comic crits

adlib

I've been doing a comic strip for my student paper here in the UK but was wondering how you guys in the US would find it. Here are some samples, would love to hear your thoughts on the art and humour!








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Ape2001

I like them a lot ^^ I would like to read these comics instead of the Haegar-stuff.

The style is varying a lot but seems to improve. At all it doesn't look bad, I like especially the mice, pig and truth ones.

:^:

Ravenshadow

nothing here is really funny to me... but I do like the art.

The One Dark Knight

Nice, good jokes, pretty original for the most part, and nice art

I don't really get the last one though ):

Pious

Your artwork is awsome, your jokes are OK. Some of them I just don't understand, mabye because i'm an american, to make me understand it you would have to put the word penis in there some where. I really like the knight one, I like it when someone comes out with something that makes me say "Why didn't I think of that"...it also pisses me off at the same time. oh and does that teacher have lazy eye?

Edit: NVM, those are just the lens flare in his glasses.

squidbunny

I like the meditation one generally, and really like the tree in the last one. Strong inks.

Mayday

Number four: story of my life.
Number six and seven are the best.

Lly

I swear i've seen #2 and 3 before. have you posted here before?

DeeLock

Wow, art is great, jokes are original, i love you.

the mouse, monk, pig, and knight ones are the best.

Comahawk

These are actually really good, unlike most of the comics posted here.

The first one made me laugh, been in similar situations.

Kuro Hou

I've gotta give you credit, I almost didn't come to this thread because I expected another "Hur-Hur. I am teh funny maker". I must say that I was pleasntly surprised both by the artwork and the humor. While not all of them were funny, they all had good art. I like 3-7, but meditation is the best.

MagicToaster

I'm sorry, I didn't really think they were funny... though I think the art is spectacular.

earthwormadam

Make your lineart darker please!

When your dark black comic title is 10 times as dark as the lines that make up the actual pictures within the comic, you have problems.

Otherwise, pretty good stuff.

AgelessDrifter

Wow. I really like these. Four through seven are awesome. The last one I understood, but it's not so much funny "haha" as it is funny "hmmm". Still, all around solid work.

Doctor Pain

the monk one is great, FOCUS ! *paff*

ahahah

Axim

really awesome stuff every time i cringe and click a comic thread my eyes usually start bleeding, thank you for being the exception here.

jokes aren't HILARIOUS but are solid, i get a calvin and hobbes meets pbf sort of feel from them

CheerfulBear

The last one looks a lot like Buttercup Festival.

adlib

Thanks everyone, I grew up with calvin & hobbes and enjoy pbf and buttercup festival as well as many other webcomics! I don't expect everyone to find them funny (I have a hard time telling myself..) but it's good to know some do.

Lly I wonder where you've seen them I've never posted here before but they are on other forums...

The Wretched

Would the two people shaking hands in the fourth one be an OK Computer ref? If so, right on!

Awesome stuff!

Stupid Mr Whoopsie Name

I *really* like the tree in the last one.

Believe

MagicToaster wrote:

I'm sorry, I didn't really think they were funny... though I think the art is spectacular.

In reading them I don't think they're meant to be hilarious, just 'heh'-amusing, kinda like AgelessDrifter said. Which I think they are.

Enjoyable strips.

adlib

So any idea how to spread word on a new comic? Just leave it to word of mouth?

The Celestial

Pay for ads on comic sites of similar taste.

That's probably the only sure-fire way seeing how if there was a free system out there, it would be quickly consumed by the "Two guys that play video games" cookie-cutter crap out there.

I, personally, find all my new comics from links in newsposts on various comic sites that I already visit.

B-A-M

Ravenshadow wrote:

nothing here is really funny to me... but I do like the art.

:shock: wtf?! those re brilliant! great artwork, great jokes, great...EVERYTHING!

Ravenshadow

B-A-M wrote:

Ravenshadow wrote:

nothing here is really funny to me... but I do like the art.

:shock: wtf?! those re brilliant! great artwork, great jokes, great...EVERYTHING!

after your last couple threads I think it's safe to say that your opinion doesn't count.

Nibble

The art is pretty solid, but something's not right with this one:


The knight's arms appear to be broken in about six places in the last panel.

srsizzy

They aren't laugh-out-loud, but they aren't not funny. Not only that, but I don't think they're all supposed to be funny, some of them are more contemplative...but those ones are somewhat cliche. I'd work on making more original ideas.

adlib

Golem

Thats quality ^^ lol love the humor in that last one you just posted.

earthwormadam

The last one is much improved. Bumping up the black levels makes a big difference.

Funny too. I like the dude with the [X_X] in the background.

Ravenshadow

agreed. That last one made me smile.

MagicToaster

Best strip yet!

EntrY

The Calvin and Hobbes inspiration is pretty clear in that last one It made me chuckle, tho :P Very cute.

adlib

Not a "funny" funny strip like the previous one. [/img]

Spidermangks

Some made me laugh. Some I didn't get. And some made me wish I came up with it. I like the artwork and the jokes are pretty nice quality too. Thanks for not posting a PA rip-off.

Oh and good job too.

falconire

I like the art and most are fairly funny. Good stuff.

Golem

keep them coming these are good ^^

adlib

paulwind

Really, really, really clever stuff. The art is still a little iffy for me, but that's mainly because I'm soooo used to "serious" (which sounds belittling, I know) art. Really, your cartoonish art fits the strip, because, as most people have caught on to, you're not trying to be hilarious, but rather make people think.

I think you have a sense of humor (or as you probably call it, humour) very similar to my own, which is why I find these so clever. I like to think that true humor comes from people being able to notice the small, ridiculous idiosyncrasies that people commit every day, almost constantly. And not in the Jerry Seinfeld method of pulling them out, but really seeing the stuff that makes you giggle.

The pig one is my favorite. I can't tell you how often I'm jealous of animals. They get to lie around all day and get fed three squares until they die young like rockstars.

adlib

Thanks, I have to agree with you, I'm frustrated by the limitations of my art. I stopped drawing a long time ago but started these comics for my student paper as a way of getting back into it but I'm jealous of what real artists can achieve in visual complexity and imagination

SpeedKnight

The title graphic looks like it says "Ap LiB".