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]
"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 Solidringtone. 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
Awkward 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]