| Awkward Zombie | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Katie Tiedrich |
| Website | http://www.awkwardzombie.com/ |
| Current status/schedule | Weekly |
| Launch date | September 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Gaming, Humor |
Awkward Zombie is a webcomic focused on video games, written and illustrated by Katie Tiedrich. The comic debuted in September 2006, and focuses on video gaming. Lacking a set cast of characters, it instead focuses on in-game scenarios of a wide variety of games, while occasionally being about something personal to the author.[1]
Author
editThe author of Awkward Zombie is Katie Tiedrich, who studies mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology.[2]
Notable strips
edit- "Off Track" shows a scene from The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, making fun of the way the player controls Princess Zelda, which often makes her run into objects. It was voted as the best webcomic-strip of the week by Joystiq.[3]
- "The Pokemon Effect" shows kids in grade school playing Pokémon, someone in highschool getting joked at for playing Pokémon, and then kids in college playing Pokémon. It was voted as the best webcomic-strip of the week by Joystiq.[4]
- "Vwingtone" shows the writer's in-comic persona with a Metal Gear Solid ringtone. It was voted as the best webcomic-strip of the week by Joystiq.[5]
- "Beating the System" shows a scene from the Metal Gear series, where the soldiers are only able to defeat the enemy because one of them jailbreaked his gun. It was voted as the best webcomic-strip of the week by Joystiq.[6]
Reception
editAwkward Zombie has been included in many of Kotaku's "Sunday Comics", which features select web-comics.[7][8][9][10][11] In Joystiq's "Weekly Webcomic Wrapup" poll, four of Awkward Zombie's comics have been voted for as the best comic of their respective weeks.[3][4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ Smith, Graham (22 July 2014). "Awkward Zombie: A Gaming Webcomic About Games". Rock, Paper, Shotgun Ltd. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Rome Elliot, Kenneth Robert Marlo, and Katie Tiedrich to Attend CPAC as Special Guests". Anime News Network. Apr 9th 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Griffin McElroy (Jul 31st 2010). "Readers pick best webcomic: Off Track". Joystiq. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Griffin McElroy (Apr 10th 2010). "Readers pick best webcomic: The Pokemon Effect". Joystiq. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Griffin McElroy (Oct 30th 2010). "Readers pick best webcomic: Vwingtone". Joystiq. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Griffin McElroy (Nov 20th 2010). "Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is strategizing for Black Friday". Joystiq. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Owen Good (Jul 19, 2009). "Sunday Comics". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Owen Good (Jul 26, 2009). "Sunday Comics". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Owen Good (Aug 2, 2009). "Sunday Comics". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Owen Good (Aug 9, 2009). "Sunday Comics". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ Owen Good (Aug 16, 2009). "Sunday Comics". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-08-10.