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since we've lost webcomic asylum there's a big gap in the webcomic review. So I've started up Rotating Eye on Livejournal. I'm looking for comics to review and reviewers from different fandoms. So please check it out!

http://community.livejournal.com/rotating_eye/

No offense intended, but my first thought was "They're breeding!" and other Aliens-esquire things. I still don't get why WebAsylum went nova. Wouldn't it be easier to just put it "under new management?"

And clicking the link, I don't know what I'm looking at, or looking for! Apart from your obsession with gay anime chars that is

changed the link.

I thought asylum was down for good, didn't know it was just under new management...
also, just trying to cover all the bases ;3

No, I wish it was under new management. I can't stand when people drop something and leave it to rot! (Unless it's for a biology project).
Site works, I guess, never really used LJ, but site design at least WORKS!

Good luck to you regardless. It's hard to find good reviewers, let alone ones that will stick around, so I hope you intend on keeping this up for a while.

Hi,

Can you give us some guidelines?

Are 3D comics welcomed for a review? How many pages must the comic have online before it can be accepted? How many days must it have been around?, etc.

I think the guidelines for comic selection would be up to the reviewer. I would be fine with all forms of art and content (fair warning, I'm a bit of an art nazi) I suggest having a decent backlog of pages, like at least 20 pages. I don't think how long it's been around really matters, so long as it has a decent amount of pages.

I would love to get reviewed. I like to get as many reader reactions as I can to my work (good or bad). I am trying to push myself to keep improving my comic so every bit of feedback is good in my opinion.

I know I suggest this in most of these threads, but please, forget about the requests and favours and stuff. Find strips you want to review, ones you think deserve a review... and go with those.

I'm gonna do a few of my favorites before I get into requests, just till I get used to the template I'm using.

First review!

Dutch! wrote:Find strips you want to review, ones you think deserve a review... and go with those.

I second this.

Shishio wrote:

Dutch! wrote:Find strips you want to review, ones you think deserve a review... and go with those.

I second this.

I actually third this motion, but I'd like to see a review of my comic, if only to see if I'm obtaining the goal I have with it. Which I really doubt.

Sitting with one leg on either side of the fence, eh?

Dutch! wrote:Sitting with one leg on either side of the fence, eh?

I'm moslty leaned on the "find a comic you like" to review. But then I was thinking, "does anyone get my jokes and style other than my friends?" maybe I should test the waters...

Everyone appreciates feedback - especially if critizism is constructive.

Well, most people want publicity. I think this sorta thing is more the responsibility of a reviewer, about taking control of one's content by actively seeking stuff out. Anyone who wants to review my comic is free to, but don't do it because I asked, do it because you have something to say.

Yay!

It is fantastic to see a reviewer who is strict on the art aspect of comics. (did that make any sense?) So many reviewers seem to just give it a quick paragraph and focus on the writing- WHEN ART IS SO SO SO IMPORTANT FOR COMICS.

Art is definitely underestimated. That line about "good writing covering up for bad art" is so tired.

princess wrote:Yay!

It is fantastic to see a reviewer who is strict on the art aspect of comics. (did that make any sense?) So many reviewers seem to just give it a quick paragraph and focus on the writing- WHEN ART IS SO SO SO IMPORTANT FOR COMICS.

Isn't art a bit too suggestive to make it the centerpoint to comics? Who's to say what comic has good art, and what comic has bad art? I mean there are some obvious ideas, but what about comics that fall between. Can you say Peanuts is a poorly drawn comic? Isn't it really about style?

Well, yeah, and that's what should be the centerpoint: What you're doing with art works with what you're doing with writing, that one doesn't obscure or trip-up the other. Some people say Dilbert is poorly drawn. Those people are fools, because the style is perfect for the type of comic it is. You don't need to be Joe Sacco, you just need to have visuals that effectively tell somewhere close to half the story.