Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is unproductive

by Ross Miller { Apr 28th 2008 at 1:30AM }

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We'd like to blame other activities peripheral to Joystiq for the delay in Weekly Webcomic Wrapup (for this writer, it's academia), but really, it's Facebook Chat's fault. Note the chart above for proof (yes, infallible proof we say, with tongue, as always, firmly in cheek). Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics; polling after the break.

Disincentives (Penny Arcade)
Kiss and Run (2P Start)
Gaining Perspective (Robot Martini)
Drift Style (Angry Stick)
Catches a really big Pokemon (Jefbot)
Blame Nintendo (MNC)
Grin and Bear it (Dueling Analogs)
Realm of the Absurd (Digital Unrest)

Tags: facebook, facebook-chat, webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Chris @ Apr 28th 2008 1:45AM

Congrats to Angry Stick for making the list. That having been said; What exactly are the requirements to make 'the 3 w's' I mean if I go and doodle up some artwork of mario repeatedly slapping yoshi again and again and again, brutally hitting him with all his might, eyes bulging, every vein pumping 260 BPM of pure mario fury as he just beats the living daylights out of his pet, could I get up on it for a week?

Chris @ Apr 28th 2008 1:51AM

on second thought, nevermind. That's a terrible idea. Clearly I have been playing too much GTA. Or maybe Mario has...

Shmil @ Apr 28th 2008 2:16AM

Thats...thats just horrible.

DangerMouse @ Apr 28th 2008 2:07AM

Wow, way to tease. Throw the first one out there as something pretty funny, and i get suckered into reading the rest of the shitty ones (2Pstart was pretty funny, except i got an 500 error when i clicked it the first time, and already voted).

embassy @ Apr 28th 2008 2:08AM

tongue-in-cheeck cast aside...is facebook chat really all that compelling? i havent touched it, then again, i havent touched 95% of the content/apps on facebook.

i just like writing goofy stuff in the "how do you know this person" section.

you'd be suprised how many former full-contact indonesian synchronized water polo teammates i've found on facebook.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 28th 2008 3:32PM

Whats a facebook? Watch your language!

Seriously, this week was great. Cept for the Blame Nintendo one, the pokemon one, and realm of the absurd.

brandon_r87 : Brawl : 4897-5857-5091 @ Apr 28th 2008 2:30AM

After having said last week that Dueling Analogs has never had anything funny, I have to admit that this week's comic would be funny if it wasn't so true. Still, I thought 2P Start was the funniest. I don't like the way that artist draws people, but when they do characters, it's usually very good.

Jay @ Apr 28th 2008 2:33AM

I liked just about all of those, but I have to give it to MNC since I didn't plan on getting an extra wheel...but did anyway.

Also, that pie chart describes my life perfectly

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 28th 2008 2:37AM

OK guys make sure whichever comic is most hated upon is the coolest and should win just to spite them.

CB @ Apr 28th 2008 2:37AM

Well for this week I have to say that the lesser known comics weren't all that funny. :\
Voted for MNC.

eatrice @ Apr 28th 2008 2:59AM

So what's so special about facebook chat? Seriously. What am I missing out?

sOmar @ Apr 28th 2008 3:25AM

2pstart was hilarious... I did not see that egg coming.

Cyber-Tyrant @ Apr 28th 2008 3:47AM

2P Wins it!

No comdoms in the world could've prevented that.

Perhaps because no invented Birdo-based condoms yet.

Korova @ Apr 28th 2008 5:00AM

I cant wait for a VG to become an olympic sport. I wonder which one it would be.

Neebs @ Apr 28th 2008 6:32AM

2P Start here. Angry Stick made it? That's what I said sucked a week or whenever ago...again, I like the art, hate the humor.

Anyways, a friendly note from your new and exciting friend. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN OUTDONE. The spamchain you all created for me months and months ago is nothing compared to the 51 comments readers at Engadget gave me which weren't even related to my comment at all.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/25/the-second-gen-iphone-3g-gps-only-slightly-thicker/comments/11818205/

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 28th 2008 12:34PM

Darn it. That old article is locked from more replies. This is new and exciting.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 28th 2008 3:34PM

Heheh, "IS IT A SPIDER!?" Good times. :)

Lewis @ Apr 28th 2008 6:37AM

They were all weak except Angry Stick and PA, But PA takes it for me cuz i fucking HATE blue shells.

:) And I finally used facebook chat today. It's alright, they should let you drag it to where you want though.

Maverick Saturn @ Apr 28th 2008 7:15AM

I never bothered with Myspace as it was all about who had the snazzier Myspace page.

Facebook is more down to Earth, its also highly popular here in the UK.

Ghen @ Apr 28th 2008 9:09AM

This was a good week. Of course there are people who will say everything was crap, but they are just following the crowd of comic haters every week.

To all the writers, congrats =)

MNC Dover @ Apr 28th 2008 9:34AM

MNC made the poll!

That comic was based on past experience with customers. It was always amazing how many guys would come in and complain for 20 minutes non-stop about x gaming company screwing everyone over and being greedy. They would follow it up by pre-purchasing the game, especially if it was a special edition. Crazy.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 28th 2008 10:17AM

Whoa, sweet. I'm in. Losing, but I'm in...

JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 28th 2008 11:00AM

I wouldn't call being in top 50% a "loss".Keep it up.

MNC Dover @ Apr 28th 2008 11:11AM

Actually, being on the poll at all is a win. I really don't care where we end up in the final results, I just want to keep about 5% of the traffic. On average our site get about 10,000 extra visits over what we normally get just for being on the poll. If we retained 5% that would end up being 500 fresh faces visiting every week. Not every comic is a winner, but you can't please everyone, especially on the internet.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 28th 2008 11:21AM

Nah, don't get me wrong. I'm proud of what I've done so far. Basically have 6 strips under my belt and this is the first true attempt I took at this. Plus, thanks to this comic, I was allowed to have Scorpion beat Nightwing to death with a rock, and that's nothing to complain about.

Don't know. Based upon the reaction at the end of the one month run, I may be starting up the site and putting more work into it.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 28th 2008 11:22AM

I know I suck. As I said, this is the first time I've tried something like this. I feel I've improved so far but there's definately room for improvement.

El Verde @ Apr 28th 2008 11:38AM

Thanks for the feature guys!

Gavin @ Apr 28th 2008 11:41AM

Wow... one of my site's comics made the list :D

thanks Joystiq!

hvnlysoldr @ Apr 28th 2008 12:36PM

VG Cats have updated their Super Effective comic.

TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) @ Apr 28th 2008 2:43PM

Awesome!
The Super Effective comic is hilarious. Especially being an old Pokemon fan(don't play anymore) and can easily remember the early Pokemon games. Everyone should check it out! ( http://www.vgcats.com/super )
(And, yes, I know you don't make it :P)

Mr Khan @ Apr 28th 2008 4:18PM

I never really abused the rival name, though i was sorely tempted to. For Blue version i named him Ash just to vent against that horrid show, for Silver i named him after a real-life kid i hated, since my character was named after me. For Pearl, since i named my character Temujin(Genghis Khan's real name), i named the rival Jamuka, who was Temujin's friend in youth and rival in early adulthood