Weekly Webcomic Wrapup forgot how to multitask

by Griffin McElroy on Feb 7th 2009 11:59PM

Weve decided to take a cue from the apparently reviled controls from the Resident Evil 5 demo and throw our multitasking abilities to the wind While some of you might find this odd or worse impossible to read weve found that not being able to use words and punctuation simultaneously not only allows us to follow in the footsteps of manlyman Chris Redfield but also provides us with a more efficient way to knock out our daily writing duties Also as an unforeseen added bonus we finally understand the formerly befuddling poetry of EE Cummings '.(,)'-,.,,...

While you call up your cryptographer buddies to try to make sense of our new convenient form of transcription you should definitely check out the comics listed below It was a bountiful harvest this week with a topical offering from Dipswitch a nostalgialaden strip from Monday Night Crew the continuation of Hiimdaisys illustrated MGS3 parody and many many more You know the drill Polls after the break comments are below that Get to work ,,.,,-,',,.:',.!

Before They Were Famous: The Hunter (MNC)
Let's Destroy The Shagohod, Part 2 (Hiimdaisy's Livejournal)
Role-Playing Shame (Hsu & Chan)
Video Game Medicine (Digital Unrest)
The Susurrous Sandwich (Penny Arcade)
In a Fragile State (2P Start)
Let's Let Chris Redfield Handle It, Instead (Dipswitch)

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: February 7, 2009
Before They Were Famous: The Hunter (MNC)	82 (9.9%)
Let's Destroy The Shagohod, Part 2 (Hiimdaisy's Livejournal)	195 (23.5%)
Role-Playing Shame (Hsu & Chan)	43 (5.2%)
Video Game Medicine (Digital Unrest)	62 (7.5%)
The Susurrous Sandwich (Penny Arcade)	149 (18.0%)
In a Fragile State (2P Start)	183 (22.0%)
Let's Let Chris Redfield Handle It, Instead (Dipswitch)	116 (14.0%)

Tags: webcomic

Reader Comments (45)

well, if I could vote (or when I can), MNC gets my click.

Once again, I didn't read past 3 panels of Hiimdaisy's.

Its a bit dated but I will also submit this for your viewing pleasure, oh dear reader;

http://www.crispygamer.com/comics/experiencepoints/ExperiencePoints-2008-10-20.aspx

these ones are MUCH better

http://www.crispygamer.com/comics/experiencepoints/ExperiencePoints-2009-01-13.aspx
http://www.crispygamer.com/comics/experiencepoints/ExperiencePoints-2008-10-22.aspx
http://www.crispygamer.com/comics/experiencepoints/ExperiencePoints-2008-10-30.aspx

also, thank you for turning me towards a series that I otherwise would never have found

An Extra Life spin-off comic? As if the original didn't insult our intelligence enough...

Wow, after reading through some of the archive of that, I have to say that I find myself more depressed than anything. It conveys a message of futility and time wasted, days and moments that can't be reclaimed. That might be the first gaming comic that made me wish, even for a moment, that I wasn't a gamer.

Good stuff!

Though, some of the jokes are pretty obvious. And that's because I did comics on the same subject lines with pretty much the same punches as I did so. But, overall a well drawn, and funny comic.

Though they're a bit obsessed with World of Warcraft, no?

Alienmastermind.

Alright, made the poll this week. Cool!

If I wasn't so obviously biased, I'd vote for Penny-Arcade this week. Those "Islam is the Light" stories were so painfully embarrassing to read.

The Calvin and Hobbes call was a money decision. It probably brought a lot of memories to many readers. Nicely done. I wanted to see your hentai one make it last week also, but such is life.

I think Dipswitch is my #2 this week - the RE5 demo was ok. but I absolutely loathe their inventory system.

i just wish you guys would color again.

Your hunter one and hiimdaisy were the top two for me. Unfortunately I have a big soft spot for metal gear. Sorry dover.

@Steam:
Yeah, I miss the color too. The problem is that all three guys involved in our site have full time jobs in addition to doing the site. It's either one full color comic or three black and white ones. Once the site starts making enough money to pay our artist, we plan on adding color back in.

@Lion:
No problem! I'm just happy to be on the poll getting responses. =)

It'd be a lot easier to vote if there were a poll here, you guys!

You're doing it wrong. You gotta do it like the Engineer in TF2.

WE NEED A POLL RIIIIGHT HERE!

That would be the Scout.

SPAHS SAPPIN MAH POLLS

hiimdaisy pwned

*ITS REALISTIC!*

Hsu & Chan or Shagohod? Hard choice.

both were too long so i got bored.

Hsu & Chan was actually pretty funny.. but seriously, it's supposed to be a webcomic, not a blog.

I liked Dipswitch a lot.

How does Hsu & Chan make the list every week? Name recognition?

2P Start was the only one that made me keep laughing for a while this week.

Joystiq is taking away our democratic right!!1!1

I vote for 2P Start

I also vote for voting buttons plz.

That Hsu and Chan part poking at the stupidy of those crazy Japanese RPGs made my day....

Agree. "I Break for Limits," indeed.

i would vote for 2p start if you couldn't see the punchline from miles away and if there was a poll. so my vote goes to... digital unrest. that was pretty funny. and mnc gets honorable mention because of calvin and hobbes.

Ha ha, Cummings.

the post is funny(er) if you read it like speedracer

it totally works

I vote for Dipswitch...

Apparently when WWW forgot how to mulitask, that included putting polls in posts.

Not sure who I'd vote for... Calvin and Hobbes references are always welcome, but I think the phrase "Sandwich! I trusted you!" is inherently awesome.

Hiimdaisy has me rollin.

I liked Digital Unrest and 2P Start, but the only one I didn't get was the Penny Arcade webcomic, what the hell are they talking about in that one? Islam is the light? Am I the only one here that didn't get that one?

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/28/is-islam-the-light-for-ds-baby-pals/1#comments

sadly, you missed the majority of KillJebus's "Hey Everyone! Look at me! Im trying to piggyback my beliefs onto this thread since it has marginally to do with Religion. Also, Im going to belittle everyone who disagrees with me kthnxbi"

I loved:

"METAL GEAR!?!?!"

".........what the heck is a Metal Gear?"

Hsu & Chan continues to be the worst conceivable webcomic (on the planet). I actually struggled through it, just to see if I could decipher why it keeps making the Joystiq poll - but all I found was a muddled and confusing criticism/parody (not really a parody without humor but I'll just assume that's how it was intended) that's been done to death a thousand times over since its genesis in the good old year of 1988. Not to mention I wonder at the writer's grasp of the English language as much as I do at his dearth of anything even resembling a sense of humor, or dialogue, or legibility really.

I agree entirely... I forced myself to read through it as well, and it didn't even get my mouth to twitch. Maybe in pain since it was so flipping long.

The best comics are those who publish when they have something to say. Producing to a schedule brings about diminished returns, as can be seen by this week's selection. I voted for MNC out of solidarity...for something.

Hey, cool!
Dipswitch back in the mix. This is good! Wow, there were some good comics this week.

I think Bowser said it, though, we should only write and draw comics when we know they're going to be hilarious. It would save us all a lot of time and work. Unless, you know, we're doing this for fun and enjoy trying to make people laugh and the minor recognition. Like me. So, I guess I'll just keep on plugging away anyway. Sorry Bowser. I wish I could help you out, man. :)

Alienmastermind

2 P Start always makes me cringe- it's poorly written and the "art" is simply bad.

I'm not really a big fan of Penny Arcade, never really found them funny before, but I had to give my vote to them this time. Probably the most I've smiled at a webcomic for a bit.

Dipswitch made me chuckle a bit. So true...

The world needs more Calvin & Hobbes references, it would be a better place for all

thus;
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2104/trexfightergk0.jpg

Oh man, that image really is "incredibly awesome!"

Sorry Dover, Digital Unrest has to get it from me this week (though not many others agree apparently).

May be that as a medic, I find the medical reference funnier. Combining two things I like generally will work for me.

Mr. Mobius, I trusted you.

=)

'll go with 2PStart, just feeding my PSWii fanboy in me, xDDDDD

The poor guy was starving already

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