Penny Arcade - Comic - Mistburn

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Penny Arcade - Comic - Mistburn

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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RenegadePhantom

Back to Sanderson bashing huh? I guess it's especially funny considering how bad the DnD books are.

Absalon

Sanderson is excruciatingly bad at:
-witticisms
-funny dialogue
and decent-to-mediocre when it comes to:
-natural dialogue
-building unpredictable, non-stereotypical characters.

Apart from that, there is nothing that should be that agonizing. He obviously thinks far ahead, values moral ambiguity and good-versus-evil dynamics equally and knows how to inject pathos and ethos into the struggles and motivations of the main characters. There are many memorable moments and unexpected turns.

KalTorak

I like to both read Sanderson and bash Sanderson

both are fun activities

in contrast I haven't read a Raistlin book since high school... not sure I could take it now

azith28

This here is a strip full of fighting words. WTF is wrong with Mistborn...

TrueLink

I believe this is what my reaction would have been if I saw Mike Krahulik at his booth.

dennis

How could he have not bought that masterpiece? I would buy that thing and put it in my guest bathroom.

kyptan

Seriously, WTF is wrong with Sanderson?

joshofalltrades

Sanderson: At least he's not Goodkind

MaryAmelia

There is nothing wrong with Sanderson. PA "bashing" him is due to - I suspect - his overzealous fans (possibly among the PA staff) constantly recommending his books to Mike/Jerry. The Sanderson strips lean more towards trolling his fans than saying the books themselves are bad.

Sazank

The last comic that bashed Sanderson is actually what got me into reading his books. I now own quite a lot of them. So even if I don't like seeing Mistborn or Sanderson insulted, I can't really be too upset.

KalTorak

MaryAmelia wrote: »

There is nothing wrong with Sanderson. PA "bashing" him is due to - I suspect - his overzealous fans (possibly among the PA staff) constantly recommending his books to Mike/Jerry. The Sanderson strips lean more towards trolling his fans than saying the books themselves are bad.

I know in the podcast they mentioned that Jamie is a huge Sanderfanderson.

tastydonuts

dennis wrote: »

How could he have not bought that masterpiece? I would buy that thing and put it in my guest bathroom.

Seems more like the perfect piece to put in one's guest bedroom, imo.

dennis

tastydonuts wrote: »

dennis wrote: »

How could he have not bought that masterpiece? I would buy that thing and put it in my guest bathroom.

Seems more like the perfect piece to put in one's guest bedroom, imo.

No way. Right across from the toilet. In a bedroom, you can at least turn and face the other walls.

Bursar

I'm sticking through the second Mistborn series out of... loyalty? I guess? The first three were interesting. The second three were natural logical extensions of the world he'd built, but the actual plot hindered my enjoyment. Now, having finished 4, 5, and 6 with Wax, there's supposed to be one more that will finish it all up, and I'll read it just to cross it off my list more than out of actual anticipation for where the story goes.

wallywest

Don't know about Mistborn, but his Stormlight Archive books are awesome. Really enjoying them so far.

megnanimous

I may possibly have done the ol' sink-below-the-table-and-slither-away routine with Mike and Jerry once upon a time at a book signing. It's strangely hard to use real life words to speak to the real life versions of people you've been virtually following for years!

knochnkopf

Man, here I was stoked thinking maybe there was another Raistlin story in the works!

BRASKYthatSOB

In my opinion Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series is by far his best stuff, though I've enjoyed everything of his that I've read to varying degrees. I thought the first Mistborn was pretty great, and that the second and third books were good but not to the same level. Haven't tackled the second trilogy yet but I've heard good things.

Jaymer 161

I made an account just to finally say this. I love Dragonlance so much. I've been reading them for years, ups and downs, and want to one day own every book (except those kids ones.)

So all this Dragonlance love has been making me proud and smiley.

Artereis

My father once described Sanderson as a toddler showing off his toys, like how they just keep handing them to you or something. I could kind of see where he was coming from, but I really like the Stormlight Archives so far.

Butler

Huh, Atlas Reactor actually sounds kind of interesting. I was getting e-mails about it while I was playing ArcheAge a while back, but I had it written off as an Overwatch clone. Surprising to read it's actually a completely different kind of game.

Tanner Anders

I'd never read any Sanderson until his work on concluding the Wheel of Time. Before I even began reading them, I knew that he must be a good writer, because RJ wouldn't pick a bad author to finish his epic.

That said, I recently read all of the Mistborn books (except Secret History, since the ebooks were pulled from all sellers, pending its addition to the Tor collection), and I'm now on the first book of the Stormlight Archives, and I'm really liking his stuff. He has created a very interesting universe in the Cosmere.

Inquisitor

Butler wrote: »

Huh, Atlas Reactor actually sounds kind of interesting. I was getting e-mails about it while I was playing ArcheAge a while back, but I had it written off as an Overwatch clone. Surprising to read it's actually a completely different kind of game.

Cool idea, but only controlling one unit is a huge bummer personally.

Not enough decisions to make and way too much downtime between turns.

Off Kilter

Stormlight Archive is awesome just for how ridiculous it gets. Words of Radiance is practically DBZ

ziddersroofurry

Margaret is a friend of mine. She's a really sweet person who owns awesome dogs. If you're ever at a Gencon or con or something and want to say hi you shouldn't be afraid of going up and saying hello. She's a wonderful person and appreciates when people tell her how much her work has meant to them.