Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is pondering a spooky wardrobe

by Griffin McElroy { Oct 24th 2009 at 11:30PM }

It took a great deal of deliberation for us to settle on our Halloween costume for this year, but we think we landed on a real winner: Every vampire ever. We'll adopt the rich accent of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The keen mathematical mind of Count Chocula. Alucard's penchant for the overdramatic. Edward Cullen's shiny, shiny skin. Spike's bipolarity. The entire cast of True Blood's impossible sensuality. Of course, a costume of this caliber would be way too difficult to pull off for one obvious reason: We're pretty terrible at math.

As you ponder your own Halloween garments, check out our seven favorite webcomics from this past week, listed below. After reading, vote for your favorite in the poll after the jump. After voting, tell us what strips we missed out on in the comments section. After doing that, go enjoy a tall, relaxing glass of lemonade. You've earned it.

Ambiguitas (Penny Arcade)
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy, Joy (Dipswitch)
The Scariest Boo Costume (2P Start)
Awesome Overload (Of Noobs and Men)
Cheers (Nerf Now)
Groundhog Day in Hell (Virtual Shackles)
Balloon Fight (Digital Unrest)

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

OremLK @ Oct 24th 2009 11:33PM

Has to be Penny Arcade. Little realized truths...

MowDownJoe @ Oct 24th 2009 11:44PM

I know Griffin's pulling for PA this week, as well, judging by his comments on the podcast this week.

LaughingTarget @ Oct 25th 2009 1:44AM

It's rare these days that PA is both funny and doesn't resort to foul language for a cheap joke.

BlackDove @ Oct 25th 2009 7:53AM

Yeah, PA takes it easiy for me.

Reuben @ Oct 25th 2009 6:36PM

I realize that they're not the most popular around here, but I love Penny Arcade. I also love the blog entries that accompany the comics. I met the guys at the New York Comic Con and they were really nice.

Saihna @ Oct 24th 2009 11:40PM

Virtual Shackles got my vote.
Nerf Now was pretty good though.

Obie @ Oct 24th 2009 11:42PM

Never heard of Virtual Shackles before, but that was damn funny, and scares the crap outta me about Demon Souls.

Saihna @ Oct 25th 2009 12:27AM

!!!SPOILER!!!
(or could be considered one)

---------------------------------------------------------------

The big knight is the second levels boss!
He's pretty easy though.

Platy @ Oct 24th 2009 11:43PM

If was the uncharted twitter one, penny arcade would get my vote

Instead i will help the boo halloween costume

TONY @ Oct 24th 2009 11:47PM

i think both PA UC2 comics were awesome, i am betting it was hard to choose between the two of them. either was the PA UC2 comics would have gotten my vote.

Platy @ Oct 24th 2009 11:59PM

The problem with the enemy one is that it feels (at least t someone who never played uncharted) extremaly generic ... could be even a wolfenstein3d joke =P

Slaziman (PSN ID: Slaziman) @ Oct 25th 2009 1:18AM

It's not generic, in most games the justification for killing enemies is that they're shooting you. In Uncharted you can just throw a dude of a ledge without ever finding out whether he was actually hostile.

Also, a guy getting thrown of a cliff is infinitely more funny than a guy getting shot.

Special Agent Steve @ Oct 24th 2009 11:44PM

I thought Cheers was pretty funny... probably because I'm so upset about it. THE IRONY!

Ghen @ Oct 25th 2009 8:07AM

I thought it was very well done, perfect way to pull at the emotions.

Spartan [Planeteer | Power of Sunshine & Lollipops] @ Oct 24th 2009 11:49PM

the PA about autotweet would have done it for me.

Groundhog day did it for me instead.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 25th 2009 12:11AM

Dipswitch used to be funny, but they haven't been very good the last couple of comics.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 25th 2009 12:14AM

Ooh, PA or 2PStart...so tough...eh, gotta go with PA this week.

Mr Khan @ Oct 25th 2009 12:18AM

As a casual fan of Bleach, i can find great humor in Virtual Shackles. 2P Start was the other good one, but pretty much all of them had the issue of being "too inside," this week.

BlaqueBeird @ Oct 25th 2009 5:04PM

I see why you're drawing that conclusion, but VS's comic had nothing to do with Bleach.

WINterfang ( Now with the power to piss you off ) @ Oct 25th 2009 12:43AM

I'm kinda dissapointed about the lack of Mario and Sonic jokes, what's with the new game and all, anyway PA Start got my vote but sadly the vote was for the Cheers joke and got it wrong.

Sly @ Oct 25th 2009 12:45AM

PA for me. after i read that, i couldn't kill the enemies in the last chapter without thinking about that.

P.S. is it just me, or was the last boss insanely cheap?

P.S.S. i'm happy that they made the game worth replaying. playing through on hard as doughnut drake with a 1 hit kill, infinite ammo M32 grenade launcher is just too awesome.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 25th 2009 2:05AM

He wasn't necessarily cheap, but he wasn't as much of a PITA as (SPOILER ALERT) Navarro was from Uncharted 1.

Better than Lucien from Fable II...

Sly @ Oct 25th 2009 2:32AM

it's just that he had a double barreled shotgun that apparently had the range of an assault rifle and could reload within a second. not exactly what i would call fair.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 25th 2009 9:19AM

I think they should add a perk for the ability to throw 3 grenades at once....that would be hot....

Sly @ Oct 25th 2009 11:51AM

ugh, i forgot that he could do that too. but yeah, unlocking that perk at a really high level could be pretty cool.

JEV4 @ Oct 25th 2009 12:52AM

Ouch, I thought they were all awful.

lnternetjesus @ Oct 25th 2009 12:59AM

Not much of a stretch since all webcomics are horrible.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/108-Webcomics

CKCheeseboy @ Oct 25th 2009 1:10AM

I see your Zero Punctuation, and raise you a Strong Bad e-mail:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail181.html

Discotheque @ Oct 25th 2009 5:33PM

Both those videos made me laugh. So true.

Cyber-Tyrant @ Oct 25th 2009 1:01AM

Digital Unrest.
Because it's so too damn soon, it's funny...

Arwing Ace @ Oct 25th 2009 2:53AM

I just want to make it clear that I would have never made this comic if Falcon Heene had ever been in any real danger or if his family ever truly thought he was at risk. It was drawn after the evidence seemed to point towards a hoax.

343 Guilty Fart @ Oct 25th 2009 2:29PM

I voted for Digital Unrest too, Balloon Fight is one of my all time faves.

BigD145 @ Oct 25th 2009 1:13AM

Someone dares to use "Happy, happy, joy, joy" and defile it with another "joy"? That's it. They all fail.

Fuzunga @ Oct 25th 2009 2:12AM

Actually, there's three 'joys' at the end of the song. Listen to it again and put your fears to rest.

BigD145 @ Oct 25th 2009 1:09PM

The comic still looks nothing like John Kricfalusi. They all fail.

ChaoticTails @ Oct 25th 2009 1:43AM

Gotta be Penny Arcade, but 2P Start is a close second.

MechaGamerX @ Oct 25th 2009 1:46AM

You know, you could've warned me about the Uncharted 2 spoilers.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 25th 2009 2:23AM

WARNING: Uncharted 2 Spoilers Ahead.

Better now?

Seriously, though, that might have been a good idea. Not that they really gave away any of the plot.

Sly @ Oct 25th 2009 2:32AM

they did give away a tiny bit of the plot. the villain's name.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 25th 2009 9:16AM

Spoilers?? they gave nothing away....Lazarevic's name....big whoop....its been all over the internet and in videos....if you go to the Naughty Dog website you will see him.......

BPMOmega [XBL, PSN, Steam] @ Oct 25th 2009 2:24AM

Hmm... think I'll go with DU on this one.

Also, to the Virtual Shackles guys:
You use the wrong form of "hero" in the third panel. Should be "heroes" instead of "hero's" (the former being the pluralization of hero, and the latter being possesive or as a contraction of "hero is"...).
Sorry to be such a Grammar Nazi... just things like this bug me. Otherwise, it's a funny comic.

:V

Virtual Orion @ Oct 25th 2009 4:08AM

so noted! And no apologies needed BPM, this is the internet you know...

blue ocarina @ Oct 25th 2009 2:46AM

My vote would have been DU had it been their Halloween comic, that made me laugh.
http://www.digitalunrestcomic.com/index.php?date=2009-10-23

Sly @ Oct 25th 2009 3:38AM

now THAT was funny.

Bowser Rogozhin: England is finished @ Oct 25th 2009 2:57AM

2P Start. An easy choice considering the competition, the lack of it anyway.

Balloonfighter99 @ Oct 25th 2009 3:14AM

Haw Haw, I like the balloon fight one. Anyone notice the balloon fight one? Pretty good don't yah think?Yup, pretty pretty good, that balloon fight one.

Hiroken @ Oct 25th 2009 3:14AM

Good spread this week. Dipswitch gets my vote for literary humor.

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 25th 2009 9:14AM

Penny Arcade FTW!!

Gavin @ Oct 25th 2009 9:28AM

2P start go me this week :) (Hey, there's a first for everything)

Actually liked this as well http://www.robotmartini.com/community/viewpost/1043

Ghen @ Oct 25th 2009 10:57AM

That is funny ! Can't finish the damn level you ignorant SOB LOL

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