Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is keeping its resolutions

We are almost through with the first month of this, the two-thousand and eleventh year Anno Domani, and we are pleased to report that we have managed to keep our biggest resolution to date: We have stopped using contractions altogether. We just figured: Hey, words are beautiful, you know? Why would we choose to cut them in half and smoosh them together into other words when we could just as easily write out both? That is some cruel stuff, right there. It is kind of like Human Centipede, but for words.

Check out our seven favorite webcomics from this past week below, and vote for your favorite in the poll after the jump! If you have trouble deciding, we'd suggest that ... ah! Darn it.

Use Emotes Responsibly (Of Noobs and Men)
Economy (Nerf Now)
Cartoonist's Little Helper (No Cash Value)
Yoshi's Experiment (Brawl in the Family)
The Five Stages of Grief (Penny Arcade)
Red Dead Recidivist (Virtual Shackles)
All Geared Up and Raring to Go (Dueling Analogs)

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: January 22, 2011
Use Emotes Responsibly (Of Noobs and Men)	82 (6.5%)
Economy (Nerf Now)	120 (9.5%)
Cartoonist's Little Helper (No Cash Value)	56 (4.4%)
Yoshi's Experiment (Brawl in the Family)	216 (17.1%)
The Five Stages of Grief (Penny Arcade)	122 (9.7%)
Red Dead Recidivist (Virtual Shackles)	138 (10.9%)
All Geared Up and Raring to Go (Dueling Analogs)	528 (41.8%)

Reader Comments (42)

Anyone else notice that in the first panel of the PA strip, it looks like the girl isn't wearing pants?

@Tapejara

First thing I thought too!

@Tapejara
Really? I think you're looking too hard

@Lerkero

Or maybe you're not looking hard enough?

@Tapejara

She is wearing pants?

@Tapejara

What are pants and why would people wear them?

@Tapejara

I definitely did not see that, still don't

@Tapejara

Apparently you come from a world where Khaki does not exist...

@SheppyReturns

Maybe, but when the zipper drawn there looks like something else, it's hard to think "khaki".

@Tapejara I thought, "She plays WoW naked?"

I give "All Geared Up and Raring to Go (Dueling Analogs)" the win... But only because it's so absolutely true. The Red Dead comic is also excellent.

Anno Domini*

Brawl in the Family. PA and Virtual Shackles were close, but Yoshi's face at the end sold it for me.

@Nintendo Tim

Did anyone else stroll into BitF store for the first time only to find the guide to mushroom shirt hilarious? Contemplating buying one now...

Had to go with Nerf Now but less because it's funny than because it's true.

@A Sandwich It's funny because it's true.

Not a good week. I think it was really weak and for that I cannot and will not vote.

Brawl in the family, though they were all good (minus Penny Arcade, which just seems to be taking a refuge in obscenity in this case). Tempted to vote for Dueling Analogues to support the point, though it didn't draw the laughs

Aw, was hoping Gutters would be in

http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/87-jeff-dabu

@Air King its not in because this is a site about videogames, and that is a webcomic about comic books, so of course it wouldnt get in

@RedFishFire
Actually, that strip was poking fun at a DC Comics character used heavily in the marketing for DCUO. It isn't extremely explicit, but it's a subtle reference.

The bikini raises intelligence.

Soul Caliber is a prime suspect of panty-armor.

It was a solid week :)

Wow, I usually am annoyed by people saying stuff like this, but I honestly didn't care for anything this week but Dueling Analogs. Oh well, that one pretty much made up for all the other, less-funny ones.

I agree.

Well I'm not saying the rest weren't funny, I just didn't understand the jokes in them since I haven't played most of those games.

@Shadsy

I didn't stop there but I should have. Easy winner.

Vitual Shackles wins it for me

Noobs and Men made me laugh the most.

...Oh well.

Makes no sense. Were these honestly funnier than

http://www.hejibits.com/comics/video-game-comics/the-kill-button/

Sorry the punchline isn't panties, world of warcraft or domestic violance.

@zoidbergwins

Yes

@zoidbergwins

Yes. That and the yellow toad time paradox.

@zoidbergwins

Yeah, too bad that joke has only been made a dozen times... Last year.

Ooh plenty of great comics this week; not one comic that I disliked. Of Noobs and Men got my vote with its third panel and the silly flirt expression of a superhero, haha.

Dueling Analogs was a close second. So very true, I'd love to see more sensible armor on female characters.

What I like about the Red Dead comic is that it illustrates exactly what Rockstar was going for with the final act of the game. You're supposed to be bored because that's a life that John Marston was never meant for. He's an outlaw, trying to be a farmer was never going to work.

@kgoo867

You shouldn't bad mouth Penny Arcade. They have a rabid following and they will cut you.

I remember when webcomics covered current games and news. Those were the good ole days.

It's really hard to understand this penny arcade without the news post.

@Acosta02
I'd say that's 90% of Penny Arcade strips anyway

Both Brawl in the Family comics were great this week, and Nerf Now gets credit for making a good point.

Can't believe the Red Dead one didn't get more votes, it was hysterical.

Great week!

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is keeping its resolutions

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