Comments on: The Webcomic Overlook #19: Sam & Max

By: The DEADcomic Overlook #137: Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice « The Webcomic Overlook

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:02:44 +0000

[...] It would be so easy to write off this comic as a cynical and transparent marketing ploy to get people to buy the DLC, not unlike the comics that come free with an action figure. A comic that comes with a video game can’t be much different, amirite? Ah, but sometimes the comic transcends the original marketing pitch. Need I remind you that, once upon a time, a 12-page comic written to promote something from Telltale Games actually went on to win the Eisner Award? [...]

By: The Eisner Award for Best Digital Webcomic, which I totally called « The Webcomic Overlook

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:31:52 +0000

[...] – In the comments section of my review, readers have told me how great Sam & Max Hit The Road was. Perhaps. However, the award went to [...]

By: Rebochan

Rebochan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:23:40 +0000

It’s hard to get ahold of Sam and Max in print these days, but Telltale Games announced awhile back that they were reissuing the “Surfin’ the Highway” collection of the series this year. It hasn’t happened yet, but I’ve been keeping my eyes out. Because the originals go for a lot on eBay.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:17:04 +0000

Hmm. I guess I’ll have to check out the comic book when I get the chance again. Maybe it was just the one comic book I picked up wasn’t my cup of tea.
Of course, there’s the chance that the excellent “Hit the Road” video game set the bar so high that it somewhat tainted my view an any subsequent Sam & Max product.

And I see your point about the limitations of the digital comic. I think that perhaps some of the detail gets lost when it’s not subject to natural lighting as you would in a print comic. I wonder if this is why the most popular webcomics are the ones with a simpler art style.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:09:32 +0000

I think you’re underestimating the print comics, many of which had much lusher, more detailed art then the webcomic.

Or the video game, for that matter.

I sort of suspect a sympathy Oscar type thing, too, but I’d guess it was for the early comics, rather then the video game. The dialogue in those early ones was pretty much the same, but the art was just incredible; every panel had multiple visual jokes; there was always a Cockroach Marathon or a brain in a garbage can or something, in nearly every panel, and yet each panel also had a clear focal point related to the story at hand.

The technical skill and hard work that went into the early comics was just amazing. Geoff Darrow’s stuff is probably the closest comparison.
As a cartoonist, Purcell’s the real deal.

By: The Webcomic Overlook presents Sam & Max « El Santo//Rooktopia

The Webcomic Overlook presents Sam & Max « El Santo//Rooktopia — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:23:07 +0000

[...] & Max A new Webcomic Overlook! This time, I take a look at Steve Purcell’s online Sam & Max [...]