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Who would make good Penny Arcade guest artists?
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I ventured into PA Forum land specifically to post about the Lookouts run, but that topic has plainly been run into the ground. (I'm in the "interesting failure" camp, myself: Becky's art style is gorgeous but wasn't well-adapted to this kind of storytelling, the story that's eventually discernible is interesting enough but too rushed and confusingly presented, better luck next time.) No skin off my teeth, really, I voted for Automata.
But it did get me to wondering, for future reference: are there any webcomics artists working right now who could make a good go of one of these interesting PA side-projects, or at any rate a better go than "interesting failure"? I'm wracking my brain, and can't think of any, which I guess is a tribute to how talented and polished the PA team have become over the years. Can anyone else?
But it did get me to wondering, for future reference: are there any webcomics artists working right now who could make a good go of one of these interesting PA side-projects, or at any rate a better go than "interesting failure"? I'm wracking my brain, and can't think of any, which I guess is a tribute to how talented and polished the PA team have become over the years. Can anyone else?
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Pass it around and get different comics' take on each other.
What day of the year is it that all the newpaper artists do this? I forget.
I'm not a fan of completely different art styles, because I think if they're too different it just becomes either jarring or a gimmick, but his is close enough to gabe's that it might be cool.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
Gurevitch certainly has versatility. Though I'd always be expecting something horrible to happen.
Yes.
Or better yet, Bill Watterson.
Sarah Ellerton would have been perfect for Lookouts. I mean, would you look at this?
I used that one to demonstrate her work with children and non-humans. While the Da'kor (I may have that wrong, the comic ended a couple years ago), and there was a romance involving him and an elf, it was strictly PG on that front and made clear that such relations were highly uncommon.
She's also stated that her main influence is Disney (although she originally wrote the story as an RPG), so he's more of a friendly woodland creature.
but then...
That, and the PBF guy spends at least 3-4 weeks tweaking and testing a single strip before he will consider presenting it to the public; it's a style that pays off but doesn't lend itself well to spur-of-the-moment guest comics.
They don't do it every year, but the day is April 1st. IIRC Foxtrot actually has a 'joke' strip about this (the joke being no one told him they weren't doing it this year).
That second one, good lord. That was amazing.