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The comic thread for August 07, 2009
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panel 4 is so rad
but hey there's a robot getting hit with a car right there, that's okay by me
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The idea may also be that red indicates Error, not evil (which would make sense instead of just being a dramatic tool), in which case it could just be reacting to the "error" of getting hit by a car.
edit: Goatmon may be right about him stepping backwards
Detective Regal's serious face is very well done too, as is the car impact.
Anyone else notice that in the last panel where the Detective is saying "I had you, Carl. It was gonna be pow, and lights out" not only is Carl refuting that verbally, but the rain hitting him in the forhead there looks to form the word "no."
Good call, his body language actually makes it very clear that he is stepping backwards and not forwards now that you mention it.
Mostly the fact that they turn red again as the car hits him
but let's hear the obvious answer you've deduced
spell it out for us dullards
It's right there. Yeah, it probably also means error in the case of the car, but that really doesn't matter much. For all intents and purposes the red means DANGER WILL ROBINSON. Why try to find depth where it is not needed?
Glad you could point out the obvious part that everyone already understood, though. Thanks for that.
It lets you know the exact moment that Carl "turns."
In the last comic it made it clear that while Carl was "hacked" by the music thus having the possessed red eyes, the other robots were not as you saw an innocent bystander robot in the fourth panel with blue eyes.
Red is a pretty common color used for something that is malfunctioning, at alert, or dangerous (red rings of death on the 360, don't push the red button)
It lets you know the exact moment that Carl "turns back" and regains control over himself.
Really nice looking stuff, but maybe all that was required was at least one further pulled back establishing shot of their relation to the curb and street.
It can very well also be 'blamed' on trying to fit everything into a 1 page comic, where this type of storytelling may require some breathing space of at least 2 pages.
I'm talking too much.
the action is not confusing in the least though
also this comic is gorgeous and Carl as a character becomes more compelling in each new frame.
then complain how the new comic doesn't make sense and should have 6 extra frames to explain everything
I would say there's such a thing as a happy medium. It took me a few readings to understand was going on in this comic. Maybe I'm dense but I didn't even realize they were outside until I noticed the raindrops.
Okay, so yeah, I guess I am kind of dense. But still.
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it was pretty obvious there
Oh shit. Probably not intentional, but damn, that's a good spot.
Edit: Or maybe it is. Looking at it for a few minutes straight makes it just look too much like it to have been an accident. If it was or wasn't, it's still neat.
I absolutely love these comics. They are just so rad.
and panel three
and panel four
god it's fantastic
The indication of them being outside was kind of confusing, too.
I didn't even remember them landing outside until I saw the new page. I had to check to make sure I didn't miss a page, and realized they had actually landed outside at the very end of the previous page.
Sure, the signs that the fight went outside are there, but there was no background to it which makes it a lot easier to overlook.
This is a trivial complaint, though. I can't get enough of this new thing.
On the other hand, when someone genuinely doesn't get something and they ask a question to clarify we do tend to jump down their throat all HURG BLURG HOWWW CAN YOU NOT FOLLOW THIS?
I feel that I both understood and enjoyed the comic as a whole, but probably would have enjoyed it more if the storytelling was clearer.