Robert Sinclair: Christ, What An Asshole

Robert Sinclair: Christ, What An Asshole is a collection of comics re-captioned with the punchline, "Christ, what an asshole." The author explains:

"It was recently theorized that all New Yorker cartoons could be captioned
with “Christ, what an asshole” without compromising their comedic value.

I discovered this is true of virtually all comics, old and new:"

(From the buzzfeed )

The First Fail

The First Fail is comic on Collegehumor.com about what really went down between Adam and Eve. The Bible lied to you.

I hope this is acceptable stuff. It's my first time posting.

(From College Humor)

Slowpoke Comics

Slowpoke Comics is a comic strip by Jen Sorensen. I don't normally read comics with this much text, but this one in particular explains a lot about the recent Nobel Peace prize.

(From JenK)

C'est la vie

C'est la vie is a webcomic by Jennifer Babcock.

In her own words:

I graduated from UCLA in June 2004 with a BA in history and art history and have no idea what I’m going to do for a living. Currently, I'm a graduate student at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts studying Ancient Egyptian art history. I'm hoping that by continuing my education, I can buy some time before I find a "real" job.



While enrolled at UCLA, I wrote “C’est la Vie” for the university newspaper, The Daily Bruin, where it was discovered by Universal Press Syndicate in its first year of publication. “C’est la Vie” as it exists today is a result of the partnership between me and UPS, in the hopes of creating a feature that could be embraced by a wide audience. I signed a contract with Uclick, the online division of UPS in March of 2005, and "C'est la Vie" is now a daily feature on www.ucomics.com.

(From Guy)

Why chicks cry

Why chicks cry is an entry on John Glenn Taylor's Easily Mused blog, which shows women crying in DC romance comics (1957 to 1968), each figure carefully captioned with rationales for the tears.  As Metafilter points out, it's snark-tastic fun.  

My favorites include "Running out of caviar," "Typographical errors," and "Sudden Paralysis."
Enjoy!

PS: This entry is your official Comic-con tie-in. Stay Classy, San Diego.

(From Metafilter)

Oglaf (NSFW)

Oglaf is a not-safe-for-work web comic of the knight's tale variety. Themes include the fountain of youth, the boy who cried wolf, sword fights, and dirty sex jokes.

The dirtyness caught me way off guard. I mean the lines are so sharp, the colors so well-balanced... this couldn't be dirty, could it? Alas, it was. According to the authors it started off as an attempt at porn, and devolved into sex comedy. So there you have it.

Some of the cartoons are safe/suitable for children, but those are carefully labeled. Enjoy, and don't tell me I didn't warn you.

(From Metafilter)

Lasagna Cat

Lasagna Cat is a video re-enactment of Jim Davis' Garfield strips with a horrible puppet, set to sound effects and a laugh track. In the end they ad a quasi-related bonus by setting the puppet to a tangentially relevant song. In this case it's "Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol. The strip continues to not be funny, and the effect is just surreal. User lasagnacat has been wokring hard and been making way too many of these, but I'm just posting one.  It's less comedy and more art.



(From the Web)

Calvin and Hobbes on the Economy

Calvin and Hobbes on the Economy is a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon that explains what is going on with a lemonade stand as an analogy.  My friend Jenk forwarded it to me, and she  would also like to remind you that The Financial Crisis, as Explained to My Fourteen-Year-Old Sister was an excellent post. In case you missed it. 

(From my friend Jenk)

xkcd

xkcd is a stick-figure strip featuring humor about technology, science, mathematics and relationships, by Randall Munroe. It is one of the best of the best on the web.

My favorite parts are the follow-up jokes that appear when you rest your mouse over the strip. 

(From , Guy, Everyone and their mom.)

VG Cats

VG Cats (short for Video Game Cats) is a webcomic about videogames. And cats. By Canadian nerd Scott Ramsoomair.

Scott claims, on the topic of furries: "I didn't know about anything Furry until after I started the comic. Though I know now the art style is regarded as such. Always been "cartoons" to me. I really don't care either way so long as it makes you laugh. : ) "

BONUS! Previously featured, PhD: Piled Higher and Deeper.

(From Wiki, Guy)

Sluggy Freelance

Sluggy Freelance is a daily online comic by Pete Abrams about aliens, demons, dating, and bunnies with switchblades. Right.
Wiki explains:

"While the strip began as a gag-based series in which the three main protagonists (Torg, Riff and Zoë) would stumble from one brief, bizarre, parody-centric adventure to the next, the characters and plotlines have gradually become longer and more serious. However, even the more dramatic and soap operatic story arcs often conform to the common gag comic strip format. While there is often sexual innuendo and cartoon violence, the comic contains no strong profanity or explicit nudity."

The drawings do get better as Pete gets practice. Be forewarned, the site explains that, "Very few Sluggy Freelance comics work as stand-alones, but part of the charm of Sluggy Freelance is its serial nature. As a new viewer, we've set up this page just for you, to get you acclimated, and hopefully charmed."

Enjoy!



(From Guy, Wikipedia)

Penny Arcade

Penny Arcade is a game webcomic written by Jerry Holkins and illustrated by Mike Krahulik.

Wiki sums it up: "The strip features Holkins and Krahulik's cartoon alter egos, Tycho Brahe and John Gabriel ('Gabe') respectively. ... The two characters spend much of their time playing and commenting on computer and video games, forming the basis of the humor in the strip. Most of the time, Gabe serves the purpose of the comic foil, and Tycho is the straight man. The strip can feature in-jokes that are explained in the news posts accompanying each comic, written by the authors."

Out of this week's comics, while it does dive deep into game-core territory, it's probably the best-drawn comic with the widest appeal. Plus the website is not overly clunky. Most would consider it web-comic royalty, alongside XKCD. Enjoy!


(From Guy, Wikipedia)

Unrelated bonus! Irish Barak Obama song.

Ctrl+Alt+Del

Welcome to Webcomic Week here on TOTI!























Ctrl+Alt+Del is a gaming webcomic by professional web-cartoonist Tim Buckley. Wikipedia points out that since inception, "The comic's focus has gradually shifted away from single strip gags towards longer story arcs and greater continuity." Also, Tim has been able to stay financially afloat by adding a fee-based members-only features and publishing a book. Ctrl+Alt+Del is currently updated on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday schedule.

The comics focus on Ethan and Lucas:

"Ethan currently works in a video game store called Game Haven. Lucas works tech support at a local computer shop. Scott is a freelance web designer. The other characters have jobs as well."

(FAQ)

It's super game-nerd-core, which means to understand the comics, you have to either be (physically or spiritually) a 15 year old adolescent or have lived in close proximity to one. Enjoy.

(From Wikipedia, Guy)

X Girls Y Cups

X Girls Y Cups is the latest XKCD comic charting the number of Google searches for X number of girls AND Y number of cups. It alludes to the nastiest video on the Interwebs evar. Okay, that's probably hyperbolic, but I'm sure it's almost true.

The more you verify this chart, the more outdated it gets. Anyway, the comic made me smile today, so it wins.

(From the Buzz; Thank you guy for coming to TOTI rescue while I was busy battling brutal depression.)

The Comics Curmudgeon

The Comics Curmudgeon (TCC) is a site written by Baltimore based Josh Fruhlinger that critiques comic strips. He posts the comic strips, and then makes little jokes about them. That's it. 

The blog dates back to July 11th, 2004. The inaugural entry was about Non Sequitur's Obvious Man, who swoops in to correct redundant speech:

" 'Obvious Man' epitomizes everything wrong with the current state of the strip. As an editor, I suppose I should love the current installment of his annoying adventures. But here’s my professional opinion: correcting grammar in professionally printed matter is important. Correcting it in casual conversation is annoying.

I do like the enormous pants on the young dudes, though."

 A commenter then points out that Wiley might actually have the same opinion as  Josh.  Also, as is wont to happen someone corrects the correction; ATM is more specifically an initialism because the letters are pronounced separately rather than just a plain old acronym.  (The killjoy commenter failed to mention what an awkward and confusing comic strip that would make.)

My favorite part of the site is this week's "quote of the week" from TCC reader Edward, which pretty sums up Mary Worth. On 7/10/08 the strip below ran: 

Which can be translated to: "I think I'll make scampi! See, motherf*ckers? I'm this boring, and yet you still read me every day!" --Edward

My least favorite part of the site are all of the cluttered flashing ads of different sizes.  It hurts my eyes.  Other than that, it's a breezy read. 

(From my friend Daniel and his friend Matt)

Piled Higher & Deeper

Piled Higher & Deeper is a grad-school themed webcomic by Jorge Cham. Jorge received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford. Topics range from student life and procrastination to the minutiae of theses and advisor meetings.

Some critics complain that PhD is geared toward science graduate students, as the token representation of a humanities student inadequately captures their tribulations.

The comic is well-drawn, well-colored, and funny. What more can you ask for? Overall, A work.

A Blog on the Interblag

Every day, the interwebs is filled with an interminable supply of crap and one cool thing. Like a jet-powered bloodhound, this blog seeks out and posts that one thing.

On occasion, nothing interesting is added to the internets. In that case, something old is posted.

Today is one of those days.
























(From xkcd.com/181/)