[quote name='Death2Sanity']Guess you haven't seen many then. Either that, or you're one of those people who starts hating a band once five others have heard of them.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I've seen enough. Just like five minutes of Rush Limbaugh is enough for me to know that I never need to hear him again. And your even suggesting that I'm 'Super Indie Band' guy (please, can you get more insulting?) just shows how incredibly far off you guys are in criticizing my criticism.
Every Penny Arcade I've ever seen just fizzles out with barely a punchline. I know, I know, "If you want obvious 'jokes', go read Beetle Bailey with the rest of the retirement home!" But unlike, say, Get Fuzzy, Dilbert, or The Boondocks, that intangible that makes more 'modern', edgy comic strips work is either nonexistent or really underdeveloped. And if I may make a generalization, I think that those of you who find it hee-larious are just happy to see a well-drawn comic that really knows your games.
Hey, making a genuinely funny comic strip is no easy task. You've got three or four panels and no sound or animation at your disposal. And just read a college newspaper or one of the free 'weeklies' that you can find in your local record or bookstores to see just how impossibly bad they can get. But at the end of the day, I guess it's just indicative of how weak online gaming-oriented comic strips are collectively that this one is the de facto superlative.