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Webcomics Thread: Archime Appreciation Edition
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That's good!
You're allowed to not like it, as long as you accept that other people's reasons for liking it are valid too!
It's a very broad comparison, but it's mostly the focus on writing over visual design; North uses clipart, Burlew uses stick figures.
The difference is that DC is very tight in terms of writing. OotS is a sprawling mess of prose, exposition, and one liners.
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But
the whole point of Dinosaur Comics is using the exact same layout to frame different anecdotes (basically). And it's cool, but it's about fitting stuff into a defined structure and making it cool because of that.
OotS is a classic story-based comic. It has an ongoing plot and so on. Narratively the two are entirely different, because one actually has a narrative, whereas the other isn't really interested in that at all.
Whatever your opinions on the writing in OotS (and it would be nice if you actually expand on them), Dinosaur Comics and OotS are hardly similar at all beyond purposefully using simplified visual design (for very different reasons). The designs aren't even simple in the same way.
I doubt Clevinger would do that. man makes comics about robots and talking dinosaurs
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http://www.squidi.net/index.php
no that was squidi
that was fucking hilarious though
Considering 8 Bit just used the sprites directly from Final Fantasy, I can't imagine that being a thing.
But maybe it was?
— Robert Heinlein
But Brian is actually a really talented writer now, and I'm glad 8-bit happened because now he does Atomic Robo and it's really great.
something that takes only a couple minutes to read three times a week is a hard 8-year-long habit to break
Anyways yeah that was hilarious.
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/2003/12/10
This is part of the events that started me lurking here.
This and the Halo thing.
Congratulations on your photorealism!
But for me, a pure prose work has to keep its prose tight, or suffer. DC does that admirably, and as a writer, I wish I had half of North's ability.
Burlew, on the other hand, is very verbose, and it shows. Granted, OotS and DC are from two very different places, but when half your panel is one speech bubble, you could probably stand some economy of words that is abit less generous.
AGAIN: THIS IS NOT UNDENIABLY AN IMPARTIALLY BAD THING.
It's just something that turns ME off to OotS.
ME.
JUST ME.
THAT IS WHO I AM SPEAKING FOR, AND NOBODY ELSE.
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See above.
I can write more on it later, if you want, when I'm not stuck with my Nook.
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I just don't want people screaming at me because I accidentally put words in their mouth.
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I credit Mike's attitude here with influencing mine, a lot. The idea that non-commercial sharing of artwork is promotional and positive really stuck with me, alongside animation classes at the same time that made me draw so much I came to think of my work as disposable.
The not-so-hilarious thing is that Squidi claimed he shut down other websites for similar offences. For their forum users having his characters as their avatars? That would just be sad, and ego-predatory.
— Robert Heinlein
I mean, I'm trying NOT to fall into an old fallacy like I did before with OotS discussion, but I feel like I'm being unintentionally obnoxious.
Again.
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there's nothing hilarious about the closure of Black Isle!
Shiny arts.
— Robert Heinlein
you know, this presents an interesting argument that 'shave and a haircut' would never come into existence in a world of anthropomorphic cats
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BUT WAIT
The proof showed that the student was NOT GOOD.
And then the teacher puts an "F" note on the dog's poop!
ho ho ho
Stop makin' bad comics!
— Robert Heinlein