Don't you want to be the very best...

...That no one ever was?

Alt Title: Webcomics that I read and you should blah blah blah

And today we bring you Mokepon, a webcomic about Pokemon.

...Wait, where are you going? Stick with me here, it gets better.

Mokepon deviates from the cutesy, kiddy, 10-year-old nature of Pokemon and creates a story around Atticus, a teenager who really should be too young to smoke gets kicked out by his mother to start on his GRAND POKEYMAN ADVENCHURE; and his sad, abused Charmander, Dragonthing. Atticus clearly knows less about Pokemon battling than a frog does about nuclear physics, rolling by his own tempo through the "game". And by "his own tempo", I usually mean "yelling at Dragonthing until it does something". How will such an ignorant young man succeed on his Pokemon adventure?

...Yeah, I don't know either.

The art is kind of fantastic, and Dragonthing is nothing short of adorable. Though people who haven't played the Pokemon games may not understand some of the references, I would recommend this webcomic to all. Except small children. Atticus isn't exactly the best role model. (Plus the comic may contain some harsh language, though sparing.)

Though previously in black and white, I believe some of the earlier comics have started to be colored. The author draws in a manga-inspired style, though not exactly manga itself. Mechanics of the Pokemon games are taken and expanded upon, from the battling style to generation-exclusive moves.

So what are you waiting for? Gotta catch 'em all!

Art © H0lyhandgrenade

Two Guys in Two Different Onesies

Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff © Andrew Hussie

It's Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff!



Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff is the webcomic made by a character from another webcomic.


It's a webcomic inside a webcomic!

SBaHJ © Andrew Hussie

Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff stars Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, if that wasn't already apparent. Sweet Bro is the one in blue and Hella Jeff in red.There really isn't a plot to Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, it's really just Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff's random adventures, and depicting their in capabilities, like hugging, using rulers, walking down stairs, putting on socks, putting spoons into drawers, and easily getting distracted. It's a cut and paste comic, and a bad one at that. But that's the point. According to Andrew Hussie, (the actual creator, here's a picture of what he looks like, and here's an interview with him.) it's actually hard to get that "graphical s***tacularity " since MS Paint isnt' that low-quality, and even photoshop on the lowest quality setting can't make it that bad. He posted on his formspring how to attain this level of quality, but since then he's deactivated it. Also, to add on to the absolute quality of the webcomic is all of the misspellings. There are so many, I just wouldn't want to have to count the total.

YO DAWG, I HEARD YOU LIKE GRADING BLOG POSTS

The image was generated on Memebase.com on the Memebase.com meme generator by me.
And finally, I turn in my fourth blog entry. Late... So anyways This one is going to be about a recent meme that sprung up on the Internet titled "YO DAWG". It features xzibit, the host for the MTV show Pimp My Ride, smiling with white text on the top and bottom of the picture.

Since Pimp My Ride focuses on fixing people's cars up and often adding small things to the car to increase it's appeal, such as adding large sound systems or neon lights. They ask the owner about his/her likes or tastes  on their car and start building based on that. When they team introduces the car to the owner, they usually give the owner an explanation of the things that they improved about the car. Then, xzibit says something like, "Yo Dawg, I heard you like X, so I put an X in the X so you can Y while you Y" (X correlates to Y somehow), and thus the meme was born.

Toads

They say that two people posting about webcomics on the same blog at the same time is a sign of poor performance.

I say screw them.

Alt Title: Webcomics that I read and you should too, part II

So today's comic is the Mario-centered webcomic, Mushroom Go. Focusing on the adventures of a crew of sand pirates and a Toad named Go, the author takes his own unique spin on the Mario universe, and is worth reading even if you don't know much about the game.

The comic begins with Go waking up in a desert. He's found by a gang of pirates shortly after: The Koopa captain Sasha Martello, along with Palma the pinata, Guy the Shy Guy and McCoy the crow. Many wacky shenanigans follow.

The comic has already gathered a decently sized fanbase. Recently, the comic's art shift (brought on by the author commissioning another artist to do the art for the comics) caused such an uproar you can't even begin to even. The controversy has mostly died down by now, but now and then a troll or something will bring it up.

To be honest, I'd say that this comic's worst flaw is the updating schedule. The comic updates every Saturday, but with only approximately four panels a week. Which is fine and all, but it seems too sporadic now that two people are working on it.

But you should totally go read it because it is awesome and things. At least go check it out. Besides, look at those adorable pink Bob-ombs! Don't you just love 'em?

Next webcomic post may or may not be interrupted by a post about Homestuck.

A Girl and Her Raccoon

Another webcomic that I have really been into reading for a while now is Sandra and Woo illustrated by Puri Andini and written by Oliver Knörzer. The webcomic is centered around the young 11 year old Sandra North and her pet raccoon, Woo. The webcomic documents the adventures of Sandra, Woo, Sandra's love interest Cloud, and Sandra's friend Larisa.

One thing I really like about Sandra and Woo is that unlike other webcomics (although it may just be my own fault that I don't find other innocent comics), this one is very clean and pure. It's very cute too!

Sandra and Woo has recently hired a Colorist, Lisa Moore, who is now coloring all comics and working through old archives to color old strips.

Sandra and Woo has this sort of very simple and innocent humor, which personally I like. It's a nice break from the seriousness of school and real life; Sandra and Woo takes me back into my elementary school years when you weren't assigned homework and life was simple. Although I say this, I presume that Sandra, Cloud, and Larisa are attending middle school, as Larisa has troubles in Geometry. Aside from the reminder of school work, the mood of the comic is very light and free.

ASCII

Hey guys! Late blog post but it's here. Anyways I wanted to talk about what most people know as emoticons. This would be stuff like happy face : ), winking face ; ), sad face : (, sticking tongue out face, angry face > : O, cool face B ), or the annoying "shaking my head" face -__-. But what I am going to talk about takes this to the next level. Yup, ASCII is a picture written in text. Unfortunately blogger doesn't let me post one without it looking like total crap, so here is a link to a familiar character. This is made using different characters that are spaced out to create an image.

"It _is_ a long tail, certainly," said Alice, looking
                     down with wonder at the Mouse's tail; "but why do you
                     call it sad?" And she kept on puzzling about it while the
                     Mouse was speaking, so that her idea of the tale was
                     something like this:----"Fury said to
                               a mouse, That
                                     he met in the
                                          house, `Let
                                              us both go
                                                 to law: _I_
                                                  will prose-
                                                   cute _you_.--
                                                  Come, I'll
                                                 take no de-
                                              nial: We
                                           must have
                                        the trial;
                                     For really
                                   this morn-
                                 ing I've
                                nothing
                               to do.'
                                Said the
                                 mouse to
                                   the cur,
                                      `Such a
                                         trial, dear
                                             sir. With
                                               no jury
                                                or judge,
                                                  would
                                                 be wast-
                                               ing our
                                             breath.'
                                          `I'll be
                                       judge,
                                    I'll be
                                  jury,'
                                said
                               cun-
                               ning
                                old
                                  Fury:
                                   `I'll
                                      try
                                        the
                                         whole
                                          cause,
                                           and
                                          con-
                                        demn
                                    you to
                               death'."

Here is an example from the original book of Alice in Wonderland. It is one of the earliest forms ASCII, but it was made just two years before the typewriter was invented. (>'')>

DINOSAUR LASER FIGHT

Alt Title: Webcomics that I read and you should too, part I.

I'm sure you all have heard of what a webcomic is. For those of you who don't, goodness stop living under a rock. It's awful uncomfy under there.

A webcomic is a comic posted online in regular intervals, such as xkcd or Awkward Zombie. But the purpose of these posts are to show you all some of the more obscure webcomics that are not as famous but still pretty cool.

First up is "Uh-oh, it's a Dinosaur", which can be found over at Full Time Ink.com along with "Phil Likes Tacos" and a completed webcomic, "95 Gallons". "Dinosaur" updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and follows story arcs rather than just posting unrelated comics. It also contains lots and lots of silly faces. Everyone loves silly faces. And dinosaurs from laboratories! ...Oops, was that a spoiler? Sorry.

PLT, on the other hand, updates daily (Daily!) mostly with unrelated comics and funny, although it does have it's fair share of story arcs as well. Following the adventures of Phil, his roommate Doug, and his girlfriend Millie, the author draws his own haunting experiences from fast food and retail to fuel content for the strip. A warning though: The archive binge is rather long. Like, really, really long.

95 Gallons, both a comic and a comment on society, has already finished it's run and no longer updates. It's about a scheming tiger barb and his quest to take over the peaceful community of a tropical aquarium. So go read it if you like politics or something, I dunno.

Tune in next time for MOAR WEBCOMICS.

A Cool Place to go on the Internet!

LEPPU

Petra Erika Nordlund, (dA, Tumblr) who goes by Leppu (although people on the internet normally call her Lepa) is 22 years of age and studied graphic design at the University of Lapland, comics at Liminka school of Arts, however she is currently studying animation at Metropolia.

I recently have been into reading her webcomic called Prague Race. As described on the smackjeeve's page, "PRace is a story about friendship and adventure." The plot hasn't completely developed yet, but I am looking forward to the upcoming pages. It updates slowly and irregularly, however, the art is fantastic.  Prague Race stars Leona and Colin, two university students in an unspecified country.

And that is all that I have to say! Go follow Leppu or read her webcomic here!

P.S. If you’re wondering what Leppu could possibly mean in Finnish, I suggest you check out this blog post!

Steve Jobs

Hey guys! Sergio here to inform you on a subject that isn't as boring as that horrible Facebook post  that I wrote in 10 minutes. Anyway, here it goes...

Steve Jobs died on my birthday (yesterday) and of course the whole community was shocked. At first I thought it was just a joke, especially since Apple just announced their new iPhone. I thought people just took the advantage that Apple was getting some publicity and decided to misinform millions of people. This however, is true. As much as I cared about any Apple product (nothing, they all seem like over-priced silver rectangles to me) I guess this wasn't a shock to me. We knew he was sick and probably all thought of it at one point. What still seems strange to me was that he perished just two days after the iPhone 4S announcement! It seems strange that those events are too darn close, especially since Steve has been working on this type of stuff all of his life.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

As much of a pessimistic person as I am, I still like to find the good in most people. I mean, he did revolutionize the smart phone market. He created an image for his company that not many other companies can do. When people think of Apple, they think of iPod, iPhone, iOS, and Steve Jobs. Well it seems like Bill Gates has lost an old competitor (sigh). I don't really like Microsoft either, but that's my opinion. As much as I cared for Apple, Steve was a human being. He will be missed.

grerrislck

Disclaimer: Some of the links contained in the following post may have some strong language. You have been warned.

Guys I wrote a beautiful story you should totally check it out RIGHT HERE.
_{This story was not intended to insult or degrade anyone in anyway.}

But all kidding aside, I'm sure all of you have come across at least some form of bad writing, or even more notorious, bad fanfiction. For those of you who don't know, fanfiction is fiction written about, and containing the characters/canon of, someone else's story, TV show, book, or whatever. Websites containing fanfiction include the most popular one, Fanfiction.net, as well as various other fansites and etc.

The main problem with most fanfiction on the internet, though, is that most of it's bad.
Like, really, really, really bad.
As TvTropes page on Sturgeon's Law says, "90% of everything is crud."
That's how bad it is.

Well, maybe I'm exaggerating. A little. Not too much. But fanfiction is notorious for containing all manner of abominations, such as Mary Sues, horrendous grammar, and lots and lots of yaoi. (If you don't know what that word means, don't look it up. Please.)

But, sometimes, a fanfiction ends up being so bad it becomes hilarious. Take, for example, the fanfiction "Pokemon attack of mewtwo" Granted, it was a troll fic, but it's worth reading in your spare time simply for a laugh, as the sheer amount of spelling mistakes and cliches make it kind of amazing.

...But then there's fanfiction so bad it loops around to good and then all the way back down to bad. Such as "My Immortal", possibly the worst Harry Potter fanfiction on the entire interwebs. Your Mileage May Vary on how amusing it is. (Note: The version linked here is a repost on Fanfiction.net by a different person. The original was actually kicked off the site due to how bad it was.)
Read at your own risk.



But hey, now I'd like to hear your opinions! What do you think of all this bad fanfiction? Should it be beaten back into the dark hole it came from? Or should we tolerate its existence for the sake of some lulz? Comment below!