Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is back from the dead

by Griffin McElroy { Jun 21st 2009 at 8:30PM }

Brains! Braaaaaaaiiiinnnnssss!

Due to nightmarish travel complications during a return trip from E3 and then a bizarre, four-day long hippie sun-cooking ritual, the author of this humble feature has been out of commission for some time -- an oversight for which said author apologizes. If only the cultivation of comics was a brisk process! As you might imagine, it takes days of intense concentration, followed by a solid day of drinking, and then another day of concentration, and then, yes, another half-day of drinking.

We're back in action, though! Below are our seven favorite gaming-centric webcomics of this past week! You can (and should!) vote for your favorite after the jump, and drop a link in the comments to tell us what gems we missed out of during our accidental furlough.

Consumer Advocacy (Penny Arcade)
How to Spot the Doomed Characters Early (Dipswitch)
All Work and No Play (Sidescroller)
The Power of Teamwork (2P Start)
A Dose of Fake Reality (Virtual Shackles)
Prince of Amnesia (Burn the Internet)
A New Business Venture (Digital Unrest)

Tags: webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Darren @ Jun 21st 2009 8:41PM

this was this week's Hello With Cheese:
http://www.dernwerks.com/HWC/?p=144

But I can't but help feel that last week's HWC could have pulled a win:
http://www.dernwerks.com/HWC/?p=142

Ghen @ Jun 21st 2009 9:22PM

I think the pac-man the 2nd panel could've just been the whole comic.

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:22PM

i like the first one. the art style really clicks with me for some reason.

WINterfang @ Jun 21st 2009 9:41PM

the Pacman works great and I like the artstyle.

TinyTim121 @ Jun 21st 2009 8:42PM

Virtual Shackles takes this weeks trophy imo

Moopcow @ Jun 21st 2009 8:44PM

Hope you saw Flavor Flav do 911 is a joke, that was my #1 moment! :)

MowDownJoe @ Jun 21st 2009 8:52PM

You should've done the weeks you missed. "All is Forgiven" was brilliant. And I'm sure we all felt the same way.

(In case you haven't seen it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/6/3/ )

Gavin @ Jun 21st 2009 9:10PM

Virtual Shackles has really come out strong. They're pretty close to Penny Arcade in illustration quality and written with an even level of quality! good job guys :)

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:20PM

i agree, i loved it. easily ties for best this week, along with digital unrest.

Look At This Suit @ Jun 21st 2009 9:13PM

Can't decide between PA, Burn the Internet, and Dipswitch, all three got a chuckle out of me.

Giroro @ Jun 21st 2009 9:13PM

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. @ Jun 23rd 2009 12:18AM

Humor is subjective except in your case, in which you are the most hilarious entity in the universe. The way your quoting an overly done cliche stated in the article? Complete and total genius. You should write comics. Better yet, you should write comics in the middle of an 8 lane highway.

Giroro @ Jun 21st 2009 9:15PM

Stop putting dipswitch on here. I keep accidentally clicking on it, and I don't want to give that shit my traffic

Ghen @ Jun 21st 2009 9:24PM

It was extremely specific and thus useless as a faux guideline that it proposed itself to be so I'd have to agree.

alienmastermind @ Jun 21st 2009 9:44PM

Hey, thanks for reading!

And, I guess for having brain damage that's caused your short-term memory loss.

Hooray for brain damage.

Alien

Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. @ Jun 21st 2009 11:22PM

Y'all

REALLY

REALLY

REALLY

need to light up ALOT when talking about a COMIC on the INTERNET. Just don't vote for it.

Giroro @ Jun 22nd 2009 12:44AM

No. Because webtraffic gets them advertisers, which gets them money. In general, I want dipshit to go away.

rTwelve @ Jun 22nd 2009 1:58AM

I want you to go away. Do I stop clicking on your name in order for that to happen?

Giroro @ Jun 22nd 2009 4:38AM

Shit no. I don't make money off of this.

alienmastermind @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:42AM

Damn, man.

I don't come to where you work and slap the dicks out of your mouth, why you gotta try and keep me from making MY money?

Actually, I'm just kidding, I don't really make much off of the comic.

But again, thanks for not remembering to fail to click my comic, man. I still think that's got to be the finest form of psychosis I've ever heard of.

:)

Alien

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:19PM

digital unrest was awesome.

BigD145 @ Jun 21st 2009 9:27PM

Science. It works, bitches.

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:23PM

yay?

Mr Khan @ Jun 21st 2009 9:29PM

Damn. Good thing nobody took my bet...

Chad Vanderbilt (Moptimus in Disguise) @ Jun 21st 2009 9:29PM

looks like Khan was 2 days too late

Roto13 @ Jun 21st 2009 9:30PM

Whoever wrote that Prince of Persia comic is a fucktard.

*flees*

Sly @ Jun 22nd 2009 2:57AM

haha i didn't understand what you meant at first but then i read everything. it was a decent comic. it was just a tad bit longwinded for a webcomic, but oh well.

Jason @ Jun 21st 2009 9:30PM

lmao 2p Start was really good, so was penny arcade so yea 2 good ones.

Jacksons @ Jun 21st 2009 9:30PM

Had to vote for Burn the Internet. I loved how he'd just start the damned story over if he died. Poor audience.

Mr Khan @ Jun 21st 2009 9:31PM

huh, i was beginning to fear that the feature had been canceled.

Anyhoo: i liked Burn the Internet best for some reason, but it was a strong comeback week, pretty much all around

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:40PM

dude seriously, what's your avatar? i keep thinking it's charizard when i glance at it, but then i realize it's not...

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:41PM

oh nevermind, i recognized it. the sniper guy from one piece...

Vaitork @ Jun 21st 2009 10:06PM

Are you nuts? That's T-Bone from SWAT Kats!

Damn, one can watch literally ANYTHING as a kid. I kind of want to see it again but I rather not and keep thinking of it as cool :)

Vaitork @ Jun 21st 2009 10:09PM

Hmm, I realize you saw a different avatar. My bad.

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 10:30PM

dude, i would recognize t-bone anywhere. swat kats, megas xlr, samurai jack, and the grim adventures of billy & mandy are the best shows that ever graced cartoon network. now their lineup is decent, but the reality shows are bullshit. CN are sellouts for having those shows.

Old Professor Zertoss @ Jun 21st 2009 10:31PM

lol Sogeking

Mr Khan @ Jun 21st 2009 10:47PM

to be a sell-out, you actually have to have something that is popular. I see no evidence to suggest that anyone demands this "CN Real" garbage

Mr Khan @ Jun 21st 2009 10:49PM

also: i have 3 avatars now, though one of them is pretty rare at this point. Soon to be four, as soon as i cross a coming milestone

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 11:18PM

your point about sellouts is true. and what's the milestone? is it related to joystiq? possibly 9000 comments on joystiq proper or 4000 comments on joystiq nintendo? after this comment, i'll be 6 away from 3000 comments...

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:32PM

you mean 2 days early? his bet was tuesday.

Sly @ Jun 21st 2009 9:32PM

ohh, you meant his bet, not sprinkles...

Chad Vanderbilt (Moptimus in Disguise) @ Jun 21st 2009 9:33PM

yes, so his bet would be late, Sprinkles would be early

Hyams @ Jun 21st 2009 9:33PM

Dude, seriously, make your next name 'WhackAMole'.

Jawmuncher @ Jun 21st 2009 9:44PM

Burn the Internet wins for being about sands of time alone.
It was still very funny though.

Damn sands of time was the greatest PoP game ever

Quattro @ Jun 21st 2009 9:57PM

Burn the Internet and Virtual Shackles were my favourite. Not sure why so many people liked Penny Arcade's though.

Young_Nastyman @ Jun 21st 2009 10:37PM

Seriously, PA's was not funny

I'm surprised I found Robot Martini funny

but my vote has to go to burn the internet for the truthiness factor

Gavin @ Jun 21st 2009 11:51PM

maybe they're all lazy and picked PA because it was at the top of the list? :-)

manyquestions @ Jun 21st 2009 10:02PM

So I guess that's a no on including a "none of the above" option? I mean, it's not a big deal now since this was a pretty good week overall, but still something to look into.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/30/weekly-webcomic-wrapup-packs-it-up-packs-it-in/comments/19118597/