Loading...
67th out of 70 books
—
43 voters
My rating:
add to my books
Penny Arcade Volume 1: Attack of the Bacon Robots
Get your geek on! Penny Arcade, the comic strip for gamers, by gamers is now available in comic shops and bookstores everywhere. Not familiar with Penny Arcade? What? It's only the most popular comic strip on the web. It's the funniest, most twisted comic that ever lampooned gamer culture, and takes shots at everything from Star Wars to Steve Jobs. Experience the joy of be
...morePaperback, 120 pages
Published
February 8th 2006
by Dark Horse Comics
(first published 2006)
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
599)
It is hard to believe that Penny Arcade has been around for over ten years now. I didn't get hooked on the web-comic until about three to four years ago. I'm glad that the comics are coming out in print now so that I can learn the history of the e-comic.
The series follows the lives of two gamers, Gabe and Tycho. They have some funny moments sharing the thoughts and experiences about games and the tech industry in general. If you don't follow video games you might not get this book a...more
The series follows the lives of two gamers, Gabe and Tycho. They have some funny moments sharing the thoughts and experiences about games and the tech industry in general. If you don't follow video games you might not get this book a...more
view 1 comment
For those who have somehow missed the phenomenon of the webcomic Penny Arcade (at penny-arcade.com), these print compilations are as good a way as any to get caught up, and longtime fans of the series get to tune in to the adventures of slacker gamers Tycho and Gabe with the added benefit of panel commentary from the creators. If the library comic Unshelved is a comic for a nerd's nerd, Penny Arcade is a comic for a geek's geek. References to gadgetry, gaming systems and gamer culture abound and...more
I've been a video game nerd since I was in elementary school. When I hit middle school, my parents bought me the Nintendo Entertainment System and it altered my life profoundly. I cavorted in the dark reaches of video game trivia, backstory, plot line, news, and anything else that piqued my pixelized interests. My peers thought I was slightly crazy. Sure, everyone liked video games, but no one in their right mind liked them that much.
By high school, I'd met a good friend who shared m...more
By high school, I'd met a good friend who shared m...more
I can't really rate this book four stars without a major disclaimer to my friends: if you don't have at least a passing knowledge of video game history and gamer culture, most of the humor in these comics will be lost on you and you'll be faced only with a confusing array of crass gags, volatile language, and cartoon violence. But if you are in the know, you probably already agree with the webcomic-reading masses that Penny Arcade is one of the greatest modern comic strips ever, and that Jerry ...more
I found this collection of Penny Acade's early work to be extremely funny. I didn't always appreciate the nuances since I wasn't really into gaming when the Dreamcast was still around but I still found enough to make me laugh out loud several times.
It was interesting to compare the characterization of Tycho and Gabe in the beginning to what it is now. In the earlier work I think both personalities were similar to what Gabe's is today.
I was highly entertained and envy ...more
It was interesting to compare the characterization of Tycho and Gabe in the beginning to what it is now. In the earlier work I think both personalities were similar to what Gabe's is today.
I was highly entertained and envy ...more
Ah, the awkward early years. Every TV show, comic, person has them. Penny Arcade's first year was the exact same way. The art wasn't quite nailed yet (and Gabe has been constantly refining it for almost ten years now) and some of the jokes seem lame in retrospect (and dated. Even with footnotes I forgot about some of these PC games). It's hard to believe they made their first "wang" joke way back in 2000 ("wang clips" is all I think of when I close a bag of chips anymore).
...more
...more
Note: The time this was read one might deduce is BEFORE the print date of the book - but NOT before the first run of the strips, starting in 1999. I started reading PA back in the day. So don't get all Jim Cameron chronological on me. Chill.
I remember seeing my first PA strip sometime in college round two. I remember commenting 'Wow, this art is rudimentary' and forgetting about it for a little while. The occasional nugget would pop up after that . A hysterical reference to Pac Man w...more
I remember seeing my first PA strip sometime in college round two. I remember commenting 'Wow, this art is rudimentary' and forgetting about it for a little while. The occasional nugget would pop up after that . A hysterical reference to Pac Man w...more
Unless you are a major geek like me, you have no idea what Penny Arcade is. If you do know what Penny Arcade is, you will have probably already read these four books. Penny Arcade is one of the most-read online comics, especially for video game enthusiasts. If you play videogames or even create videogames or work in an industry related to videogames, you read Penny Arcade as a matter of course. Where ESPN is the daily stop for sports fans, Penny Arcade is the daily stop for video game enthusia...more
While it's their start out strips it's still hilarious, it has my favorite strip in it that is absolutely immature, but it's all in good fun. Also, I'm still a sucker for the proposal in it, it seems to be the only way to do a public proposal and have it not be embarrassing, though still extremely cheesy and cute. If you know nothing about gadgets, gaming, or that culture there is no point in reading this, you won't understand the jokes.
The web published comic strip Penny Arcade should be familiar to anyone who likes video games. These books collect the strips in paper format. Holkins and Krahulik have made a name for themselves as the guys with their fingers on the jugular of the industry. Sometimes bizarre, often profane, always funny. Highly recommended if you are or have been a gamer. Others may find it more than a bit odd.
http://www.books.rosboch.net/?p=851
http://www.books.rosboch.net/?p=851
This infamous webcomic or "bcomic" (it's gonna catch on, I swear) is collected in this first volume including stuff from 98-00. Some of the later broader stuff I can relate to, but the only time the inside-gamer-speak was understood was the early stuff-- maybe because that's when I was really into computer games. I remember stuff like the initial problems with 3d graphics cards and whatnot, but these guys must've been hanging out on graphics cards BBSs and whatnot. But who in Nerddom d...more
OMG I read a book. Well, re-read. And it's a collection of three panel strips, two to a page.
I re-read with some trepidation after the recent blow up over ha ha "funny" rape jokes & the "protests" at people finding rape jokes not the least bit funny at PAX. And I seriously find it uber irritating when people show that they can make the funny out things like the weirdness of our loves/fandom, games, general surliness towards the world and whimsy and then, bam! it's ...more
I re-read with some trepidation after the recent blow up over ha ha "funny" rape jokes & the "protests" at people finding rape jokes not the least bit funny at PAX. And I seriously find it uber irritating when people show that they can make the funny out things like the weirdness of our loves/fandom, games, general surliness towards the world and whimsy and then, bam! it's ...more
This is the second collection of PA i've read (in le book form, I read through the backlog online a couple years ago, and have been keeping up religiously ever since).
Just damned enjoyable. refreshing to have some brief new commentaries accompanying old strips.
I write my own webcomic, and find these books to be like simple study guides in how to tell jokes in short strip form. even those that seem obviously pandering (violent) or not in line with the rest of the comics a...more
Just damned enjoyable. refreshing to have some brief new commentaries accompanying old strips.
I write my own webcomic, and find these books to be like simple study guides in how to tell jokes in short strip form. even those that seem obviously pandering (violent) or not in line with the rest of the comics a...more
Oh middle school. Penny Arcade is pretty damn funny, especially during third period Study Hall and this is where it all started.
See Tycho and Gabe do pretty deese cave painting impressions and meet your favorite characters like Jesus Christ and Div X Player!
See Tycho and Gabe do pretty deese cave painting impressions and meet your favorite characters like Jesus Christ and Div X Player!
If you don't know who Penny Arcade is from their website, it's highly unlikely that you'll enjoy their books. They are crass and vulgar and constantly reference the inane and the obscure, and all of it is (generally) about video games. That being said, this duo is incredibly talented, with solid, interesting art and witty, on point, hillarious writing. The books add a small comment (a few sentences) to every strip, many of them mundane, many of them interesting, many of them funny.
I ...more
I ...more
Disclaimer: Contains no actual bacon robots.
Otherwise, it's pretty much pure excellence - an enthralling adventure through the first year of Penny Arcade. But there really should've been a bacon robot thrown in there.
Otherwise, it's pretty much pure excellence - an enthralling adventure through the first year of Penny Arcade. But there really should've been a bacon robot thrown in there.
Although the comics are online, they are all great. Plus here, some good commentary is done. Very good for gamers that are in need of some nostalgia (like remember Bleem!).
Thieluar
added it
I started the comic online and didn't understand it, then read this and learned that the creators didn't understand the comic either. This book helps you with the inside jokes.
It's clear that I'm not exactly the target audience for these early strips - I had to ask Mawk for clarification on a lot, because it's almost solely computer and video game jokes. That doesn't mean, however, that I didn't enjoy it. PA Is funny, funny stuff, well worth a read for even the slightly-geeky.
The beginning of PA's amazing run of webcomics. A must read for any fan of funny things. Especially geeks.
Very funny, although not nearly as good as later strips. Commentary is the main draw (and source of amusement). It was like opening up a time capsule for gaming news/events and taking a good trip down memory lane.
My first foray into the realm of gamer geekdom. Outcome? I loved it!
Yes, I know, you can read this comic online for free, but there's just something about holding the print version in your hands.
This is the comic for the gamer geek in us all. Whether you know the difference between RAM and ROM or you've only heard rumors about this strange phenom called gaming, Penny Arcade is a great window on the world of it all.
It's easy to dip in and out of and the comics satisfy my desire for random violence, inane commentary, and wang references....more
This is the comic for the gamer geek in us all. Whether you know the difference between RAM and ROM or you've only heard rumors about this strange phenom called gaming, Penny Arcade is a great window on the world of it all.
It's easy to dip in and out of and the comics satisfy my desire for random violence, inane commentary, and wang references....more
John
added it
I had a lot of trouble getting into this book/comic.
I've heard for years that I should check out Penny Arcade - but I don't know...it didn't interest me.
I've heard for years that I should check out Penny Arcade - but I don't know...it didn't interest me.
Can I really rate my adolescence? Yes. Yes, I can.
As one of everyone's all-time favorites, and one of the most burstingly-laugh-out-loud funny comics there is, PA starts out rough, but really only in artwork. They get into the swing fo things rather quickly, and any slow parts is well compensated by the great behind-the-scenes commentary by the wonderfully wordy Tycho.
Liquid awesome. Distilled into a book. It was even bought and delivered by a hot chick ;-) I'll be in nerd overload for a while.... So many memories, putting Diablo down my pants, my hand smellng like poop, growth potential of my wang.. or was that the comic? I can't tell anymore..
Some of this is actually quite funny, I've been meaning to check these guys out for a while. The only problem is trying to puzzle out the computer references from 1999, that was a long time ago!
What could make a comic book compendium sell when all the comics are, for the most part, free on the web? Commentary on every strip! I love commentary! I ate this book up like candy.
Yeah, So I'm a Penny Arcade junkie. What can I say? If you're a gamer you probably know about it, if you're not you probably wouldn't get it...
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Keith Gerald "Jerry" Holkins is the writer of the webcomic Penny Arcade. Holkins goes by the pseudonym "Tycho Brahe." This is also the name of one of the two main characters of Penny Arcade, who is a cartoonized self-insertion of Holkins. However, as the character of Tycho was not originally meant to represent Holkins, the two have few physical similarities; for example Holkins...more
More about Jerry Holkins...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
