Kris Straub and Scott Kurtz have a new web cartoon based off of Mappy hosted by ShiftyLook, which is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Games. Their series debuted a week ago, and they’ll have a new episode every week. It’s good stuff, especially if you’re familiar with the franchises. Dig Dug cracks me up, and I love Kris and Scott’s sense of humor. I’ve been a big fan of their work for years.
Scott Kurtz is the author of long running webcomic PVP and the recently launched Table Titans. He also works with the guys from Penny Arcade for the webcomic The Trenches. Kris Straub is famous for Chainsawsuit, Broodhollow, Starslip and several others. I had the pleasure of getting to meet them both at PAX East this past year (Thank you, Kris, for signing my copy of Ichor Falls), and they were pretty amazing in person. They’re great guys, please support their work and check out Mappy. I’ll make it easy for you, you can watch the first episode here:
Mappy’s done in a similar style as their infamous Blamimations. They’re cartoon shorts with limited animation, sort of ad-libbed and scripted at the same time. If you haven’t checked it out, there’s two seasons of them available on Penny Arcade TV. Scott and Kris are both fans of video games, there’s a number of Blamimations that have some pretty hilarious references. I’d suggest checking out episode 2, which features Deep King and Tetris Cop. It’s not safe for work, so keep the volume down.
They also did one which rips on Gauntlet and Skyrim that was pretty hilarious. It’s all good for a nice laugh.