The Official Archives of Red Ring of Death, the most influential gaming webcomic of 2006, written and created by Shawn Tuckley.
The strip that started it all! Posted in mid-2006 (the actual date in question is lost to time, as Shawn deleted and re-uploaded the archives several times), this was the strip that changed the face of gamer-related webcomics forever, the first shot across the bow signaling the birth of the Shawn Tuckley Empire. Shawn had,… Continue reading #1: Up In Smoke
The second Red Ring of Death still stands as one of the most important political strips of its era, and one of the most important strips in Shawn’s career. In the middle of the contentious Iraq War, not enough people were bold enough to state that perhaps BOTH sides were wrong, and that the answer… Continue reading #2: No Cake For Oil
While Shawn was a PC gamer himself, he had no lack of hatred for “PC gaming diehards,” which led to this strip. An important one, as it not only establishes Shawn (the character)’s job at the Game Store, but we have our first violence-centric punchline that Shawn would only perfect as the years went on.… Continue reading #3: PC Gamer Slayer
Take that, sports fans!! Shawn’s takedown of troglodyte, aggressive sports fans – and all of sports, as a concept – only further enamoured him with gamers worldwide. Another example of Shawn being right on the money with his satirical targets!