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In today's strip. It's I Robot, Magnus Robot Fighter, and Blade Runner, in one package. If it was hard to do, as he says, then it's because good things are hard to do.
I was lukewarm about this until I'd read the license. However, my money is still on Lookouts.
Lookouts tells me things I've always wondered about. Specifically, if the D&D-archetype world is so damn dangerous, how is it that people learn to survive, exactly? Most of us have all made characters as full-grown adults, who learned from some such master, but the details of these experiences are usually glossed-over. Lookouts, from just one page, takes my childhood in Scouts (like many PA readers, I imagine) and my childhood (read: "adulthood") playing D&D, and presents them both in a new light.
Automata on the other hand, while very, VERY, well-done, doesn't pique my interest as much; I can spot elements of Mahoromatic (time limit), Big 0 (R.Frederick O'Reilly), and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner (Mr.Holkins just gave us an article on worldbuilding by Philip K. Dick they other day, didn't he?) in Automata that I've seen before. I bet Carl even owns a cat named Spot.
Unless they're going to do something very original with Carl-- maybe he's the killer?-- I don't see as much promise in the first page of Automata as I do in Lookouts.
I have to say this is amazing! It really sticks out from almost anything Gabe's done before visually, and I think it turned out fantastic. I'll admit I did not really like the Lookout's concept, so it's great to see he's offering some really distinctive new ideas.
Excited to see the third, but Automata is definitely my favorite of the two so far.
Wow, this is really good. Sort of "The Watchmen" meets "I Robot". So far, this one totally gets my vote. I signed up for the forum just to vote for this and saw this "[more]" on the side - just for a second I thought, "More Automata? YES!" But it is just more smileys.
Please more Automata. I will be your man slave. But don't tell my wife.
That's a cool piece. Again, I'm not trying to say Automata doesn't have merit and wouldn't kick ass, it does and would. You could use that same criteria to examine Lookouts as well, and say it's two hashed together themes, i.e. coming of age + world of magic and would therefore suck. I think in either case, that's a limiting way to look at the work. Which would be a better story, which would be more fun to read? Personally I think Lookouts. We don't know how each piece is going to turn out, but there's something to the gestalt of Lookouts I find more intriguing. Even if you didn't like the art style as much, I think there's a gem there and I want to see it. The reason I think that is because everything about it feels "new", even if it doesn't feel as refined as a result.
Edit: Fixed quotes
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3clipse: The key to any successful marriage is a good mid-game transition.
I've got no problem with this comic, but some of you guys need to put your cocks back into your pants. Jesus. This is not an illuminated manuscript. There will be more comics like this.
Wow, this is really good. Sort of "The Watchmen" meets "I Robot". So far, this one totally gets my vote. I signed up for the forum just to vote for this and saw this "[more]" on the side - just for a second I thought, "More Automata? YES!" But it is just more smileys.
Please more Automata. I will be your man slave. But don't tell my wife.
the fuck did you get Watchmen out of this
"How do you 'feel'"
"Nervous"
"And now?"
"Increasingly agitated"
Working on it. I'm a big enough font nerd that I recognized the typeface right away, but I can't replicate the glowing eye without my tablet, and I don't have one at work.
I've got no problem with this comic, but some of you guys need to put your cocks back into your pants. Jesus. This is not an illuminated manuscript. There will be more comics like this.
Yeah, fuck liking things. Why can't everyone be edgy and complain about everything?
I've got no problem with this comic, but some of you guys need to put your cocks back into your pants. Jesus. This is not an illuminated manuscript. There will be more comics like this.
Yeah, fuck liking things. Why can't everyone be edgy and complain about everything?
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Lookouts tells me things I've always wondered about. Specifically, if the D&D-archetype world is so damn dangerous, how is it that people learn to survive, exactly? Most of us have all made characters as full-grown adults, who learned from some such master, but the details of these experiences are usually glossed-over. Lookouts, from just one page, takes my childhood in Scouts (like many PA readers, I imagine) and my childhood (read: "adulthood") playing D&D, and presents them both in a new light.
Automata on the other hand, while very, VERY, well-done, doesn't pique my interest as much; I can spot elements of Mahoromatic (time limit), Big 0 (R.Frederick O'Reilly), and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?/Blade Runner (Mr.Holkins just gave us an article on worldbuilding by Philip K. Dick they other day, didn't he?) in Automata that I've seen before. I bet Carl even owns a cat named Spot.
Unless they're going to do something very original with Carl-- maybe he's the killer?-- I don't see as much promise in the first page of Automata as I do in Lookouts.
Excited to see the third, but Automata is definitely my favorite of the two so far.
the fuck did you get Watchmen out of this
Edit: Fixed quotes
3clipse: The key to any successful marriage is a good mid-game transition.
I'm just saying I don't see it
but i also would like to see mythical creatures
but i would ALSO like some alcoholic beverages
times are tough, my droogs
"How do you 'feel'"
"Nervous"
"And now?"
"Increasingly agitated"
Carl gives off a bit of the Watchmen vibe
Well. You know. Maybe.
Surely the last comic...
Working on it. I'm a big enough font nerd that I recognized the typeface right away, but I can't replicate the glowing eye without my tablet, and I don't have one at work.
I... guess? I wasn't trying to shit on it, I thought it was amusing.
I know. I was busy yesterday programming switches that raise and lower chain-link gates.
just wow
Yeah, fuck liking things. Why can't everyone be edgy and complain about everything?
Damn good show.
This looks so pretty as my background
i didn't read the front page on wednesday because i really didn't care for that one. i didn't know about this vote thing. i hope this one wins.
going to have to keep my desktop neat so I can see it
See the square automatons in the seventh panel?
Fanfiction.
huff puff huff puff
made it to the thread as fast as i could
The term you are looking for is "fantasy".
Nooo. I meant this guy in the 7th panel. He looks quite a lot like Marshmallow, though I know it is not him. I just wished to address this similarity.
He looks like the SE-sona of this guy.
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