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[RMS Gigantic]

So a few days ago I decided to visit the VGCats website to see how the comic was doing, chiefly out of curiosity.

I was actually pleasantly surprised!


First and foremost, the gross-out parts of the comic seem to be no more.

Also, he's ending his comic on good punchlines.

Some more improvements:

• The comics are at the shortest they've been in a long time, typically 3-5 panels
• Updates are frequent, with new comics being added every week or two at this point
• Any "meme" referenced (of which only one was used in the past 9 comics) isn't attempted to be used as a joke itself, but rather as a stepping stone towards an actually video game-based punchline

By the last point, I refer to this comic in particular:

Here's some of the other markedly better recent comics of his:

And the most recent one:

These aren't even all of them! Over the past 8 or 9 comics, Scott seems to have completely overcome his shock "humor" phase.

Whether you find these recent comics funny or not, you at least have to admit that it's an improvement over what he had been doing for a while.

Honorable mention goes to the most recent Super Effective comic, which was another comic of his that had also drifted from its original concept for a while but was recently reined back:

 

[Santiako]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

 

[SolsticeZero]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Yep.

 

[RiggyRob]

You're not Adam Blade.

 

[ScriptedReality]

I like all of them too.

 

[Metallix87]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Indeed.

 

[Night Angel]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Dat first post.

 

[TangerineCloud]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

The first one was cute, but the rest were pretty rough.

 

[Duyu Ivanlift]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

100% agree

 

[Canis lupus]

Were those supposed to be the good ones, I'd like to see how bad the other ones were then.

 

[Antiwhippy]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

I dunno, I like the rotom one.

 

[Red Chocobo]

I don't find any of those funny.

I don't know why, but gaming-related humour never seems to work for me.

EDIT: Okay, maybe some gaming gifs are funny. But not comic strips.

 

[GulAtiCa]

I liked a few of them. The Pokemon version comics o his were my favorite.

 

[Bomber Bob]

Webcomics should be banned forever

 

[webrunner]

i'll believe he's "getting his act together" when I get a personal apology from him for his panel stunt

 

[RedNumberFive]

Webcomics should be banned forever

I can get behind this.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I don't find any of those funny.

I don't know why, but gaming-related humour never seems to work for me.

EDIT: Okay, maybe some gaming gifs are funny. But not comic strips.

Probably because its very difficult to do VG jokes that most people will get that also haven't been done a million times before.

 

[Koppai]

Maybe yall just don't have a sense of humor?

 

[RMS Gigantic]

Were those supposed to be the good ones, I'd like to see how bad the other ones were then.

Believe me, when the series got bad, it got abysmal. There was nothing to the comics just a few months ago: "strips" would drag on for more than a dozen panels, include gross-out... things for no reason in particular, and then would end on nothing even vaguely resembling a punchline.

Like I said in the OP, whether you find these recent comics funny or not, you at least have to admit that it's better than what he had been doing there for a while, as slight as the improvement may be.

 

[Fireblend]

That first comic made me cringe. Sorry, I'm not reading the other ones. In fact, writing this post is a better use of my time.

 

[TheSeks]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Eh, the Super Effective one is actually kinda funny. Though I agree that comic (SE) went down the shitter after like five comics. :/

 

[Tucah]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

yup

 

[Aquamarine]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Pretty much. I cringed at all of them except the Rotom one.

 

[Archaix]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

They're at least recognizable as comics though. They aren't brilliant, but they are more competently done than it used to be. I don't find myself questioning who is responsible for these monstrosities like the good ol days of VGCats awfulness, it's more just like a standard newspaper comic strip but about a video game.

 

[sixteen-bit]

VG cats more like VG craps

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Believe me, when the series got bad, it got abysmal. There was nothing to the comics just a few months ago.

Ah, so we're at the "yeah, my boyfriend still doesn't do foreplay, doesn't worry about my enjoyment and finishes too quickly. BUT AT LEAST HE DOESN'T WIPE HIS COCK ON THE CURTAINS ANYMORE!" stage are we?

 

[Keyouta]

I dunno, I like the rotom one.

The rotom one only needs the last 3 frames. It goes on for too long.

 

[Mesoian]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

They're not great...

And this is someone who became a forum refugee when Scott closed the VGCats forums in a rage huff one day.

 

[chubigans]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

I laughed, therefore you are wrong.

 

[Ahasverus]

I thouht you'd used and euphemism for VGC**********z

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

I know Scott pretty well, and the reason that the comic went into life support so long was the birth of his adorable son. Now he's getting back into the groove of things, and I couldn't be happier for him.

 

[WillyFive]

The final form comic should have ended at the second panel.

 

[TheHall]

"Stop liking things i don't like!"

I think they are entertaining enough.

 

[cm osi]

Webcomics should be banned forever

yeah but let Cumsprite out of the ban, please.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

My thoughts.

 

[eliochip]

Maybe yall just don't have a sense of humor?

Seriously

They're fucking webcomics. Lighten up

 

[RMS Gigantic]

The rotom one only needs the last 3 frames. It goes on for too long.

Eh, I probably wouldn't have gotten the Rotom one if it didn't have the introductory frames as a setup. After reading it once, though, the last 3 frames are all that are needed from there on out.

 

[MrCunningham]

So it only took a decade and a half to go from bad to marginally less bad? I guess that sounds like progress.

Well at least it is not Ctrl+Alt+Del level bad.

 

[Zomba13]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Some of those got a giggle out of me. The Sephiroth one could lose the first panel and the Rotom one could shed some weight but the others are fine.I actually like the Mega Man one.

 

[WrenchNinja]

I've enjoyed most of his latest comics.

 

[Xater]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Exactly.

One of them even had a thread making fun of it before.

 

[Avallon]

Jeez, everyone's a critic.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Yet they're a massive improvement compared to the kind of shit from a few years back somehow.

Now that's a terrifying thought.

 

[Lamiafusion]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

Basically this.

 

[Ban Puncher]

I like to remake VG Cats with the Arthur comic creator because I have entirely far too much time on my hands and really, really hate myself.

 

[Steroyd]

I thought the Megaman and ghost thingy one's were amusing, which is more that could be said for this webcomic in ages.

 

[KHlover]

Webcomics should be banned forever

You'll have to pry "Brawl in the family" and Planet Zebeth from my cold dead hands!

 

[Marche90]

Not gonna lie, the Super Effective one made me laugh.

As for others... they're too small for me to read, so I can't comment on them. Blame the shitty low-res of my phone.

 

[Avallon]

The Sephiroth one could lose the first panel.

You don't understand the joke if you think that.

 

[Higgins113]

ALL of those are fucking terrible.

First post does it again