arensb reviewed Attack of the Bacon Robots (Penny Arcade, Vol. 1) (Penny Arcade) by Jerry Holkins (Penny Arcade, #1)
Review of 'Attack of the Bacon Robots (Penny Arcade, Vol. 1) (Penny Arcade)' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
Meh.
I'm a gamer, but not a dedicated or hard-core one, and maybe that puts me outside of Penny Arcade's target readership. Even so, I don't see what all the fuss is about.
Yes, the strip often revolves around whatever hardware/software was just released/delayed/cancelled, so it's perforce topical and therefore dated. I don't mind that. A lot of the strips involve games that I've never played, or don't even recognize. That's fine, too.
No, the reason I say "meh" is that the remaining strips just aren't that funny.
I will say that the artwork is good, certainly much better than the average webcomic, and it's interesting to watch it evolve and improve over time. But in a webcomic, art is secondary to the story and/or humor, and to me, PA is only occasionally worth reading.
