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[PA Comic] Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - Pac-Men

GethGeth LegionPerseus VeilRegistered User, Moderator, Penny Arcade Staff, Vanilla Staff vanilla
edited October 2012 in The Penny Arcade Hub
Pac-Men


Pac-Men
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/10/03

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    I feel frenchy thanks to this comic. Is that bigoted? Should I feel bad and go to sensitivity training?

    My neck, my back, my FUPA and my crack.
  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    the one on the right

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  • DurkhanusDurkhanus Commander Registered User regular
    I prefer the first panel.

  • sproingiesproingie Registered User new member
    I would totally buy this as a print if it didn't have the caption. Maybe make it a triptych. Do a Heironymus Bosch version and I'll pay you a squijillion dollars for it. Or more than $20 anyway.

  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    I can't tell if I need an explanation, or if this as simple as, "I really wanted an excuse to draw Pacman as certain famous art pieces."

    I mean, the second explanation works. The Dali piece is kind of freaking me out.

    What is this I don't even.
  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    Darkewolfe wrote: »
    I can't tell if I need an explanation, or if this as simple as, "I really wanted an excuse to draw Pacman as certain famous art pieces."

    I mean, the second explanation works. The Dali piece is kind of freaking me out.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/pac-man-survey-asks-users-to-choose-look-of-new-game/

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    The correct answer of course is ultra-realistic.

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  • Zen_HydraZen_Hydra Registered User new member
    I'm in favor of The Pac-sistence of Memory.

  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    Pac Man Payne 3

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    This. Comic. Is. Amazing.

  • DelzhandDelzhand Registered User, Transition Team regular
    okay, I'm really impressed with Gabe's ability to emulate those art styles, while still being recognizable as gabe-art.

  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    sproingie wrote: »
    I would totally buy this as a print if it didn't have the caption. Maybe make it a triptych. Do a Heironymus Bosch version and I'll pay you a squijillion dollars for it. Or more than $20 anyway.
    Or an H.R. Geiger version

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    Mark Rothko version - big blue-black square on top, ghost and Pac-colored squares in a row on the bottom

  • Peter EbelPeter Ebel CopenhagenRegistered User regular
    Expressionism!

    Fuck off and die.
  • BrymBrym Registered User regular
    If people haven't seen it, this is commentary on a recent Namco survey (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/pac-man-survey-asks-users-to-choose-look-of-new-game/) that asked users which of 4 completely wrong-for-pacman art styles they would prefer for an upcoming game.

  • FandeathisFandeathis Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    That Dali version is absolutely fantastic. Seriously though, this is an incredible strip today. I think I have to buy a print.

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  • Funky StrongFunky Strong Registered User regular
    So the middle one is Piccasso, the right-most one is obviously Salvadore Dali, but who is the first one supposed to be a parody of? The guy who painted The Scream?

  • teknoarcanistteknoarcanist Registered User regular
    Aw man, I want Dali-pacman.

  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    I like the Dali one as well. I also picked the fourth Pac-man in the survey.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    I thought the middle one was a sort of Picasso/Cubism blend.

  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Funky Strong wrote: »
    So the middle one is Piccasso, the right-most one is obviously Salvadore Dali, but who is the first one supposed to be a parody of? The guy who painted The Scream?

    Edvard Munch, yes. I think I need a 3-foot version of this comic on my wall.

    Edit: Now that I think about it, the first one sort of also reminds me of "Starry Night" by Van Gogh.

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  • DCAarmusDCAarmus Registered User regular
    Put me down for a high-res, captionless version as well! Heck, I would buy each panel as a separate print if I could.

  • InXplotchInXplotch Registered User regular
    I would do unspeakable things for Dali-pacman. I mean look! He even has the mustache!

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Hi-res is here! They look pretty. Other interesting things: the first panel is supposed to be Van Gogh, and adorable little Gabe thinks he's the only one who enjoys art.

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  • Groosenat0rGroosenat0r http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy70Z6x00TM SkyloftRegistered User regular
    edited October 2012
    I've already grown attached to A. So if they change it I might as well flip my own shit! And you don't wanna see my shit flip Namco! My shit will leave you in tears! My shit is the shit of shits! So you best watch out for my shit should you go with any other art style other than A! Otherwise my shit will flip sky high!

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  • Pudgy NinjaPudgy Ninja Registered User regular
    Brym wrote: »
    If people haven't seen it, this is commentary on a recent Namco survey (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/pac-man-survey-asks-users-to-choose-look-of-new-game/) that asked users which of 4 completely wrong-for-pacman art styles they would prefer for an upcoming game.

    I don't know. I kind of like the last one.

  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    DCAarmus wrote: »
    Put me down for a high-res, captionless version as well! Heck, I would buy each panel as a separate print if I could.

    God, yes. They need to do one of those limited edition, high quality prints.

    What is this I don't even.
  • Crippl3Crippl3 oh noRegistered User regular
    Brym wrote: »
    If people haven't seen it, this is commentary on a recent Namco survey (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/02/pac-man-survey-asks-users-to-choose-look-of-new-game/) that asked users which of 4 completely wrong-for-pacman art styles they would prefer for an upcoming game.

    I actually really like styles B and D. :oops:

  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    haaahaha I didn't notice the Dali moustache until I saw the big versions.

  • K^2K^2 Registered User regular
    I've never been a fan of Cubism, so PIcasso is right out. I would lean towards Munch, but the colors are all wrong. The contrasts are just two strong, resulting in strong segmentation of the painting, which prevents it from having the same impact as Munch paintings. So I guess Dali it is.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    I like B and C of the Namco offerings. A is pretty pedestrian, and D is creative but I have a hard imagining an entire game like that.

  • JetstreamGWJetstreamGW Registered User regular
    Panel 1, definitely panel 1.

  • brossabrossa Registered User new member
    Was the fourth Namco supposed to remind us of a particular artist? I got maybe a John Held Jr vibe from it, but it didn't seem as artist-specific to me as the PA versions. Any art history majors who can comment?

  • Good Looking Fat GuyGood Looking Fat Guy West Hartford, CTRegistered User regular
    I happily abandon all forum decorum and just want to say the art in this strip is un-fucking-believable. Simply stunning. Bravo, Mike Krahulik.

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    yo, the art that triggered this comic is rad as hell and I don't get what Gabe's beef is

    just gonna file this in the already-prodigious Gabe Has Terrible Opinions folder

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Who said he had beef besides you?

    Blog post doesn't say whether Gabe liked or disliked it, actually, just that he had a strong reaction to it and came up with the idea for the comic, whether the reaction was positive or negative is ambiguous the way Tycho wrote it. Tycho is the one who said it "shouldn't exist," whatever that means. Not sure why some people around here are always so eager to rip Gabe when Tycho gets a pass.

    PS, and also PSA, the "bad opinions" thing stopped being a funny way of saying you disagree with somebody roughly forever ago.





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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    what world do you live in where "flipped his shit" is a neutral signifier?

  • BusterKBusterK Negativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered User regular
    I vote panel one

    This is a thing we're voting on right?

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    what world do you live in where "flipped his shit" is a neutral signifier?

    Not neutral, but it could be either positive or negative.

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  • AxonAxon Registered User regular
    Begging for a 1920 version of the Munch/Van Goh pac-man. It's more Munch to me.

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