New Comic 7-23-10: "Blood and Oil, Part 1"

Speed Racer

It's very tiny!

alphamonkey edit: larger size!

Anjin-San

ah, so they're touching back on automata

Territorial Oak

Did they run out of pixels or what?
Looks interesting though...

Centipede Damascus

thought this was going to be about the Iraq war for a second there

thorgot

that sure is a butt

aneis

That ish be impossible to read, yo!

And while the art may be nice, I can't tell at this scale.

Pretty disappointed. Will re-evaluate if/when they repost it "actual size".

End

Fuck, I can't read this.

undeinPirat

pretty cool

Lucascraft

I hope they release a larger image. I'm not gonna read it until its bigger. I love Automata too much to waste the first experience squinting my eyes.

Dichotomy

if you can't read this you might need glasses

End

I have glasses!

Dichotomy

clearly you need better glasses

GPIA7R

New York, 1927

1. Jesus H Christ...

2. So, how do you figure it?

1. Shit, I'm no detective, but I know a hooker and her John gone bad when I see it. Figure the John wants to play rough or holds out on the cash... Hooker's pissed off, they get into a set-to, things turn violent... He pulls out the Mohaska and BLAM! Then, I dunno, bleeds out from the beating he took? He's cut up pretty bad. Makes me sick, just the idea of making it with one of these things... I mean, how do you even...

2. You ever see this kinda thing before?

1. No, heard about it, though. Some kinda new fetish. Lotta sickos out there. They even got a name for it. They call it "Auto-Erotic"

evilmrhenry

Quick-n-dirty.

ThreeCubed

GPIA7R wrote: »

New York, 1927

1. Jesus H Christ...

2. So, how do you figure it?

1. Shit, I'm no detective, but I know a hooker and her John gone bad when I see it. Figure the John wants to play rough or holds out on the cash... Hooker's pissed off, they get into a set-to, things turn violent... He pulls out the Mohaska and BLAM! Then, I dunno, bleeds out from the beating he took? He's cut up pretty bad. Makes me sick, just the idea of making it with one of these things... I mean, how do you even...

2. You ever see this kinda thing before?

1. No, heard about it, though. Some kinda new fetish. Lotta sickos out there. They even got a name for it. They call it "Auto-Erotic"

Thank you.

JustPlainPavek

I can read the text just fine, but I'd much rather to see a larger version so I can actually make out the artwork lines.

aneis

JustPlainPavek wrote: »

I can read the text just fine, but I'd much rather to see a larger version so I can actually make out the artwork lines.

Exactly, thank you.

Centipede Damascus

Focus!

Stupid

This one is too small!

And this one is too blurry!

We need one that is JUST RIGHT....

Hunter

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

Focus!

TyrantCow

the punchline is that the author doesn't know the first fucking thing about resolution.

Hunter

And so it begins.

GPIA7R

TyrantCow wrote: »

the punchline is that the author doesn't know the first fucking thing about resolution.

Or Penny Arcade fucked up with uploading it. Don't place blame yet.

RoyceSraphim

Is that...Is that Rosie from the Jetsons?

End

GPIA7R wrote: »

TyrantCow wrote: »

the punchline is that the author doesn't know the first fucking thing about resolution.

Or Penny Arcade fucked up with uploading it. Don't place blame yet.

Good chance of it.

AgentofOrange

I bet if I could read the comic I'd enjoy it.

Delzhand

I can read it just fine, I can't follow it. Who decided to put the speech bubbles where they are?

Warlock82

AgentofOrange wrote: »

I bet if I could read the comic I'd enjoy it.

AgentofOrange

Delzhand wrote: »

I can't follow it. Who decided to put the speech bubbles where they are?

thats kinda what I meant

RoyceSraphim

I think there are pink and cyan arrows (colors?) to indicate the speakers, but I can't see them.

Good comic though and I want more. Rosie, what happened?

Oecumenix

Looks great, from what I can make out. It's far, far too small to read comfortably though.

TyrantCow

End wrote: »

GPIA7R wrote: »

TyrantCow wrote: »

the punchline is that the author doesn't know the first fucking thing about resolution.

Or Penny Arcade fucked up with uploading it. Don't place blame yet.

Good chance of it.

sorry, work has put me in a pissy ass mood

and i saw new comic and was like, "yeah, i get to laugh"

and then it's illegible, no laughs.

I would say it's most likely a restriction from the site itself, and it's getting re-sized smaller. but, they post bigger than the typical 3-panels all the time, and this doesn't happen.

Speed Racer

Oecumenix wrote: »

Looks great, from what I can make out. It's far, far too small to read comfortably though.

or maybe

we've all turned into GIANTS!

spazmojack

reminds me of the futurama about robosexuals

except with more dying

Delzhand

Speed Racer wrote: »

Oecumenix wrote: »

Looks great, from what I can make out. It's far, far too small to read comfortably though.

or maybe

we've all turned into GIANTS!

resolution is independent of size, GEEZ

SabreMau

spazmojack wrote: »

reminds me of the futurama about robosexuals

except with more dying

Luckily, there was also a Futurama about robot mortality.

Except with less sexing.

TyrantCow wrote: »

and then it's illegible, no laughs.

I don't think this one was much of a laughs comic, anyway. Instead, it does what Automata does, and it does it in its way.

Goose!

I wish GnT and Robert would do the comic book thing. I would love to see monthly issues of Cardboard Tube, Lookouts, Automata, Jim Darkmagic, etc.

Created by different artists and writers. Published by Arcadian Comics.

Fatty McBeardo

Wouldn't be a guest comic without a torrent of complaining.

Part 1 reminds me of the start of the second Ghost in the Shell movie.

Älphämönkëy

I updated the larger size in the OP and on the mainsite.

Iron Weasel

Thanks, Alpha!

Aldo

Thanks Alpha