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Sorry Gabe and Tycho, F@NBOY$ Is The <blink>Greatest Webcomic Ever</blink>
water lymon | 6:11 PM on 09.01.2007 40 comments




Seriously. Its amazing.

I don't know how they've flown under the radar so long. Now don't get me wrong, the comic isn't as clandestine as I've made it sound, as its been featured almost weekly in Joystiq's (*retches*) Weekly Webcomic Wrap Up, which you must admit, is probably the best part of an otherwise mediocre gaming blog. It was even featured in Destructoid's feature Art Attack Friday series, as Scott DeWitt's genius is not one to be overlooked by the greatest website in the world. But what I am shocked about is the fact that this hasn't become as big as Penny Arcade.

It has all the qualifications of being just as good as PA, and even though he doesn't have 1000+ comics (Penny Arcade Comics started in 1998, give him a break.) or the large fanbase, the comic itself and the occasional post attached to it are just as good, if not better, than that of Penny Arcade. The humor in this comic isn't as complicated as many of the PA comics are, and the story arcs last much longer and are more eventful than the Penny Arcade ones, and usually are referenced later. The art style is not as great as Penny Arcade, but if you take into account that this is one person doing a webcomic as often as Penny Arcade does, its motherfucking amazing. Its more story based than webcomics usually are (barring Ctrl+Alt+Delete), but its in a good way, as it all ties together almost perfectly. If you ever get the time, I strongly suggest going through the archives and reading every single comic from start to finish, as I did with both this and Penny Arcade. Its amazing, really. In the gallery below I've attached some of the F@NBOY$ comics that I felt were my favorite, including the one I showed to Riser Glen, resulting in him responding with:





I honestly believe that this is my favorite gaming webcomic ever. They've got a fucking Johhny Turbo comic! JOHNNY TURBOOO!



This is the only case of collective fanboyism that I will EVER support.

Final Verdict: 9.5/10

Be sure to check out his media section as well.[here] If you don't get the comic, and just wanna dive into the middle, read the about page for info on the characters. Also attached are two bonus EBA comic that he linked to on one of his more recent posts.

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Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:19
Neonie
Fanboys is a great comic. I've been reading it for a couple months now, around the time I found CAD and VGcats. Which are the only three gameing web comics I read.

A freind showed me "Penny Arcade" once or twice but I don't like it, the humor in that comic is just totally not me.

BTW, would appreciate if you would make the comic more readable and unstretchy.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:20
Neonie
Article*
Coonskin05's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:23
Coonskin05
This blog is more stretched out than a 40-year old prostitute.

Sorry Lemon, that is the only thing I have to say. Other than I will start reading these.
Genki-JAM's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:23
Genki-JAM
Yeah, I've also been reading it for a few months now. It's quite good. I especially like the random comics the author does sometimes. Those are just priceless.
Wheeliedude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:25
Wheeliedude
I post webcomics on /v/.
Everyone hates CAD, and they have something called the "CAD rule", where you remove the second and third panels, then remove all of the dialouge from the last panel.
People either respond to Penny Arcade with genuine criticism or BALD/PIG-LIKE
I don't post Dueling Analogs
Everyone hates VGCats
Everyone hates God Mode
Fanboys is mixed, they think the story arcs are too long, and the artist has gotten worse since he started to get advice from goons, but, they think it's okay.
Wheeliedude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:28
Wheeliedude
Also, Tim Buckley supposedly sent a picture of his micropenis to a 14 year old girl, and bans anyone on his forums who brings it up.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:29
Neonie
@ Lemon

I meant the article is stretched not the comic. The comics I wouldent need to read anyway since I already read them all. xD
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:44
BlindsideDork
I like this comic yo
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:50
Fana7ic
that is the worst adium theme I´ve ever seen.
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:52
Fana7ic
And yes, Fanboys indeed is awesome. The only bad thing about it is that they take so long to release new strips. But I better wait and get a quality strip than a daily pease of crap.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 19:56
ZServ
you didnt know about fanboys? man, PUT DOWN THE LEMONS AND GET TO LURKIN.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 20:27
Wedge
That comic is fail, because it tried to have bullshit plot, just like when CAD died.
SLiFE's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 21:05
SLiFE
Penny Arcade has been slipping the past 18 months.

I loves me some F@nboy$. Also, Dueling Analogs, Digital Unrest and 2P Start.
Excremento's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 21:22
Excremento
Fanboys is pretty good, but for game comics i'd check out extralife @ [url]www.myextralife.com[/url]
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 22:12
BlindsideDork
I think I am going to have a seisure! HA HA

i so funny.
itemforty's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 22:36
itemforty
Hell yeah, I love fanboys-online. Lot of potential.
Arugala9's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 22:59
Arugala9
Fanboys is great.
SlayerVin's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2007 23:31
SlayerVin
The biggest problem I have with Fanboys is the creator...

Every single time he writes a blog post it's filled with more Emo than a My Chemical Romance concert.

The humor is kind of hit or miss, but I tend to worship Penny Arcade and VGCats (when he updates...) and go for that kind of super overblown and violent humor.

Has the comic gotten much better recently? I haven't checked in about 2 months.
Sheir's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2007 02:08
Sheir
Penny Arcade is amazing, in my opinion. The best comic on the internet is "Sam and Fuzzy," but it's not really humor-based, nor does it have anything to do with video games. It's just awesome.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2007 06:30
Justice
The art isn't all that I think but it CAN be funny at times
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2007 07:31
atheistium
PENIS
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2007 10:03
BFeld13
Meh.
mackisawesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2007 10:42
mackisawesome
i'm with lemon this comic is sweet
DannyMcGeek's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/02/2007 23:53
DannyMcGeek
Other comics don't even compare.
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2007 01:59
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain
Oh hay, he mentioned you in his blog.
Gamechamp's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2007 23:09
Gamechamp
^^Or maybe THIS webcomic is awesome.
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/05/2007 03:38
Darren Nakamura
And by a strange twist of fate, I actually found the think to THIS BLOG while reading the text after his comic. Weird.
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