CornBurrito
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Well yes, it is a negative opinion. I see you are taking awkward zombie obvious lesson.
I don't understand your second sentence.
Well yes, it is a negative opinion. I see you are taking awkward zombie obvious lesson.
This seems like a really odd thing to criticize. The website wouldn't really have an identity if they never reused any jokes.Penny Arcade may not be the worst, but they're definitely in contention for biggest drop in quality. It just feels phoned in now; they're literally using the same jokes from a couple years ago.
2011: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/09/14
2014: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/01/06
This seems like something I would have made as a 12 year old who thought both Sonic and random nonsense was hilarious. I was a shitty 12 year old.
Well Tim is definitely an idiot but what horrible thing has he done?
I rarely follow web-comic behind the scenes drama and just read them.
Find me a comic that does that joke better.
C'mon, we all were dude. Some people just stayed that way; thus, gaming webcomics
Just because there isn't a comic that does the joke better doesn't mean that this one isn't bad. Not that I think it is; personally I like the Awkward Zombie strip. But this argument makes no sense.
I really hope his ex-gf got on him for doing this crap.
Because the guy who writes it is politically right-winged and GAF refuses to acknowledge that this is a perfectly valid and alternative opinion to its mob-mentality.
I kid, I kid. But from what I've heard, the dude has some rather peculiar views on things.
Here's a good resource for why people hate this comic: http://badwebcomicswiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/VG_Cats
EDIT: Sorry for the double-post. Couldn't multi-quote for some reason.
Speak for yourself. When I was 12 I resented people who thought I had shitty taste, even though I must have thought that a lot of the stuff all the other 12 years were into was sort of shitty myself. *cough**cough*Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
I can't say a lot of things about a lot of webcomic people but having been PERSONALLY fucked over by this asshole at a convention I'm going to throw my hat into the hating-him pile thanks.
Yikes, what happened?
This thread has pretty much convinced me that CAD sucks.
I was on the Webcomics panel and he was scheduled to appear, but he also had his own panel. But he stayed at his panel doing autographs and shit and not only missed the webcomics panel (causing mostly nobody to show up at the webcomics panel) but also caused the panel that came after him in the room to basically be shit out of luck because the con workers couldn't even get into the room to kick him out.
anyone remember life of riley?
I would have expected you to form that thought before this thread :y
Sorry to hear that, I hear that he's on the same tier as Andrew Dobson and Buckley in terms of public appearances.
Looking for a constructive reply here, but I've got two questions about CAD and Buckley:
1) Why is CAD so popular and successful if it apparently sucks so bad? I used to love it and still think it's ok (and better since dropping main characters and plots) but when I first heard rabid criticism of the strip, rather than defending it, I actually had my eyes opened to many of the problems with it. So I can see why there is some dislike but I really do think it became 'the cool thing' to hate CAD. There are plenty of valid criticisms and accusations to be made but I don't think people would give it credit where credit is due if there was a good gag or funny strip, so I struggle to take a lot of the rabid hatred seriously. If CAD is an internet comic and the internet hates it then who is reading it and keeping it going? Buckley is obviously doing well out of it so the audience must be there.
2) Has anyone actually got any proof of the 'terrible' things Buckley has done, like cock photos and spending charity money? I'm not doubting anything but I'd like some evidence before despising him, and whenever I've asked for evidence in threads like this in the past nothing has materialised. Again, these accusations could be very true, but without proof they could just be rumours spread by haters of his strip.
The one thing I did see evidence of was him acting like a prick on the CAD forums, aggressively shouting down criticism and feedback, unfairly banning members, etc.
I guess there's not really a point in complaining about it outside of the fact that Tim Buckley is a self-obsessed asshole.
I don't think she's ever outright stated that she dislikes her old work as hiimdaisy. In fact, i've seen her retweet some of her old comics and comment on them on twitter. That said, her time drawing fancomics as hiimdaisy is definitely over (though she occasionally draws a few of them on twitter / tumblr)."Hiimdaisy" wasn't really a gaming webcomic, it was an artist's livejournal account. She doesn't even go by that name anymore, and actually dislikes those comics now.
CAD was also terrible for the last 6 months of 2013. It became some weird serious comic about PS4-headed soldier fighting Xbox One-headed soldiers making terrible jokes about console war shit.
And it went on FOR MONTHS, only broken up by the weird-ass 4-players-that-murder-each-other-all-the-time comic.
Some suggestions:
- Since you are putting your art out for [most] of the world to see, and considering the super intense culture of gamers, make sure you do your research, and put EFFORT into the content. People will rip you to shreds if you screw up anything related to their franchises, and depending on the situation, they might be justified in doing so. Just don't purposefully step on any toes, and don't be lazy. Treat your medium with reverant fervor. Be a mecca for gamers, and you'll gain the respect you deserve.
- Be unique. (No Portal jokes, no laser cheese, and no rampant cleavage surrounded by cookie-cutter characters). Make something that people will not only get a laugh or an interest out of, but something that they'll remember into the day... making them want to come back.
- Try out different art-styles on your concept board or whatever you use to draw, and go with something that's a compromise between stylish and artistically accurate. In my opinion, this is some of the best kind of art, and can really make you stand out in a crowd of webcomic mediocrity (or just art mediocrity in general).
http://www.youtube.com/user/tailsgetstrolled?feature=watch
Still watching it, still dying. It's genius in some way, lol.
It's too easy to say CAD, so I'll give a dishonorable mention to Danny and Spot by Tom Preston.
The adventures of a Hardcore PS360 gamer and a Nintendo Fanboy. Guess who's supposed to be whom.
VG Cats is a vile piece of shit.
But that's not the reason I am posting here. I wanted to defend Penny Arcade which seems to be getting a lot of flak here. I started reading PA when they started and for the first couple of years their work was magic.
But it's been over ten years now. More than that. I have changed (well, not really), but more important, PA has changed. They're grown men now with families and their focus is elsewhere. At least I can reflect on a time when their work was fun and I enjoyed it as much as they enjoyed doing it.
Having said all that, barely one out of 40 modern PA strips cracks a smile for me.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Plus they did it about a month earlier.
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/06/19
"trolls be trollin"
"i dropped your brother's wario and waluigi at the park acouple of months ago"
"i don't even love your mom" (mother laughs maniacally)
Come on. Sonichu is dead serious, this is trying too hard to be absurd to not be a parody of bad fan comics.
It's too easy to say CAD, so I'll give a dishonorable mention to Danny and Spot by Tom Preston.
The adventures of a Hardcore PS360 gamer and a Nintendo Fanboy. Guess who's supposed to be whom.
Tom Preston is his "artistic" name. His real name is Andrew Dobson. It's the same guy.If they're written by someone named Tom Preston, why do all the ones you posted say Andrew Dobson on them? Also yeah, awful. Still not anywhere near God Mode levels though.
oh god they're radiating eyebrowsIt's too easy to say CAD, so I'll give a dishonorable mention to Danny and Spot by Tom Preston.
The adventures of a Hardcore PS360 gamer and a Nintendo Fanboy. Guess who's supposed to be whom.
Best goes to Awkward Zombie. She does a lot of self-deprecating strips and is genuinely funny:
All of the day brooh god they're radiating eyebrows
I know they aren't the best, but Fanboys had a few classics such as the E3 2010 strip:
This is amazing. It actually gets worse as the series progresses. The whole Kurain village thing was pushing it but the Yokai stuff in AA5 brings this to an entirely different level. They actually use the 'Japanese immigrants village" excuse to pull it off since the setting and culture is absolutely impossible to pass off as American.
The funny thing is, I always assumed playing AA1-4 that it was SUPPOSED to be in Japan. I don't recall it ever saying it was in the USA. I did chuckle at Maya's love of Hamburgers, but what the heck, they have burgers in Japan. It wasn't until 5-2 went way out of it's way to explain the Tenma Taro village that I said, "Wait, is this supposed to be in the USA?"
It's too easy to say CAD, so I'll give a dishonorable mention to Danny and Spot by Tom Preston.
The adventures of a Hardcore PS360 gamer and a Nintendo Fanboy. Guess who's supposed to be whom.
Do you mean Life of WIly?
If so, yes; that was one of the first sprite comics I ever read. I liked it at the time, no idea if I would now.
It's too easy to say CAD, so I'll give a dishonorable mention to Danny and Spot by Tom Preston.
The adventures of a Hardcore PS360 gamer and a Nintendo Fanboy. Guess who's supposed to be whom.