DAD-DANCING DETECTED! is a quote from berk's webcomic "malky dungeon"

JayKaos · March 2012

Bossking wrote: »

The paneling, though, I believe is my fault. Leslie tries to draw exactly as I write, but she's given me some guidelines to prevent from writing 12-panel pages like I used to do for the first two chapters of BN. And because I literally don't know how to write creative paneling in my scripts, it tends to fall into the six panel format. We've been trying to get more creative and try different styles of writing, but we've fallen into a pattern here and it's really tough to get out. The most we ever do is extend the length of some panels. It's our top priority on things to fix.

Maybe you should just write out the conversation without the panelling and let her figure out how that's gonna work. It worked for those dudes in Bakuman and then they got good enough to almost beat their main rival and I'm gonna stop now.

worksintheory · March 2012

Gustav wrote: »

http://www.abominable.cc/

d'awww

I'm getting serious Secret of NIMH vibes from this strip.

Centipede Damascus · March 2012

Thetheroo wrote: »

Webcomic thread

I hitchhiked down to London and caught a nasty fever in the Underground, how should I pass these next two days being unable to leave a reclined position?

watch the whole Lord of the Rings trilogy extended editions in one go

crwth · March 2012

Skeith · March 2012

http://deadwinter.cc/

worksintheory · March 2012

http://drmcninja.com/

Straightzi · March 2012

crwth wrote: »

This is really goddamn true.

Spectre-x · March 2012

worksintheory wrote: »

http://drmcninja.com/

Alt text, my bro. I just added it, but come on, it's not hard, do it next time, okay?

worksintheory · March 2012

I always forget the damn acronym tag.

tynic · March 2012

whoop computer crapped out, not streaming any more.

RoyceSraphim · March 2012

Bossking wrote: »

Ehh, the shading could fit the line art more. The colouring and shading in the past few strips has been a lot softer than I think fits with the line art, which is very straightforward and clean, especially when coupled with the character designs. It works in some panels, but it just feels too soft for most of the others. Being a bit more bold with the colouring and shading might be better in my opinion. It's good that you guys are experimenting, though, Bossking. I just feel like the colouring could support the lines more, since it often sort of obscures it with this softer style of shading and colouring.

The paneling also feels like it restrains the action, I think. Especially in this page you have Ash gesticulate wildly, but the panel totally restricts her movements and reduces the impact they could have. Again, it comes down to the panels not really fitting with the character designs and line art. The designs are great for more cartoony, expressive stuff, but if all your panels are just rectangles of various sizes you miss out on some really cool stuff you can do with it. You might want to try changing their size and position depending on how important they are. You guys actually did this much earlier in the comic's run so I'm guessing that this was a recent change to make things easier to print? Or something like that, anyway. The pages shrank a lot, and that's totally fine and udnerstandable, but that doesn't mean you can't do interesting things with panels anymore.

Again, it's good to see you guys experimenting and not just trying to stick to one way of doing things, I'd just thought I'd give you some advice as a fellow comicker.

Thanks, Spectre. Leslie has been trying to refine her shading and try all sorts of different ways, so it's totally fine if you think we can do better. We think the same way. And I think that's a fine suggestion and I definitely want to bring that up to her.

The paneling, though, I believe is my fault. Leslie tries to draw exactly as I write, but she's given me some guidelines to prevent from writing 12-panel pages like I used to do for the first two chapters of BN. And because I literally don't know how to write creative paneling in my scripts, it tends to fall into the six panel format. We've been trying to get more creative and try different styles of writing, but we've fallen into a pattern here and it's really tough to get out. The most we ever do is extend the length of some panels. It's our top priority on things to fix.

Lets use a more flamboyant example of making a paneling mistake.

The first 3 panels promote the idea of a circle of blame, yet the panels do not flow in a circle and force your eyes to jump to continue the joke. That jump from one end to the other breaks the flow of the comic and makes it harder to digest.

You don't have this problem but like Specter said, not showing the full view of her does impede the narrative slightly. On the other hand, you guys frame your subjects much better and have better colors, framing the story and making it stand out more. I love you guys so much.

Oghulk · March 2012

http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/

Beasteh · March 2012

ah, B^U

we meet again

Oghulk · March 2012

http://pvponline.com/

BahamutZERO · March 2012

as someone who plays LoL, I thought that CAD was good. Time to go drown myself.

B_R · March 2012

BahamutZERO wrote: »

as someone who plays LoL, I thought that CAD was good. Time to go drown myself.

Can I help you?

Romanian My Escutcheon · March 2012

RE: PvP.

Is it bad that I'm actively expecting Scott to either abandon this arc at the drop of a hat or flub it?

Because I love Scott, and I think he does good work, but his writing still leaves something to be desired.

BahamutZERO · March 2012

weren't Mike and Jerry going to do some strips while Scott was off in Australia? Did that actually happen?

JayKaos · March 2012

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote: »

RE: PvP.

Is it bad that I'm actively expecting Scott to either abandon this arc at the drop of a hat or flub it?

Because I love Scott, and I think he does good work, but his writing still leaves something to be desired.

Well there was a 4th panel where he, GnT, and Kris were all sort of having a writing pow-wow, and at the end of that he decided he needed to change things up by firing Cole permanently. But that was like a year ago and I thought he'd forgotten about it until this arc came around, and I dunno if it's relevant anymore.

Romanian My Escutcheon · March 2012

BahamutZERO wrote: »

weren't Mike and Jerry going to do some strips while Scott was off in Australia? Did that actually happen?

Scott hasn't left yet, so it's in the hopper, along with an Axe Cop/LOL Bat crossover.

Romanian My Escutcheon · March 2012

@JayKaos Yeah, I was wondering what happened to that, and when I saw he was actually going with that arc, I got kind of excited about it.

Then he fired Duck within ten strips and made everything okay again, which seems like the wrong direction to take this, at least right away.

Mayday · March 2012

Hey dudes

is pretty okay

Romanian My Escutcheon · March 2012

Also, I feel like I should clarify.

Scott writes great things when he does not try to keep himself in check, as proven by the Blams.

When he tries to keep himself in check, however, his writing seems to take the occasional hit, often at odd intervals, which is proven by a couple of the PvP arcs.

I guess what I'm saying is, Scott needs to do PvP Gone Wild.

EDIT: Scott Kurtz hates me now, doesn't he?

BahamutZERO · March 2012

nice colors

Centipede Damascus · March 2012

new Paranatural!

http://paranatural.net/

dang but this comic is good

Romanian My Escutcheon · March 2012

Seriously, Zack Morrison.

I will give you many dollars for commissions.

Get your shit in gear.

Centipede Damascus · March 2012

personally I'd love to see Paranatural as an animated series

JyrenB · March 2012

Centipede Damascus wrote: »

personally I'd love to see Paranatural as an animated series

As great is it is when it comes to panel layouts and overall flow, it strikes me as something that would be amazing in motion if the style was kept mostly the same.

JayKaos · March 2012

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote: »

Seriously, Zack Morrison.

I will give you many dollars for commissions.

Get your shit in gear.

Shut up shut up if he's busy making you commissions he won't be making the comic for the rest of us!

BugBoy · March 2012

"don't worry, I'll save you from whatever." is one of those lines that I laugh at every time

like bagel world

and all this reminds me that I started reading paranatural in the middle and haven't gotten around to starting from the beginning

I'm going to do that tonight

Gumpy · March 2012

I am down with Paintscythe

All hail the art reaper

Romanian My Escutcheon · March 2012

JayKaos wrote: »

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote: »

Seriously, Zack Morrison.

I will give you many dollars for commissions.

Get your shit in gear.

Shut up shut up if he's busy making you commissions he won't be making the comic for the rest of us!

I will hoard all the Morrison arts, and be the Cool Guy, and then Scott Kurtz will like me again.

This plan is foolproof.

algeya · March 2012

JayKaos wrote: »

Romanian My Escutcheon wrote: »

RE: PvP.

Is it bad that I'm actively expecting Scott to either abandon this arc at the drop of a hat or flub it?

Because I love Scott, and I think he does good work, but his writing still leaves something to be desired.

Well there was a 4th panel where he, GnT, and Kris were all sort of having a writing pow-wow, and at the end of that he decided he needed to change things up by firing Cole permanently. But that was like a year ago and I thought he'd forgotten about it until this arc came around, and I dunno if it's relevant anymore.

you got to understant
Kurtz loves to leave plots unresolved to wrap them up years later so some arcs leave a lot to be desired, also he is writting them in mind that new readers will come, so he drops subplots and important characters are forgotten just leaving a small cast in his soap opera web sitcom

re blaster nation.- oh my is becoming better and better the art and the writting, green of envy now you are forcing me to retire to the mountains to train my art skillz

BugBoy · March 2012

paranatural is a delight

BugBoy · March 2012

alright I'm all caught up

never thought anything could fill the hole in my heart left by HINABN

today is a good day

Didgeridoo · March 2012

Okay that last page earned Paranatural a spot on my bookmarks list

DANG but I love a 'smooth quip' that falls flat

Personface · March 2012

Watch as Morrison introduces a full 20 new characters

BugBoy · March 2012

homestuck and paranatural are at opposite ends of my webcomics enjoyment spectrum

JayKaos · March 2012

BugBoy wrote: »

homestuck and paranatural are at opposite ends of my webcomics enjoyment spectrum

You hate paranatural THAT much? Damn.

BugBoy · March 2012

I'm still cranky about homestuck even though I'm not reading it anymore

gotta work on that

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DAD-DANCING DETECTED! is a quote from berk's webcomic "malky dungeon"

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