Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is lighter than air

We love the Skyrim balloon. In fact, we think Bethesda is really onto something with this whole "using impractical modes of transportation to advertise games" thing. We predict that other developers will take note of the balloon's universal, whimsical appeal, and that by this time next year, trade shows will be overrun with ~~ridiculous~~ unique displays of locomotion.

Join our daydreams of Modern Warfare velocipedes and Mass Effect hovercrafts by partaking in our seven favorite webcomics from last week, and be sure to vote for your favorite after the break!

Ice Climbing (Brawl in the Family)
Spider-man Shattered Dimension (GG-Guys)
Abraham Linkoln (Hello with Cheese)
Carry On (Awkward Zombie)
Constraint (No Cash Value)
En Masse (Life in Aggro)
Astute Suit Riot (Brentalfloss: The Comic)

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: August 20, 2011
Ice Climbing (Brawl in the Family)	206 (17.5%)
Spider-man Shattered Dimension (GG-Guys)	171 (14.5%)
Abraham Linkoln (Hello with Cheese)	62 (5.3%)
Carry On (Awkward Zombie)	267 (22.7%)
Constraint (No Cash Value)	72 (6.1%)
En Masse (Life in Aggro)	130 (11.0%)
Astute Suit Riot (Brentalfloss: The Comic)	269 (22.9%)

Reader Comments (42)

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@PatientJ My feelings exactly.

It's funny because he told the Xbox to bing Playstation.

Laugh.

@Danthaman

I think the only reason No Cash Value is still around is because Joystiq keeps featuring it.

@Danthaman

and then below he goes on to complain about his xbox being incredibly slow to load the dashboard, the games lists, and whatnot. has he not heard of clearing the xbox's cache?

@Danthaman

I found it genuinely hilarious that his Kinect got RRoD and smoke came out of it.

@Danthaman And No Cash Value continues to be the most aptly named webcomic in existence.

A lot of good ones this week. It's hard to choose just one!

@Draken Stark

Haha, that's funny. If you put that comment in comic format you would win this week hands down.

Oh God, NCV is back. Let the hate commence!

@Schlecht

I'm tempted to start hating on Brentalfloss, just to stand out from the crowd.

@Schlecht

Well we did get rid of MNC for good by complaining. Maybe NCV has an artist who reads joystiq and gets all emo in the comment sections.

(hi MNC guy!)

@Ghen
I don't remember MNC. I think my brain is forcing me to forget. As when I try to remember my hed hurts, alot.

Awkward Zombie made me lol.

haha, they were all quite good this week xD

What is it with AZ and trying to throw out jokes that were made years earlier by more competent people?

Also BiTF and NCV in the same week is a NO-NO! One or the other...never both. Not enough room for both piles of shit.

@GooberMagoo Cmon, BitF is good. It's like a Saturday morning cartoon.

@GooberMagoo

I second the above -- Brawl in the Family has a cute, cartoony charm that I really enjoy. I wouldn't want all comics to be like it, but it serves as a nice, unique contrast to most other gaming webcomics.

As for Awkward Zombie, Katie pretty much just draws whatever she's been playing recently. Late to the party or not, she usually tells the joke more competently than most, so I give her some grace.

When the hell did Brentalfloss get a comic.

I voted for Spider-man. What is UP my Clonies?!

@Meganinja

Spider-Bro, Spider-Bro,
Has a Awesome Spider-Fro
Takes some shots, any drink,
Get's so wasted he can barely think
Beer BONG!
Here comes the Spider-Bro.

They are all mind-bustingly awful. How. Did they all get together and declare a truce?

No Cash Value is replacing Penny Arcade this week?

Why?

I was gonna pick Aggro for Kirby.

But I picked Awkward Zombie instead, because it's so true.

I'm a huge pack rat when it comes to collecting valuable weapons in games...

@CyberTyrant
Picked awkward zombie as well, for the same reasons. I usually ended up taking buffout and fast traveling to the next location.

It's a sad week when the only remotely funny one is NCV.

Jordan.

Do you hate us?

Joystiq should also have a Good Weekly Webcomic Wrapup to go along with this one.

Just like they do with the podcasts!

(Wish I could edit.)

I'm not the only one who opened the BitF page and ended up reading the punchline first, right?

How Jostiq promotes commenting on these comic posts:

- Odd week: posts NCV, people comment how NCV is awful and shouldn't be posted anymore.

- Even week: doesn't post NCV, peoeple comment on how awesome that is.

Repeat.

@KazamaSogetsu

Rinse and repeat!
Profit!

"Hello with Cheese" might've been okay if...

1) That joke was new (http://www.threadless.com/product/2799/Abraham_LINKoln).
2) If they didn't give away the freakin' punchline at the top of the panel. Where has subtlety in comedy gone? *sigh* I miss Arrested Development.

Hey, you 24 people who keep voting for No Cash Value. I know you're there, I know you're reading this. You're the reason why Jostiq keeps bringing it back, week after week. Now stop it.

"our seven favorite webcomics from last week"
I honestly hope these were the only seven you read.

None of these comics have an app on android, or are even part of DailyComix aggregator :(

I'm starting to think No Cash Value keeps making it on this list to generate more comments (usually about NCV being on or off the list).

Penny Arcade didn't even make this week. I don't like Penny Arcade, but that seems like blasphemy.

Normally to vote on these, I open each comic in a separate tab and read them all, then close the ones that aren't as funny.

Today my internet is super slow, so I closed NCV on principle.

Also, what happened to the webcomic wrapup results posts? I thought that was why there's a poll box.

@Epsilon
Not really necessary when the results of the poll are right there.

Cheers: BitF, Awkward Zombie, Life in Aggro

Jeers: Hello with Cheese, NCV

Winner: Life in Aggro.

http://www.nerfnow.com
Its good when its not a TF2 lovefest

Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is lighter than air

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