Today’s Argyle Sweater may provoke cheering as well as laughter from an apparently growing group that despises the “Elf on the Shelf,” a relatively new, manipulative way to drive home the message that love is dependent on your behavior.That’s always been part of the non-religious aspect of Christmas: He knows if you’ve been bad or good, […]
As noted and/or anticipated yesterday, most of the Mandatory Mandela Cartoons have been at least predictable if not entirely lame. But I certainly like Matt Davies’ contribution, which demands some honesty, integrity and sincerity that we know we’re not ever gonna get.The bulk of statements on Mandela’s death were almost certainly ghosted by aides and […]
The webcomic Penny Arcade turns 15 on the 18th of this month. We?ve done a lot in the last 15 years. We were among the first people to create webcomics. We?ve used the strip to tear down and applaud countless games. We accidentally sold the rights to the comic and then got them back. We […]
It’s hardly surprising when two or more political cartoonists come up with the same metaphor. Lord knows, Ted Cruz’s last name brought forth plenty of the same puns and I used the term “brought forth” because “inspired” seems inappropriate.But when a couple of strip writers happen onto the same general concept at random, it can […]
Some days, it’s a struggle to find something. Other days, it’s a struggle to narrow it all down.I prefer the latter, but I’m not in a mood to narrow it all down, so let’s have a look at this day of cartoon plenty, in no particular order: Kevin Kallaugher’s latest is yet another cartoon about […]
First, equal time for Those Other Pets, courtesy of Dan Piraro.Nothing much to add to this except “hahahahahahaha,” which is almost always good commentary, if not terribly enlightening. But I’ve had plenty to say recently about dogs and the credulity of their owners, so there’s no reason not to feature kitty cats, too.I’m a dog […]
Earlier last year, the Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik and Robert Kho, president of operations and business development, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough money to eliminate ads from their website. One of the stretch goals was to create a contest to find a worthy up-and-coming cartoonist. The contest, which was already […]
Earlier last year, the Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins, Mike Krahulik and Robert Kho, president of operations and business development, launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough money to eliminate ads from their website. One of the stretch goals was to create a strip search contest to find a worthy up-and-coming cartoonist. The contest, which […]
Brewster Rockit has a pretty good success rate in translating geeky stuff into mainstream humor.It’s an interesting niche, an approach not to be confused with that of strips like xkcd, SMBC or Penny Arcade, which produce geek humor for use within the geek community, on a level that would go over the heads of most […]
I often feel unqualified for this self-appointed gig, being more of a wonk than a geek. I know lots of people online who can go on about ARPANET and I remember people in college with massive printouts that represented a couple of moves in a chess game with somebody in California or wherever, but the […]
Last week I mentioned that the Penny Arcade gentlemen, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, launched a Kickstarter project to raise $1 million to replace all advertising on their website. In four days, they raised over $250,000. At various milestones of fundraising, the duo will be “unlocking” certain features are opened. One of which is a […]
The Penny Arcade gentlemen, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, are using Kickstarter to take their site ad-free. According to their promotion video, to get rid of all the ads will require them to raise $1 million. They’ve set up a milestone chart with levels of support equating to ads being removed and new features being […]