I know I’ve been on a video game kick lately. This is due to E306 wrapping up not to long ago, and me still trying to digest all the scrumptious video game tidbits that were shoveled down my consumer whore of a mouth. Anyways, I was reading my weekly VG Cats, and decided that I should take a moment to share this video game comic with you.

I’m sure many of you have heard of or read VG Cats. It is listed in the side-scroll of links on this here site. But, as I said, my video game high hasn’t finished burning its way through my veins just yet.

I prefer VG Cats to numerous other video game-related comics because the artist parodies actual games, not the gaming culture. The artist takes likenesses of his two cats, Leo and Aeris, and places them in scenarios involving various video games. The art is colorful, crisp, and resembles a cartoonish style one would expect from a video game comic. The humor is sharp and plays well against most of the bloody scenarios that video games have to offer.

To show you how much I’m in like with you I’ve decided to give you a taste of the sweet stuff in the form of Resident Evil: Toronto, evil Star Wars droids, and the most wonderful stoner game ever. So feast, my friends, on this web comic smorgasbord of delight, and come back tomorrow for some sweet, sweet, Jesus lovin’.

My feverish haze is making it difficult to write this post, but I’m sure the pain killers are playing a major role in impeding my writing abilities as well. Whatever the case, here is my review on “Faking Life”.

“Faking Life” is the continuation of Emo, both written and drawn by Nate Lee aka: N8 Dog. The main character of the strip is a psuedo-autobiographical version of Nate, pursuing a fulfilling life after college. If you want the back-story of Nate, I suggest going through the Emo archives, since that comic focused on his college career. “Faking Life” started on March 13th of this year, which makes it a rug rat in the adult world of web comics. Luckily for Nate, he’s been through the usual newbie pratfalls with his other comics.

Nate is now stretching his artistic boundaries by dabbling in flash animation. I applaud him for pushing himself, since many artists get stuck in one particular style or medium. This is a solid comic with an artist who contains copious amounts of potential. I’ll be keeping my eye on “Faking Life”, simply because it has captured my attention like an ancient monkey-god working at Starbucks.

The slow marriage of video games and web comics have brought about wonderous bundles of joy. Such strips as Penny Arcade, Ctrl-Alt-Del, and Little Gamers have all contibuted in developing this new genre of web comic. Personally, I love the fact that two of the greatest loves of my life have combined into one super-mech of hilarity.

That is why today I’ve decided to mention Dueling Analogs. This strip is a nice slice of video game related humor; complete with bright artwork, industry know-how, and the edge that a comic needs to be noticed these days. This strip is certainly worth a look over, especially if you are in love with video games and crude humor.

I know I am.

I’ll do whatever the hell I want. You heard me. I think I’ll review Ruhopty!, because Liam does whatever the hell he wants with his comic. If he feels like having reoccuring characters, then he’ll have them. If he feels like those characters get him no where and stops drawing them, who are we to judge?

He’s the creator, and he plays web comic god to those in his strip. He switches up the art style without notice, and without apologies. He’ll decide one day to write about a killer duck, and the next he’s warning kids not to run with Uranium. Don’t tell him what to do/think/feel or he’ll send Todd after you.

What I got out of this strip besides a craving for chicken-ade is the feeling that Liam does this comic for his personal enjoyment, and if others are entertained then all the better. He truly loves to draw, and makes dutiful effort to sharpen his skills. He chooses random humor over a story line, a recent decision made in his last post. This shift in format has created more of a web comic-blog, instead of the typical story-line driven, three panel strips found almost every where else.

This may not be the best that the inter-web has to offer, but at least the author is doing whatever the hell he wants.

You know how there are certain friends who have their inside jokes, and no matter how hard you try, you will never understand the punch lines? I feel like the outsider peering on Guido and Luigi. When I first came across this comic, I was excited to see what it had to offer. The cartoonish art style, the simple punch lines; I was expecting comedy gold.

What I received instead was lame joke after crippled joke centered on body building. Seriously? You’re going to dedicate an entire strip to two wimpy dudes going to a gym? Now I shouldn’t be too harsh, since this comic is brand new off the presses, as of March. It also began in a Norwegian weight lifting forum, which isn’t the typical web comic community that most artists are familiar with.

Having that said, this comic is not worth the effort. The art is simple, dull, and has no unique style whatsoever. The writing is flat, as are the characters. The set up for the jokes are obvious, and the punch lines made me grimace in disappointment. I honestly gave it the old college try when it came to finding this web comic funny, but I just ended up feeling defeated, and just a little empty inside.

Nazi Polka and sandwich-fueled murder is what I love about Muffin Time. Brian Chojnowski’s brain has spawned a web comic full of fun, bright, and slightly-offensive humor portrayed in the usual three delicious panels. I’ve always had a penchant for weird, disturbing humor with beautiful artwork and quirky characters.

That’s why I’ve decided to give Muffin Time the mention I think it deserves. The humor can be hit-and-miss at times, which is common for web-comics still developing its niche in the web-o-sphere. But when you take in account that the strip has recently been revamped with a new art style, it is truly impressive how much it has grown since its beginnings.

Going through the archives, I’ve found numerous scrumptious strips featuring tasty dialogue on Andre 3000, apricots, and the ever-lasting gobstopper that is Jesus. Muffin Time offers its own book, bountiful downloads, and forums where one can chat about zombie communists and whatnot. Just watch out for those katamari, they can be hard on the digestive system.

What can I say about Allison Cook that hasn’t been said before? Not too damn much, Skippy, so we’ll content ourselves with the fact that she’s a twenty-something college student in Arlington, Texas. As a psychology major, she knows all about your sick little fantasies, you disgusting pervert. She loves webcomics, and she’s our first new writer here at Fleen.

Everybody say hello to Allison!