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Awkward Zombie
And finally, “Awkward Zombie.” “Penny Arcade” is generally seen as the father to the bodaciously thousands of webcomic imitators that sprung up from all over the web. While “Ctrl+Alt+Del” might be its uncannily similar son who’s a lot more like his father than he admits, Katie Tiedrich’s “Awkward Zombie” is the bony, zit-faced, homely younger daughter who smells like sweatsocks. (If you think that’s harsh, you should see how Dietrich draws herself in her own comic. Man, I’m as tired as anyone about artists who draw themselves to be a hot anime princess, but … dang. I had half a mind to tell Katie, “You don’t look so bad, girl! Ain’t nothing wrong with making yourself look, uh, female, you know what I’m sayin’?”)
Now, I’m aware of the flaws of this comic. The cartooning style isn’t very polished. the whole video game premise — and, indeed, video game parodies — had been done to death. Yet, I can’t help it. I actually find this little webcomic to be pretty humorous. There are times when I don’t know who the characters are, yet Tiedrich makes up for it with some silly (and totally nerdy) gags that somehow tickle my funny bone. I feel like a movie critic trying to describe a Jim Carrey movie. You know that seeing Carrey talk out of his butt is totally juvenile, yet you can’t help but laugh anyway. And, you know, half the time, the characters move, act, and look like Jim Carrey. Even if I didn’t get the game-based humor, the characters and their wonderful goofball faces are enough to make me crack a smile. Rating: 4/5
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