[Webcomic] PVP Discussion

[LittleSin]

My school was all about skipping rope. Our gym teacher was annoyingly enthusiatic about jump rope and would make fun of you if you had trouble doing it.

 

[Cheesy1]

In my junior high gym class, we danced the "Bartman." It was as lame as it sounds.

 

[LittleSin]

Funny, I thought that you would have been learning about the basics of city destruction. No wonder Cthulhu still sleeps.

The tentacles always got tangled in the rope.

 

[Raemon777]

I don't think today's blog is the deepest thing ever, but I'm willing to take Scott at his word about it and can reasonably respect it.

 

[Cajungal]

I liked Max's comment "this isn't a romantic comedy; it's my life." Reminds me of all the women I know who talk about wanting a gay best friend in the same way kids talk about wanting a puppy. It's... weird.

 

[Gusto]

I'm everyone's "person whose sexuality is not often the topic of conversation so that outsiders are free to speculate" best friend.

 

[Shegokigo]

I love how she pointed out "Male" gay best friend.

Jade's entire dialogue almost made me puke.

 

[North_Ranger]

I love how she pointed out "Male" gay best friend.

Jade's entire dialogue almost made me puke.

Well, she did have a female gay best friend once...

And don't tell me you don't have the Frank Cho rendition of that available

 

[Shegokigo]

Yeah, but the dialogue was tolerable to say the least, I liked the art, hated the arc.

This? This is just pathetic.

 

[Bumble the Boy Wonder]

Did anyone else find it a little odd that, apparently, Max's only fault... is being gay?

 

[Chad Sexington]

When did anyone say it was a fault, exactly? He just said Max's life isn't perfect. It's not because he's gay, it's because he's had a hard time admitting that to people he considers close friends.

 

[Espy]

Personally I think Max was way better as a foil than as a "complicated character". I feel like PVP in the last few years is a constant struggle between the funny side of Scott we see in his stuff with Kris and the part of him that wants to be taken super seriously.

 

[Dei]

Brent getting pissed that Jade is spending so much time with Max and shenanigans ensuing in 3... 2...

 

[Philosopher B.]

PVP Still Makes Me Sad

 

[Gusto]

Loved today's.

 

[Espy]

Loved today's.

And guess what it's about...

 

[Espy]

What am I missing about today's strip?

 

[Dave]

What am I missing about today's strip?

Come on, man! That's a pig eating a shoe! A motherfucking pig eating a motherfucking shoe!!

What's not to get?

 

[Gusto]

I got nothing.

 

[Espy]

Is that what it is? I still don't get it.

 

[Frank]

Yeah, I got nothin'.

 

[Dave]

Is that what it is? I still don't get it.

I have no idea what's he's trying to say. He's lost us all, I think.

 

[Espy]

Geeze man... why doesn't he have someone give some feedback before he runs a strip...

 

[Azurephoenix]

Geeze man... why doesn't he have someone give some feedback before he runs a strip...

Because that would imply that not everything he makes is pure gold... also... it requires effort.

 

[Cheesy1]

Maybe the Penny Arcade guys did, and they're currently reading said strip and laughing amongst themselves with evil delight.

 

[Espy]

Hey, I get it, I'm an artist, it's the most painful thing in the world when someone doesn't like something I've put my blood, sweat, and tears into... but dammit thats how you grow and get better.

 

[drifter]

Maybe it's a play on 'fat animal eating something,' like Garfield? Didn't Scott have a pregnant cat eating pickles as a t-shirt design once?

 

[MindDetective]

It is a reference to the first panel of the comic two strips prior: http://www.pvponline.com/2011/07/19/third-prize-is-your-fired/

 

[drifter]

Dang, I already totally forgot that.

 

[Chad Sexington]

It is a reference to the first panel of the comic two strips prior: http://www.pvponline.com/2011/07/19/third-prize-is-your-fired/

Oh. Continuity.

 

[DarkAudit]

Fuck you guys, it's funny.

(not really, but someone had to say it.)

 

[Null]

Well, that kind of begs the question of what "Penny Arcade" is, in the PVP world. The characters have crossed over before, and that's fine - but it's one thing for Gabe, Tycho, and Francis to be at the same convention, it's a whole other for Penny Arcade (webzine? blog? print magazine? weekly web show?) to be a competitor with PVP Online magazine.

 

[Espy]

Oh. Continuity.

Oh. Drawing so small that on my high-res monitor I could barely make it out. Not that I would have remembered anyway.

 

[Gusto]

I forgot about that completely meaningless non-sequitur throwaway line from Brent two days prior.

I GUESS I'M JUST AN IDIOT BLOOP BLEEP.

 

[Dirona]

It gets better - the whole arc was just a lead up to this most recent blog post.
Magic: The Gathering is now a sponser of PvP (at least for the next 3 months).
Discuss.