Once I found a salami on the sidewalk, I should have been able to trade it for gold at the Rabba
January 10, 2011
12:00 am
Even at my most inebriated, I make it a rule to avoid eating pot roasts I find in overturned restroom trash cans.
Maybe games are onto something, and the trashpork would really have revitalized me enough for another couple rounds of jager shots.
Discussion (294) ¬
Ha ha….trashpork.
ah, the grand tradition of healing by eating random food found in trashcans. i suppose it makes as much sense as “health drinks” and such.
aaaaand here’s a question or two:
pyramid head – does he count as a zombie? and should he be exempt from the drill, seeing as he is a) invincible and b) might rape whoever is pretending to be a zombie?
Actually, I think he’s there to be the zombie part of the zombie drill. I think there may be enough zombies (or at least serial killers like his charade buddies) to cover the zombie part of the zombie drill. And since there are no ladies working here (that I know of), rape shouldn’t be an issue. …Hopefully…
Hmmm, Pyramid Head doesn’t strike me as the type who’d discriminate based on gender.
I’d hate to sons like a feminist, but he wants to fuck anything that’s still warm, so he’s not that different from most men.
You don’t sound like a feminist, you sound like you know the wrong kind of men and need to see other people – because that description definitely doesn’t match any of the men I know (with the exception of one or two possibly, but that’s just speculation on my part)
You need to meet Leon, The Professional.
Hey, Cola Squid. Have you seen that movie?
It is one of my absolute favourites.
Yeah. Leon’s macho, without being macho. Hell, he drinks milk and loves Disney musicals. That and his potted plant. Goddamn that’s a great film.
Plus, his glasses are mad cool.
Those aren’t men, they’re boys in mens’ bodies.
You dont sound like a feminist, you sound like a sexist…
Is the Robo-Cop I see?
CALL ME…MURPHY!
OK Murphy, or do you prefer Officer Murphy, what were you thinking about?
WONDERING IF I SHOULD INVEST IN THE SEX-PISTOLS OR NOT.
Of course you should.
Next to the Terminator…
I didn’t sleep all night because I was sick, today’s comic healed me! thank you for my weekly laughter!
1st
Sadly, you are in error.
i know, my computer lagged in putting up the comment ;_;
Go and do a ‘first’ on Eurogamer…they’ll love you… honest.
ok, i’ll check it out…. and i’ll be 1st next week so be watching ;)
If you’re so determined, I’ll bet that Vorked or Coelasquid would be first.
this is the first time i’ve tried saying “1st”. I will get it right next monday. I will have no life that night as I will just keep refreshing the page until it’s uploaded
Okay, you do that. oh and ????rd. Didn’t see that one coming did you.
my bad thats ????th
huh??? call me a newf@g, but i don’t get what you just said….
:I
Holy shit, that’s Volt from The Bouncer. I do believe he was my first manly man in a video game. Good show.
Volt’s probably my favourite Square character ever forever.
I think I love you. Volt is the most underappreciated character ever and he deserves some more exposure.
lies! tis’ kou leifou the most underrated character, next to DURAGON C. MIKADO……. years later, i can still hear the announcer in my head.
Thats not true, lots of poeple like Kou because he was the easiest player to use… unless you spammed donkey kick with Sion.
Volt was the most underappreciated as it was hardest to play as him… and he was left handed. :D
I’m just happy you gave Francis a nod. The guy looks awesome even when you draw him!
Ninja edit: I realize as I say that it could be taken as a criticism of your drawing. It’s not. I’m just admiring the change in art styles did nothing to diminish his awesomeness, so double props for you for still making him awesome.
ninja edit? is that proper ninja or Naruto ninja? proper ninja you would never see them, so a ninja edit would not be noticed, thus would be pointless, but a Naruto ninja edit would be flashy and loud and look-at-me and i need to get off the subject of Naruto that show ruined ninjahood
I thought that’s who I was! God, I still need to get around to playing that game…
…who THAT was. Word fail…
The whole game is like three hours long, so if you can track down a copy it’s not going to take long to get up to speed :P
*who IT was. Correction fail…
someone break out the fail jar
“who that was” works just as well as “who it was”. You didn’t need to correct my correction. I have my eye on you now. O_. Just the big one.
You took the words out of my mouth. Holy shit indeed. I rushed in to see if anyone had recognized Volt motherhumping Krueger already. Hell, I can’t believe another human ever touched The Bouncer, much less liked it.
Kinda looks like a buffed up rendition of Coelasquid’s Zevran, huh?
They’ll be OK. Three guys there don’t even need food and there’s a guy that has covered wars, you know?
TWO PEOPLE THAT PLAYED BOUNCER OTHER THAN ME ?!?!
i can’t believe that… square need to do a sequel, or at least release the other half of that game, it wasn’t finished right ?
I, too, did a little jig to see Volt Kreuger in the comic. Recognized him immediately because the Bouncer was my favorite game for the longest time. So short, so silly, so full of in-jokes, so underrated. I … I actually got a PS2 mostly to play that game.
Not only that but make it multiplayer co-op. That was the best part of classic beat-em-ups!
More like FOUR people, asshole. Learn to count(sarcasm). Actually, it’s now five people.
Fuck. Seven.
Eight. I loved Bouncer. :D
Looking at these, I feel bad knowing that I played through that game with Kou.
Make that nine!
10! Bouncer was one of my favorite games back in the day. Too bad Squeenix sucks at game mechanics in anything besides RPGs. The whole concept of the game was pretty brilliant imo.
And yes, the game was actually finished, you just had to beat it on the hardest mode to get the true ending.
I loved that game. Volt was the first person I played as and after beating it as Kou and Sion and getting the “true” ending I wrecked everyone’s shit again as Volt just for shits and giggles.
I miss that game. PSN needs to do and updated HD download for that game. Online battle royals too!
Ten! (or more!) Volt was my favorite character in that game! Wish my brother hadn’t misplaced my copy.
Placing 4 player on a multitap…good times.
11, I love that game.
Yes, that game was awesome…and that’s coming from someone who, when she played it, hated those sorts of games…
12 or more, I guess.
I’m so surprised a lot of people played this goddamn game, wow.
And Kou was the easiest, that’s a fact.
Catch an All S on that game (including the non-main characters) was a cool hobby, ah good times.
one of many games I never heard of while in the throes of Diablo 2 addiction late in high school.
Is it just me, or is Sion from Bouncer a grown up version of Sora from Kingdom Hearts?
All of Tetsuya Nomura’s protagonists are just varying degrees of Gackt, with such colourful characters to his name as “Blond Gackt”, “Brunette Gackt”, “Sports Gackt”, “Kid Gackt”, and “Chain Gackt”.
Loved playing as this guy. Made the Bouncer worth it.
Huzzah, I love when we get a glimpse at more side characters. I don’t recognize the guy in front of PH, though. He’s too generic for me to place him with any kind of certainty. :/
But at least now we know Krauser resolved his little identity crisis breakdown. And we get Doomguy to boot. :D
Might be Frank West, from Dead Rising.
Op, Matt goddit.
That would have been my guess with the zombie primer and all, but I was curious enough to confirm. Thanks. :)
He’s Frank West from the first Dead Rising.
Yeah, you kinda run into the issue drawing things about characters like this that most action games seem to star tall, built, brown haired, strong jawed, stubbly white guys.
Haha, I’d guess as much. Generic McMacho shows up all the time, and it must be a pain to try to make them stand out. The only thing that sets West apart is that camera, really, but it wasn’t present so I didn’t want to jump to conclusions.
If you look at them long enough you pick up the little differences in the faces, like Fran’s chin is wide and flat with rounded edges, and his nose is a little bulbous and broken. And he’s got kind of pointed lips with thick muscles around his mouth and not much of a lower lip.
The ones that are really hard are guys like Cody, who are as completely unremarkable as they come. “Capcom face plus t-shirt and jeans”
… which is hilarious because at first glance I thought he was Leon on a day off and was wondering what the hell he was doing at an agency for manly guys.
And the differences are there, it’s true, but when standing alone and translated into a particular artist’s style, it’s hard to tell at first glance which man you’re looking at. I’ve always loved your ability to make characters distinct by their body and faces, not just a change of clothes, but when it comes to this particular stereotype, it’s still pretty tricky business.
Capcom face, never have I hear truer words used for a description.
Tim please don’t throw a fire ball at me
“Monty Python QFHG” Reference ~ACHIEVEMENT 0g~
Hehe, this sounds like someone explaining how Penguins tell each other apart. ;)
Who’s a Man and a Half?
Oh god, I have such a sordid love affair with those comics. They’re too camp for me to hate them but just so….. “WAT” that I can’t admit I love them yet. D:
I’m glad I’m not the only one that caught the tiny glimpse of the guy from the classic Doom in the background.
I love the roll call we have going on here. We need more “general meetings” at the temp agency.
I’m pretty sure Francis wouldn’t have a problem with either of those, as L4D seems pretty realistic on that account, at least.
Yes but Francis hates everything soooo, y’know.
You know what he don’t hate?
He don’t hate vests.
Grabbin’ pills.
The only thing he’d have a hard time with would be not being able to down an ENTIRE BOTTLE of pain pills, since technically that’s eating something.
Also, I thought that always did more harm than anything. Although I guess OD-ing is a slightly less horrible way to go compared to a surprise Witch attack
He hates drills, though.
Aaww… No ammo? Seriously?
Hilarious! I always wondered about that trashpork, too….
I do think it might be nice, though, if you just listed the names of the characters in the comic at the very end of your post for that day? I mean, obviously you don’t have to, but it might help for some of us who don’t know all these folks. If you did I would appreciate it.
I always list the characters that are relevant to the joke in the tags, I leave the rest because people seem to like guessing at who they are.
It seems like anyone that speaks or is prominently featured gets tagged at the bottom of the comic (like Cody here). The rest are just standing in the background and I doubt would be worth tagging or anything.
Besides, it’s kind of fun to make guesses at who we’re seeing, yeah? :D
Pffffft I was typing this before Coela posted and now I feel ridiculous.
It’s okay, you’re making me feel validated.
And now you don’t need to pay for parking!
This comic need Mike haggar to appear.
I have plans for him, but he’s too successful to be hanging around a temp agency.
He could be there to do a pep talk about how to be a successful manly man. And I’m glad to see Cody without the handcuffs. Sure he’s a violence addict, but he deserves to walk the streets too, just not in my town.
I just spit Coke everywhere, funniest thing I have seen all week.
Heads up to all you gamer babies out there: The dude wearing green in the back corner of panel 4? Not Master Chief. Not even a Spartan at all. That, right there, is Doom Guy in full armor. Yeah baby.
No one seemed to get it when I walked on PSX Doomguy last May, so I figured the armour is the only thing people really recognize.
I thought it was Chiefy at first glance, then I noticed the eye and everything fell into place, which was awesome.
I’m pretty sure his helmet was gray though..
BUT I AIN’T HATIN’ :3 <3
That’s probably due to the fact that PC Doomguy’s face is the one that’s seared into everyone’s mind (as you’re looking at it most of the game) rather than that version. He has that unique hairstyle going on in the PC version too, but it’s a lighter brown than the version you used.
on that note, thanks for putting Doomguy in this one.
as soon as i saw the translucent visor, i knew it was him, and i felt like Jared after The Commander gave him the big sack of Beanie Babies.
the helmet’s not even the right shape for master chief. :/
I never played Doom, so I assumed it was just an “interpretation” of the Chief. I repent, and will have more faith in Coelasquid’s greatness in future.
If I helped make just one person less wrong, then I have done my duty. :)
Soon as i saw that stuff i was like, DOOM GUY!
Anyone who suggests its master chief, well, yeah!
I’m not even sure you can be revitalised for jager shots.
Also: OMG ROBOCOP haven’t seen that dude in AGES hahaha, so cool.
Loved it, right down to the artist comment and some of the other comments.
Kind of reminds me of the first Duke Nukem and my amusement at using the toilet before breaking it for a drink. You suppose toilet drinking water is as bad as trashpork?
Could be worse. Fallout 3, you could drink from the toilets to regain a little health. And get increased radiation exposure along with it…
EVERYTHING increased fuckin’ radiation, I survived on stimpacks and sleep. In fact, that could be a joke itself somehow.
Come to think of it, Fallout characters that must appear in this comic include Lucas Simms, Fawkes, Herbert “Daring” Dashwood And His Faithful Assistant, Argyle; and representing the females, Sarah Lyons and Star Paladin Cross.
Same here, but you left out constantly hitting the V.A.T.S, or Vault-Tech Assisted Targeting System, button.
hey, is that Robocop in the background?
yup.
excellent. He’s a much neglected macho-man, I always feel.
Is that Rolento in the back with the beret, or am I just crazy?
Nope, that’s Krauser from Resident Evil 4
Huh. So apparently he managed to join the agency after all.
Are there gonna be manly comic book characters, or only manly game characters?
Because I swear, you could make Death’s Head even funnier than he already is, yes?
I’ve never read Death’s head, and making fun of things I know nothing about just ends badly.
A shame. Bloody hilarious.
Nearly as funny as you.
Is it at all possible that we get a zombie arc? I’d love to see these guys and then some kill undead things for fun.
Holy balls, not only Cody gets to appear in this best webcomic evar, but he actually speaks! That’s one of my dreams fulfilled. Also, he’s in his first clothes which were cool, not that stupid prison uniform.
Also, that explains why he left Jessica after saving her – not because there was something wrong with his mind or their relationshib, but because he felt sick. A true gentleman!
I’m so glad it’s not that terrible prison uniform. Worst possible direction for the character.
Any chance we’ll get to see said zombie drill?
Cody from the classic Final Fight. Yeah it’s always weird that food was eaten up from random places like trashcans and newstands in beatemups like streets of Rage and Final Fight.
This also draws the question about why the hero in castlevania is willing to eat porkchops that were randomly discovered in a demonic castles old dusty stone walls.
Hell I’m still trying to figure out why some games have bats the size of a fist suddenly drop a 4 foot long broadsword.
Because it’s a porkchop. I don’t care if I found it under a tombstone in a graveyard, I’ll eat that damn porkchop, and so should you. Unless it’s then pet cemetery, then it’s probably partially alive and I would still just kill it and eat it.
The Belmonts are wise, they know there is no such thing as bad porkchop.
perhaps their ancestors “needed food badly” and they all inherited such traits as not questioning the origins of meat found on the ground.
That sort of attitude gets you tapeworms, mister.
Francis is probably angry because he knows that there won’t be any infinite ammo stockpiles sitting around either.
Francis hates finite resources.
And doctors, and lawyers, and cops.
But he doesn’t hate vests.
Is… Is that a terminator in the background?
I’m voting for a SNATCHER. And to the other guy, it’s Marcus Fenix from Gears of War. Funnily enough I’ve just been playing through that with a chum (because we hadn’t played it before) and we were both surprised and a little pleased that he wasn’t in Punchline. COELASQUID GET OUT OF MY HOUSE
Certainly looks like one. You gotta admit, a Mk 500 is pretty dang manly.
I have a feeling it’s more of a T-800, but that’s just me… I may be out of touch with my Terminator model numbers. That said any terminator would be ridiculously handy against zombies; I mean he’d never have to worry about being infected. Just use him as your main line of defense.
Nah, you’ve got it right. The T-800 is the model that was sent after Sarah Connor in the first movie and is the “Arnold Schwartzenegger” one.
That begs the question, what the hell is a T-800 doing at the agency? And why would Pyramid Head be concerned about zombies – he practically is one. Or not. I don’t remember his backstory.
Sara Connor Chronicles was canceled, so all the terminators stuck back in time had to get jobs somewhere…
~Rolph’s mind gone blank~
I caught a Pokemon in Pokemon Diamond recently, thought of you and named it Mr. Fish.
How do I like this?
I’m also digging the idea of a Zombie Drill arc!
So if my eyes don’t deceive me, the guys at the agency ATM are:
Robocop, The Terminator, Francis, Rolento, Volt-who-is-a-guy-I’ve-never-met-before, Pyramid Head, mother-fucking-Doom Guy, Cody, Frank Warcoverer West, and… Err…
Is that someone from Gears of War or something? *gets shot*
Yeah, pretty sure that’s Marcus Fenix.
Yep, thats Bender from futurama (same voice actor as Marcus Fenix)
Hah! Look at the dumb asshole parking his ass in front of Pyramid Head.
It’s okay. He has a plank with a nail in it.
I sincerely hope that you’ve watched RoosterTeeth’s Immersion videos. If you haven’t, you truly must. Especially episodes 6 & 7 <3
That being said, I wish my workplace ran zombie drills D:
FRANK WEST IS IN THE COMIC MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE. Even if he was just there for one panel that’s still awesome! :D
Exceeeept this is a temp agency, Frank already has a job. He’s a freelance photojournalist, so why’s he here? I mean I’m not complaining about his presence, but just kinda thinking out loud.
You overestimate the job security of freelance…
ghat damn Volt is attractive in your style.
best thing Square’s ever created, right there. Even with the weird rolled-up-to-the-knee jeans.
second and third best are obviously Cid Highwind and Barret. I swear those guys were the only reason I played FFVII, that poor dead horse of a game.
That has to be the Terminator and Robocop back there. Has to be.
Coela, you made my week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s5K5RFzRzg&list=SL
That is all.
Woot for actually knowing the guys in this comic XD I laughed so hard, i wanna zombie drill, but we never seem to have the time to do it here… Plus a zombie drill with a 1 1/2 year old and a 3 year ild is kinda hard XD
Thank you Coelasquid for giving me a good laugh while i’m ill… I <3 you and your comic ^_^ (platonically of course)
Aw man he’s so angry, it’s so CUTE.
I’ve always been a little sad that in real life I don’t find pristine burgers and hams on the ground or necklaces in exploded vending machines, but I guess you have a good point here.
Why do I feel like Pyramid Head’s the last one that needs to worry?
I think Robocop and the T-800 are the ones that shouldn’t be here…I don’t think zombies can eat metal.
Robocop still has a brain to be eaten.
Yeah, Pyramid Head can just hump all the zombies to death.
*humpy humpy*
Everybody! do the funky duckman!
Why did I read that as “Do the Flying Dutchman”?
In the top right corner, is that a DOOM marine?
Why, it does seem to be.
I’m noticing Krauser is the only manly man from RE…you’d think there’d be more Capcom zombie killers ^_^
Yeha, but none are obscenely macho enough to need this kind of service except maybe RE5 Chris, but according to this comic, that was actually Krauser. Or maybe Barry Burton…?
Certainly not Leon. And most of the villains are pretty effeminate too. So who’s left to play zombie drill? HUNK? Nemesis?
What about the ever so sexy and wonderful Wesker ^_^
I think the fact that you called him sexy with a “^_^” face is telling enough of why he doesn’t really need this particular agency. He’s not manly in the macho way the rest are.
I see Francis made it into the comic this week. You are a true gentleman and a scholar.
Now we wait for Bill…..
I hate drills.
Maybe we’re looking at this trashpork thing from the wrong end folks. (pun not intended, I’m just that awesome with wordplay :P) Maybe it SHOULD be crawling with bacteria and molds and whatnot. Sort of a manly guy version of antibiotics?
As for Commander’s rules, that’s ok. I can break ’em. Ready? Watch me now.
Zombies don’t drop ammo, just body parts….which you can pick up and use to bludgeon the rest of em into tapioca! See???
Yah, this is the same reason most tabletop GM’s run screaming the other way when I say I want to play. :P
It’s a rat flail!
you get the plague and die!
-VG cats
This is awesome; manly men prepping for the zombie apocalypse while whining about how eating trash won’t heal them.
Also, I’ve never played the Bouncer/had not a clue who the guy was, but the dude with horns looks frigging amazingly awesome.
Who is that guy with the horns and piercings?
And amazing comic as always, but it does make me wonder…are you serious? Food found on the ground isn’t chock full of vitimans and nuetriants? My whole world is shattered.
You mean Volt from The Bouncer?
You missed out on a pretty awesome Beat Em Up game.
I was thinking about the resident evil games the other day and how it seems no matter how many times you are bitten by a zombie it seems you just have to eat a green herb or something like that, that you found on the ground, and you’re all better.
Just gotta say. Frank West is totes badass.
I can’t agree with this hard enough.
Yay!!!! Marcus finally appeared lol.
I think pretty much anyone from gears of war is alified to behere… except Dom
* qualified * be here
damn autocorrect
Got directed here from reddit, and decided to read all of ’em. Great comic, keep them coming!
You know what I love about this comment, that there is the big guy from the game “The Bouncer” in it lol…. Truely awesome cameo :D (even if it was not a cameo :p)
Urgh! I want to play Final Fight D:<
Gotta get a job… then looks for it o_o
Seeing Francis made my day.
Seeing Pyramid head in the crowd makes me wonder how legit this drill is.
He’s not a zombie, just a psychological horror.
yay zombies!
im waitin for a walkin dead reference hehe
I honestly didn’t realize that was Cody until the Commander said his name. That’s not really your fault so much as the character designers of Final Fight. He’s pretty generic looking. :/
The joke, though, definitely got a hearty chuckle out of me. I always wondered why none of these characters seem to question why that monster just dropped a fully-cooked turkey.
Probably a good idea to avoid the trashpork. I just have to say that I love this comic… I don’t have much else.
Wait, why is pyramid head in there? Isn’t he supposed to be zombie-ish?
Seeing Volt Kruger made me squee. I want his Jacket so bad.
Common sense is now known as either “Commander Sense” or “Coela Sense”.
The commander’s jacket is odd, it’s somewhere between a leather jacket and a winter coat.
I want his boots
It’s a racing style jacket I think. they usually have a car/motorcycle logo on them, synthetic leather so you don’t get road rash if you pitch off your bike on a hard corner. people who don’t race all the time can wear the ones without the pads and guards built in.
FRANCIS. <3
Trashpork…xD
One of your best yet. What if the zombies were cops before they got zombified, they might have ammo then?
Anything from a bottle or heart shaped… It’s most likely acid.
Finally! I notice somebody at least played The Bouncer other than me. Volt Kreuger is beast.
Love that you brought in the classic Doomguy. I would of sworn you had the Doom3 marine awhile back. You do need more classic Doom guy though :)
Commander’s nose is getting bigger. Must be from all the lying to, uh… whatsherface.
God forbid my drawing style change at all after a year or so of drawing these characters.
Didn’t mean that to sound condescending, I closely scrutinize your drawings so I could perhaps learn a thing or two. :) I think it’s a good thing, he stands out a lot more if he isn’t attractive in the usual videogame type way.
I’m not going to put that one acronym with “l”s and “o”s but yes, I laughed, hard.
Better yet, after watching Rooster Teeth’s Immersion I know exactly what the dungeon food will do to someone.
Well I think Francis will doom them all.
Freaking Carrier.
Also, Would Robo Cop get the zombie virus? He has a few bits still human… but can he even get infections?
And there’s a Freaking Terminator in the background! Being full robot during zombie drills are cheating!
I want to see Mr. Fish fighting hordes of zombies.
I second that.
…I wonder if you can turn into a zombie by eating one. That’d probably Mr. Fish’s preferred mode of combat.. despite hyperbeam…
Ok, I can’t stop laughing. Just got into this comic a few days ago, read it through completely in a mere hour, and laughing way to hard at today’s comic! Keep it up, I have a deep admiration for you :)
And manly men. Oh my gosh, the muscles!
i lol’d at the “dead zombies wont drop ammo” comment XD
also the “eating shit you find around wont heal you” was quite amusing, keep up the cool work coela!
It feels like Francis is staring into my soul…
…And gunning it down with a shotgun
It’s a shame Leon’s not manly enough to be here, as he’s from a ResE game and is also guilty of eating random shit to heal. Including the possibly tainted food of the psycho-townspeople who are trying to murder him, and the raw eggs.
Looks like Robot Cop’s still a man, baby!
And I can’t type! :D
I say any respectable business should instate zombie drills. It’s only common sense.
I’d be a lot more excited about going to work on drill days if we had zombie drills.
there could be raptor drills for XKCD fans too.
Operate under the assumption that they can open locked doors.
Best idea ever.
Great seeing Doomguy there, and the cybernetic organisms too! I wonder if the Doom Comic version of the Doomguy would warrant an apearance, though that may be over the top…
Funny, I just punched my way through Action Doom 2 eating all the garbage and ashtray food I could find.
Oh and I just noticed the PSX Doomguy in the cookie comic. I like the PSX Doom cover art, I never thought I’d see him.
Doom… comic? BRB!
Is that Volt, Volt is the shit!
:) Pyramid Head makes me happy. Although I’m surprised he’s just standing there listening instead of trying to rape someone from behind.
You have an awesome talent drawing characters and make them recogniseable. Just thought that when i saw Mr. Fenix
i saw volt. i need to play the bouncer now.. i need a copy of the bouncer.. and a ps2.. crap..
The more times I read this the better it gets… This is my favorite comic on this site so far.
Francis w<
My only issue with this comic is that it has not been around for years and I cant spend a good 2 – 3 days reading everything I have missed. More pl0x :D.
wait… is the green clad face at the top MASTER CHIEF?!?!??!?!? and we can see his face? wow, you have just officially blown my mindl
I’s not Master Chief.
damn, oh well. Then who is it? I’m afraid I’m not versed in all the manly men of manly men.
Never mind, the dude under this answered the question.
No, that’s the Doomguy. His face has always been visible.
Never played doom… that would explain why I didn’t recognize him.
the guy at the right in the 4th panel looks like a badass Monk
I know Chris Redfield’s in the back somewhere going, “What about random herbs?” But he can’t raise his hand because his biceps are the size of his head.
The thing is, While Mike Haggar was the mayor, it was perfectly normal to find jewelry in every phone booth and a rotisserie chicken in every trashcan. That’s just how awesome he was running the city. It’s no wonder Cody got used to that style of living, it was the norm in Metro City during Haggar’s reign.
…When you put it that way, it makes me realize just how much Mayor Haggar does for the downtrodden members of his city. The hobos on the street may have to sleep under highway tunnels, but that would be their own fault for not spending their jewels properly. And at least they’ll never go hungry.
Francis shoul do GREAT during this exercise. He’s used to zombies that don’t drop ammo (except for the rare fallen survivor), though the commander should also specify that slamming down bottles of pills or random adrenaline injections won’t help either.
Oh god, the bouncer, I totally missed that game!
Awesome work as always… Also its funny (and awesome) that Francis looks kinda like Reznov from Call of Duty (W@W and Black Ops) in this one
Francis: I hate garbage plates…
Volt for the WIN.
I only know Cody from his days in Street Fighter ( I keep forgeting his beat-em-up premeir), and in that he’s Australian and can make tornado’s with his fists.
That’s it. Original DoomGuy has appeared.
Now we’ll just need a strip where comicbook!DoomGuy sits down and discuss his
RIP AND TEAR problem with the Commander.
Yea, so, today my friend and I started to play Resident Evil 4 from start to finish. We made several jokes regarding why crows are carrying around Flash Grenades or gold and also as to why a supposedly run down town would carry the exact same ammo that would fit the gun Leon walked in with. Also, how he can jump down over 30 feet with no problem, and if he gets hit in the face with an axe/sickle/ect., all it takes is a combination of plants that are found in boxes or crates to make everything better. We had quite a gas laughing about it and making jokes.
Then, at this hour, I get online and check the update for this week. And, for the most part, thought it was perfect timing, laughed quite a bite, and wanted to for the first time tell you how spot on these comics can be. Thank you.
This comic must take place in Metro City. No other city but the one ruled by Haggar could possibly hold so much testosterone.
Yeah, that makes sense. Only in a city where they Mayor personaly piledrives criminals into submission can this sort of place exist.
I gotta say any Punchline comics that have a crowd of recognized faces together makes me all warm and frothy inside. I feel that, at some time in the future, a big company photo is needed, with everyone at the agency together having a great manly time. Would’ve been cool for the holidays (Manly Christmas card?) or New Years…
I humbly request that you find an excuse to do this. Maybe for some manly holiday or the Commander’s birthday (Or “future anniversary of the completion of Commander’s soil n’ steak synthesis”?).
So, what do these guys go on groundhog day? It’s nearly here, If a certain blue hedgehog sees a dark coloured hedgehog do we get an early spring?
*looks at comments*
*blinks*
*washes eyes out in sink*
What’s Pyramid Head doing in there? xD
He’s a member of the agency too.
MOTHER FUCKING VOLT?!?! MOTHER FUCKING YEEESSSS!!<3<3<3<3<3<3
that game was the best game i ever played on the ps2 ;A;
Cody reminds me of Leon.
-cough- Such a true comic. My priest in world of warcraft is the only one with an excuse, as she can heal herself, even if she sucks at it.
Dude, Volt effing Krueger is one of the sexiest manly men to ever be created by Squaresoft (Well, Square Enix, but it was soft back then.)
I thought I’d never seen him leave my PS2 until that really scary picture featuring his…footlong…and almost a dozen more piercings you usually see….*Shiver*
Thank you so very much for not portraying him like a piercing addcited sex offender, and more like the manly, sexy man he really is!!
You know? I don’t think you’ve ever drawn the Commander’s feet.
Except in the strips on March 29th, April 5th, May 10th, May 17th, May 31st, June 7th, July 26th, August 17th, August 30th, November 22nd, December 6th, December 27th, the original concept art for him, and in next week’s comic. So I guess a quarter of the overall number of comics I’ve done.
why does francis need rehabilitation? he could go straight back into his career as a preschool teacher whenever he wants
Good job, I am quite amused and you have successfully improved my week. A virtual High five is now delivered to you… enjoy it while it lasts….
I was replaying Streets of Rage 2 and I actually felt reluctant to eat the roast turkey that I just punched out of a trash can. Never troubled me as a kid, but I was stood there thinking “I don’t need to fight food poisoning as well as Galsia and Y-Signal…”
I just feel the need to say that you draw Francis well.
But..I feel sorta confused why Pyramid Head is here? He doesn’t really fit with the rest at all.
Hey, Pyramid head does his part to deal with the zombie menace.
Yeah, zombies are the only thing slow-moving enough for Pyramid Head to catch. Kinda defuses the sense of horror though, what with the high speed chases being no faster than a brisk walk.
Lol i some how knew that was Frank West, i recognized him but wasn’t sure from where. XD
It was a surprise seeing Volt though, I only know of him because Unskippable sadly XD
I’ll be honest… I was expecting someone from Resident Evil. And no, Jack Krauser doesnt count.
I once found a sub on the sidewalk. It was fully wrapped and unopened. Don’t know why it was there, but it healed my hunger.
I hate food…
Is it just me, or does Frank West look like a beefier Tony Shaloub in that panel?
LOL I AM OnLY 1 in class that gets this stuff
It’s a good thing Frank West is standing in that group.
He’s covered wars, you know.
I have the same tooth missing as the commander. I want to redeem Man Points for this coincidental similarity.
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What’s he complaining about? We play by the same rules at my school– one bite to zombie-fy.
Kinda nice to see pre-prison Cody, he’s still got his pep.
Is that Volt I see? God, I haven’t played The Bouncer in ages. :)
You… you put Volt in there… I LOVE YOU!
It’s good to see Krauser is once again comfortable with who he is.
ZOMFG
i thought i was the only one who liked final fight.
this comic is so good too.
although why isnt haggard in the club?
The “THIS IS BULLSHIT” line gave me a flashback from Vampires the Masquerade! :D
Is that… Volt Krueger from The Bouncer?
If so, I love you.
Doom Guy behind speech bubble?
Also Terminator and Robocop to the left.
Who is that guy to the left of cody?
Where’s Francis’s tatoos? (is that how it’s spelled? I can’t remember the last time I had to spell it…)
Oh wait nevermind I was looking at the wrong guy the one on thr right. I now see him right smack-dab in the middle. How did I not see that iconic face before now?
Hilarious
this comic is great.
reminds me of Bioshock, I always felt weird going through trashcans and ashtrays looking for cake and potted meat to eat.
even weirder in Bioshock 2, when your character wears a diving helmet the whole time and yet is still able to wolf down the baked beans you found on a rotting corpse.
yeah…good times.
Doom marine?! SQUEEEEEEE!!!!
i know all but one of those characters off the top of my head
Hmm which team up would win here…. My money’s on Doom guy (does he even Have a name), the terminator and Pyramid Head.
“Floor ice cream restores health!”
– Pit
Found you today, lurked all of your comics today, respecting you to the point of silent idolizing worship, but putting VOLT in this comic is worth breaking my commitment to that silence. You. Are. Awesome.
Frank West. He’s covered wars you know. Holy hell, Volt Krueger! I loved that game. Just started reading these so I hope to see more of him. Thought that Cody guy was Axel from Streets of Rage.
I love how Robocop and Terminator are next to one another. I played SO much Robocop Vs Terminator on the SNES as a kid.