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The New Comic Thread for Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Munkus Beaver wrote: »
    The great thing about a story based on the Old Testament is that you know it's got a good foundation to work with.

    Not looking forward to the beget chapters.

    Seriously on
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Seriously wrote: »
    Munkus Beaver wrote: »
    The great thing about a story based on the Old Testament is that you know it's got a good foundation to work with.

    Not looking forward to the beget chapters.

    Wit' all due respect, I'd biblically know the shit outta yer wife.

    Wit' all due respect.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited October 2010
    god damn I pulled this open on my phone at work and I was like "Sand? sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit" and then I read it

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    this is fucking amazing

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Quid wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Oh yeah, now I remember. Jim Darkmagic is a cool concept, it just wasn't near as interesting as the other two. Plus, they do dnd comics from time to time with those characters.

    After reading those a couple months ago though I do kinda wish they spent two or three days doing something about his adventures.

    The D&D podcasts. They even have art.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    EvilBadman wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Langly wrote: »
    Oh yeah, now I remember. Jim Darkmagic is a cool concept, it just wasn't near as interesting as the other two. Plus, they do dnd comics from time to time with those characters.

    After reading those a couple months ago though I do kinda wish they spent two or three days doing something about his adventures.

    The D&D podcasts. They even have art.

    I wish they'd put the D&D podcast comics in the "PA Presents" section; it's a hassle to go through the episodes on the WOTC site.

    WOTC probably owns them or something though.

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    thought this was gonna be a new vegas comic

    sadface

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  • JustPlainPavekJustPlainPavek Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I think Automata remains the story I would first leap to acquire a full-length graphic novel of (do you hear our cries, Khoo? $$!!) but it should be said again, the art and coloring really is excellent on this.

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  • KazakaKazaka Asleep Counting SheepRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Whoa this is mad interesting

    looks like we gots another contest on our hands, ladies and gentlemen

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  • ParadiseParadise Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Penny-arcade.com

    produces so much cool stuff.

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm not sure if I like the pace of this comic... one panel they hang them, then it's amost like a split-second later that the guy randomly yells that he won't die.

    It's spaztic.

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's a sample, like a set up...

    So...

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Xehalus wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I like the pace of this comic... one panel they hang them, then it's amost like a split-second later that the guy randomly yells that he won't die.

    It's spaztic.

    Well in the first panel he tells the guy to dance in hell, and the middle panel is the guy doing a jig while hanging there to spite them. The timing works fine when you realize the complexity of his dance.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fiz wrote: »
    Xehalus wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I like the pace of this comic... one panel they hang them, then it's amost like a split-second later that the guy randomly yells that he won't die.

    It's spaztic.

    Well in the first panel he tells the guy to dance in hell, and the middle panel is the guy doing a jig while hanging there to spite them. The timing works fine when you realize the complexity of his dance.

    Ah, I didn't pick up on that. I assumed it was just convulsions and didn't question it afterward.

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Maybe the voice is some kind of angel

    or angelbot

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Xehalus wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I like the pace of this comic... one panel they hang them, then it's amost like a split-second later that the guy randomly yells that he won't die.

    It's spaztic.

    Quite. It doesn't convey the timing that it relies on very well.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Xehalus wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I like the pace of this comic... one panel they hang them, then it's amost like a split-second later that the guy randomly yells that he won't die.

    It's spaztic.

    It's not like it takes long to hang a dude and realize he ain't dying.

    They pull the lever and then he ain't dead. A proper hanging snaps your neck, you don't just hang there and choke like you might see in a movie.

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  • PreciousBodilyFluidsPreciousBodilyFluids Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    what is this i came here to read gamer comics and they give me some weird sand comic god its like the weird robot shit they did a while back i don't see why they cant just stick to the jokes i dont even know whats going on theres not even a real plot and nothing makes sense lol.
    This is awesome, hope they'll run with it for a while.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    yeah that "he's not dead" bubble would make more sense to the right, instead of cutting into the panel where he gets hanged

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    You know, I always wondered if you could survive a hanging by bending your knees and resting the weight on your neck so when the trapdoor went there would be no shift.

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The Geek wrote: »
    Xehalus wrote: »
    I'm not sure if I like the pace of this comic... one panel they hang them, then it's amost like a split-second later that the guy randomly yells that he won't die.

    It's spaztic.

    It's not like it takes long to hang a dude and realize he ain't dying.

    They pull the lever and then he ain't dead. A proper hanging snaps your neck, you don't just hang there and choke like you might see in a movie.

    That's why hangmen (though maybe not in the old West) had tables to calculate rope length based on weight. Too short and it won't snap your neck and you'll choke for quite some time, too long and it'll tear your goddamned head off. And nobody wants to have to clean up that mess.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited October 2010
    Aside from conceivably managing to hang yourself before they hit the switch, no.

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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    it would just make it a really slow asphyxiation instead of whatever the normal one is called

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2010
    Yeah, the point of the noose and the gallows was that the force of dropping would snap your neck.

    Slow suffocation was the consolation prize, and is quite a worse way to go.

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    whoa you can still hang dudes in washington and new hampshire

    huh

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Ah, see, when I learned that hanging worked by snapping your neck, I somehow assumed that it then didn't block your airway for some dumb reason.

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  • SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    Ah, see, when I learned that hanging worked by snapping your neck, I somehow assumed that it then didn't block your airway for some dumb reason.

    Even if it didn't... the rope is pretty long to facilitate a long drop, so I doubt it would be possible to take up the slack effectively before the trap is opened.

    And anyway, you're tied up and there are guys with guns standing there to make sure you don't do anything stupid. It's not like they're going to watch you doing some dumbass gimmick to try and save yourself and just say "whelp, guess we better let him go then."

    On the subject of the actual comic, I like it! We don't get a lot of information in the first page, but it's a decent hook and it sure is nice-looking. Be interesting to see what the other concepts are.

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  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    They're not letting him go. They're killing him again later.

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  • SupraluminalSupraluminal Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    They're not letting him go. They're killing him again later.

    Dunno if this is aimed at my post, but I wasn't referring to the comic, just pointing out that Willeth's cunning plan has something of a weak point. Beyond the physics of it, that is.

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I was under the impression that it was just nice hangmen who arranged the rope to snap your neck instead of the other option.

    Also seeing this one only makes me more excited for whatever else they have in store.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Supraluminal wrote: »
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    They're not letting him go. They're killing him again later.

    Dunno if this is aimed at my post, but I wasn't referring to the comic, just pointing out that Willeth's cunning plan has something of a weak point. Beyond the physics of it, that is.

    Well, I don't know. Plan A is not to do anything to get me hanged. Plan B is to not get caught, if I do. Plan C is to escape if I get caught. Plan D is to try and find some crazy technicality that gets me off if I can't escape.

    Plan E is to haunt the executioner.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    This is fantastic

    it's gonna take a lot to get me to vote for anything else

    as much as I love side projects like this, it seems like a weird time of the year to do it, what with a new game dropping every other day practically. They're drowning in potential material and instead they're devoting the time to something completely different

    not that I'm complaining because again, this is rad as fuck.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    altmann wrote: »
    My main issue with the guest comics is they have both been awesome to begin with, then (IMO) ruined by the guest artists. That's me though, so I hope we get to see G&Ts versions of the final choices.

    I hate to sound like a silly goose, but I kind of agree. Not that they were abominations or something, but there was a clear split in quality and I would rather have something like SAND hang out there in the open, perhaps to be picked up when G&T are tired of vidya gamez, instead of manhandled by some other set of people who would probably do a better job if they just made their own comic and left the Penny Arcade stuff to the Penny Arcade guys.
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    This is fantastic

    it's gonna take a lot to get me to vote for anything else

    as much as I love side projects like this, it seems like a weird time of the year to do it, what with a new game dropping every other day practically. They're drowning in potential material and instead they're devoting the time to something completely different

    not that I'm complaining because again, this is rad as fuck.

    I think the idea is so that they can have a vacation at some point and run these things during the vacation after having made them ahead of time? Is that what happened before?

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm going to go out on a limb here and be the first to mention that this SAND thing looks awesome.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    AMP'd wrote: »
    SAND

    It's everywhere!

    (Get used to it)

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Goatmon wrote: »
    AMP'd wrote: »
    SAND

    It's everywhere!

    (Get used to it)

    :^:

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  • scarlet ave.scarlet ave. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm going to have to disagree with everyone, here. I thought this comic was AMAZING

    Oh, wait, I guess that means we all agree.

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    Supraluminal wrote: »
    Peter Ebel wrote: »
    They're not letting him go. They're killing him again later.

    Dunno if this is aimed at my post, but I wasn't referring to the comic, just pointing out that Willeth's cunning plan has something of a weak point. Beyond the physics of it, that is.

    Well, I don't know. Plan A is not to do anything to get me hanged. Plan B is to not get caught, if I do. Plan C is to escape if I get caught. Plan D is to try and find some crazy technicality that gets me off if I can't escape.

    Plan E is to haunt the executioner.

    No no no, plan E is to have your partner in crime shoot the rope from a distance, and THEN you escape. Haunting is plan F.

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Goatmon wrote: »
    AMP'd wrote: »
    SAND

    It's everywhere!

    (Get used to it)

    OH GOD

    It's in my dickhole

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