New Comic Thread for Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Grey Ghost

Qorzm

yes, thank you

Delicious Steve

Was that an actual strip from '98?

atma

Hahahaha!!

this comic slaaaays me

Grey Ghost

Delicious Steve wrote: »

Was that an actual strip from '98?

I thought it must be but I can't actually find it

bawkbawkboo1

Wow. Did someone at PAX remind them that this comic existed or something? How the hell do people remember these things.


EDIT: I only started reading PA about three years ago, so I just assumed that this was a real 1998 strip. I don't know if it is, obviously.

atma

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Delicious Steve wrote: »

Was that an actual strip from '98?

I thought it must be but I can't actually find it

it isn't, isn't that spectacular?

all hail the gabe

ASimPerson

This is the earliest DNF strip in the archive:


It may have been posted somewhere else though. (Also, as I always liked to point out, this was the reaction to seeing screens in 1999.)

Olivaw

This comic is pretty great

But this newspost is incredible

Grey Ghost

Olivaw wrote: »

This comic is pretty great

But this newspost is incredible

Holy shit

YaYa

it doesn't exist

well done to Gabe for replicating the old art style so well!

Falx

I wish there was a better version, Tycho sounds pretty good but the crowd noise drowns them out a lot.

Darmak

"Well, these horse dicks aren't gonna suck themselves."

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

Olivaw

Falx wrote: »

I wish there was a better version, Tycho sounds pretty good but the crowd noise drowns them out a lot.

Yeah I'm waiting for the lyrics to be posted before I can really make sense of it

Jerry sounds great though, like I never really knew but that dude can sing

And of course the lead guitarist totally fuckin' gets into it. Good on that dude!

Grey Ghost

Olivaw wrote: »

Falx wrote: »

I wish there was a better version, Tycho sounds pretty good but the crowd noise drowns them out a lot.

Yeah I'm waiting for the lyrics to be posted before I can really make sense of it

Jerry sounds great though, like I never really knew but that dude can sing

And of course the lead guitarist totally fuckin' gets into it. Good on that dude!

He played behind the head

exist

i am peta and this comic infuriates me

ASimPerson

YaYa wrote: »

it doesn't exist

well done to Gabe for replicating the old art style so well!

Well, or a subtle edit, this looks pretty close except for the facial expressions:

Though the originals for those may not exist anymore. So I'm not sure which scenario is more likely.

Edit: Gabe went to that well a lot in the early days:

Nuzak

i'd be impressed if gabe made a new strip borrowing from his old, old style

Bendery It Like Beckham

t-minus 10 minutes for mydick edit

Tonkka

Oh man awesome.

Indie Winter

ok this comic is pretty boss

VALVEjunkie

oh my fucking god yes

Canada_jezus

Tycho should be more indignant like "goddamn it dude suck these horse dicks"

Caulk Bite 6

A wily Tycho never forgets

DarkPrimus

Nuzak wrote: »

i'd be impressed if gabe made a new strip borrowing from his old, old style

Nah he just had Sabre throw together the first panel.

Butler

The horse is all "So is this happening, or...?"

Seriously

He's got an appointment clear across town in an hour, also for getting his dick sucked.

The busy life of a horse. These are the good times, but the truth is the irresponsible use of hyperbole has created a horse dick sucking bubble.

SabreMau

YaYa wrote: »

it doesn't exist

well done to Gabe for replicating the old art style so well!

One thing he forgot to replicate:

They didn't start using the Blambot font until March 3rd, 2003. It was Comic Sans from 1998 until then.

Crashmo

Sabre tell the truth

Did you throw together this comic for them because they were busy with PAX?

Scooter

DNF's not actually out though

Isn't Tycho counting his horse dicks before they're sucked?

KalTorak

Cloverstar Stables houses the rare Hundred-Dicked Horse.

NotASenator

Falx wrote: »

I wish there was a better version, Tycho sounds pretty good but the crowd noise drowns them out a lot.

There's like four guys with video cameras right in front of the stage, and wait...is it?


Oh yes, there's Kiko running around IN THE SAME DAMN SHIRT

jkylefulton

The (Horse) Dong Tolls For Thee

#pipe

oh look at that, new top five comic

Gatsby

Only differences I can note between the old comics and the first panel is that the computers are a slightly different shape and shade of grey. I'm guessing he actually did replicate his style from years long past.

So yeah, holy fucking shit Gabe did one hell of a job with this one.

DrZiplock

That youtube video is fucking spectacular.

I mean, Jerry brought the house down, but the guitar player set its sundered beams ablaze.

L|ama

Gabe's hair is also slightly more curvy in today's comic than the old one linked.

Synthetic Orange

Yeah, the characters and environment are pretty much spot on, but the linework is pretty contemporary.

Peter Ebel

I fucking love this comic.

Also, why is Gabe even at the farm then?

kingworks

No one should ever make such statements using absolutes, ever; it will always come back to haunt you eventually.

SabreMau

The style is distinctly 1999-vintage, not '98. You can tell by Gabe's hair, the can-holding pose, and the computer room.

3/31/99 - Last appearance of Gabe's short hair in profile:




4/7/99 - First appearance of Gabe's longer hair in profile:



With the hair now in place for Gabe's design, he grabs a can of whatever that is and takes up a customary position.

6/25/99:




7/23/99:




7/28/99:




7/30/99:




8/13/99:




9/8/99:




10/18/99 - Last appearance of the can-holding pose:




11/3/99 - Duke Nuken Forever:




3/15/00 - Last appearance of old computer room:




5/29/00 - First appearance of new computer room:



All of which makes me wonder if they're going to edit the comic sometime later to roll the date printed in the up to 1999, and put the font to Comic Sans like they used to have. They've made minor edits of the sort before.