Randall Munroe has a lot of respect for Penny Arcade, and I just don’t get it. Any time I try to get into the comic, it’s just not funny or insightful. The only Penny Arcade strip I liked was the one about the big xbox remotes. That was funny!

I haven’t read many Penny Arcade strips, because I don’t have fun when I try to do that. So Lemmy, please help Me. Post your favourite Penny Arcade strips and explain what you like about the comic.

  • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Penny Arcade was one of his contemporaries in the early webcomic space. It may simply be nostalgic to him.

    Personally I find Penny Arcade distasteful but it’s hard to ignore how much that IP helped grow the webcomics industry.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Not just the webcomic industry, but conventions, tabletop gaming, early game journalism, and so so many more.

      Penny arcade was in the early era of the modern internet a massively cornerstone.

      Like when I think of that era of the internet I think of things like total biscuit, Penny arcade, fourms, video game conventions, the rise of esports and league. So many things happening all at once.

      Much of the internet today is basically just running on the rails that was created during that era. We kinda only in the last two ish years started to see a new generation of the internet really start to form and stabilize.

  • Lumidaub@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Randall Munroe says many many many very smart things and his opinions should be valued but there is no law saying you need to share ALL of his opinions.

    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m just giving it My final best shot before I definitively declare that I don’t like Penny Arcade. I want to see what all the fuss is about, and then once I understand the fuss, I will see if I like it. And if I don’t like it, then I can deride Penny Arcade and its fans secure in the knowledge I didn’t judge a book by its cover /hj

      • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        You also arnt a web comic artist. You don’t have the skills, investment and life experience of one.

        You are fundamentally going to hold different values and opinions of web comics regardless of quality, content and genre then a web comic artist.

        You also likely are a lot younger than him and missing literally decades of experience, nostalgia, conventions and professional interactions with penny arcade and it’s creators.

  • mkhopper@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This is such an odd thing to ask.
    There are literally thousands of web comics out there. Not every one will hit the same for all people.

    This is like saying, “Hey, I don’t like the taste of anchovies. Help me to like them.” To what end? If you don’t like something, don’t like it and move on.