A new cliche

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:27 am

Weeelll, I've never seen this one mentioned before and I don't remember it in HNTRAC. I was just thumbing through the Keenspace samples and found these...

http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... &name=eden
http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... e=ricecafe
http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... name=candi
http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... &name=pssn
http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... eachlolita
http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... ctivespace

Seems like a popular way to start a comic.

- Joel Fagin

Asarea · Post by **Asarea** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:45 am

Damn. I'm in clich

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:48 am

[quote="Asarea"]Damn. I'm in clich

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:34 am

*grin* KKB's not going to be happy...

But that's a point. There seems to be an awful lot of comics starting with waking ups.

I guess it has something to do with the 'a new day' impression. A new day begins... a story begins etc.

All that said, anyone up for bastardising this into an HNTRAC entry?

McBean · Post by **McBean** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:59 am

When I wake up in the mornin'
And the alarm gives out a warnin'
I don't think I'll ever make it on time!

One of the finest shows ever made started out this way. People are just trying to emulate it's greatness

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:00 am

McBean wrote:
When I wake up in the mornin'
And the alarm gives out a warnin'
I don't think I'll ever make it on time!
On of the finest shows ever made started out this way. People are just trying to emulate it's greatness

"9 to 5"?

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:05 am

KKB doesn't follow the cliche

http://teacherslounge.keenspace.com/d/20040309.html

see her alarm goes "bzzzzzzzzzz" not "beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep"

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:10 am

McBean wrote:On of the finest shows ever made started out this way. People are just trying to emulate it's greatness

Some cliches are cliches because people jump on a bandwagon, but some cliches are cliches because they just seem an obvious way of doing things. Lots of people can thik them up completely indepentantly of each other.

I'd say this is the latter. It's a very simple, easy and direct way of starting a story and it mirrors how we think of real life. I mean there're the sayings "dawn of a new era", "twilight years" and so on. Same thing.

- Joel Fagin, off to bed.

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:46 am

Wow. It's almost uncanny.

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:44 am

http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... e=ricecafe

That one looks somewhat cute, though!

MariaAndMichelle · Post by **MariaAndMichelle** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 7:44 am

Mr.Bob wrote:Wow. It's almost uncanny.

Can something ever be just "canny?"

McBean · Post by **McBean** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:03 am

Soap Soaperson wrote:http://www.keenspace.com/signup_samples ... e=ricecafe

That one looks somewhat cute, though!

Out of all those new one there, that one does look the best. It's got the wiggles.

RLC Davidson · Post by **RLC Davidson** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:11 am

*looks at the signups*

Well, there goes the opening scene of Dreamscape.... Wait, if it doesn't use an alarm clock, is it still cliche?

Melody · Post by **Melody** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:26 am

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Ron, the mad one · Post by **Ron, the mad one** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:32 am

*coughphalluscough*

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:36 am

Melody wrote:[removed]

Why? The phallic finger rocked.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:36 am

Boy, since there are so many examples, that must be a cliche.
Just as the one where new kid is comming to school (I wonder why I'm the only one who did this one in HNTRAC)
But what's with that opsession of people to start with a clean slate? (Most of them later spoil that with number of flashbacks anyway) I mean, what's wrong with starting a webcomic with a guy hit by a flying hamburger?

In defense, I'd read at least two of those comics from Joel's post.

Melody · Post by **Melody** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 8:48 am

Soap Soaperson wrote:
Melody wrote:[removed]
Why? The phallic finger rocked.

*giggles* Just having fun with this Photobucket thingie.

McDuffies, yeah. My comic starts right in the action. I am proud.

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:03 am

I blame Sailor Moon, I should have remembered this though when the webcomic cliche thread was still alive. Oh well, now we know.

Soap Soaperson · Post by **Soap Soaperson** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:07 am

I suppose Sailor Moon was the pioneer in the world of cliches. It did everything we now know as overdone FIRST, and back then, it rocked ass. 8)

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