Weekly Webcomic Wrapup ponders its branding

by Ross Miller { Nov 9th 2008 at 5:30PM }

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Wow. We can't thank you enough for all these awesome logos you have designed for us over the last two weeks. Big thanks! We're deliberating what to do next with these, so skim the gallery and give us your input. As usual, here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics, be sure to vote for your favorite!

Tough Times (Luke Surl Comics)
Casual Hatred (MNC)
Prove Me Wrong (Penny Arcade)
Fixing an Election (2P Start)
Flunktuation (Digital Unrest)
The real co-op issue (Dipswitch)
Let's search for tre-sha! (VG Cats)

Gallery: Weekly Webcomic Wrapup logo designs

(What? You say we didn't pick your favorite gaming comic this week? Treason! Make sure we and everyone else gets to see it in the comments below. Also, don't blame us -- we're still in beta.)

Tags: webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 9th 2008 5:39PM

I can't decide between #7 and #8

Haggard @ Nov 9th 2008 5:59PM

#10 or #8 for me

I hereby declare this reply thread the official picks thread!

hvnlysoldr @ Nov 10th 2008 2:17AM

I vote #10 It has a very clean look to it. Oh and apparently the q in comiq is necessary for Joystiq

Courtney @ Nov 10th 2008 9:16AM

I liked 8, 9 and 10 the most, though if I had to vote for just one, I would go with...8.

Ghen @ Nov 10th 2008 2:14PM

I like 7 and 9 because of their comic stylings.

atghiphop @ Nov 10th 2008 3:56PM

I like #3! ^_^

Tehman @ Nov 9th 2008 6:03PM

Good ol' condom finding dog.....

JerJer @ Nov 9th 2008 5:43PM

lol 2p start

eldee @ Nov 9th 2008 8:40PM

2pstart hasn't been funny in forever.

umm....hello??? @ Nov 9th 2008 5:43PM

umm....yeah, too bad we just can't press the "easy" button to fix our nation...

mr nimblewick @ Nov 9th 2008 6:28PM

At least we didn't press the "Doddering Old Man" button.

Bass Masterson @ Nov 9th 2008 6:41PM

Yeah, pressing the "telegenic guy who dances on Ellen" button was really the smart pick.

LaughingTarget @ Nov 9th 2008 7:22PM

Well, anyone pushing that "major two party candidate that isn't all that different than the other two party candidate, except looking different" is a tool.

Vote MNC and your soul will be saved.

LaughingTarget @ Nov 9th 2008 7:29PM

Anyway, if any of you haven't finished with high school yet, have fun with your change:

http://www.politicallore.com/images/change.jpg

antsmarching @ Nov 9th 2008 7:37PM

Laughing target, i see where you're coming from. But a third party vote is a wasted vote because, unfortunately, a third party candidate will never ever win. That said, your viewpoint is a hell of a lot smarter than the two tards before you.

LaughingTarget @ Nov 9th 2008 7:40PM

And if everyone who says its a wasted vote actually voted third party, Obama and McCain would have 4 votes between the two of them.

Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 9th 2008 7:53PM

Obama's Version of the New Deal?

haha, I feel sorry for you students. Enjoy the few years of non-service you have left!

Beatz @ Nov 9th 2008 9:11PM

Why link to a jpeg instead of the actual site, LaughingTarget? ...oh, because your version is bullshit? http://change.gov/americaserves/

The college community service idea is one of the reasons I voted for him.

mr nimblewick @ Nov 9th 2008 9:39PM

Wow, Beatz just made you look like an idiot, LaughingTarget.

Are you going to take that?

Ross Miller @ Nov 9th 2008 9:55PM

Hey look, the best place to talk about politics on Joystiq and not risk the banhammer! http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/04/joystiqs-big-off-topic-election-day-post/

Bass Masterson @ Nov 9th 2008 11:29PM

Hang on - you voted for Obama because of one of his empty promises of bettering your situation through someone else's sacrifice? Wow, you're so DIFFERENT than all the other gullible suckers that voted for him.

Incidentally, AmeriCorps has been around since the early 90's. Your Mr. Change really has no new ideas whatsoever.

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Nov 10th 2008 9:25AM

@LT: "And if everyone who says its a wasted vote actually voted third party"

And what if I genuinely don't like any 3rd party candidate? Is that OK Sparky, or do I have to ignore my conscience in order to vote correctly? Crap, if there's anything worse than those morons that say you can't vote 3rd party it's the pretentious twats that say it's wrong not to.

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Nov 10th 2008 9:30AM

@RM: "Hey look, the best place to talk about politics on Joystiq and not risk the banhammer!"

Ach, and here I got tempted by the lure of the Soap Box. The path to the banhammer is littered with opinionated posts.

karmaghost @ Nov 9th 2008 5:44PM

"Luke Surl Comics"
lol, what high score?

Xoviet chiK @ Nov 9th 2008 5:46PM

Comic wise... A shocker. They are all good this week. They all elicited some feeling of joy out of me, but 2P start was the only one to get me to lol.

Graphic wise, I'll have to go with El Verde's #10. Think You.

Ryura @ Nov 9th 2008 5:52PM

A good week for all comics, but 2p start was just too much.

Mr Khan @ Nov 9th 2008 5:52PM

Nothing funny, but a lot of truth. MNC had the best message, though, one i take to heart.

Astrobastard @ Nov 10th 2008 11:39AM

Isn't that the same comic that takes potshots at people for buying Madden?

MNC Dover @ Nov 10th 2008 3:23PM

Yes we are and proud of it.

Chris Are @ Nov 9th 2008 6:04PM

I like the person who had a bunch of commentary.

"Ignore this one"

"This one sucks"

"This one's my fav"

John M. @ Nov 9th 2008 6:06PM

If I had to pick a design, #3 by Jarod Trebas would be it. It goes with the rest of the site rather well.

atghiphop @ Nov 9th 2008 6:57PM

I definitely agree! haha because I made that one, thanks!

offday @ Nov 9th 2008 6:09PM

I was unaware that everybody loved EA again?

DangerMouse @ Nov 9th 2008 6:21PM

It's true. Activision is the new EA.

offday @ Nov 9th 2008 6:15PM

Why is VG Cats winning? That was the stupidest one.

The only one I laughed at was Fixing an Election, and I didn't even understand the real co-op issue. What are those little blue orbs suppose to be?

MNC Dover @ Nov 9th 2008 6:26PM

In Fable 2, the blue orbs represent your friends that are online.

Snowblind @ Nov 9th 2008 7:07PM

The VG Cats one may make more sense to those who've actually played Fable. Your Dog frequently find spots where you can dig up treasure, and a lot of the time you'll find useless junk, or condoms.

alienmastermind @ Nov 10th 2008 4:01PM

Uh, what that guy said.

Hey, thanks everyone for voting! I feel like Nader!
In so much as I am a big honking nerd with no real chance of winning this time out. :)

But, check me out on Tuesday!
http://www.playitreviewit.com/dipswitch

MNC Dover @ Nov 9th 2008 6:25PM

This was an excellent week for webcomics. Clearly I'm biased towards my own strip, but the 2P Start one was pretty clever.

Oh, and I choose logo #7 because it hits on all the comic cylinders with the "Meanwhile" style boxes and the dialog bubble. Maybe the second "Meanwhile" box could be changed to a sound effect or something...

Cubfan786 @ Nov 9th 2008 6:26PM

Dart board one

Dan @ Nov 9th 2008 6:26PM

MNC is never funny

MNC Dover @ Nov 9th 2008 6:39PM

Quoted for truth.

Dan @ Nov 9th 2008 6:47PM

The premise isn't all that funny in the first place, and it was poorly executed. But it's better than 2P Start, so that's something.

Slaziman @ Nov 9th 2008 6:27PM

That's a lot of nice logos, I can't pick one, almost all of them are awesome.

NickTP @ Nov 9th 2008 6:35PM

For the first time in a month I laughed while looking at the Weekly Webcomic Wrapup. I think it was because that stupid castle one was missing and therefore the others weren't guilty by association.

I had to vote for Tough Times, but I agree with Penny Arcade. EA kinda rocks right now (stop hatin', you know its true...played Dead Space yet?) and it sucks that they're in trouble.

Haggard @ Nov 9th 2008 6:40PM

Castle is always the cleverest and most subtle, it's just never funny.

MNC Dover @ Nov 9th 2008 6:38PM

How come they're were no results from last weeks poll? I know your probably busy Ross, so I'll do it for you. Ahem...

In their spot-on representation of every gamers plight at this time of year, Penny Arcade took first place in the poll.

With only 4 votes seperating second and third place, Castle Vidcons narrowly edged out Extra Life to take the silver. Congrats to our winners!

Thanks to everyone who voted, and be sure to let us know of any game-related webcomics you stumble upon this week! (Protip: It's best to use the comments field for that kind of stuff, or if you go via our tip line be sure to include "webcomic" in the subject or it will likely get ignored.)

:)