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.

Comments

Re:Hola!

[VenTatsu]

You know if you had said "The Wang: mightier than the sword!" you might actualy have been ontopic.

I like it.

[a whoabot]

These are a great much funny than true Penny Arcade comics. Those are far too weak to be well on Earth.

'Nuff said

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Final Fantasy Remixed...

[Landaras]

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.

- Neil Wehneman

Re:Final Fantasy Remixed...

[Drakin]

Yes, and the same thing is sorta being done with Mega Man with bob and george (with a great deal of odd/unusual interludes between the events in games)

One has to wonder

[xenocide2]

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.

Transcriptions (in case the site dies)

[andfarm]

rainbow.jpg says:

Kid: Who are you?
Offstage: Are you a pen?
Jesus figure: I am a pen.

Jesus figure: I-- am-- a-- pen!

Kid: Oh! You are a pen.
Jesus figure: That's right.
Kid: What color are you?
Jesus figure: Rainbow!!!

[no, you are Zen!]

magicdrug.jpg says:

Kid 1: Oops! Noooooooo...
Kid 2: Yours is too small!!

Kid 1: No! Yours is smaller than mine, isn't it?!
Kid 2 [holding bottle marked with skull-and-crossbones]: No, no!! mine is bigger than anyone. Because I have used this...

Kid 1: What's this? [very large, as if shouting]
Kid 2: HAHAHA It is magic drug.

[I wonder what the "oops" was. Do I want to know?]

laborpains.jpg says:

Kid 1 [lying on table]: I have labor pains
Kid 2 [standing up]: What's the mather
Kid 1: help me!!
Kid 2: Go to hell!
Kid 1: But.....

Kid 1: It's your baby [heart]

[I don't want to know. Really.]

I Am A Pen

[Gangis]

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.

I hope this explains the obscure joke in the heaven strip. :P

Re:I Am A Pen

[Ayaress]

I guess that's better than me learning Spanish in high school. The first full sentence we learned to say is "My donkey is in your bathroom."

Penny Arcade Yaoi!

[May Kasahara]

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.