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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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.
Sorry Lemon, that is the only thing I have to say. Other than I will start reading these.
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.
I meant the article is stretched not the comic. The comics I wouldent need to read anyway since I already read them all. xD
I loves me some F@nboy$. Also, Dueling Analogs, Digital Unrest and 2P Start.
i so funny.
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.