Why is it always humor?

ZOMBIE USER 11784 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 11784** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:33 am

In most of my comics, I try to be funny for a couple of reasons.

1. It's the best I can get out of these characters. You can't work with these characters without putting them in funny situations.
2. In chapter 1, the comic gets serious and dark. I'll use humor so no one will read the comic and want to kill themselves.

Heffaloop · Post by **Heffaloop** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:37 am

^_^

And who said kissing ass gets you nowhere?

ZOMBIE USER 13217 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 13217** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:52 am

I find whilst kissing ass is possibly more profitable, kicking ass is more rewarding, ego wise.

ZOMBIE USER 12015 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 12015** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:53 am

heffaloop wrote: And who said kissing ass gets you nowhere?

You're gonna do that too? *goes to mail even BIGGER check*

Unless Evil Jamie can top that, then he gets the check..

ZOMBIE USER 13217 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 13217** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:57 am

Um.... Wanna be the owner of your very own chain of erotic dance clubs? I was gonna blow them up, but they're yours if you want em.

KedaDibandion · Post by **KedaDibandion** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:16 am

I know of lots of comics that are serious rather than funny. Off the top of my head, Alien Dice. And my comic. And Indy's. Except that even the serious ones get light and fun occasionally. ^_^

Cindermain · Post by **Cindermain** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 12:02 pm

I like to think I have a balance between funny and serious in my strip.

However, I find that there are two things that draw the largest audiences in comics are;

-humor

-sex

Comics are escapist in nature. When one wants to get away from their own hum-drum reality, they usually want to think about something funny or sexy. Successful comics can tap into this, and give a momentary relief to the reader.

Sure, there are some serious comics that do well, but they usually don't have a very large audience...hate to say that, but that's just what I've seen. Most of the audience reads for escapist reasons...so when a strip's not funny or humorous, they usually don't read it as often...unless there's the naughty sexual thrill.

JJcareksims · Post by **JJcareksims** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 12:11 pm

Cindermain wrote:I like to think I have a balance between funny and serious in my strip.

However, I find that there are two things that draw the largest audiences in comics are;

-humor
-sex

Comics are escapist in nature. When one wants to get away from their own hum-drum reality, they usually want to think about something funny or sexy. Successful comics can tap into this, and give a momentary relief to the reader.

Sure, there are some serious comics that do well, but they usually don't have a very large audience...hate to say that, but that's just what I've seen. Most of the audience reads for escapist reasons...so when a strip's not funny or humorous, they usually don't read it as often...unless there's the naughty sexual thrill.

EXACTLY CINDER! Hence what I'm trying to aim for. The sexy and the funny.

Randomaxe · Post by **Randomaxe** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 12:54 pm

Cindermain wrote:Comics are escapist in nature. When one wants to get away from their own hum-drum reality, they usually want to think about something funny or sexy.

Very, very true.

I think most people read my comic for escapism and humor (not escapist humor though... Harry Houdini jokes are so 1926). If I thought realism would carry the comic, I'd just draw three panels of some guy sitting on the toilet or folding his laundry.

Then, of course, it would qualify as "art".

Cindermain · Post by **Cindermain** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:02 pm

randomaxe wrote:If I thought realism would carry the comic, I'd just draw three panels of some guy sitting on the toilet or folding his laundry.

Then, of course, it would qualify as "art".

Only if he was holding a halibut.

ZOMBIE USER 12729 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 12729** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 1:15 pm

I plan to make my comic serious with bits of humor inbetween. But most of the cool stuff I'm going to plan and try to draw might make up for it not being humorus. I so wish I could draw better.

Saganaki · Post by **Saganaki** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 4:23 pm

I'm not sure how my comic comes off to my readers, but so far as I see it, I don't have a comic that always needs a punchline. Fortunately, I realized early on that having a punchline in every comic would mean that it would have ended up seeming forced.

So I wing it. I try to include humour if I can, but something which moves the plot along will work just as well for me. It all depends on how things turn out...

So, to summarize, I try to be humourous, but a punchline isn't absolutely necessary for each strip.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 7:16 pm

randomaxe wrote:If I thought realism would carry the comic, I'd just draw three panels of some guy sitting on the toilet or folding his laundry.

Then, of course, it would qualify as "art".

That comment has "I know nothin about Marcel Duchamp and other significant modern artists" written all over it.

Cindermain · Post by **Cindermain** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 7:29 pm

Dada.

Cindermain · Post by **Cindermain** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 7:30 pm

"This is not a post."

ZOMBIE USER 12015 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 12015** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 7:42 pm

I am not a grapefruit forest of handgrenades, I am a juicy fruit milkshake with berry additive attitude.

This is not my beautiful wife either

Cindermain · Post by **Cindermain** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 7:46 pm

"My Gahd, what have I done?"

Indybuda · Post by **Indybuda** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:20 pm

"How did I get here?"

Fi13r · Post by **Fi13r** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:29 pm

Cindermain wrote:"This is not a post."

You are not your wallet.

You are not the clothes you wear.

You are not the car you drive.

You are not, well... you know... your khakis.

Saganaki · Post by **Saganaki** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 9:35 pm

"Ceci n'est pas ecrit en Francais"

Man, I wish that was my joke...