Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is passing the baton

by Ross Miller { Dec 14th 2008 at 6:00PM }

Apologies for the lack of updates recently, folks, as I've been in a persistent battle with our weekend guerrilla team, who managed to whittle me down and is now taking over full control of the Weekly Webcomic Wrapup. I made a deal that would keep the McElroy Empire out of here forever ... but then they altered the deal. I can only pray they don't alter it further.

I've been given the opportunity to make a final statement, which I intend to do so with bullet points:

In the world of webcomics, this is more often than not true. For better and for worse.
Is it Funny Today? is worth checking out to see what the Internet Hivemind finds
The 2008 Webcomic Holiday Postcard Fundraiser is now live and worth your consideration. Proceeds go to Child's Play Charity.
Favorite webcomic? I love Digital Unrest and its geeky science jokes.

It's been a great 3 years, 2 months and 6 days, thanks to everyone who has been supportive of this. Griffin will take over next week, so for one last time: Here are our picks for the week's best game-related webcomics, be sure to vote for your favorite! (Poling after the break.)

Ball and Stick (Digital Unrest)
Unavoidable Square tax (MNC)
A Penetrating Look (Penny Arcade)
Town Folks (Brawl in the Family)
Of bar bets and pub puns (Sidescroller)
Is that a tear? (GameMarks)
Crossover (CAD)
Who Reviews the Reviewers? (2P Start)
Burn me once, shame ... (Dueling Analogs)

Gallery: Weekly Webcomic Wrapup logo designs

Update: Just so we're clear, I'm not leaving Joystiq. I'm just abandoning the webcomic wrapup to ultimate ruin and decay.

Tags: goodbye, webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

quasebrasileiro @ Dec 14th 2008 6:07PM

Rather than battle them, you should join them, Ross. Joystiq could use more weekend bloggers! Weekdays suck!

quasebrasileiro @ Dec 14th 2008 6:08PM

(Not the Joystiq blogging, mind you, I meant weekdays in general.)

peepoop @ Dec 14th 2008 6:15PM

Griffin?

Great, now the next one will be riddled with improper usage of the italics tag.

Haggard @ Dec 14th 2008 6:19PM

Man, you [i]really put out the smackdown there[/i]

Mr Khan @ Dec 14th 2008 6:19PM

And so it was on that day that the last of the legendary weekday warriors surrendered to the unstoppable power of the Griffin. Valiant but futile, they retreated forever back to their home, leaving the Griffin to reign over the weekend unchecked

Mr Khan @ Dec 14th 2008 6:32PM

Digital Unrest wins with the most lulz. Brawl in the Family was good, but it's been done before. Dueling Analogues loses hard for some sort of sense of Square Enix loyalty. There was a world before PlayStation, you know, and Nintendo was king back then too...

Roto13 @ Dec 14th 2008 9:13PM

They didn't even post the right Brawl in the Family.

http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/images/113-ProdigalSon.jpg

Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Dec 14th 2008 6:19PM

Typically, it blows me away that anyone finds any of these funny ever. They usually seem absurdly stupid and uncreative.

However Penny Arcade and Sidescroller were great this week.

quasebrasileiro @ Dec 14th 2008 6:28PM

How can you say that it blows you away that ANYONE EVER finds ANY of these funny and that two of them were great in the same post?

...sorry just had you call you on that :)

Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Dec 14th 2008 6:39PM

Eh, yeah, you're right. Guess I just put it that way since I'm shocked that for how long I've been reading the wrapup something finally struck me as actually funny. Usually it seems to me when going through these we're just picking out the best of the garbage, which means it's still garbage.

quasebrasileiro @ Dec 14th 2008 6:24PM

Loved Ctrl+Alt+Del this week. You know that's TOTALLY what someone at Midway was thinking.

Winman2000 @ Dec 14th 2008 6:32PM

I could've sworn I've seen the CAD Crossover comic on WWW before...

NynjaMonkii @ Dec 14th 2008 7:06PM

It was in the comments of last weeks WWW.

Aero @ Dec 14th 2008 7:23PM

Yep, it was definitely in the last WWW.
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/30/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-celebrates-murray/

Tiptup300 @ Dec 14th 2008 10:54PM

I believe it's been in the last 3 WWWs. I take it as a joke, since CAD sucks as bad as a joke about abortion. oh...wait!

Haggard @ Dec 15th 2008 11:59AM

*miscarriage

Moptimus Slime @ Dec 14th 2008 6:33PM

Your going to have to be careful with Griffin, you never know when he'll switch the link from a comic to tubgirl

Haggard @ Dec 14th 2008 6:41PM

Wasn't that CAD on last week's wrapup?

Anyway, my vote's for Sidescroller.

Kellydude025 @ Dec 14th 2008 9:16PM

Thank you...i thought i was the only one that noticed.

But I'm almost positive you are correct, good sir.

Obie @ Dec 14th 2008 6:41PM

Penny Arcade for the epic fail that is playstation Home. How much time and money did Sony spend on that thing again?

John @ Dec 14th 2008 7:20PM

you know, any second now, the PS3tards are going to come in here and try to tell you how awesome standing in line in an imaginary bowling alley is, because it's realistic and totally better than spending 80 bajilionty dollars over the life on your console for online.

Oh, and paying .49$ for imaginary pants in your imaginary world is totally better.

I think the write up for PA is actually much better than the comic.

Home is such shit... it's free cause they COULDN'T charge for that garbage kids.

Obie @ Dec 14th 2008 7:27PM

While I don't own a PS3 yet, I did read all the recent impressions of Home. Even ardent PS3 fans are dissapointed with it.

I mean what is fun about waiting to play browser type games, about typing, about creepy lifeless avatars, about being harassed, about watching pixelated laggy "Twilight" trailers.

Sure it's not final, but as they say in Star Wars: "I have a bad feeling about this."

Donald @ Dec 14th 2008 7:34PM

Posting to point out that the accompanying news story for the PA comic might be funnier than the comic.

Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Dec 14th 2008 8:20PM

Donald, you are correct sir. Good write-up. I didn't quite follow their dig on Lair and Heavenly Sword tho.

David @ Dec 15th 2008 9:30AM

They're planning on keeping it in beta forever, so what we have is "final" in it's at least 1.0. Oh, and pants are $.99, which just goes to show that Home is probably twice as bad as you think.

That Fuzzy Bastard @ Dec 15th 2008 6:53PM

From now on, I intend to follow all statements about upcoming events with "Shortly thereafter, you will be raped."

I think it's going to do wonders for my teaching career.

MNC Dover @ Dec 14th 2008 6:44PM

Sad to see you go Ross. Good luck in your, uh...well, good luck in whatever it is you do! :P

Nomi @ Dec 14th 2008 7:18PM

PA takes it this time...so true.

Premature ejaculation man @ Dec 14th 2008 7:26PM

Nooooooooooo!

Tombo @ Dec 14th 2008 7:59PM

Great lifeless expressions on the home guys in PA.

Here's our comic for last week:
http://www.n00bsquad.com/comics/79_Luigis_Mansion_7years.shtml

-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 14th 2008 8:42PM

didn't you guys do that CAD one last week? anyways...that one with bomberman made me laugh. the rest were pretty weak sauce. especially that bar one. i didn't get it at all. anyone wanna fill me in so i might laugh?

deft @ Dec 14th 2008 9:07PM

Good to see Brawl in the Family in there.
It's really a great webcomic

hvnlysoldr @ Dec 14th 2008 9:18PM

Trainer Santa wants to battle.
Trainer Santa: You're going to get a big lump of coal!
Trainer Santa sent out Stantler.
Enemy Stantler's Intimidate lowered ___'s attack!
...
Trainer Santa sent out Jynx.
...
Trainer Santa sent out Delibird.
...
Trainer Santa sent out Onyx.
Trainer Santa: This lump of coal will knock you out!
...
Trainer Santa is defeated!
Trainer Santa: Fine punk, all you get for Christmas is this ironic "I fought Santa and all I got was this Holiday Greeting Card."
Received $1337