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Camp Weedonwantcha by Katie Rice — Whittle
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Camp Weedonwantcha by Katie Rice — Whittle
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this wouldn't be a problem if the one offs were entertaining and made the most use of "everything explodes, now its normal the next day" format of shows(i.e. family guy) and comics(i.e. penny arcade) where in those creative works they are able to push their characters motives on the surface and below further because it will just revert to normal the next "day"(episode/strip).
today's comic seems like a very good example of when this comic started heading downhill with it's weak cheap one off gag that replaces earlier character traits(wasn't Malachi super apathetic like 3 or 4 strips ago? now he industriously tries to survive, that is quite the 180). overall this weakens the comic because i can just assume we will never see these spears again or Malachi's new calm and motivated personality. which would be fine but the trade off for no definite character should be powerful comedic atmosphere that we simply don't get and will likely never receive.
my expectations of this comic were high because of the authority installed by the creators of penny arcade, who i reference as a framework for the one off strip because they do it quite well and are consistently hitting the funny bone.
im not sure if it is irony but you would think the comic they picked, one that follows a similar format to their own, would be doing the same to my funny bone but its not and it is quite disappointing.
sincerely,
whatevs
p.s. if the location of a "hidden" artifact is the main draw of a comic...you have to be thinking the creator is probably putting their energies towards something else.
well?
tell us how you really feel.
Thank you for presenting your wrinkled asshole to all of us. It really is an incredible sight. Just a truly wondrous asshole. 10/10.
Thanks for taking the time to write out your thoughts about the comic. Camp W is still in it's early stages and still developing into itself, so I can only hope you stick around to see what happens. If it's not the comic for you, that's alright too. The only statement you wrote that I don't accept is your opinion that my attention is elsewhere. I spend a great deal of time creating the art for each page, and probably more time than you'd believe futzing around with story details with my cowriter. I love working on the comic, and it definitely has my attention.
Yeah he was.
Because he missed his birthday.
That arc was resolved with a very sweet and awesome comic.
I love the comic so far, Katie does great with black humour without overdoing it (even when showing a child likely dying falling off a zipline...)
The point is that Malachai hasn't matured. He's always been a kid playing kid games. He expects his birthday to be commemorated even though that's just a rote luxury in his circumstances. And he's not whittling because it produces anything useful. He's whittling because it's just another game to him.
Right now we're just seeing bits and pieces of the world the campers inhabit, and I think it's fair to say we don't have much less information than the campers themselves do. As it says on the "Meet the Campers" page, Malachi doesn't know why or even HOW he got left there; it's not unreasonable to assume he's not the only one with that problem. A couple campers' pasts have been brought up, but Colin's story contradicted the images we saw and the two kids the other day were obviously just boasting. There may not be any clues in the camp as to its actual purpose or its geographical location: in that case, what else is there for the kids to do besides survive and try to keep themselves entertained?
I, for one am enjoying it more than enough to keep reading, wherever it winds up going.
On a lighter note, does anyone else get the idea that Seventeen doesn't wear anything besides that shirt and is just obliviously flashing everyone all the time?
Or I'm overthinking this and the setting is just a device to put these characters under the microscope and all the loose ends are intentional.
"Spikes are out of fashion. What you want is a pilum. Pilums are coming back in a big way."
not ashamed to admit it I had to google this
I know some people have voiced opinions against the format of the strip, so I just wanted to chime in and voice a counter-opinion that the artist is doing fine and should continue on as-is without trying to please everyone.
I have seen so many Scouts whittling like this over the years. Heck, I have done it many times myself. I never did spikes either, but I did do stakes.
Keep up the great work