Weekly Webcomic Wrapup makes a webcomic

by Griffin McElroy { Apr 18th 2009 at 10:30PM }

Did you know they make psychologists get psychoanalyzed before they can practice their brain-picking craft? Recently, we've felt discomforted in our ivory tower. Who are we, bloggers unfamiliar with the actual creation of illustrated funnies, to be weekly adjudicators of the internet's best gaming-related webcomics? To abate this guilt, we crafted the above. Our respect for the production of this honored medium has increased exponentially, and we feel more suited to dole out the judgments. Now let us never speak of this again.

Below are our seven favorite webcomics of the week, which were crafted by people exponentially more talented than we could ever hope to be. You can vote for your favorite after the jump, or drop a link in the comments to a strip we might have overlooked. However, criticism of the above comic will result in your immediate, irreversible banning. We're very, very sensitive about our work.

Be Strong, Kazooie [Of Noobs and Men]

Sonic and the Social Network [2P Start]
On Weak Points and Massive Damage [Penny-Arcade]

He Really Designed These [Digital Unrest]
Borders [xkcd]
Birth of a Sackboy [Dueling Analogs]
And Thus They Were Enemies Forever [Dipswitch]

Tags: webcomic

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

SecretAgentHam @ Apr 18th 2009 10:40PM

birth of a sackboy is the only one that even get a smirk from me. so my vote goes to it.

jarhead906 @ Apr 18th 2009 11:22PM

Same here.

ElevatorHappyFun @ Apr 19th 2009 9:00PM

I hope that comic gave credits to Brandon Bird for the picture of Walken.

www.BrandonBird.com

Mr Khan @ Apr 18th 2009 10:46PM

Of Noobs and Men. The morbid humor seemed to click there, as opposed to Dueling Analogues' morbid humor.

It took me a while to get Dipswitch, but it was all the sweeter in the end, and i couldn't decide whether, as a Sonic fan, i should find 2P Start humorous or insulting. Still can't quite pick that one out.

Moptimus Slime (Gobot in disguise) @ Apr 18th 2009 10:55PM

http://i20.tinypic.com/106x6vc.jpg

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 18th 2009 11:07PM

2P start was hilarious. khan, just asking, but what would you consider a truly bad sonic game? because if i remember right, you said you actually enjoyed the latest one...

The Dark Wayne @ Apr 19th 2009 12:06AM

I expected the birth of the sackboy, to involve the zipper

Mr Khan @ Apr 19th 2009 12:14AM

Some of the Game Gear Sonic games were truly bad, like Sonic Labyrinth (unplayable, definitely). I can't think of too many others.

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 19th 2009 12:36AM

i was thinking as much.

Roofie @ Apr 18th 2009 10:47PM

I'm alone on this one (so far) but the Dipswitch one was the only one that made me audibly laugh. The last frame completely made that comic.

Premature ejaculation man @ Apr 19th 2009 12:16AM

After last week's one I didn't expect it to be good.
I feel it was the best this week. Followed by 2ps

Gehodra @ Apr 19th 2009 6:03AM

I thought it was great too. The others didn't get so much as a smirk out of me.

Obi-Habby @ Apr 19th 2009 7:12PM

Dipswitch is censored by my webserver. Was it more then random cursing and sexual innuendo this week?

DeoWulf @ Apr 18th 2009 10:47PM

Are we allowed to vote for your comic to make you feel better?

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 18th 2009 10:49PM

OH NICE ONE HAHAHA Digital Unrest. sackboy gets my vote.

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 18th 2009 10:50PM

and i'm not compensating for ANYTHING!!!

Manly Mcbeefigan (Mr. ESC) @ Apr 19th 2009 9:02PM

*Chorus:Riiiight

*Tristan:I don't believe you

Nytemare @ Apr 18th 2009 10:51PM

Gotta give it to XKCD. Loved it.

Brian @ Apr 18th 2009 10:53PM

xkcd takes my vote, but I'm surprised this one hasn't had any mention:
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 18th 2009 10:56PM

that's hilarious. very well played.

Evan Hodgins @ Apr 18th 2009 11:02PM

I think it's because that one went up on March 26th.

deanb @ Apr 19th 2009 12:10AM

It was up a few week's back.

Brian @ Apr 19th 2009 1:04AM

ah, I must have missed it then.

Samo @ Apr 19th 2009 4:12AM

It was never part of the weekely webcomic wrapup, though.

I thought if it was, it would win hands down.

eldee @ Apr 19th 2009 4:20AM

wow, that vgcats comic was awesome. can't believe i missed that one when it went up, thanks for the link

Ghen @ Apr 19th 2009 7:30AM

oh my GOD that was awesome!

igorponweed @ Apr 18th 2009 10:54PM

2P and DU were the best. Sackboy one was funny too.

R @ Apr 18th 2009 10:56PM

That comic is terrible...
...terribly awesome anyways.

t_m @ Apr 18th 2009 10:58PM

Wow. Thats the first time dipswitch has ever made me laugh... and it was a terrible joke.. But it gets my vote.

345567 sidekicks was nice too though...

Nikonov @ Apr 18th 2009 10:59PM

Dipswitch made me vomit. That was beyond terrible.

Zertoss @ Apr 19th 2009 1:01AM

It could have been worse. Ken could have come up with a new punch, and Zangief would be like "Ryu, you've got to see this! Hey! Show Ryu, Ken!"

WINterfang @ Apr 18th 2009 10:59PM

I didn't get the last one and I have read it a couple of times, the Sonic one get's props for the idea but it wasn't funny, my vote when for the sackboy one.

Moptimus Slime (Gobot in disguise) @ Apr 18th 2009 11:01PM

say the last line out loud, slowly

WINterfang @ Apr 18th 2009 11:05PM

I figure that out mmm I though it was something more, in that case I saw that joke before.

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 18th 2009 11:06PM

thanks moptimus, now i got it.

eldee @ Apr 18th 2009 11:16PM

wow, lamest week EVER. not a single one of these was remotely funny, and several were groan-inducing.

bleh. not voting because they all sucked.

eldee @ Apr 18th 2009 11:18PM

i'd vote for the walken comic actually, because at least it plays on the irony of writing a webcomic and catering to whatever popular meme is floating around at the moment

Kid Chemical @ Apr 18th 2009 11:23PM

So we can't write in your Walken comic?

Negativecool @ Apr 18th 2009 11:26PM

I'm out of touch with everyone, have been for a long time it seems.

I actually laughed at the Digital Unrest comic. I haven't laughed at these in a long time, merely the feeling of a smirking kudo at their cleverness.

Roto13 @ Apr 18th 2009 11:27PM

Fail for not including my nomination.

http://www.spookingtons.com/hsuandchan004.html

Rein @ Apr 18th 2009 11:28PM

2PStart wins it for me just because of the Shadow comment on Sonic's page. It basically summed up all of Shadow's dialogue in any of the Sonic games.

F1: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu @ Apr 18th 2009 11:32PM

I always wandered what happened to my deleted Mii's...

Jerk Face @ Apr 18th 2009 11:43PM

I would buy that game.

WINterfang @ Apr 19th 2009 12:26PM

What game? whut?huh?uh? Sonic and the Social Network?

The Dark Wayne @ Apr 19th 2009 12:10AM

I enjoyed how Ezio referred to himself in the third person

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 19th 2009 12:18AM

Ezio doesn't know what you're talking about.

deanb @ Apr 19th 2009 12:12AM

Sackboy one was pretty funny, but XKCD got my vote for been pretty indpeth, and the tag - "Eventually a UN is set up. And then a lone rebel runs down the line of flags in front of it, runs back to his base, and gets a kajillion points."