HWAET!

Col · Post by **Col** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:50 am

I hate comics called Megatokyo.

Godoftarot · Post by **Godoftarot** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:49 pm

Col wrote:I hate comics called Megatokyo.

I don't hate Megatokyo. It's not worth expending the energy to hate it.

And three cheers for Merc!

Van Douchebag · Post by **Van Douchebag** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:54 pm

Jigglyman wrote:I hate comics that start off by introducing their characters like a bio page or something. You're suppoosed to reveal their personalities though their words and actions, fools. It should be way more subtle.

On a similar note, I hate in fantasy or adventure comics where the origins of characters are immediately revealed and not drawn out.

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:31 pm

Van Douchebag wrote:
Jigglyman wrote:I hate comics that start off by introducing their characters like a bio page or something. You're suppoosed to reveal their personalities though their words and actions, fools. It should be way more subtle.
On a similar note, I hate in fantasy or adventure comics where the origins of characters are immediately revealed and not drawn out.

Same.

BloodKnight · Post by **BloodKnight** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:50 pm

Jigglyman wrote:I hate comics that start off by introducing their characters like a bio page or something. You're suppoosed to reveal their personalities though their words and actions, fools. It should be way more subtle.

Same.

I remember reading one comic where they spent like 10 pages describing the background, how magic worked, the characters, and villians of the story.

The description of the villian literally said "These are the villians of the story."

*shudder*

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:13 pm

Van Douchebag wrote:
Jigglyman wrote:I hate comics that start off by introducing their characters like a bio page or something. You're suppoosed to reveal their personalities though their words and actions, fools. It should be way more subtle.
On a similar note, I hate in fantasy or adventure comics where the origins of characters are immediately revealed and not drawn out.

I, on the other hand, hate when in comics everything has to be told through flashbacks, even things that are totally uninteresting and that are not worth the space needed for flashback.

Waf · Post by **Waf** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:19 pm

What about flash backs al la family guy?

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:33 pm

mcDuffies wrote:
Van Douchebag wrote:
Jigglyman wrote:I hate comics that start off by introducing their characters like a bio page or something. You're suppoosed to reveal their personalities though their words and actions, fools. It should be way more subtle.
On a similar note, I hate in fantasy or adventure comics where the origins of characters are immediately revealed and not drawn out.
I, on the other hand, hate when in comics everything has to be told through flashbacks, even things that are totally uninteresting and that are not worth the space needed for flashback.

Hrm. Maybe I misunderstood. I don't like when ALL characters are immediately explained. I don't like it when NONE are explained, but I do enjoy a good flashback or two. I'm the guy who likes SOME flashback and SOME blatent explaination.

I really should have worded that better than "same." I mean...heck, I don't know what the hell I was thinking.

Agree to disagree, then?

BloodKnight · Post by **BloodKnight** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:27 pm

Waf wrote:What about flash backs al la family guy?

Family Guy can do it because they do it well.

*cuddles with his Family Guy DVDs*

Driving Without Pants · Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:32 pm

Someone compared my comic to Family Guy the other day.

It was like the best compliment I ever got.

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:06 pm

Joel Fagin wrote:
[geoduck] wrote:This is why I took a cue from Red Dwarf and created "fake" profanity for my strip.
It's not fake. Check a dictionary.

Yes, the term RD uses is a real word, and describes something extremely disgusting, but it's not real-life profanity.

Changing the subject entirely, another major pet-peeve I forgot to mention is comics that don't put the smegging comic out on the main smegging page, but make you hunt around for a link in reams of text.

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:08 pm

*looks up definition*

Hmmmm doesn't seem to exist outside of red dwarf...

*Checks RD discussion boards*

Smeg = Smegma

*looks up definition*

So THAT'S what it's called!!!!!!

*Dives out the window*

I hate comics that look like they were drawn with a smegstick dipped in smegrot.

Van Douchebag · Post by **Van Douchebag** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:37 pm

Driving Without Pants wrote:Someone compared my comic to Family Guy the other day.

It was like the best compliment I ever got.

Yeah, that was me... the Douchemeister.

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:54 pm

Van Douchebag wrote:*bursts out laughing*

... man, this lesbian avatar makes EVERYTHING great!

*jumps on bandwagon*

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:10 pm

No, it's not.

Driving Without Pants · Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:13 pm

What is this word that everyone keeps talking about?

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:16 pm

TheLoserHero wrote:...um, not "hate", really, but I just find it a tad inconvenient when comics have lots of images on their home page. I'm on the fake internet (56k) so it'll take me a while to load it.

Additionally, archives shouldn't have lots of images either... I need to thumb through that, ya know?

As yet another poor sap on dialup, I think this bears repeating.

Isukiyomi · Post by **Isukiyomi** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:19 pm

Cope wrote:
TheLoserHero wrote:...um, not "hate", really, but I just find it a tad inconvenient when comics have lots of images on their home page. I'm on the fake internet (56k) so it'll take me a while to load it.

Additionally, archives shouldn't have lots of images either... I need to thumb through that, ya know?
As yet another poor sap on dialup, I think this bears repeating.

I was liberated from the shackles of the 56K last summer and I've never looked back. Speaking of which, does anyone know how much it is to hook up four computers (with a cable modem)so that they can all be online at the same time ?

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:19 pm

Driving Without Pants wrote:What is this word that everyone keeps talking about?

"portcullis"

Driving Without Pants · Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:28 pm

"Portcullis" is absolutely a real word. A portcullis is one of those large gates made out of crossed strips of iron, usually with big spikes at the bottom, that are found on most castles. The symbol of British Parliament is a portcullis: