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PA Comic: Monday Dec 19, 2011 - Blurb
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Hey man, yeah it totally wasn't a dig on PA fans. I've been reading the comic since 99' myself. I said it before and I'll say it again, writing these things is hard
The writing process went something like this:
Dude 1: I had this idea...
Dude 2: Eh, too preachy, how about...
Dude 1: Ugh, that's a really cheap laugh. What about...
Dude 2: That might offend group A
Dude 1: Aw crap we're out of time...
I realize that end result was a little bit of a cop out, but it is what it is. In retrospect, I'll never let the word EVAR be used again, and hand written type is for the birds. Jerry even encouraged it to be hand written, but I think he just likes seeing things "written".
That being said, thanks for all the kind words and the constructive criticisms. Definitely going back to the animation table, since it is what I do best for now.
i'm particularly enjoying the well-rendered X-Wing. that's better than some of the Dark Horse stuff.
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Same here. Maybe I've gotten too used to computer fonts, and hand-lettering is so rare that it is swiftly becoming "all Greek to me."
Yeah, it's totally company policy.
Seriously though, I build screen accurate props in my spare time and I do have a full X-wing flight suit set up that I built.
What? I can only guess that some posts were removed? Because I really can't see anything that would warrant a post like this, and from an admin no less.
The art is freakin' awesome, particularly on the first panel, and the little armor details in panels two and three are really nice (the band-aid on his elbow makes me smile for some reason). It looks more painted than Gabe's bright colors and KimPossible-esque linework, but that's not a bad thing just different.
Yes, it's a strip about making a strip but Gabe & Tycho have done those before, hell they have three seasons of a reality show about the concept, and it's probably pretty tough to just hit the ground running when you're confronted with someone else's audience.
I don't really know who the guest artist IS, per se, but now I will go click on various links that lead places so I can find out.
You sir, are a stone-cold BOSS.
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you silly twit
But yeah, art is lovely.
Not often enough does the world receive a panel where a guy is delivering a nut kick with a grin on his face. Seems like the most natural thing.
Maybe not so much in this thread, but earlier certain silly geese have matched Tube's description.
That's the saddest part of this little debacle. That people are genuinely unable to see that while they have a right to speak their opinions, there is also an expectation for certain social niceities depending on the venue in which they choose to inflict their views on the world.
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Or eyes.
Which I think is enough for the author and artist to feel a touch of pride, personally, it's not an easy medium to work in and they did just fine.
But Daddy, I hate grandma's hand-made jerseys! They smell funny!
Edit: Also, Liked the comic, struggled with the font. Washing my glasses did not help.
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That aside, that picture he posted actually makes me think going to Hawaii would be worth the 9 hours of flight time.
After vacationing there last year, I decided that it's where I'm going to retire, no matter what it takes.
Also, I wanted to share this tweet from good ol' Mr. Khoo:
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God and whatever other divine entities he would like to be applicable need to bless Mr. Khoo.
Any comic with an accurately drawn x-wing in it is awesome by me.
Second.
For example: "Microsoft Presents My Fuckin' Boat"
This comic was such a terrible fill in for what has been a fairly high-standard comic, it made me click 'forum' for the first time ever to see (and cash in the lol I was owed) how the actual fans had flamed it. Then, made me create this account in order to do what this community seems to have forgotten how to. (I even typed in BOTH recaptcha words accurately, so stern was my resolve.)
The fact that the 'can't think of a strip' "joke" was done last time is only as unlucky as someone else having a terrible idea right before you did. You still went ahead and published the thing. While the artwork is better than an average PA comic, it's by no means enough to be redeeming, and all comments thus far to the contrary sting of "oh gee son! That is a pretty drawing of a... well the colors are nice!". Seriously forum-dwellers. This guest... writer... is probably an adult and could definitely use some constructive criticism. Being mature doesn't necessarily rule out saying a bad comic is bad.
No, but it does involve being mature and not acting like a nance. Voicing your opinion isn't supposed to be like a roast.
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Why not? It's more fun to read. PA never just says "We don't like this because of this". They get creative.
You take the good, you take the bad, you take 'em both, and there you have: the facts of life.
Yeah, I've gotten the message by now that a lot of people don't like the comic, and as I have said before that is totally fine. Feel free to say whatever you want, I have no desire to censor you and constructive criticism is always good and I do keep that stuff in mind for later. I'm not sure if people think my feelings are hurt when they type not so nice things here, but I can assure you they aren't. I work professionally, been doing it for ten years now, it's a tough world out there. When someone hires me to do a job, and they don't like what I did they tell me about it. Now if the moderators want to keep discourse to a certain level that's another thing.
However, I don't regret doing or posting the comic. Yes, I went ahead and posted it regardless of the idea, because it was what I had done in the time frame I had to do it in, on top of all the other client work I am doing, and I told Mike there would be a strip on Monday so he did'nt have to worry about it. I took a chance on something I've never done before, I showed up, I'm taking my licks, and I'll be a better artist for doing so. I am honored that the guys would come and ask me to do it, the idea was to have people who have never done web comics before to take a shot at them. If Mike asked me again, I would totally take another stab at it. You have to do everything for the first time once, and more than likely you aren't going to be good at it on the first attempt.
Your opinions are strong, so I'm assuming you are a writer or an artist of some kind Knuxor. I am sure you know what it is like to do something and put it out there. There will always be people who don't like things, but you can't let it prevent you from doing things.
Take care, and keep creating!
Rocky
Good man! A miss on a hit and miss is one thing, a public that won't call a miss a miss is another. I'm not going to say something nice about your comic now, but I will say that with an attitude like that, I'd be interested to see your next one.
Fair enough!
Because that isn't how we do things here. You are welcome to go to a different place where they do. I assure you that whatever hilarious putdown you've spent seconds of your valuable life crafting is considerably less amusing to the rest of the world than it is to you.
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Guest strip wasn't great, but it wasn't horri-bad. It was worth spending the time looking at it in order to see the pretty pictures. Though I don't play quake so I had no idea what the power armor dude was about... I suppose thats my bad for not playing Quake.