to someone else.
And seriously, dude, saying someone shouldn't exist just because you don't like their drawing style... move out of your parent's basement already!
XGM @ Feb 18th 2008 12:11AM
id like to see you be able to create a comic every week with the same art style if not better every week. Making a comic every week isn't always easy, since u may not have a idea or school/job/GF consumes most of your day. Unless you can make better and prove it by making a comic every week, dont complain and dont read it if you dont like it.
hvnlysoldr @ Feb 18th 2008 1:31AM
Put up or shut up. Have your 5 year old brothers produce better art, preferably game related, and submit it here and to the Weekly Webcomic Wrapup.
Saria the Cat @ Feb 18th 2008 1:37AM
Wow, I didn't know God posted on Joystiq, too! Hey, while you're up there making executive decisions, could you do something about grass? I really don't like the color green so I don't think it should exist.
Naota @ Feb 17th 2008 10:56PM
PA ftw
Bunnyworld @ Feb 17th 2008 11:01PM
I thought the best one this week was the Friday Penny Arcade about the Spore cult...
psychoticdream @ Feb 17th 2008 11:06PM
i think awkwardzombie.com (katie tiedrich's comic) also deserves mention i find it quite hilarious
Nushio (NDF - Blue) @ Feb 17th 2008 11:56PM
Yeah, but she was 'AFK' for some time, so they must've missed it. A simple reminder to Ross per week should be enough until he adds it to his "to-check" list. ;)
Shignami @ Feb 18th 2008 11:15AM
I support this idea.
HighFiveJesus @ Feb 17th 2008 11:11PM
Dinosaur Comics for me. The Devil is always funny. And he likes Red Alert.
http://www.qwantz.com/archive/000472.html
It only works on the "witty dialog thats funnier to read and pretend they are saying it than to actually hear them say it" level though.
SoulJah @ Feb 17th 2008 11:33PM
I've been playing Prof. Layton continuously the past few days, and when I saw the Penny Arcade comic, I seriously roffeld.
Obie @ Feb 17th 2008 11:55PM
Truck bearing kibble was great, time to bookmark this one...and "wall of text" sucks even worse when it's self referential.
PyrosNine @ Feb 17th 2008 11:57PM
"You'll never be like 8-bit theater!"
What about Bob and George? Or Kid Radd....granted Kid Radd was more like a cartoon show, or flash comic. Or whatever.
The sad thing is, is that on the 8-bit forums, I have a sprite comic that I host on....Geocities!
Thursdae @ Feb 18th 2008 12:30AM
I'm sorry, I found all these REALLY terrible. What happened?
EMaster @ Feb 18th 2008 12:54AM
Trust me they're not as bad as the last 2 weeks.
Dictatorship @ Feb 18th 2008 12:51AM
Penny Arcade gets my vote this week. After some time, they made a comic that really made me laugh.
My runner-ups for this week are DA and DU. They did some pretty funny comics too.
Anticrawl @ Feb 18th 2008 12:56AM
Man, people sure do hate Tim Buckley. I don't understand it. Anyway I'm gonna go visit cad-comics, game a bit and finish a writing assignment due tomorrow.
Rip Tatermen @ Feb 18th 2008 1:41AM
It's spelled Möbius, for the record. Yay, pedanticness!
Donald @ Feb 18th 2008 3:36AM
Next week's wrapup needs to include the 2/17 edition of FoxTrot.
eugene @ Feb 18th 2008 4:03AM
CAD grew on me. I didn't find it funny at first but I think Tim has hit his stride and I enjoy reading the strip.
Geist @ Feb 18th 2008 6:58AM
Oh man Dinosaur Comics for me, purely for the devil's last line.
Geist @ Feb 18th 2008 7:03AM
And I don't know why webcomic artists bash CAD, that's their thing, but I bash it because every time I read it, I groan and wonder why Buckley ever thought any of it was funny.
"Oh look, what's-his-face is doing some wacky stunt! Who would've guessed it? It's so wacky, because he is wacky. Do you get it?"
Cameron @ Feb 18th 2008 7:29AM
If ANY of you can tell me why 2P Start is funny I will award you ONE FREE INTERNETS.
Geist @ Feb 18th 2008 8:32AM
It's more black humour, really. You read it, and you think "Damn, this is terrible. Script, art, everything." But then you realize this person gets ridiculous amounts of hits from things like this Webcomic Wrapup, thus perpetuating the cycle of suck. So the humour comes from the blatant irony that life throws at your face before it kicks you in the balls.
It's much like Shakespeare.
Zaph @ Feb 18th 2008 9:35AM
The Penny Arcade one was pretty funny, but I lol'd real hard at ze Dinosaur comic. The Devil is awesome!
ZaxCG2 @ Feb 18th 2008 1:02PM
And once again Penny Arcade sucks...
and wins.
william @ Apr 27th 2008 11:02AM
Can anyone provide me some more informations about CAD ?
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