Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is celebrating Rocktober

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 3rd 2009 10:00PM

In the spirit of a musical appreciation spawned by Brütal Legend (then swiftly trademarked by Activision), we've decided to observe Rocktober in our own special way: By listening to nothing but the heaviest, most hardcore rock music on the planet for the next 30 days. We're talking that heavy metal, friends. We're talking Phil Collins. A little Fleetwood Mac. Perhaps, on warmer days, a touch of Buffett.

Below are our seven favorite rockin' webcomics from this past week. Check them out, then vote for your favorite after the jump. While you're down there, make sure tell us what strips we may have missed out on in the comments section. You could also leave a comment telling us your favorite Phil Collins song -- but we already know the answer is, of course, "Sussidio."

Polygonous Polygamy (Penny Arcade)
Chilean Advertising: Different than American Advertising (Dipswitch)
Eyeing the Prize (2P Start)
The Power of Cutscenes (Virtual Shackles) [Warning: Fable 2 spoilers!]
The Circle of Gaming (Monday Night Crew)
Have You Heard (Plus One)
News Worth Celebrating (GU Comics)

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: October 3, 2009
Polygonous Polygamy (Penny Arcade)	339 (32.0%)
Chilean Advertising: Different than American Advertising (Dipswitch)	130 (12.3%)
Eyeing the Prize (2P Start)	192 (18.1%)
The Power of Cutscenes (Virtual Shackles)	137 (12.9%)
The Circle of Gaming (Monday Night Crew)	44 (4.2%)
Have You Heard (Plus One)	80 (7.6%)
News Worth Celebrating (GU Comics)	136 (12.9%)

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Reader Comments (73)

Gotta go with PA... Gotta admit, Aion looks pretty sexy

was surprised: I agree! PA was actually the funniest strip this week :)

I had to go with PA because of Salad Fingers.

salad fingers :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3iOROuTuMA

Rocktober? I Think Not!

There's only one Tucktober!

Half- Tucktober. upvoted anyway, 'cuz i'm drunk, and it was clever.

Actually, if remember correctly, Uncharted 1 is the half-tuck.
Uncharted 2 revolutionizes with it's three-quarters tuck.
But I would still agree on it's Tucktober.

Uncharted 3 will bring forth some sort of tuck-fraction that makes your brain melt trying to contemplate it.

Favorite Phil Collins song(s)?

The full version of "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", and "I Don't Care Anymore"

"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" album cut seconded, for the absolute win. Takes me back to 1986 and Michelob radio spots.

Easy Lover

2P Start was my favorite. Not a great week, most of them weren't that funny to me.

After reading 2P Start again I noticed the IGN watermark. Nice touch.

Voted for them as well. They pay teriffic attention to detail. Things like making a new title card for their front page and a different logo at the top of their screen for each comic, for instance. Does anyone listen to their podcast? I'm tempted... though I'm already having trouble keeping up with GoNintendo.

Yeah, I listen to them regularly and they're almost always funny (a lot of times they're better than the comic). They're usually around a half hour long with a good number of different segments. The most popular is probably the "Black Doom Award", which (in their words) "goes to a terrible choice made related to video games, in honor of the worst character Sonic Team has ever created.", which is usually the funniest segment. Also, on the technical side, they are always very well edited and have great sound quality, so that's not an issue.

You should just listen to an episode or two to get a feel of whether you like them or not, but I love them.

Gotta go for virtual shackles, i thought it was pretty great. Although i will shamefully admit to...similar behavior as in Penny Arcade

The dog looks, uh, mentally handicapped in the panel it's leaping in front of him. Would explain some of his behavior in the game I suppose.

Also, Boo-urns to salivating over vidjagame broads. Well, I suppose when I played FFVII back when it originally released I did enjoy Tifa's humongous fighting abilities HIYOOOOO

I liked the art more than PA's this week, but the simplicity of PA's joke just hit me a little faster and cleaner. Easily second best, if not a tie :)

gotta give GU some props too, if only for the render quality

Think I'll have to roll with 2P Start, however I think they could've simply stopped after the 3rd panel. Is the last one a commentary on poor sticker placement, or Play magazine sucking? I don't get it.

I got a lil bit of a chuckle out of the nonsensical sayings of Black in +1, but overall just doesn't do it for me. I thought Penny Arcade was awful, mainly because I think the concept of someone salivating over a computer character so remarkably stupid.

And also THANK YOU for keeping Sidescroller/RobotMartini out of here for once.

I think it's about poor sticker placement.

"And also THANK YOU for keeping Sidescroller/RobotMartini out of here for once."

Agreed. THANK YOU.

CAD had the best this week.

http://www.cad-comic.com/comic.php?d=20090930

Nice.

Awesome, definitely would've voted for that one, but unfortunately for us...

Our dictator McElroy....

*put glasses on*

Ain't running no democracy

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

haha, that comic was awesome.

That was amazing.

hit and a miss for me.

That was definitely better than the rest this week, I say we do a write in. I'd say we have...7 votes?

throwing my vote in there too. 'cuz that's straight awesome. and all these sucked.

meh? better than Dipswitch and 2Pstart but...

Pretty good, I tend to frown on webcomics resorting to meme humor though.

CAD is always over-long and never funny. Amazingly, this one is actually an exception to the rule, easy joke it may have been.

That's hilarious! YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948

that was incredible

Plus one for sure.

I guess dipswitch lost it's humour when it turned out they weren't PS3 ad's.
Monday night crew n Virtual shackles were kinda lame n old.

dipswitch made me laugh pretty hard, which is pretty strange. when the guy in the last panel said "DUDE!", i read it like that one dude from south park (whose name i can never remember...)

Wow Penny arcade was garbage how the fuck can you vote for that? 2P Start had the best comic this week.

this

We'll vote for PA because we're all dirty perverts who'll fap to any image of a girl we see on our computer screen.

I HEAR THAT, Mow Dowh Joe, whooo eee!!! http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/clothing/bodycolor:creme/size:large/style:mens/view:main/3353156-1-8-bit-girl-with-guitar.jpg oh yeah yeah yeah stroke that guitar mmmm thats right yeeeeeeeeaaaauuuuhhhhhh gurgle

OHH YEAH markez i would TAP every single one of those pixels! *cream*

opinions opinions

2p has never made me even grin. Very boring, predictable 'humor.' I seldom even open their comic before voting. I did open it this once because of your comment solace, and I regret it

why not vote for it? the joke was simple, well timed, and the art was well rendered. (not as well as VS, but in some ways more effective)

2P takes longer to unfold and is a more convoluted joke. that doesn't make it bad, just not as effective. Totally personal opinion: I don't like reading vertical strips like 2P and Dipswitch. Again, doesn't make them bad, they just aren't as effective timing wise for me.

¢2

I daresay, Gavin, that the vertical nature of my comic is what gave the punchline extra surprise last week. But I get that not everyone likes the vertical panels thing.

Penny Arcade, unfortunately.

What about slimtember?

Is it me or is the quality of the webcomics chosen falling rapidly? Seriously, some of them seem done in paint, even CAD has better art, and I hate CAD.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/six-degrees-of-su-su-sudio-using-pandora-as-musical-gaydar/

Oh, and "In the Air Tonight" is my favorite Phil Collins song.

GU Comics fan here!

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