Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is counting down

by Griffin McElroy { May 24th 2009 at 8:30PM }

In around 20 seconds (may vary depending on your reading speed), Joystiq.com will have a world exclusive reveal of a world exclusive piece of ... exclusivity. (14!) Here's a hint: It's weekly, it's illustrated, and it's ... wrapup-y. (9!) It's one of the most highly anticipated events of the year -- we guarantee you haven't seen anything like it in, like, seven days. (2!) Ladies and gentlemen, we're proud to reveal: Metal Gear Solid 5!

Oh, fine. It's just the Weekly Webcomic Wrapup. Below you'll find our seven favorite gaming-centric comics of the past week! Check 'em out, then vote for your favorite after the jump! If we left out one of your personal favorites, tell us of our inexcusable oversight in the comments section!

Update: AVGW's contribution removed due to some weird spyware apparently being hosted on the site. I contacted the author to find out what happened. Sorry!

~~E3 Rumors (AVGW)~~
We'll Make 'Em Fight, Too! (Of Noobs and Men)
P-Block (Brawl in the Family)
The Survival Horror Dilemma (Digital Unrest)
Body Movin' (Penny Arcade)
Real Estate in a Virtual World (2P Start)
I'd Hit That, Then I'd Punch That (Hello With Cheese)

Tags: webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Gavin @ May 24th 2009 8:39PM

Enjoyed oNaM this week. I love how super powerful inventions get used for mundane things in video games / gaming franchises (and promptly killed the joke by thinking about it)

still got my vote though :D

Gavin @ May 24th 2009 8:40PM

Also, loved SideScroller this week http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/980 but understand that Star Ocean 2 is not especially topical news... still a good strip!

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 24th 2009 10:42PM

once again, sidescroller wasn't even remotely funny.

MaRRODkez @ May 24th 2009 11:31PM

I hate ragging something like this repeatedly, oh well, but I'm with SlySni, it misses again like usual.

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 12:15AM

SlySni? i like it...

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 12:16AM

oh and Gavin, sorry for the unrelated double posts, but i gotta ask this. Markez, am I the only one that misses Panda? Joystiq doesn't feel right without him.

MaRRODkez @ May 25th 2009 12:33AM

He, um, apparently touched us both with his heart of gold with that spinning rod of revulsion that horrified us both to the core. Ish. I miss his presence as well :P His last post was a bit cryptic one, stating he didn't have a computer anymore and wouldn't for who knows how long, so hope he is doing well!

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 12:57AM

haha i loved that first sentence. hahaha. but yeah, his last post made it seem like some kind of convoluted and cliched movie plot.

Slaziman @ May 25th 2009 1:19AM

Man, I just HATE Sidescroller, probably the worst comic on the interwebz.

j.howlett @ May 25th 2009 5:42AM

sidescroller is funny, like last weeks assassins creed one. it got alot of votes but it seems some didn't get it.

Gavin @ May 25th 2009 9:37AM

I don't draw or write SideScroller. So, while I disagree about how funny it is, I don't take the criticism personally. Even less so when, as J.howlett points out, it got 130 votes last time.

Now you'd hurt my feel'ns if you bad mouthed Floppy Boy (my comic) but since it's rarely video game focused, its never appeared on the wrup ;-)

(sorry for the double post. didn't see the reply link hadn't stuck)

Dave @ May 24th 2009 8:41PM

If I see that countdown one more time...

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 24th 2009 8:44PM

You'll go all emo and cut yourself? Why wait? Cut yourself, cry kid. Do it... let me relish your pain. No one understands you... not even your myspace friends. Bleed yourself of the pain... BLEED!

*cough* Umm, yeah....

ArchiGamer @ May 24th 2009 8:45PM

@ Sheppy

Dude, you are freak.

MariusElijah (Only on PlayStation 3) @ May 24th 2009 8:51PM

@archigamer

What the point of your avatar, you might as well have left the original one

ArchiGamer @ May 24th 2009 8:56PM

@ Marius'

Which one: Jack or the default Mario.

MariusElijah (Only on PlayStation 3) @ May 24th 2009 8:58PM

the default,

also anyone know the dimensions of the avatars so mine will stop fluctuating

Moptimus Slime (PhilosoRaptor is the new Keyboard Cat) @ May 24th 2009 9:00PM

I think he was failing to reference this meme

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/That_fucking_cat

ArchiGamer @ May 24th 2009 9:01PM

@ Marius

Well, the default one isn't cute, that's why.

And my avatar is 350 pix by 350 pix so I guess anything within that range would come out perfectly.

Sheppy (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ May 24th 2009 8:42PM

I swear to christ one day I WILL laugh at a Brawl in the Family strip. I mean they've gone 150+... not so much as a titter. SERIOUSLY!

Oh well, back to Awkward Zombie...

Moptimus Slime (PhilosoRaptor is the new Keyboard Cat) @ May 24th 2009 8:59PM

Jesus man, calm down and go laugh at Sprinkles in the Japanese Hardware article.

OLDMIKE @ May 24th 2009 10:07PM

the key to like there stuff is to be a big Nintendo fan

Premature ejaculation man @ May 25th 2009 2:51AM

I suppose you did not receive your free thick rose tinted glasses. You get it free if you've bought a lot of Nintendo games, especially older generation ones.

BiTF uses these glasses to make the jokes come out in 3d...Otherwise, there is nothing there.

Roto13 @ May 24th 2009 9:08PM

2P Start was WAY tl'dr. Except I did read it. And it wasn't funny. Which is annoying, because it took so long to read. I want my minutes back.

MaRRODkez @ May 24th 2009 11:32PM

I just want the punchline.

Vazel @ May 24th 2009 9:23PM

MGS5...

Moptimus Slime (PhilosoRaptor is the new Keyboard Cat) @ May 24th 2009 9:30PM

MGS 7

slycooper_rocker (PSN SniperChameleon) @ May 24th 2009 10:15PM

Barbie: Makeover Tea Party Time

Young_Nastyman @ May 24th 2009 9:29PM

Of Noobs and Men

And I saw PA's joke coming from a mile away

NaeemTHM @ May 24th 2009 11:34PM

As did I, but I voted because the video game industry really is trying to get us to move around a lot. Fuck that noise.

Vazel @ May 24th 2009 9:42PM

I was just testing my avatar. Took forever for it to show up. What a hassle...

Mr Khan @ May 24th 2009 10:22PM

It'll disappear at the drop of a hat, too. The avatar system has been broken since December, at least.

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 24th 2009 10:44PM

i don't know, my Ezio avatar has been there quite consistently for the past few days. haven't seen mario or pedobear in quite a while.

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 24th 2009 11:29PM

what's ironic is now the pedobear avatar is showing up.

PedoJokerBear (aka Deeznuts) @ May 25th 2009 12:15AM

cot dammit i must be sleep-avataring again...

Sly (The Cake in fact, is NOT a lie) [PSN SniperChameleon] @ May 25th 2009 12:17AM

haha pedojokerbear...

Virtual Orion @ May 29th 2009 10:24PM

ditto

Disposable Hero @ May 24th 2009 9:43PM

Does anybody else get bombarded by viruses when they try to go to digitalpimponline or something, whatever site the E3 rumors comic is on? Every week, when I click on the comic from that site, I get all these warnings from my anti-virus software and end up having to close internet explorer through the alt-ctrl-del method. No other sites that these comics are posted on do it, so does anyone else get the same horseshit from that digitalpimponline site?