Freedom Fries

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 10:27 pm

http://freedomfries.keenspace.com

I'm just posting this to see if anyone thinks these ancient, primitive comics are funny, because I've heard they are.

Since I'm posting three of these...things each day, the quality of the comics being displayed will rise higher than a thousand Challengers.

Anyways, I would say how Freedom Fries is going to be a webcomic juggernaut with millions of small, impressionable children saluting it on their computer monitors each day, but I'm too modest.

Valuedan · Post by **Valuedan** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:02 am

LibertyCabbage wrote:the quality of the comics being displayed will rise higher than a thousand Challengers.

Now THAT'S funny.

You say the quality will improve, eh? I particularly like the humor, especially number 8. I think it would be great if the random, non-sequitur humor stayed, but the art suddenly improved to professional-style drawings. Mostly because it would put everybody off, which is funny in itself.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:48 am

ok I uploaded a comic I drew and scanned a few weeks ago... the date on the page I scanned is 1-19-2005. I think it's a pretty accurate example of my current artistic powers.

http://freedomfries.keenspace.com/carebears.htm

Distant screaming · Post by **Distant screaming** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:55 am

I like the idea of artwork that looks really professional, but you should only do it for like....one comic. Also, never bring up the fact that it's different at all. And when people comment on the difference, tell them their seeing things.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:39 pm

Well, I just can't draw well enough to make it look "professional", but there IS a good reason why it looks the way it does...

http://freedomfries.keenspace.com/equation.htm

edit: I have viewed both of your comics and, finding them amusing, added them both to my Cool Webcomics list in my Links section. Good job.

Distant screaming · Post by **Distant screaming** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:20 pm

It's always nice to get a resounding vote from the populace. Now, to make my own links page...

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:55 pm

oh yeah, I forgot to ask about the site's layout. Good? Bad? I know it's pretty simple and I think I like it that way. I'll probably add buttons sometime.

And also, if you're interested, Friday's comics are the end of "Volume 1", where, back years ago, I realized the comic was sucking and not being funny so I made a lot of improvements which I started in Volume 2 which starts Saturday. I was looking at the Volume 2 comics and they really are a lot better than the ones I've posted so far.

Cave Monster · Post by **Cave Monster** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:02 pm

One note. It is a bit hard to read. I understand that the crumpled notepaper thing is very deliberate. Maybe you could use the computer for the text to make it more legible? Or maybe futz around in photoshop. There is a quality of the page that makes you think "Hmm... I'd have to hunker down and work to decipher this. Is it worth it?"

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:38 pm

yeah, that's pretty much since the drawings are so old that it's gotten kind of faded, plus the handwriting is bad... it gets better though... nowadays I draw them all in pen... i guess that's why people with bad handwriting shouldn't use pencil and then wait years before scanning their drawings xD yeh...

i will say, ive been looking at the scans and the humor level of the comic increases dramatically in the next few days. it seems the art is a bit better too. anyway, i know thse are old and not that good, although they're just good enough that I like them enough to post them

At 21 strips a week it should move pretty fast =o

Distant screaming · Post by **Distant screaming** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:10 pm

LibertyCabbage wrote: At 21 strips a week it should move pretty fast =o

21.....a week....?

*scrambles to start drawing a lot more comics*

Thirdworldvillian · Post by **Thirdworldvillian** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:01 am

what the hell.....
Am I expected to be nice, to be kind and let you do your own thing? Well I'm not going to stop anything because I dont have the right to, could you at least put the comic on un lined paper and TRY a little with the writing so It's actually legible.
I dont really find It that funny either
but thats just my opinon....

Numina · Post by **Numina** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:20 am

thirdworldvillian wrote:what the hell.....
Am I expected to be nice, to be kind and let you do your own thing? Well I'm not going to stop anything because I dont have the right to, could you at least put the comic on un lined paper and TRY a little with the writing so It's actually legible.
I dont really find It that funny either
but thats just my opinon....

That was harsh, but.... put less harshly, my opinion as well.

Doodling on notebook paper and then uploading hard-to-read scans of same might make for an entertaining comic, but it would have to be very entertaining indeed for me to continue reading it.

The humor went right past me, and I got the feeling you were just putting people on. Is that all you are going to do for your comic, pencil some squiggles on lined paper?

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:01 pm

hmmm.... okay. ill put up all the old ones that are hard to read, then I can get right to the readable ones which are actually on white paper! I'll still post them 3 a day until I get to the ones drawn in pen because they are the newest and the easiest to read.

check in tomorrow to see what Skippy looks like a couple years after these old ones...

edit: oh yeah I was gonna show this later but now that I'm jumping ahead, my sister did like the first 50 comics on MSPaint and you can see them HERE[/url]

edit2: ok i just uploaded a gazillion comics. they're here

Distant screaming · Post by **Distant screaming** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:58 pm

Um....dude.....are the pages supposed to be that big for your new ones?

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:56 am

Would you prefer them to be smaller? Usually I decrease the image's size by 50% before posting it, but I thought that since these older ones are hard to read it would be beneficial to have them at full size.

Distant screaming · Post by **Distant screaming** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:16 am

The only problem I have with it is that i have to zoom in to read them. My browser is setup so it sizes images down to fit my screen, and i'm running at 1280x1024.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:18 am

hmmm... okay, ill change them to 50% of their size =/

edit: actually i think if i make a seperate page for each one that wont happen, ill try that

edit2: ok see if this is better.

Thirdworldvillian · Post by **Thirdworldvillian** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:41 am

I Dont mean to be a freedom nazi but it just seems (mainly because of the lined paper) that you arent really trying that hard and so people arn't going to want to read it.
just a tip...get one of those learn to draw books. Not "Draw 50 Animals" those suck, I mean like a learn to draw cartoons where they teach you the basics of building characters and backgrounds. Then of course practice. And lose the lined paper man...entirely

Harsh? I dont care.....

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:48 am

Hmm... maybe I'll start using blank paper...

Ya I'll draw the next ones on blank paper and see how they come out

edit: as for the drawing style, i like the way it looks =o

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:38 pm

I highly recommend the "cleaning up" thing. The lined paper, the pencil marks, the overall grayness, only makes your comic hard to read. I can live with the crude characters because they seem to relate to the content of your comic, though the handwritten letting should also be done a bit more carefully. I know you are cranking these out like nobody's business. Here's a suggestion: get some cheap typing paper, a couple nice black pens, a soft lead pencil, and an eraser. Draw with the pencil, then ink over your lines and erase. Then scan. It will look much cleaner.

And we will love you then. Maybe. We'll call you.

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