*crickets chirp*

T1sfuzzy · Post by **T1sfuzzy** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 12:17 pm

appernetly you've never seen the following of stick figure strips (sfs). some have a following of close to 3000(yes thousand) readers a day. all they do is talk about p0rn and other things. so jokes can win over art, but i need a combo of both for me to read.

FlamingDeth · Post by **FlamingDeth** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 2:46 pm

Yes, you can have text based jokes. However, the humor used in the comics is of a type I don't think would work with out some sort of visual representation.

Krono · Post by **Krono** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 5:14 pm

On 2002-03-10 14:46, FlamingDeth wrote:
Yes, you can have text based jokes. However, the humor used in the comics is of a type I don't think would work with out some sort of visual representation.

An example of this being that it's a lot funnier to show the crew huddled together agreeing that dealing with the lawyers would be a bad thing than it is to describe it in a line or so, or simply put a comment of "pause" in the text. Or show the look on the other guy's face when he's saying "we don't know who it is yet". As for the original subject, I'm guessing it goes something like this. Comic starts, none of the side links work, people don't bother checking them again. Thus when the forum is up, people don't notice. And even if Ian or Webby makes a comment about it in the news, it's possible it could get overlooked. I don't know about anyone else, but a few lines of text crammed underneath the comic with the page ending right after it is relatively easy for me to overlook.

The Animeister · Post by **The Animeister** » Sun Mar 10, 2002 8:10 pm

cricket is a saddistic game, because it unknowingly mimics exsistences greatest tragedy... oddly all teh cricket names correspond with the tragedy names.... quite crazy....

Franc28 · Post by **Franc28** » Mon Mar 11, 2002 11:11 am

What exactly does Cricket has to do with the fifth volume of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy ? OK, they're both British, but...

Xith · Post by **Xith** » Mon Mar 11, 2002 9:40 pm

See, what people have been saying about how comics are optimal because the art and text work together and compliment eachother is what I try to explain to people all the time. It's amazing how many funny looks I get when I tell people that I like comics. They often don't seem to understand that comics can be more than just dumb kids stories and super hero hero books (not that all kids stories and super here books are dumb). I love the way comics utilize both text and art and can invoke a sense of movement in book form (cartoons are good too, but for some reason I like comics better). Well, there's my rant for the day....

Webrunner · Post by **Webrunner** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 6:55 am

Just because the art isn't AS important to the wording doesn't mean it can be ignored completely. The art is part of the enjoyment, even if it isn't all of it.

FlamingDeth · Post by **FlamingDeth** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 4:56 pm

Hmmm...the problem with that is that in most comics I read, the art is equally important as the wording. And where in the negative space the words are placed. And the frame layout on larger pages. And colour choice. And about a million other things. All in all, it just takes more work than you'd think to do a comic, and I applaude the effort and success of both Webby and IanJ...and I'm done ranting.

Unifex · Post by **Unifex** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 2:51 pm

Ya, the artwork is pretty spiffy.
Would have been kewl if somewhere in the background of the lawyers was a depiction of Johnny Cochran

The random StarSomething Quote at the top of the page is also a treat

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And although I will probably get stoned by my fellow Australians..
I grew up with Cricket..
Yes, it DOES indeed.. suck..

Unifex · Post by **Unifex** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 2:59 pm

and now that I have actually read all the post before doing a reply.. *ahem*..

As someone mentioned, these are early days in the comics life.
Let's be honest, how many webcomics have had the website redesigned at LEAST once over the course of their lives as they grow?

As for the linking of art and text..
1 example: The Far Side
I think that sums up the link between nicely

(and if you have never read The Far Side.. missing out

)

FlamingDeth · Post by **FlamingDeth** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 2:32 pm

First, third page of the thread...we're cooking with fire now, eh?

Second, everbody needs to read the Far Side. The Far Side owns you, though not as much as StarSomething.

Lastly, interesting method of selection. So efficient, methodical, and desisive that they must be government.

Spleen · Post by **Spleen** » Sun Mar 17, 2002 7:05 pm

On 2002-03-17 14:32, FlamingDeth wrote:
First, third page of the thread...we're cooking with fire now, eh?

Second, everbody needs to read the Far Side. The Far Side owns you, though not as much as StarSomething.

Lastly, interesting method of selection. So efficient, methodical, and desisive that they must be government.

I've used that method of selection before. It works. Unless you perfer something GOOD to come of your selecting.

FishManRed · Post by **FishManRed** » Wed Mar 20, 2002 8:04 am

This strip rocks. Cricket does indeed suck. I mention this in order to create contrast between the two to further emphasize my point.

Shadow Child · Post by **Shadow Child** » Thu Mar 21, 2002 7:09 pm

In australia, cricket is a way of life. We just accept it, and understand it without a thought. It might be genetic - the cricket understanding gene is unique to southern hemisphere climates.

Then again, I dont understand the point of baseball.

I've never bothered to put together a comic, because as previously said by someone, it is a lot of work and my inherant lazyness is somewhat larger than my muse, largely because my lazyness spends time sitting on the couch getting fat, wheras my muse is constantly nagging me to go run around with her. Thus my lazyness often crushed my muse by threatening to sit on her (yes, my lazyness is male)

Whilst it is possible to be funny without using good art (the stick figure pr0n sites being a perfect example thereof), good use of good art always adds a level. Its not enough for the art to be merely good, the art has to tie in with the storyline through style as well as through what it depicts. Form influences meaning and such.

Much kudos to Ian J and webrunner for this. I dont think I've ever actually seen a funny sci-fi comic before.

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