Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is BlizzConned

by Griffin McElroy on Oct 23rd 2010 11:30PM

You guys can't imagine our disappointment right now. We camped out for tickets, ponied up for the entry fee and made the long trek to Anaheim -- but we were operating under the assumption that BlizzCon was a celebration of that timeless Dairy Queen treat. We arrived with lists of toppings we'd like to see whipped into soft serve, but we don't think anyone here is going to be able to help us out on that front.

Below are our seven favorite gaming-centric webcomics from this past week. Check them out, and vote for your favorite in the poll after the jump!

Yarn Meetings (Brawl in the Family)
Results May Vary (Virtual Shackles)
A Very Belmont Romance (Digital Unrest)
Vwingtone (Awkward Zombie)
That Constant Refrain (Penny Arcade)
#1 Fan (Nerf Now)
Just in Time for the Holidays (No Cash Value)

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: October 23, 2010
Yarn Meetings (Brawl in the Family)	235 (21.6%)
Results May Vary (Virtual Shackles)	140 (12.9%)
A Very Belmont Romance (Digital Unrest)	101 (9.3%)
Vwingtone (Awkward Zombie)	280 (25.8%)
That Constant Refrain (Penny Arcade)	157 (14.4%)
#1 Fan (Nerf Now)	111 (10.2%)
Just in Time for the Holidays (No Cash Value)	63 (5.8%)

Tags: webcomic

Reader Comments (61)

Ugh. Another weak with only a single kinda half chuckle. Maybe I should find some better webcomics and start my own feature in the comments section...

@Esposch

*week. Got confused between the number of days between the last wrapup and the jokes in the comics, sorry.

@Esposch There needs to be a "did not get my chuckle on this week" option to vote for.

@The Wicker Man

There needs to be a place where anyone who's just going to bitch and moan can go bitch and moan without clogging up the comments.

@Hyperion45

Except....you know, this is the one forum that would be the best place to talk about web comics.

@Bluebreaker

Actually, webcomics.com might be a good place.

@Hyperion45 There also needs to be a spot for people who bitch and moan to bitch and moan about even more bitching and moaning. O_o I'm sure you would be using this feature often. ;)

voted for AZ its funny when that happens to you and other people

What, no Super Effective?

@BigD145
It wasn't very effective...

@Air King It's better than this tripe.

I don't even understand how Virtual Shackles is anything other than offensive.

@A Sandwich

Also, this Penny Arcade is way better:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/10/18/

@A Sandwich

Agreed. That WAS quite funny.

@A Sandwich I laughed at "ERROR: it ain't working"

Mostly average, Awkward Zombie and Penny Arcade were the best.

Digital Unrest was /almost/ funny.

I'm sick of the Sonic complainer complainers.

@KupoCheer I am sick of Sonic fanboys. When a good game comes out (if ever) we will admit it is good and play the crap out of it. Look, I can not say this in any more plain of a way: Sonic abandoned you....YEARS AGO....OVER A DECADE. He comes around drunk and you tell the your friends you fell down the stairs.

As for the web comics this week...not very good. I had just watched the zero punctuation on video game webcomics and it sure rings true this week. Penny Arcade for me because at least the art is spot on. :)

@KupoCheer sorry, here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/108-Webcomics

@The Wicker Man
I got an ad for Rock Band 3 that had the song Centerfold in it when I watched that. Then the intro song happened.

Awkward Zombie this week, mostly because this one has the exact same message tone, which is awesome. Oh, and the Codec tone for calls too.

@llllFlREBlRDllll - I'm in the same boat. Except I have the Codec call for my text messages (Super Mario Bros. theme is my default ringer).

I used to have the '!', but my friends kept getting pissed off at me. That, and working retail with your phone, and the silent switch accidentally gets hit in your pocket and a text comes through...try explaining that to your customers when your crotch becomes alerted.

hay i have to ask is Tim Buckley really a huge douche like everyone makes him out to be

@Special Agent Bob I don't know really but everyone on the Internet says he is so it must be true.

@Special Agent Bob

He dumped his girlfriend over a miscarriage, sent pictures of his manhood to an underaged girl, and is notorious for not being able to take criticism. If only one of those things happened, you could still argue that he's not that bad, but I'll bet most people who check out CAD nowadays do so to see his continued exploits rather than for the actual webcomic.

@Special Agent Bob

who is the hell is tim buckley?

I'm starting to think people vote BiTF just out of spite.

@GooberMagoo

I like BiTF but i'm tired of reading so many comics about Yarn Kirby on it

@ILT2 HOW? How was it funny? It has become formulaic: Bland writing pretending to be comedy by sucking up to my inner man boy.

@The Wicker Man Then don't vote for it! If it wins that doesn't mean that it gets to ascend to Heaven when the Rapture comes and other webcomics get to burn for all eternity.

@Faren22 I did not vote for it! I voted for Penny Arcade on the merit of its art. Look I love Nintendo too (hell Mother series is my fave^), but just because it is pulling a tofu baby with characters I like doesn't mean it gets the nostalgia mercy F&*k, er vote. For your reference this: http://tofubabybwog.blogspot.com/ is a tofu baby. The cheesy yarn gags the past few strips have a similar tone.

I liked DU PA and Nerf ones and ended up choosing Digital unrest. Tough Penny and nerf have a point

Also, Blizzards must have some sort of obscure gum or something that makes them so damn delicious. Probably patently unhealthy but since when did that matter?

How weird, I actually got a half-hearted chuckle out of all of these, though none of them were what I would consider "good."

Voted BITF just because

Awkward Zombie FTFW! So true having the codec ringtone does make you the coolest dude ever.

i love BiTF. They're always so bawwww.

I wonder just what makes you people laugh sometimes!!

No Fallout? I'm disappointed.
Very meh this week. Have to give it to the Kinect comic

Sorry, got to give it to BiTF this time.

@Drakkenfyre Give"it" to BiTF all you want, but don't brag. When you knock it up her dad will be extrapissed.

No Cash Value has to be the worst webcomic I have ever seen.

Wow. Just... wow.

Brawl in the Family this week, but I'd say nobody was spot on this week.

Yarn Meetings is my vote. So simple, cute and funny. (Don't be giving Nintendo any ideas BitF!)

As always, major love for Katie Tiedrich. Plus I know several people in real life with that ringtone and I know I want to hunt *them* down whenever it goes off.

Wow this was a strong week.

@TaintedKane

You forgot to close that with /sarcasm.

I had to go with Awkward Zombie cause my buddy has the Metal Gear Solid codec sound on his phone for messages. If it wasn't for that, I don't think I'd have gotten much out of this week either

Dipswitch is back again. Sorry guys, who new illustration could be a job, too? Uh, I got a job illustrating tabletop Roleplaying games. :)

But here's this week's Dipswitch comics.

http://dipswitchcomics.com/162
http://dipswitchcomics.com/163

@Alienmastermind You got a job illustrating tabletop games? That's awesome man! What games are you illustrating for?

@LanceIcarus Hey, thanks man!

http://adamant.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=81475

http://www.adamantentertainment.com/?p=277

The book is ICONS -- written by Steve Kenson, and illustration by me. ;)

More Dipswitch tomorrow, too!

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