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.
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.
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)
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.
"Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steve Wright