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Penny Arcade Remixed By Japanese Students
Thanks to Yukihime.com for its feature showing cartoons from popular games-related webcomic Penny Arcade 'remixed' by Japanese high school students. The poster explains that he "...made a short class on American comics [in a Japanese school] with artwork and examples of popular comic books and comic strips. Then came the exciting part: making your own American-style comic!" Highlights from the 100 cartoons using Penny Arcade art with newly devised text include surreal heavenly messages, some crazed growth serum talk, and odd maternity-related humor.
You know if you had said "The Wang: mightier than the sword!" you might actualy have been ontopic.
If the guys decide to do on a strip on this, I won't have to first read Tycho's news post for once! :P
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These are a great much funny than true Penny Arcade comics. Those are far too weak to be well on Earth.
Here's from an actual strip.
Gabe: This month is January. (Holding up calendar.)
Tycho: ?
Gabe: Let's go skiing.
Gabe (tearing at paper): My country does not have mountains.
Tycho: Oh, no.
those are pretty funny, what a way to learn english and comics!
too bad the resulting copyright violation lawsuit will cripple that poor japanese school. Ha ha just kidding, Gabe and Tycho would never do that kind of thing! They'll just make fun of them in the strip or something.
Slightly related to this idea of taking original content (say Penny Arcade) and remixing it (new dialogue), is the web-comic 8-Bit Theater.
The premise is a sorta-retelling of the original Final Fantasy's story using the sprites from that game.
Disclaimer: I am not affliated with 8-Bit Theater beyond being a loyal reader who has been entertained for over 400 strips.
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Why he didn't include the classic "The Bench" strip. Its designed for it -- no bubbles, just use lines like the good old days of PA.
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I find it ironic that the "odd maternity theme" comic was originally about eating too much Japanese candy. Add in the fact that the remake has a decidedly Jerry Springer feel to it, and you've got some funky coincidences riding around out there in the ether.
magicdrug.jpg says:
[I wonder what the "oops" was. Do I want to know?]
laborpains.jpg says:
[I don't want to know. Really.]
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This sound like the Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, only in reverse and not funny. and no crazy people falling into puddles of fluid. and of course, no Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship.
Every so often, one will hear the phrase "I am a pen." especially when dealing with younger Japanese. From what I understand, it's the first thing the English teachers teach the students. Even though the sentence itself is nonsencial and silly, it has a very clear structure and helps students to understand the very basic grammar.
:P
I hope this explains the obscure joke in the heaven strip.
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[To save on costs for this production, we have outsourced our show to Korean animators.]
"Who's driving? Oh my God, BEAR is driving. How can that be?"
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LOL, the last strip linked in the post was hilarious (though the hints of MPreg were mildly disturbing). No offense to Gabe and Tycho, but I can see a very silly yaoi doujinshi made out of that and some of these others: youarenoisy.jpg, girlfriend.jpg, lovehotel.jpg, etc.