Archive for April, 2009

Happy April 1st

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I didn’t do an April Fools comic, and I’m not playing any news-related pranks.  Instead, I will post a few videos for your joint amusement:

First of all, Nick Cage really does Japanese Pachinko commercials.  Here is one of them.

Second, here are some great self defense tips against an attacker. HOW TO FIGHT.

Finally, I posted this a few days ago on my Twitter Feed but here it is for the bunch of you that aren’t yet following me. Javascript, YO.

Periodic Table of Controllers

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

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Thanks to Systemic Scoots for sending in this one.  Consider this a followup to the Periodic Table of Typefaces I posted last week.  Link.

System in the Wild: Bacon Edition

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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Systemic Aaron sent this in (btw, he’s in a band and they’re great).  I posted a similar one a while back, but the fact that this has already been tagged on makes it great.  Find anything like this?  Send it into systemcomic at gmail dot com.

System in the Wild: Toy Edition

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

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Systemic James sends in this “stickman action figure“.  Make your own damn warning signs!  I think they’re encroaching on my clearly labeled territory.  What do you think?  Link.

If you find any examples of The System in the wild, send them on over to Systemcomic at Gmail dot Com!

System in the Wild: Cubicle Toy Edition

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

Systemic Ian sends in today’s:

These figures are all similar in their skeletal-like structure. People could pose their own system-comics in 3-d!  (Link.)

I’m totally cool with that.  In fact if you decide to do this, send the results to systemcomic at gmail dot com.  Or if you find any other Systems in the Wilds, send thems too.

I’ve Been Critiqued

Monday, April 6th, 2009

There is a new blog starting up called The Webcomic Critique.  The guy has a pretty interesting scoring system based on artwork, storyline, funniness, and content.  Here he is talking about System 177:

Is it bad that I imagined a southern accent when I read the last line? I did. The System does an amazing job of keeping a semi-storyline while keeping all of its pages fresh. What this comic lacks in overall amazing color graphics it makes up for in funny jokes. This one is a perfect example of that relationship, where the joke is really funny but the same images are used for almost all the panels. And – really – repair shops always find something extra to tack onto your bill. Jerks.

So far, I’m in the lead beating out Hitmen for Destiny, Thinkin Lincoln, and Cyanide and Happiness.  Woo! Link.