Weekly Webcomic Wrapup totally loves America

by Griffin McElroy { Jul 4th 2009 at 10:30PM }

Happy Birthday, America! Let us be the first to say -- and we really mean this -- you've aged spectacularly well. How old are you? Two-hundred and thirty-three? No, that can't be right. Seriously, you look like you're still in your thirties! No wrinkles, no unsightly varicose veins, no ... well, okay, your Dakotas are sagging a bit, and your Florida has certainly seen better days, but on the whole, you've still got it goin' on. You know what they say -- two-hundred and thirty-three is the new twenty, you saucy, saucy cougar.

While not celebrating our decadent independence or hitting on entire nations, we managed to find our seven favorite gaming-themed webcomics from this past week. We've posted them below for your viewing pleasure, and then listed them in a poll after the break for your ... well, for your voting pleasure, we guess. Celebrate your democracy, dear friends!

Mountain Cracks (Brawl in the Family)
Party Favors (Digital Unrest)
In Which We Declare Our Independence (Dipswitch)
Actually, I'm Just Not Going to Buy It (Virtual Shackles)
The Wee-Bee Overlord (Monday Night Crew)
Team Fortress 2 Babies (GG-Guys)
Mega Man's Workout (2P Start)

Tags: webcomic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Obie @ Jul 4th 2009 10:41PM

2 Player start saved an otherwise awfully dull week.

Levi @ Jul 5th 2009 1:21AM

agreed.

Desert Eagle @ Jul 5th 2009 2:15AM

I concur. It was definitely the best comic in this week'S roundup. Even though I liked BitF's, I'm going to hand my vote this time to 2P for making such a hilariously true comic strip.

eldee @ Jul 5th 2009 4:52AM

agreed... utterly. this is one of the weakest lineups in a LONG time.

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC) @ Jul 5th 2009 12:56PM

2P start was the best,the rest suck.

Okay Monday Night Crew had a good idea (Pikmin + OVerlord) but the results were meh.

Mr Khan @ Jul 4th 2009 10:41PM

Digital Unrest won it for me, despite the fact that its a terrible pun. Brawl in the Family and Monday Night Crew were also in contention.

HippoHero @ Jul 5th 2009 7:43PM

DU would have been funnier if the panels had been switched and the caption boxes had been removed.

The Baron @ Jul 4th 2009 10:43PM

I was uh, talking to the King of England this morning.

He says he wants Oregon back.

ArchiGamer @ Jul 4th 2009 10:46PM

You can have Florida. No one wants it, not even those there.

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jul 4th 2009 10:50PM

you and Russia can go back to fighting over it

deanb @ Jul 5th 2009 5:01AM

Eww, The Wang? Then again it does have Orlando, n Miami so we get Horatio Caine. Hey we even get Daytona, get to put some bends in that track.
Deal!

Dan @ Jul 5th 2009 5:12AM

England has a king?

Spartan @ Jul 5th 2009 11:45AM

'Liz is gona be real mad about that "king" remark.

and ummm, happy belated 4th and stuff to the yanks.

Young_Nastyman (a.k.a. Thor von Clemson) @ Jul 5th 2009 3:38PM

"You can have Florida. No one wants it, not even those there."

At least let those who don't wanna be here get out first!!!

ArchiGamer @ Jul 4th 2009 10:43PM

Rather weak this week, huh?

sony boy @ Jul 4th 2009 10:55PM

i have question for joystiq: are you going to show a video about the debate of jack thompson and mark in SGC WOOOOO!!!??????

SCREWATTACK GAMING CONVENTION FTW.

Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jul 4th 2009 11:01PM

no, because I've read bits and pieces of what Jacky boy said in that debate, and Im pretty sure its something the US Army created to replace waterboarding

ArchiGamer @ Jul 4th 2009 11:13PM

I'm so tempted to give that a look but I fear that the same thing will happen when you look into the ark.

rTwelve @ Jul 4th 2009 10:55PM

It's a good thing you didn't say "your Florida is sagging a bit"

ArchiGamer @ Jul 4th 2009 11:02PM

Well, considering the demographic there, that isn't much of stretch, both metaphorically and literally.

rTwelve @ Jul 4th 2009 11:02PM

WORD PLAY!

LegendaryRedass @ Jul 4th 2009 11:03PM

Your Cali implants look awesome too.

DBuck_Eye @ Jul 5th 2009 12:47AM

...no they don't. Your Cali implants look absolutely awful.

InFaMoUs1- @ Jul 4th 2009 11:37PM

BitF FTW!!!

Premature ejaculation man @ Jul 4th 2009 11:41PM

All comics failed at humor this week. Badly.

Whoever sends me a picture of their main character cross-dressing gets my vote.

Leroy_Octopus @ Jul 4th 2009 11:48PM

I don't get MNC. Why are they all animals? Anyway, Virtual Shackles get's my vote for the line “That guy of legend and shit.”

MNC Dover @ Jul 5th 2009 2:43AM

Hey. We chose to go with anamorphic characters to have them stand out in an otherwise crowded videogame webcomic crowd. Well, that and our artists hates drawing human characters. His style of drawing leads him to a more cartoony look.

Atr-Slzr-Ctr @ Jul 6th 2009 12:51AM

Its because he's a furry ;)

t_m @ Jul 5th 2009 12:13AM

I want to vote for the penny arcade one about the Fallout DLC, but you don't seem to have a Penny Arcade option in the poll.... *confused*

MowDownJoe @ Jul 5th 2009 12:15AM

They didn't do one about Fallout 3 this week... just two parts of that Lookouts series they're experimenting with, and one WoW-related thing.

Leroy_Octopus @ Jul 5th 2009 1:18AM

I think he is trying to be funny by saying Virtual Shackles is copying Penny-Arcade, but he is fail.

t_m @ Jul 5th 2009 3:47AM

I is fail.... :-(

Though that doesn't make it untrue... geez, they copied everything about PA! But i guess at least they did a good job of it. A perfect copy is better than a poor one.

MystileArmor @ Jul 5th 2009 1:20AM

I hope someone bids a billion dollars and not pay you, just to ruin your sale.

ArchiGamer @ Jul 5th 2009 1:27AM

Ummm....no.

+++volume+++ @ Jul 5th 2009 1:28AM

Dakota diss was uncalled for.

:[

ArchiGamer @ Jul 5th 2009 1:30AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCRUE4Bip8

This is why that Zune will never sell.

Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jul 5th 2009 1:37AM

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

WINterfang @ Jul 5th 2009 1:55AM

I didn't understand most of these jokes.

MNC Dover @ Jul 5th 2009 2:51AM

Did anyone actually play Overlord or Overlord 2? The game is frickin' Pikman with a huge demon guy chucking goblin minions instead of little flower guys. Between Little Kings story and Overlord 2, you should have no problems waiting for Pikman 3.

Virtual Orion @ Jul 8th 2009 3:56PM

My housemate played quite a lot of it, and yeah I totally agree.

Russ W. @ Jul 5th 2009 2:54AM

Bomberman Racisms are never funny. Eegra shows us why.

http://bit.ly/rs1MS

Rgz175 @ Jul 5th 2009 2:59AM

We are indeed fortunate to be living in a progressive democracy where we have birth rights and freedom of speech.
I only wish that one day people in Africa, China, Korea, Iran, and several other countries where people do not have freedoms like ours may one day too have a similar government as ours where they can live lives freely.

Also, on another note, Australia's video game laws suck!