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New Comic Thread 08-03-09

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Is the logo for the claptraps some kind of clickwise code?

    I think it's just a fancy logo

    Olivaw on
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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    What just happened?

    Here, let me help you
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    Who is the robot in the last panel? The one with the red eyes?

    We haven't seen him before, have we?

    More to the point, why is he pointing his gun at me?

    It's a widely-recognised storytelling trope that when a robot points his gun at the reader, he's breaking the fourth-wall and attempting to kill you just for reading the story.

    darleysam on
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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    What just happened?

    Here, let me help you
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    Who is the robot in the last panel? The one with the red eyes?

    We haven't seen him before, have we?

    It's Carl.


    You're such a special boy.

    Ca...rl?

    Jesus Christ, Szech.

    Metzger Meister on
  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    NotASenator on
  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    What just happened?

    Here, let me help you
    20090803.jpg

    Who is the robot in the last panel? The one with the red eyes?

    We haven't seen him before, have we?

    It's Carl.


    You're such a special boy.

    Ca...rl?

    Jesus Christ, Szech.

    Metz are you really this thick

    Be honest

    Olivaw on
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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    What just happened?

    Here, let me help you
    20090803.jpg

    Who is the robot in the last panel? The one with the red eyes?

    We haven't seen him before, have we?

    It's Carl.


    You're such a special boy.

    Ca...rl?

    Jesus Christ, Szech.

    Metz are you really this thick

    Be honest


    Yes.

    I.

    Am.

    Metzger Meister on
  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    What just happened?

    Here, let me help you
    20090803.jpg

    Who is the robot in the last panel? The one with the red eyes?

    We haven't seen him before, have we?

    It's Carl.


    You're such a special boy.

    Ca...rl?
    It's Kalarel, ma!

    Antimatter on
  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    He was reaching for his off-switch.

    He keeps his gun in a holster on his hip.

    I'm just rationalizing that.

    BYToady on
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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    darleysam wrote: »
    Burden of Proof wrote: »
    What just happened?

    Here, let me help you
    20090803.jpg

    Who is the robot in the last panel? The one with the red eyes?

    We haven't seen him before, have we?

    It's Carl.


    You're such a special boy.

    Ca...rl?
    It's Kalarel, ma!

    <3

    Metzger Meister on
  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    will smith is going to burst into the room and shout "oh HELL naw!"

    Fatty McBeardo on
  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Fatty McBeardo wrote: »
    will smith is going to burst into the room and shout "oh HELL naw!"

    Then he teaches Carl how to dance like a human and how to be successful in human-robot relationships.

    KalTorak on
  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    Also, in the first comic it wasn't just performers, it was people with vocal ability, and we haven't seen a singer for the Claptraps. Although I suppose there could be members that aren't in the frame, given the piano.

    Tossrock on
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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    just you wait
    it's a copy protection scheme gone wrong
    starforce? more like deathforce

    autono-wally, erotibot300 on
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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Very interesting turn of events, really liking it so far.

    Abracadaniel on
  • CuddlySatanCuddlySatan Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Has no one else tried reading the comic while putting Carl's dialogue through Speech Synth?

    CuddlySatan on
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  • RamiusRamius Joined: July 19, 2000 Administrator, ClubPA admin
    edited August 2009
    natek wrote: »
    Shankill Butcher wrote: »
    why does everything have to be a reference with you guys

    I don't even know what 13/8 means
    then you were all "ahahaha yes" and it confused me

    Confused me for a second, but then I remembered the Golden Ratio can be approximated by dividing subsequent numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence (link), and I thought, "OH! The golden mean! That is pretty clever."


    Then a couple posts down I realized you just pulled a number out your ass. :(

    Ramius on
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  • BaltirowBaltirow Registered User new member
    edited August 2009
    After I saw the latest comic, I was compelled to make the following:

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    My deepest and most sincere apologies to good taste everywhere

    Baltirow on
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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    that is fantastic

    frying pan seals it

    Skull Man on
  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    that's actually pretty funny
    the art's rough, but the joke still works and the art's still better than I could manage

    Druhim on
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  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    Mine's even better: The band's name doesn't follow the curvature of the banner.

    If the banner were hung perfectly horizontal the name would arch upwards. Which I could believe except it doesn't match the bass drum.

    Seriously on
  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2009
    that took me a second and then skull man mentioned the frying pan

    and it clicked

    DJ Eebs on
  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    what I find really interesting is the art hanging on the wall as they enter
    along with them appreciating music, or at least trying to appreciate it, an intriguing idea

    Druhim on
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  • ProjeckProjeck Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    hey i just noticed he has got tubes goin' into his neck in the last two panels

    neato

    Projeck on
  • LeginLegin __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2009
    I'm down with doing different things and branching out and experimenting but I just don't dig serious comics. Especially as a serial.

    I mean, consider print comics like Brenda Starr, Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, ummm...I dont know. Theres a good number of them. But I don't know a single person who reads them. This is why the "funny" comics outnumber the serious comics by probably ten to one. There's no joy in reading three little panels at a time of some massive story arch.

    People turn to the comics page for a quick chuckle. Nothing more. And the overwhelming majority of comics in the papers fail at that. Most are painfully-unfunny zombie comics still getting cranked out long after the original creator died.

    But I'm getting off track. A webcomic can solve this three-panel-at-a-time problem by putting as many panels as they want. And this Automatica or whatever does that. But still...seven or whatever panels doesn't really solve the problem.

    If its released as a full on graphic novel...I still wouldn't be interested because I outgrew comic books 15 years ago. But, yeah I'd be able to see the appeal at least. Released as a serial though...I dont see it.

    Legin on
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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Damnit Legin.

    Abracadaniel on
  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Legin, do cats bother you because they are not enough like dogs, or perhaps because they are not as popular as dogs, or because they do not conform to your personal perceived definition of what a cat should be

    in other news, i like this comic

    Quoth on
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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    just ignore him and he'll get banned again soon enough
    eventually tube will just make it permanent

    Druhim on
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  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The color usage in this comic is brilliant

    Like Schindler's List Of Robots

    Eddy on
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  • ProcrastinatorProcrastinator Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    BYToady wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    He was reaching for his off-switch.

    He keeps his gun in a holster on his hip.

    I'm just rationalizing that.

    What bothers me is that in the first panel you see the door's window/peephole thing has bars on it and when the door is opened in the second panel the bars are gone!

    THAT bothers me.

    Procrastinator on
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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Procrastinator wrote: »
    BYToady wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    He was reaching for his off-switch.

    He keeps his gun in a holster on his hip.

    I'm just rationalizing that.

    What bothers me is that in the first panel you see the door's window/peephole thing has bars on it and when the door is opened in the second panel the bars are gone!

    THAT bothers me.

    See now if the bouncer robot had been the door then he would have had the grill over his eyes/peephole which would have been hilarious.

    DarkPrimus on
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  • KoolaidguyKoolaidguy Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Procrastinator wrote: »
    BYToady wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    He was reaching for his off-switch.

    He keeps his gun in a holster on his hip.

    I'm just rationalizing that.

    What bothers me is that in the first panel you see the door's window/peephole thing has bars on it and when the door is opened in the second panel the bars are gone!

    THAT bothers me.

    See now if the bouncer robot had been the door then he would have had the grill over his eyes/peephole which would have been hilarious.

    I cant see being a door as a very good career choice.

    Koolaidguy on
  • FramlingFramling FaceHead Geebs has bad ideas.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Koolaidguy wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Procrastinator wrote: »
    BYToady wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I love it.


    My only nitpick, and maybe it's just the continuity geek in me, is that Carl is reaching into his jacket with his left hand in the next to last frame, but then is holding it in his right with the left steadying it in the last.

    It's quite the nitpick.

    He was reaching for his off-switch.

    He keeps his gun in a holster on his hip.

    I'm just rationalizing that.

    What bothers me is that in the first panel you see the door's window/peephole thing has bars on it and when the door is opened in the second panel the bars are gone!

    THAT bothers me.

    See now if the bouncer robot had been the door then he would have had the grill over his eyes/peephole which would have been hilarious.

    I cant see being a door as a very good career choice.

    Uh, it is if you're built as a door.

    You think a door-bot is going to find work as an assembly-line welder-bot? I don't think so.

    Framling on
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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Ramius wrote: »
    natek wrote: »
    Shankill Butcher wrote: »
    why does everything have to be a reference with you guys

    I don't even know what 13/8 means
    then you were all "ahahaha yes" and it confused me

    Confused me for a second, but then I remembered the Golden Ratio can be approximated by dividing subsequent numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence (link), and I thought, "OH! The golden mean! That is pretty clever."


    Then a couple posts down I realized you just pulled a number out your ass. :(

    Dammit, Ramius, stop making me smarter.

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  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Holy shit, this comic just got an order of magnitude more awesome.

    Defender on
  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Loving this.

    However I was halfway through reading it when my mind went "He say you brade runnah."

    Weaver on
  • DefenderDefender Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Something I always found interesting about T2 was that the machines decided to destroy humanity pretty much on their own. We created our own destruction and all, but it wasn't really deliberate. In this comic, our created man is used as a tool of murder by humans deliberately. I find it much more reasonable to put the blame on ourselves for our own malice than on our machines as an unintended context of our intelligence (maybe also some kinda hubris).

    Defender on
  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    YES

    oh shit stuff is gonna go down oh dang

    Belruel on
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  • scarlet ave.scarlet ave. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    This series of strips has been an incredible treat.

    I really hope they do manage to find the time to make a full comic out of it.

    scarlet ave. on
  • BelruelBelruel NARUTO FUCKS Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    scarlet ave. we are one

    Belruel on
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  • FishmanFishman Put your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain. Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Actually, the pair of you look a little like a set of mugshots.

    Fishman on
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