Weekly Webcomic Wrapup enjoys making parallels

55 Comments by Ross Miller Mar 15th 2008 9:30PM
Filed under: Culture, Online, Polls

We'd like to make a note of David Hadju's new book, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America. It takes a look at how the federal government's involvement in censoring comics damaged the comic book industry. There are quite a few parallels to draw from this and what video games have to face. Since this is a highlight of video game webcomics, we thought it'd be dually poignant.

Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics. Be sure to vote for your favorite! (Voting after the break)

A Price Cut (RPG-TV)
Dongs Are Everywhere (Penny Arcade)
Cut Above the Rest (Dueling Analogs)
Going Online (VG Cats)
Deja Vu (2P Start)
Dots (The Librarianist)
Causing Violence (Cectic)
Oh, Why the Hell Not (Scout Rush)

Tags: comic, webcomic

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Zachary Hinchliffe: Mar 15th 2008; 9:44PM

hahaha, WOW. I almost voted for Dueling Analogs, but Cectic blew me away.

expect this to turn into a christians vs athiests argument... in 3.... 2.... 1....

Ghen: Mar 16th 2008; 4:22PM

sorry but, I agree with you. Hate to be all buddy buddy on the internet too damnit.

EpicPixels: Mar 15th 2008; 9:45PM

Good stuff this week. Gotta go with Penny Arcade.

http://www.epicpixels.com

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): Mar 15th 2008; 9:50PM

GODDAMN it's so hard to choose this week!

Penny Arcade actually made a genius penis joke.
VGcats really nailed the online experiences of the different consoles.
Cectic had a really great broad perspective of media.
And Scout Rush was just twisting the blade in Eliot Spitzer's wound.

playwhutyalike: Mar 15th 2008; 9:50PM

Cectic for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch
v=7KnGNOiFll4&feature=related

you might have to cut and paste

hydralisk456: Mar 15th 2008; 10:05PM

DA for me, I would totally cut up a body for 60 picarats!

Nick the Hero of Canton: Mar 15th 2008; 10:08PM

Mine goes to Dots. The most unique of them all.

CB: Mar 15th 2008; 10:16PM

I didn't like any, to be honest.

MadMup: Mar 15th 2008; 10:47PM

Gotta agree - nothing all that great this week.

David: Mar 16th 2008; 12:37AM

Wow, I think this week has been great.

jcd: Mar 16th 2008; 4:31AM

yep, didnt like them either

Poisoned Al: Mar 16th 2008; 6:31AM

Stuck record time but I'm with you too.

LesbianHam: Mar 16th 2008; 7:16AM

lol you nearly said youtube! XD

Poisoned Al: Mar 16th 2008; 1:15PM

... wut?

Neebs: Mar 15th 2008; 10:30PM

RPGTV because those things the FUCKING BOMB and I haven't had one in over 10 years.

Neebs: Mar 15th 2008; 10:32PM

Fuck, no wonder it's been that long. They don't even sell em in the US. How I ever got them will be a mystery.

Rein: Mar 15th 2008; 11:42PM

Actually, they do. Try going to non-major grocery stores like Aldi (or any place like that depending on where you live). I go there every once in a while and I'm able to buy all types of Kinder products.

Mr.ESC: Mar 16th 2008; 2:48PM

I loved Kinder Surprise when I was a kid,hell I still love those.I haven't eat one in years.

Markusdragon: Mar 15th 2008; 10:45PM

"I'm English, and as such I crave disappointment. That's why I buy Kinder Surprise. Horrible chocolate; nasty little toy: a double-whammy of disillusionment! Sometimes I eat the toy out of sheer despair."
-Bill Bailey

Mr.ESC: Mar 16th 2008; 2:53PM

“Horrible chocolate”

STOP right there. Kinder chocolate was one of the best believe me. Maybe you picked one of the Kinder imitations that taste awful.

The toys included where either great or just lame depending on which one you pick, sometimes there were these cool metal robots or sometimes a gnome figurine which wasn't so bad.

Stevo: Mar 15th 2008; 11:10PM

Hey joystiq, what about CAD?

http://www.cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20080315

Neebs: Mar 15th 2008; 11:22PM

Because even I like B^U and that comic sucked.

Stevo: Mar 16th 2008; 12:17AM

Hmmm your entitled to your opinion I supouse.

CB: Mar 16th 2008; 3:04AM

Ok, that was just damn disturbing.

jcd: Mar 16th 2008; 4:32AM

I actually liked this one. haha, snake would clearly make link his bitch any day

playwhutyalike: Mar 16th 2008; 9:18AM

What the shit? Awesome.

Stevo: Mar 16th 2008; 2:35PM

Fuckin Downvoted into oblivion, no one gets freedom of opinion on the internet without reprecussion huh?

Mr.ESC: Mar 16th 2008; 2:58PM

The truth is that Cad has its moments but most of the time is the entire opposite of funny.That comic was disturbing,why the hell was Snake raping Link?

jcd: Mar 16th 2008; 3:46PM

I think the problem here is that people don't get the joke. That movement snake is doing is something you could sort of do in mgs2.

You killed a soldier and picked him up/dropped him continuously to get stuff from him. It looked a helluva lot like humping the guy.

CAD's storyline sucks, very bad. But his game centric comics are sometimes good.

dantebk: Mar 15th 2008; 11:11PM

Dueling Analogs and the Librarianist were the only ones that made me laugh, so I went with Dueling Analogs. Yesterday I did the sandwich-puzzle in Professor Layton they were spoofing, so it was fresh in my mind. And yes, 60 picarats are so worth it.

-Dante
http://www.gamestache.com/

Gurei: Mar 15th 2008; 11:13PM

they are all realy great these week.
I mean seriously,all great.
So is it political critic and sidenote on the gta flaming,
pointing out a social irony of religion
,the awful truth of next gen online or the nostalgic memorys of cartridge systems?

GreyFox: Mar 16th 2008; 12:08AM

VG Cats does it again.

Mills and Boom: Mar 16th 2008; 12:26AM

WTF there were no TF1 or 2 scouts in "scout rush". Rubbish.

Mr.ESC: Mar 16th 2008; 2:59PM

The site is called "Scout rush".I also thought the comic was about TF2.

iofthestorm: Mar 16th 2008; 12:40AM

I meant to vote for 2PStart but misclicked and voted for the last one, stupid mouse. VGcats is good too for making fun of all three systems' online functionality, although currently I'm being pained by the Wii's idiotic online. But even without voice chat, online brawl is amazingly fun.

mietha CAG: Mar 16th 2008; 12:55AM

Dammit, it's hard. VG Cats, Cectic and Scout Rush are all great.

Stephen Broida: Mar 16th 2008; 2:02AM

That David Hadju book cover art looks very familiar. Did he work on American Splendor?

~Otaku-Man

Nikonov: Mar 16th 2008; 3:10AM

Cectic's made me piss myself. My pants are now soiled with laughter and urine.

NekoMode: Mar 16th 2008; 3:41AM

Deja Vu. Trully I laughed out loud.

Freezer: Mar 16th 2008; 4:53AM

Picking on Nintendo's chronic inability to get online play right shouldn't be that funny. But it is.

Mark: Mar 16th 2008; 9:39AM

RPG-TV: It's supposed to be a joke about how inexpensive consoles are, I guess. But $300USD is still expensive. And the story below about how the author has bought two 360s to fix RRODs makes 360 users seem foolish.
Penny Arcade: A really immature penis joke.
Dueling Analogs: Almost funny, but meh.
VG Cats: The first panel is okay, but the last two just don't work. The second panel is inappropriate and the last one isn't funny, especially since Home isn't out yet.
Deja Vu: Blowing in your Wii is a really bad idea. It's not like a NES cart.
The Librarianist: Meh. Not that amusing.
Cectic: Anti-religious bigotry.
Scout Rush: Meh. And the story isn't funny, it's tragic. That guy has a family, and children!

mattydread: Mar 16th 2008; 10:15AM

People like you worry me. Lighten up a bit, these are just comics.

Mills and Boom: Mar 16th 2008; 1:18PM

I agree Mark, these comics are just a bit foul.

RPG-TV's was alright but the 360 is still £200 for the worthwhile model. That's not exactly Kinder Egg stuff.

Richie: Mar 16th 2008; 1:55PM

Do you have a sense of humor? Or a soul?

Mark: Mar 16th 2008; 11:35PM

Ouch! No sense of humor? Worse, no soul?

Hey, I think these were all pretty weak, and I stand by that. I voted for DA, by the way.

Donald: Mar 16th 2008; 10:38AM

I voted for DA, but mainly because I preferred Wednesday's PA strip to anything that came out this week.

"The prosecution asserts that this shit is off the hook."