Topic: Webcomics that aren't MSPA (Read 122820 times)

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #840 on:** March 25, 2010, 02:51:24 AM »

Hey look more emoticons.

Büge · « **Reply #841 on:** March 25, 2010, 03:25:44 AM »

Where? Behind that bizarre and ultimately unfulfilling "webcomic?"

Mongrel · « **Reply #842 on:** April 07, 2010, 07:37:34 PM »

Kate Beaton did a guest strip for PA, which is not up yet, but will be soon.

Detonator · « **Reply #843 on:** April 07, 2010, 07:41:18 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on April 07, 2010, 07:37:34 PM

Kate Beaton did a guest strip for PA, which is not up yet, but will be soon.

If by "is not up yet" you mean "was put up Monday".

Mongrel · « **Reply #844 on:** April 07, 2010, 07:54:24 PM »

On one hand, I look dumb now.

On the other hand, I got to see the Kate Beaton strip without having to wait any longer.

You win some, you lose some.

Brentai · « **Reply #845 on:** April 22, 2010, 09:33:26 PM »

Did... Girl Genius's current arc end on a literal Deus ex Machina?

Royal☭ · « **Reply #846 on:** April 23, 2010, 05:46:26 AM »

Awww, that Achewood. I just got something in my eye is all...

I'm also reading Awesome Hospital lately, but I can't really tell you why. I like Chris Sims, he's a funny writer, but this strip has been about constantly trying to make everything wacky funny, to the point where it just sort of goes mundane. But if it's your style a thing, there it is.

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #847 on:** April 29, 2010, 09:22:35 AM »

Quote from: Constantmean on April 23, 2010, 05:46:26 AM

Awww, that Achewood. I just got something in my eye is all...

I'm also reading Awesome Hospital lately, but I can't really tell you why. I like Chris Sims, he's a funny writer, but this strip has been about constantly trying to make everything wacky funny, to the point where it just sort of goes mundane. But if it's your style a thing, there it is.

Ah, I thought it was just me. That's a relief.

François · « **Reply #848 on:** April 30, 2010, 01:38:54 PM »

Chris Onstad's world is strange and marvelous.

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #849 on:** May 06, 2010, 10:22:41 PM »

I once saw a picture of him (Onstad, that is) and Jon Stewart.

Meanwhile, it only just occurred to me that pesterchum online handles are analogous to genetic codes, which led me to the wiki for more info.

What amazes me is that this isn't just a case of constellation; thanks to all the weird plot shit, we can see the powder-burns of Chekhov's statue hand (10/11/09) long before the gun is fired into a tornado (01/14/2010). The web of recurring gags and interconnected concepts is mind-boggling.

Homestuck is an internally-consistent sculpture of enormous size and complexity, and I have no idea how AH could start showing close-ups of disparate sections so quickly. It'd be inspiring if it weren't kind of horrifying.

Büge · « **Reply #850 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:23:36 AM »

What was the deal with the blue ribbon in the latest Penny Arcade "Lookouts" arc? I don't get it.

No, scratch that. I don't get ANY of the Lookouts stuff PA has done thus far. The last one was muddy and poorly composed. I don't care HOW much praise was heaped on the artist, clarity is very important in comics and especially if you're doing a strip without words.

And now there's this blue ribbon that appears out of nowhere and is supposed to hold some meaning.

don't blame me, I voted for Automata.

TA · « **Reply #851 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:27:25 AM »

Looks like it's a flag worn on the belt. Taking someone's flag means you killed them, in this little game. I guess.

The arc sort of makes sense, going back and reading the whole thing at once, but it's pointlessly obtuse and not really for any purpose and the words make no damn sense.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #852 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:44:33 AM »

I think the arc was supposed to be about the guy training the kids to go to battle with the owl beast or something. The one kid was brave and grabbed the guys flag, but also got his own grabbed. As a result, he died in battle with the owlbeast?

I don't know. Just read The Loneliest Astronauts

Lottel · « **Reply #853 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:44:57 AM »

I have no idea what was up. I know it represented someone dying. But fuck if I know what's up.

I want them to use WORDS. This is a good time for Tycho to unleash his pent up storytelling and we get strange, vague poetry.

TA · « **Reply #854 on:** May 11, 2010, 09:07:26 AM »

Quote from: Constantmean on May 11, 2010, 08:44:33 AM

I think the arc was supposed to be about the guy training the kids to go to battle with the owl beast or something. The one kid was brave and grabbed the guys flag, but also got his own grabbed. As a result, he died in battle with the owlbeast?

I don't think it was specific "let's train to fight an owlbeast" thing so much as just a training game. The owlbeast segments were the game as filtered through childlike imagination.

Classic · « **Reply #855 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:10:10 AM »

I'm glad someone else shared in serious derp-itude with me on that.

Unlike the first Lookouts one though, I don't care enough to try going through the pages to see if there are clues to the nature of the mysteries.

Detonator · « **Reply #856 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:43:52 AM »

Quote from: TA on May 11, 2010, 09:07:26 AM

Quote from: Constantmean on May 11, 2010, 08:44:33 AM
I think the arc was supposed to be about the guy training the kids to go to battle with the owl beast or something. The one kid was brave and grabbed the guys flag, but also got his own grabbed. As a result, he died in battle with the owlbeast?

I don't think it was specific "let's train to fight an owlbeast" thing so much as just a training game. The owlbeast segments were the game as filtered through childlike imagination.

I thought this at first too, but the snow on the ground during the "real" battle tells me that it's a future battle that mirrors the training.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #857 on:** May 11, 2010, 02:43:31 PM »

Man, for a comic that everyone on the internet seems to hate with a burning passion, there sure are a lot of people talking about and discussing what it all means.

Detonator · « **Reply #858 on:** May 11, 2010, 03:16:15 PM »

I didn't know anyone hated Penny Arcade around here. Even 4chan seems to respect it over every other gamer comic. It's also the most popular comic on the poll I made, so maybe you're confusing it with something else?

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #859 on:** May 11, 2010, 03:17:29 PM »

I think he was referring to Lookouts specifically, not Penny Arcade in general.

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