Sunday Morning Funnies: Bears for literacy
by Amanda Miller 
May 30th 2010 at 9:00AM
It's almost June, but where I'm living, it's been feeling like late July. I hope everyone has been out enjoying the weather, especially during this pre-Cataclysm slump. Before you head out today for your picnic, BBQ, walk in the park, or afternoon raid, SMF has quite a sizable list of comics for your enjoyment. We even have two brand-spanking new-to-the-list comics this week, thanks to a couple of tipsters. Don't forget to make suggestions for comic inclusions in the comment section!
This week's discussion topic is a free-for-all. Talk about your favorite character, an artist's shading technique, suggest a future discussion topic, or whatever else is on your mind.
- GRATS! There's no cc in real life!?!
- Foxtrot, 05/23/2010.
- New! Travels with Tenthunders. Go ahead and peruse the archive, and in the future I will post the updates in the future. Tipster BethL recommends The Real Guide to Orgrimmar.
- Coffin Comics: Origin of the Species.
- New! Out of World. Again, peruse the archive, and I'll start posting updates next week.
- LFG #359 and #360.
- Teh Gladiators: Poppin' Them Flowers and part two.
- Daily Quests: Unhappily Ever After.
- Torment of the Week: Little Secret.
- NPC: Super Freak. Now I have that song in my head! Also: Setting the Tone and Mutation.
- The Daily Blink: The Pilton Report. Also: Guild Propaganda and Guild Propaganda #2.
- AFR: Shout it Out.
- Tales from the Crossroads: I Love the Crossroads.
- Slash AFK: Too Soon. Also: Spacebar Junkie.
- The latest from Guilded Age.
- Complex Actions: Everything Has a Price. Congrats on your 100th strip!
- Warcraft Hero in: Looking for Priest.
- Dark Legacy Comics: Woes of a Ground Mount.
- Equinox vs. the Swordmaster.
- Fail Druid.
- Cru the Dwarf: Group Etiquette and Favorable Odds.
- Quest: Ultimatum.
- Girls Don't Play Games: The Captain Hates WoW Comics.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Comics, Sunday Morning Funnies
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Terethall May 30th 2010 9:32AM
/cringe at the Foxtrot comic.
Sometimes the media makes me more sad than usual. Would it have killed them to use WoW's actual name?
Kylenne May 30th 2010 9:40AM
Ha ha! Don't you see? WoW players can't tell fantasy from reality! Ha ha ha! Isn't that HILARIOUS? And a TOTALLY original idea?! LOL!
-_-
(And now I'm reminded why I don't read newspaper comics since the Boondocks ended.)
placebo May 30th 2010 10:13AM
"Sometimes the media makes me more sad than usual. Would it have killed them to use WoW's actual name?"
Bill Amend has been calling it World of Warquest for 5 or 6 years.
It might be due to copyright or in the land of Foxtrot that's what the game is called.
sherekhan88 May 30th 2010 10:34AM
@Kylenne: Actually Bill Amend is pretty much a geek. He's been making WoW references as Warquest for years, and that's his choice. He also made up a Diablo pastiche, though the name escapes me but I do remember the strip mini-arc being how Paige got into the Beta for that DII-clone. He's also referred to Myst as Iron Mysticus I think, at some point; as well as its original name but can't remember which came first.
Personally, I don't see the problem. Sometimes people can't tell preference from offense, and it's not hilarious, and most certainly not an original thought of general public.
Tomatketchup May 30th 2010 11:49AM
Why does it matter anyway? Oh hey, it's not World of Warcraft, ME MAD RAWR!!!!111one
That strip might've not had the best joke of all time but it's still enjoyable, so why the anger?
VelcroLizard May 30th 2010 11:48AM
@Kylene: It's just Peter that can't seperate fantasy from reality.
Pablo May 30th 2010 3:01PM
The Diablo pastiche was called Rivablo: at the time, Riven was as hyped and expected as Diablo II, if you can believe that. Yeah, Amend rules.
macster May 30th 2010 10:08AM
I like Out Of World. Except the Draenei in the bunny costume, which may stay with me for some time...
ladyaxolotl May 30th 2010 11:49AM
Yeah... That was sorta my fault... Happens a lot when I draw draenei.
Sorry for the nightmares? ;)
devilsei May 30th 2010 10:45PM
Glad I'm not the only one slightly scared of that...
and at the same time, in the right angles... so hawt...
And I'm already claiming the human pally as my favorite, he's almost like an even crazier Brock Sampson...
Dairune May 30th 2010 10:16AM
Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeemons
Jez May 30th 2010 11:43AM
Haha, silly... that bear has horns!
Bears don't have horns... well, unless you play Ho--oo--oooh dear.
:O
Drakkenfyre May 30th 2010 12:02PM
Did you see the "Orgrimmar Public Library" in "Travels with Tenthunders"?
It has fiction, and non-fiction.
One book each.
That was funny.
Shadow May 30th 2010 11:55AM
*gasp* you forgot the best comic :) : http://beyondthetree.wordpress.com
Tokkar May 30th 2010 2:23PM
My website is currently down. This makes the 17th time (at least that I am aware) that my website has been down in under 3 months. Needless to say, I am A) pissed off and B) going to be moving my site as soon as I can afford to.
I sincerely apologize to my fans. This is embarrassing to say the least.
A trouble ticket has been submitted and hopefully the site will be back up within the hour.
Drakkenfyre May 30th 2010 3:53PM
May I recommend HostGator? They may have a pricing plan which is affordable balanced with reliability that a public webcomic needs.
Tokkar May 30th 2010 4:24PM
I was looking at them as well. For the immediate future, I'm going to see about a free hosting service I just found and then migrate over to the new server once I have the money for it (right now, I'm strapped - story of most artist's lives, eh?) - thanks for the suggestion!
Pocket May 30th 2010 5:32PM
I use ComicDish. Free and comic specific. Also ad free.
Tokkar May 30th 2010 7:36PM
I'll have to check them out! Thanks!
Also, the site's back up...for now...uncertain for how LONG the site will be up this time...
JC_Icefox May 30th 2010 4:19PM
Feh.
July weather. I'm sure.
I have SNOW. At the end of MAY.
Let me restate. Frigging SNOW.
/rage