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PA Comic: Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 - Scalzification
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speaking personally i love moments of warmth and sincerity mixed with humor
they're just better when they're well earned and usually in a serial format
it's really hard to do on a three one off.
On the black screen
*condescendingly rolls eyes*
Just yesterday we had Scott and Kris release "My Fandom Is Like Voltron." It makes fun of references for the sake of references and such. So yeah, together there's an odd juxtaposition, if nothing else.
I was mainly put off by the non-PA nature of the guest comic. There's no acknowledgement of this comic being on Penny Arcade in any form. I demand some good audience pandering. And if it's not going to be specifically a Penny Arcade (Tycho/Gabe) centric affair, it should at least be focused on video games.
In all seriousness, you're right: it's just really not a style of humor which the Penny Arcade audience usually appreciates and certainly not what we've come to expect. Unfortunately for all concerned...it was posted on the PA website.
That said...alright, yeah, kind of a crappy guest comic. We've had those before. The creators were doing Tycho and Gabe a favor and they deserve some appreciation for that even if we don't like the result. There's really no need to keep raging about it or rage about others raging about it, may as well just move on and see what Friday brings.
This would actually be excellent.
The Good: This comic has raised 1,000 dollars for charity thus far!
The Bad: The comic itself and its reception.
And the Ugly: The comic has ruined someones birthday!
(Seriously, I know it's a weird thing to fixate on, but her hands throw me off. That one literally grows to the size of her head...and it just looks so...meaty)
It's ok, your mother and I don't know your real birthday anyway. You were adopted.
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That or sometimes a bad comic will come up in the series and it's not a sign of things going south or anything being done wrong and is instead your taste just not being fulfilled temporarily.
Also, perhaps fewer uses of the word "daddy". I figured out it was his kid at the point that it said "...WHEN MY KID WAS 8.]" 3 times in one panel and 5 times in total felt a bit excessive. I haven't read Scalzi's books, but surely he must be better at dialogue than this?
These forums are incredibly bitchy, and it seems that people who *aren't* bitchy leave, because, really, <bitchy>, until there's nothing left here but bitter, angry posters.
Kinda sad, really.
Not really how it works.
There are an overwhelming majority of people who happen to think a guest comic is bad in an area meant for discussion about the guest comic. So what?
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Any good that remained here is now but a ghost. Its now all just a . . . Comedy Central Roast?
On another note, I agree that I like this comic as long as I imagine the third panel (sudo joke) didn't exist.
You're a master of the understatement. The answer to your question is "no". Boys look different from girls. Even at eight years of age.
Let's look at some comic eight (or so) year olds. Then you try to guess the gender. See how many you get right.
Answer:
Answer:
Answer:
I'm sick of dealing with these tags so I'll stop at three. But they're all girls and immediately identifiable as such. Whoever drew this guest comic drew an eight year old girl who looks like a 14 year old boy. It made for a confusing read. I got to the third panel still thinking it was a boy. Then I saw "daddy" repeated like six times and said "wait a minute...this is probably a girl...right?" And in doing so, the comic lost any momentum it had. I didn't care about the big payoff anymore. I was too busy trying to identify the gender of the so-called banana man (banana woman?).
You didn't like the comic. Fine. In an amazing turn of events, that doesn't give you an unimpeachable mandate to be a tosser.
Also, that second picture....totally thought it was a boy before I read your spoiler. Seriously, what about that picture identifies her as a girl?
You aren't familiar with one of the staple characters (Susie) from Calvin and Hobbes? Shame, that is easily my favorite traditional newspaper comic by a longshot. Its also one of the few I've seen that can do sentimentality and humor well at the same time, you should look into it.
In any case, I would say the hair makes her pretty easy to identify as a girl.
I would agree that Susie looks the most boyish, with her overalls and boyish haircut. The other are wearing dresses and have girlish hair styles. I think someone made a point about needing feminine props to identify female characters.
Can we just make this a Calvin & Hobbes thread?
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