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New Comic Thread for July 31st of 2009

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    KalTorak wrote: »
    The Clickwise language is one of those things that is perfectly depicted in comic form and I'm not sure could be adequately translated into any other medium.

    Nah, I agree with the other folks who've mentioned it; If it had to be represented with actual audio some sort of a blend of old modem noise would suit it perfectly. Make it sharp and jarring enough to unsettle humans so they cringe when they hear it.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    The Clickwise language is one of those things that is perfectly depicted in comic form and I'm not sure could be adequately translated into any other medium.

    Nah, I agree with the other folks who've mentioned it; If it had to be represented with actual audio some sort of a blend of old modem noise would suit it perfectly. Make it sharp and jarring enough to unsettle humans so they cringe when they hear it.

    like a rusty modem dialup tone or something

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  • MagnumCTMagnumCT Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    robothero wrote: »
    I think it was good but I am going to wait until I have read the entire arc before making a mess in my pants, aka the opposite of what people did for Lookouts.

    Wise, but even if it eventually bombs, it won't fully detract from its early quality.

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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yes, exactly. In my fevered imaginings if one were to be in a dark alley and confronted with a Swangee man homing in on you gibbering in clickwise it would activate fight or flight unless you were a cooler than average customer or worked in robotics.

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  • Mongrel IdiotMongrel Idiot Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    "Swangee Man" has a great ring to it. Sounds almost like something a parent would threaten a kid with.

    "Shut your mouth, Joshua, or the Swangee Man will come for you."

    This is a good comic!

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    The Clickwise language is one of those things that is perfectly depicted in comic form and I'm not sure could be adequately translated into any other medium.

    Nah, I agree with the other folks who've mentioned it; If it had to be represented with actual audio some sort of a blend of old modem noise would suit it perfectly. Make it sharp and jarring enough to unsettle humans so they cringe when they hear it.

    I imagine it kind of like an insect's chittering or something.

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  • babyeatingjesusbabyeatingjesus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    ohhhh man. This is what I was after entirely. Fabulous.

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  • MacGuffinMacGuffin Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The whole concept of automata would fit so well in a graphic novel.

    I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    please don't start the retarded Lookouts vs Automata stuff

    it's retarded
    yes, this

    if some of you feel compelled to start that debate again, take it to D&D where I'm sure you'll find people welcoming such a discussion

    Yeah, please don't.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    Druhim wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    please don't start the retarded Lookouts vs Automata stuff

    it's retarded
    yes, this

    if some of you feel compelled to start that debate again, take it to D&D where I'm sure you'll find people welcoming such a discussion

    Yeah, please don't.
    my apologies

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ambient barometric pressure. Indeed, indeed.

    A++ comic.

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  • altmannaltmann Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    This comic is amazing.

    Does anyone else get sad thinking that there won't be one of these automata comics every other day for the REST OF MY LIFE?

    Because i do. I want that.

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    So how do you people pronounce Swangee? Seems like there's a lot of room for interpretation

    I'm going with swan as in the bird, gee as in edgy for now, but could see swang as in the imaginary past tense of swing, gi as in the martial arts uniform too

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Tossrock wrote: »
    So how do you people pronounce Swangee? Seems like there's a lot of room for interpretation

    I'm going with swan as in the bird, gee as in edgy for now, but could see swang as in the imaginary past tense of swing, gi as in the martial arts uniform too

    Swan-Gee. I like to think it's something like Swan G-Man (like a Federal Agent.)

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  • MagnumCTMagnumCT Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm from the South, so I'm going with "Swain"-"(judo)gi."

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    darleysam wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    KalTorak wrote: »
    The Clickwise language is one of those things that is perfectly depicted in comic form and I'm not sure could be adequately translated into any other medium.

    Nah, I agree with the other folks who've mentioned it; If it had to be represented with actual audio some sort of a blend of old modem noise would suit it perfectly. Make it sharp and jarring enough to unsettle humans so they cringe when they hear it.

    I imagine it kind of like an insect's chittering or something.
    I imagined it like that, combined with what people were saying earlier about an old modem dialing up.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I invariably pick the wrong way, so I can state with absolute certainty that it's not Swan (like 'swam') gee (with a hard 'g')

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Tossrock wrote: »
    So how do you people pronounce Swangee? Seems like there's a lot of room for interpretation

    I'm going with swan as in the bird, gee as in edgy for now, but could see swang as in the imaginary past tense of swing, gi as in the martial arts uniform too
    I pronounce it throat-warbler mangrove

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Whoop whoop, desktop, courtesy of Gabe via Twitter
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  • GabrielGabriel Registered User, ClubPA, Penny Arcade Staff, PAX Staff staff
    edited July 2009
    http://www.penny-arcade.com/uploads/2009/07/31/auto_alley.jpg

    I had some requests for this panel minus the text.

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Now why would I want a conversation about the weather and chinese grippers on my desktop

    (Just kidding, that's hell of sweet)

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    thanks Gabe, it's beautifully done

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Tossrock wrote: »
    So how do you people pronounce Swangee? Seems like there's a lot of room for interpretation

    I'm going with swan as in the bird, gee as in edgy for now, but could see swang as in the imaginary past tense of swing, gi as in the martial arts uniform too
    I pronounce it throat-warbler mangrove

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    Whatever Arthur 'two sheds' Jackson

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  • weather man bobweather man bob El Heffer Assholeville USARegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    i like where the comic is going art wise, it seems like something very dramatic is going on, like the art is almost setting up the scene for you, great piece of comic if you as me!

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    What I really want to know is will we ever again see the dude that is Chinese food?

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ok guys- I'll bite.

    What is different about the two comics in the OP?

    I just don't see it...

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I love how the only colour in the comic is the robots' eyes.

    Great work, guys.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Arch wrote: »
    Ok guys- I'll bite.

    What is different about the two comics in the OP?

    I just don't see it...

    WHEN YOU SEE IT YOU WILL SHIT BRICKS

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  • CorporateLogoCorporateLogo The toilet knows how I feelRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    One is actually a magic eye picture

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    Arch wrote: »
    Ok guys- I'll bite.

    What is different about the two comics in the OP?

    I just don't see it...
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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Arch wrote: »
    Ok guys- I'll bite.

    What is different about the two comics in the OP?

    I just don't see it...

    Look closer at panel four.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2009
    It's a schooner!

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009 
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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The Geek wrote: »
    It's a schooner!

    it's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!

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  • weather man bobweather man bob El Heffer Assholeville USARegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Arch wrote: »
    Ok guys- I'll bite.

    What is different about the two comics in the OP?

    I just don't see it...
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    you gotta kinda feel sad for that kid, i mean he looks so pathetic

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    "Swangee Man" evokes a sense of the discoveries of early human or protohuman fossil remains.

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  • GameGrrlGameGrrl Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Gabriel wrote: »
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    I had some requests for this panel minus the text.

    this is fantastic and is going to be my desktop

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  • prime8monkeyprime8monkey Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    darleysam wrote: »
    In my head, Carl is voiced by Alan Tudyk as Sonny.

    i'm getting more of a David Hyde Pierce similar to his Abe Sapien from Hellboy

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  • UnbrokenEvaUnbrokenEva HIGH ON THE WIRE BUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I can't picture Gabe & Tycho making up a word that contained "wang" without it being pronounced "wang"

    (s)wang-ee.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    prime8monkey wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    In my head, Carl is voiced by Alan Tudyk as Sonny.

    i'm getting more of a David Hyde Pierce similar to his Abe Sapien from Hellboy

    With a very slight 30's radio hiss, and a subtle synthetic buzz.

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