[PA Comic] Monday, October 21, 2013 - Unicology

Geth

Unicology
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/10/21

Peter Ebel

I see Gabe went from weed to acid.

Fiendishrabbit

Is this the culmination to a year-long gabe-quest to make toon-gabes mouth as ridiculous as possible before the execs notice?
The newspost better be good because I have no idea what's happening here.

YaYa

Fiendishrabbit wrote: »

Is this the culmination to a year-long gabe-quest to make toon-gabes mouth as ridiculous as possible before the execs notice?
The newspost better be good because I have no idea what's happening here.

magic

Coinage

This comic hurts my eyes.

chibi-totoro

I ... I can't do this anymore.

When the art is this bad, it doesn't matter how good the writing is. This is a caricature of a comic.

It's been a great decade, but today's comic knocked PA off of my bookmarks toolbar.

Cambiata

I think this comic looks fantastic! So, so great.

Gosling

No, there are clearly some problems here. The color's washed-out, like someone futzed with a TV's 'tint' function and didn't get it quite right. There's a total lack of background; maybe a little haze of red amongst solid gray. I think Mike put so much effort into making Gabe look ridiculous that corners got cut. I mean, goal achieved, I laughed, but artwise... The Tithe wrapped not even a month ago.

Humor, that's there and in the end that's what matters. But I know Mike's capable of better.

miaAusa

He is looking more eccentric than usual, also the coloring is really weird, i guess there might be something about this in the news post soon, but i love all the crazy eccentric looks, i'm glad he's going crazy with his faces and mouths i enjoy it more but i am a webcomic artist and like to see how artistic comics can get

BertezBertez

This is quite a swing for Gabe from the last comic.

EdZ

I'm guessing Game hasn't read Equoid.

Pony

Gabe's fallen into a Jon-K-Hole!

Cambiata

Gosling wrote: »

No, there are clearly some problems here.

Oh yeah, I forgot that opinions about things can be objectively right and wrong, so me liking this is actually incorrect.

Wait, no, my mistake, that would be a ridiculous stance to take!

There's a total lack of background; maybe a little haze of red amongst solid gray. I think Mike put so much effort into making Gabe look ridiculous that corners got cut. I mean, goal achieved, I laughed, but artwise... The Tithe wrapped not even a month ago.

Most of the "two dudes talking in a room" comics have no backgrounds. Check out this one from a couple of days ago, or press the back button once and look at the one before it. The difference is that that comic has a solid color background, while this one is messing around with more mixed coloring. Clearly he's experimenting.

And I reiterate: I think it's awesome.

Inquisitor

I quite enjoyed the art in this one.

Gabe is just so darn excited about Unicorns that he has lost all ability to control his body.

TAFKAP

I too found it difficult to 'get' the artwork... until I compared insane Gabe with normal Tycho.

Quid

I assumed the pinkish/pastel is because the comic is awash in unicorn happiness radiating from Gabe.

Also every panel is a joke and it's wonderful.

chibi-totoro wrote: »

I ... I can't do this anymore.

When the art is this bad, it doesn't matter how good the writing is. This is a caricature of a comic.

It's been a great decade, but today's comic knocked PA off of my bookmarks toolbar.

Though blast. The vital chibi-totoro bookmark toolbar market has been lost.

Casual

i do like that Gabes body p much turned into a womans in the first panel

dem hips

Dark Raven X

Calling bullshit. The whole point of a Unicorn is that there is only one.

I don't mind the lack of background at all, but I got this nagging feeling Mike himself decried them a while ago.

Anzekay

chibi-totoro wrote: »

I ... I can't do this anymore.

When the art is this bad, it doesn't matter how good the writing is. This is a caricature of a comic.

It's been a great decade, but today's comic knocked PA off of my bookmarks toolbar.

If this is all it takes for your to 'quit' the comic then I'm calling bullshit on you reading the comic for a decade.

Dhalphir

chibi-totoro wrote: »

I ... I can't do this anymore.

When the art is this bad, it doesn't matter how good the writing is. This is a caricature of a comic.

It's been a great decade, but today's comic knocked PA off of my bookmarks toolbar.

wat

Oolong

Fiendishrabbit wrote: »

The newspost better be good because I have no idea what's happening here.

Gabe likes unicorns.

Vahir

Put me with people who don't like the new art style. Visual gags like this are funny once or twice, but when used this often and to this extent it's no longer funny, and simply distracting us from enjoying the joke. I suppose this is rather relative to the viewer, and no doubt there's people who are liking this trend, but it's not for me.

blueink

Hmn... I prefer calling it a 'glory' of unicorns, myself. Guess it comes from reading too much Bruce Coville while growing up.

MichaelLC

So if you get gored by a unicorn, is that a glory hole?

Grey Paladin

I am sticking to my theory that it isn't a coincidence that the art began to deteriorate right around the weed comic. Gabe was in rehab while making Lookouts.

DVG

I feel like Gabe is purposefully playing with the detractors of his art here by going nuts with it.

Delzhand

MichaelLC wrote: »

So if you get gored by a unicorn, is that a glory hole?

Certainly a gory hole, I guess

Also, this comic is terrifying

Vyolynce

Dark Raven X wrote: »

Calling bullshit. The whole point of a Unicorn is that there is only one.

...coming from an individual with a MLP avatar.

lizbot

The art suits the gag comic's content and tone. The art in The Tithe suits that content and tone.

Redthirst

Damn... I don't care about unicorns but I knew this fact! Fuck you, Dotacinema Fails of the week series and your facts.

Doomneto

The fact that Gabe's art is getting more and more ridiculous is hilarious. How much people hate it is absolutely delicious.

And I love it.

rhylith

I love that tycho is drawn completely normally.

Skull2185

Tycho's uncaring attitude about unicorns is a little odd. Isn't he supposed to be the fantasy beast expert?

Like, the president called him once and said

"What do you know about Manticores?"

and he was all like

"Goddamn near everything."

Nijhazer

w-what

DivideByZero

Peter Ebel wrote: »

I see Gabe went from weed to acid.

I was going to say Novocaine.

Fleur de Alys

dat middle panel

wonderpug

Dark Raven X wrote: »

Calling bullshit. The whole point of a Unicorn is that there is only one.

You're thinking of the unicorn, the mythical ONE CORN, tastiest of all cobs, of which there is only one. Unicorns though? There's blessings of 'em.

Xaquin

I feel like this strip is the Andy Samberg part of James Franco's roast .... and maybe I'm just not getting it until a few more strips go by.

because it ended up being the best part, but when it started, I was all "what the hell?"

edit: and oh yeah, .... birthday comic! Love the writing!

see317

wonderpug wrote: »

Dark Raven X wrote: »

Calling bullshit. The whole point of a Unicorn is that there is only one.

You're thinking of the unicorn, the mythical ONE CORN, tastiest of all cobs, of which there is only one. Unicorns though? There's blessings of 'em.

All glory to the Ever Maize.

Menasor

I think Mike's been watching too many Rankin-Bass cartoons.

PedroAsani

Skull2185 wrote: »

Tycho's uncaring attitude about unicorns is a little odd. Isn't he supposed to be the fantasy beast expert?

Like, the president called him once and said

"What do you know about Manticores?"

and he was all like

"Goddamn near everything."

Tycho knows pretty much everything about every beast in every Bestiary. Doesn't mean he loves them. Although he may have fetishes towards the more insectoid species.

If you have watched the Acquisitions Inc from PAX Prime 13 you can see it's pretty true to life. Mike is just crushed when it turns out the Unicorn already has a name, and it isn't Sparklemane.