Webcomics Purity Test

Falen · Post by **Falen** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 1:42 am

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<LI>I post frequently on my favorite comics message boards. <LI>I have read anything by Scott McCloud.
<LI>It takes half an hour to read all the webcomics on my list. Y/N
<LI> . . . an hour
<LI>. . . over an hour
<LI>I've stopped thinking "{character} looks like {friend}" and started thinking "{friend} looks like {character}" Y/N
<LI>My own website is a fanpage to my favorite webcomic or webcomics in general. Y/N</UL>
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PDI · Post by **PDI** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 4:46 am

PDI · Post by **PDI** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 4:48 am

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 5:29 am

* I worry about my attraction to the characters on Sabrina Online / Adam and Andy 
* I don't worry. 
* I check comics first, email second 
* I WRITE a comic 
(Some might be deducted from the fanart thing if this is true) 
* I have tried to make a spinoff strip 
* I have suceeded. 
* I frequently hear the words "Who's Eric Schwartz / Pete Abrams?" 
* I own a shrine to either of these people 
* I pray to Eric Schwartz for "The wisdom to write, the skill to draw, and the steady hand to ink." 
* I have naugty pictures of ZigZag! 
* If you could sleep with anyone, real or imaginary, would this person be a star in an online comic strip? 
* A creator of a webcomic? 
* His or her spouse?
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Russ · Post by **Russ** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 7:26 am

You read the archives of a newly discovered comic at least once a week.At least once a day.You sometimes save comic images to see what format they're in and how large they are.You wonder whether or not most of the webcomic audience really would be able to view PNG files okay.You refer to chip clips as "wang clips".
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ZOMBIE USER 197 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 197** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 7:28 am

<LI>You wish your college was plagued by interdimensional travelers, monsters, etc.
<LI>You start to think that maybe it is.
<LI>You've forgotten the negative connotation of the yiddish word "schlock."
<LI>You've used the words "keen" or "nifty" in conversation with mundanes and been surprised at the eyebrows you got.
<LI>You've used the term "hardcore frolicking" in casual conversation
<LI>You think cthushi might be tasty
<LI>You long for a glamorous job in tech support, as a programmer, or in the military.

ZOMBIE USER 866 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 866** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 7:50 am

PDI · Post by **PDI** » Sun Apr 15, 2001 9:00 am

I propose (it was Falen's idea) that we join the geeks and the gamers and make our own version of the purity test. Please post questions here. When we get a reasonable number, I'll make up a page with the whole thing nicely formatted etc etc.Let's see, format of the questions is usually something like:

Screwball McGoo [gDC] · Sun Apr 15, 2001 9:32 am

I have created fan art in a non-comic form such as a game mod or icon? Y/N
I have doodled other's characters in my spare time. Y/N
I often shorten other comic's names for my own benefit. Y/N
I have gotten my friends deliberately hooked on webcomics. Y/N
I visit #webcomics on Nightstar Y/N
I still visit #webcomics on DALNet. Y/N
I was annoyed by Kurtz's commentary on on-line cartoonists. Y/N
I think that most print comics are rubbish. Y/N
I lost my password. Y/NJust thoughts.------------------
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Falen · Post by **Falen** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 5:48 am

<LI>I refer to my favorite cartoonists by their first name.
<LI> . . . and even non-fan friends are starting to know who I mean.
<LI>I have comic related graphics as my computer wallpaper/background.
<LI> I contributed to the webcomics purity test questionaire.

Matt Trepal · Post by **Matt Trepal** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 6:36 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by PDI:

Smilodon · Post by **Smilodon** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 6:46 am

* You print up your favorite strips and hang them around your home.* You print up your favorite strips and hang them in your office* You use your favorite stips as wallpaper* Email strips you like to your friends* I am Pete Abrams
* I am Maritza Campos
* I am Chris Crosby
* I am Scott Maddox
* I am a webcomic artist
* I am a webcomic character
* I am a webcomic reader
* I am a lost websurfer looking for cyber porn, do you have any?
* I am a print comic artist 
* I feel PSL all the time
* o.k. sometimes I feel PSL
* Once I felt PSL while I was drunk
* what is PSL?
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Raikou · Post by **Raikou** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 9:53 am

I am currently tearing my hair out in frustration as I finished reading the Sluggy archives a couple of weeks ago and I find it hard existing in a world where I can't read a hundred issues a night...
so I'm caching them now - wait a week or so...Also been away for a week without internet, so have lots to catch up on - PDI/FCOE week, THL week, Exploitation Now week(s), Silly Cone V week...Not bought any merchandise - however considering a Sluggy Kiki shirt.
Would love to see PDI tracker shirt come into fruition...Call comic artists by first name? Yes.
Does everyone I live with know of said comic artists by name? Yes.Going to save every comic onto my harddrive if horrendous things happen to poor creators and comics dissapear...? Yes.
*ooh! an excuse to start of Sluggy again! Yay!*don't know any cool emoticons. Would love to know some - like that widdle octopus with bunny ears... cute! Still abuse HTML code though - thanks to help from PDI!Don't have my own webcomic - too lazy. Spend too much time drawing wierd stuff for / not for Illustration course...

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Mon Apr 16, 2001 9:53 am

Hey! This sounds intresting. Let me edit it down...Ugh, it'll be too long to post here. Looks like we'll have to put it up on Gear.------------------
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Serpens · Post by **Serpens** » Wed Apr 18, 2001 2:12 am

Here are some more questions for the test:<li> Got Mik? Y/N
<li> Shut up, idiot! Y/N
<li> Can Wang? Y/N
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PDI · Post by **PDI** » Wed Apr 18, 2001 4:14 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by STrRedWolf:
Hey! This sounds intresting. Let me edit it down...Ugh, it'll be too long to post here. Looks like we'll have to put it up on Gear.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I had designs on this, but I don't see why it couldn't be on the GEAR, complere with radio boxes and self-calculating percentages. I'd like to take the perogative of editing, though. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Wed Apr 18, 2001 6:08 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by PDI:
 I had designs on this, but I don't see why it couldn't be on the GEAR, complere with radio boxes and self-calculating percentages. I'd like to take the perogative of editing, though. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif">*ever dressed up as a webcomic character
*ever slept with a web cartoonist
*ever contemplated doing something specificaly to alter your test score<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hmmm, took an hour to debug the script.We already gotten the slept with cartoonist one, but I've expanded the list with my entries, and did a bit of grouping and ordering. Should be intresting to work up.
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Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Wed Apr 18, 2001 6:26 am

So, where's the page, Stalag?

Post by **STrRedWolf** » Wed Apr 18, 2001 7:02 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by allan_ecker:
So, where's the page, Stalag?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I'm working though the datafile. I'll have to get it uploaded, set up, and let Gav or Nate know about it and get their aproval.In short, not yet.In the meanwhile... some of my additions.Instead of Bush or Gore, I voted for Kiki.
You own a Sluggy Shirt.
It's a Quatrix/Oasis/etc... shirt.
It's signed by Pete!
I've drawn naughty pictures of ZigZag.
And they're on the web for all to see!
You have a comic on KeenSpace
And you were 'Spotted.
You didn't cash in your first check from them.
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Phred · Post by **Phred** » Wed Apr 25, 2001 7:16 am

<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>You *do* save webcomics, and burn them on a CD for posterity.
<LI>You're on your second CD
<LI>You're on your third CD
<LI>You've got four (or more) CDs
<LI>You have a separate CD for Kweer Komics
<LI>You considered PDI a kweer komic *long* before Tracker and Wilt shacked up [Yay!]
<LI>You started an award for cute comic characters
<LI>You shamelessly self-promote that award
<LI>You consider a day that includes a comic character in his (her if you must) underwear a red-letter day
<LI>You worry about your comic strip perversions
<LI>You *don't* worry about your comic strip perversions
<LI>You think there should be more hard core sex in the comics you read
<LI>It takes you more than two hours to read the day's strips
<LI>You read an average of over 100 strips daily
<LI>You read an average of over 200 strips daily
<LI>You spend more than 2 hours responding to the threads in a single KeenSpot/Space forum (while reading other comics, of course)
<LI>You spend more than 4 hours responding to the threads in a single KeenSpot/Space forum
<LI>You spend more than 6 hours responding to the threads in a single KeenSpot/Space forum
<LI>You spend more than 8 hours responding to the threads in a single KeenSpot/Space forum
<LI>You develop a crush on an artist because you like their strip so much
<LI>You have a crush on *all* the artists whose strips you read</UL>