sprite comic

A type of comic that is used widely across the internet due to it's simplicity and overall hilarious appearance. To start, a "sprite" is a pose of a character taken from an existing sheet or ripped from video games by use of ROM's and the "Print Screen" button. To rip a sprite, one uses a rom and looks for a pose they require. They press the "print screen" button and paste onto Paint, Photoshop, etc. They proceed to long work by removing the background from the sprite. The sprite is then put on a "sheet", a compilation of various sprites. Already prepared sprites are all around the internet such as spriters-resource.com. There are also "custom sprites", which are hard worked alterations of existing sprites, or "pixel by pixel" creations, which are completely hand made. The comic is made by taking a pose from the sheet and placing it on a background, taken the same way as a sprite (with more work) and adding the necessary action. Already prepared backgrounds are also found in abundance, especially at bghq.com. After the comic is made, it can be hosted anywhere it is wanted or displayed on message boards with the use of a Photobucket or Imageshack account.

A form of comics that rip video game sprites and paste them together to make comics.

Sprite comics are either good or really shitty, there is no in-between.

Good:
Actual effort taken when making a fan character, nice backgrounds, and funny jokes.
Bad:
All fan characters are recolours, the backgrounds are just one colour (usually white), and the jokes sound like something you'd hear on PBS kids.

Comics on the web that use video game characters ripped from old Games to play as characters
such as:
www.nuklearpower.com

A webcomic by brotoad. Notable for being the first comic to use actual megaman sprites from the actual megaman video games

It features characters such as:

megaman, a prick-hating robot conceived by dr dad, notable for his catchphrase of "what"
zero, megamans brother who frequently plays b ball and eats b ball pasta
dr dad, megamans and zeros dad you idiot
dogmobile, megamans trusty dog companion, notable for always saying "BARFK BARFK"
uncle proton, megamans uncle who hates the ozone
roll, megamans girlfriend and sister
quickman, a prick

And many more..

Also turned into a game, Megaman Sprite Game, notable for being the first game using actual megaman sprites from the actual megaman computer games.They're all great

Sprite comic using character sprites from the Megaman game series.

Common cliches in these comics include:
1. Using sprites from Megaman 7
2. Megaman being a total idiot who loves ice cream
3. Bass being even stupider
4. Protoman being a total badass who's more intelligent than Megaman and Bass combined
5. The "author" being a recoloring of Megaman's sprite from Megaman 7 without his helmet
6. Every character (or many of them) being out to destroy the author

There are many of them out on the web, and most of them use the same jokes to make them funny, but many are also quite original and very enjoyable.