A Penny Arcade strip you like and why

unbongwah · 2011-10-21T23:37:50.000Z

For Batman’s look of child-like wonder:

It’s an old joke, but still an amusing one.

delirium · 2011-10-22T09:35:14.000Z

I really like the art all around on that one.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-10-22T10:20:21.000Z

Do you have to have played the latest Batman game to get it?

LesJarvis · 2011-10-22T13:25:58.000Z

I’ve only played Arkham Asylum, but I get it.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-10-22T13:26:55.000Z

And do I have to directly ask for an explanation before you’ll provide one? :)

snowmyr · 2011-10-22T13:42:09.000Z

Looks like it.

Pogo · 2011-10-22T14:10:10.000Z

It doesn’t actually make much contextual sense for AA, because you don’t really have that situation happen at all, but you do need to have played at least AA to get the punchline.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-10-22T14:12:09.000Z

I’ll bet someone will explain at some point! Can’t wait.

Sebmojo · 2011-10-22T14:13:06.000Z

unbongwah:

For Batman’s look of child-like wonder:

It’s an old joke, but still an amusing one.

I like the strip (for the evil clowns) but I wonder if swapping the orientation would have made it flow better - batman at the top in the first strip, then flipping the final panel on the x axis. So the eye reads Batman moving across the frames.

Pogo · 2011-10-22T14:14:43.000Z

Finding those little question marks is a compelling part of the game. It rewarded looking in weird places, keeping an eye out in general, and exploring the map.

Mike_O_Malley · 2011-10-22T14:15:55.000Z

Dave Perkins:

I’ll bet someone will explain at some point! Can’t wait.

In addition to the main plotline, Arkham Asylum is peppered with challenges created by the Riddler. A bunch of these involve finding little trophies that he’s hidden all over the island in out-of-the-way places.

The joke is that Batman ignores the guy in distress because the only reason he happened to be in the area was to find that Riddler trophy.

Bahimiron · 2011-10-22T14:50:57.000Z

unbongwah:

It’s an old joke, but still an amusing one.

Yep.

Dave_Perkins · 2011-10-22T16:37:56.000Z

Thanks for the explanation!(s)

MattKeil · 2011-10-22T18:52:49.000Z

Mike O'Malley:

In addition to the main plotline, Arkham Asylum is peppered with challenges created by the Riddler. A bunch of these involve finding little trophies that he’s hidden all over the island in out-of-the-way places.

The joke is that Batman ignores the guy in distress because the only reason he happened to be in the area was to find that Riddler trophy.

This is an Arkham City strip, however, in which this situation can and does crop up regularly.

belgerog · 2011-10-22T18:59:21.000Z

I liked this one, but their older Arkham Asylum strip remains undefeated:

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MonkeyPunky · 2011-10-24T00:25:09.000Z

I think the title on that one was my favorite part, but I don’t remember it exactly.

Lazy_Shiftless_Basta · 2011-10-24T00:29:54.000Z

“The Circle of Life”

Rasputin · 2011-10-31T08:37:59.000Z

It took me a second to get the joke, but today’s was a solid piece of humorcraft:

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JM1 · 2011-10-31T10:16:12.000Z

Don’t look at her legs!

Jamie_Madigan · 2011-10-31T10:20:21.000Z

Rasputin:

It took me a second to get the joke, but today’s was a solid piece of humorcraft:

The last panel is certainly a better gag than a shot of Gabe in drag, but the EXTREME expression on Tycho’s face oversells it IMO. It would have been a better if it had reflected a slow realization or suspicion. What they did gives me the feeling Gabe just wanted to draw a crazy face for the sake of drawing a crazy face.