Discussion thread for Webcomic Above

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:18 pm

I like to review and look at new works critically, so I end up giving out a lot of 'em. =P

So far I've been happy with the reviews I've gotten so far. However, I keep on getting ambivalent opinions about the writing and art (both in-thread and from other statements and e-mails), so it's often confusing for me to figure out what needs to be fixed and what shouldn't be tinkered with.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 1:20 pm

Yeah, I'll be holding off on doing anymore reviews in it for a while...don't need another review of my comic so soon.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:36 pm

*Waits patiently for his review*
I hope poor sob doesn't intend to read the ENTIRE archives before reviewing it.

Axonite · Post by **Axonite** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:41 pm

mcDuffies wrote:*Waits patiently for his review*
I hope poor sob doesn't intend to read the ENTIRE archives before reviewing it.

Actually, yes, I do intend to do that.

(But if it helps, I'm enjoying it so far!)

Also: Thanks to Nanda and Lintjinks for their reviews of Station V3!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:46 pm

axonite wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:*Waits patiently for his review*
I hope poor sob doesn't intend to read the ENTIRE archives before reviewing it.
Actually, yes, I do intend to do that. (But if it helps, I'm enjoying it so far!)

Also: Thanks to Nanda and Lintjinks for their reviews of Station V3!

That's my plan all along: lure you then bore you!

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 5:35 pm

Posted a review for The End of Things.

nice comic. Not earth shakingly good, but nice.

*walks off cradling her burned fingers in a bowl of ice water.*

CW

MrEff · Post by **MrEff** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 6:52 pm

I hope it's cool I re-posted my review of Go For It.... I edited out the first one and put it back in in proper order.... I don't think it's breakin any rules....

-MrEff-

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:45 pm

It would have been much preferrable if you had given him a new review or better yet, let someone else do it.

MrEff · Post by **MrEff** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:59 pm

Eh.....

Consider it gone

-MrEff-

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:32 pm

Dutch! wrote:The bit I find tricky and mildly annoying is when you keep looking back at the thread and find either someone you've reviewed before at the bottom or someone who's work you have absolutely no interest in (possibly because it's furry, but that's only one possibililililility...).

What I find mildly annoying is that you always seem to go out of your way to take potshots at people. I've noticed this on many occasions.

AsterAzul · Post by **AsterAzul** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 10:42 pm

There's nothing wrong with furry, everyone. If someone writes a comic with animal people, that doesn't mean it's some sort of freaky sexually deviant piece of fanfiction.

Two of the most touching and honest comics I ever read were anthro comics (End of Things and Untitled!)

That said, let's get on with the reviews...

AsterAzul · Post by **AsterAzul** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:17 pm

I'll review something if someone tells me what the somehat I'm someposed to be reviewing.

You know what would be awesome? A thread where we nag eachother to update our comics.

I would be amused...

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:41 pm

I found the Christwriter review to be helpful, and much of it I agree with. As for the meandering, the story I'm on right now was gonna be a 10 page joke about an assassination, but to me it seemed to want to go on. The story I was gonna do instead was outlined and much tighter in terms of structure since it pertains to the actual overall plot, but I decided to put it off till later for some stupid reason. I found that some people like the looseness of it, and some don't.

p.s.
the soap story was almost scene for scene based on actual events. I fealt it was so odd that had to draw it. I shoulda done it later as a filler though, as I feel it didn't do much for character development by the time it was over. Most people found it funny though, since it was supposed to be ridiculous.

Take care of your burned hand. Burns aren't fun. I burned my entire hand on a pizza pan once.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 11:53 pm

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:
Dutch! wrote:The bit I find tricky and mildly annoying is when you keep looking back at the thread and find either someone you've reviewed before at the bottom or someone who's work you have absolutely no interest in (possibly because it's furry, but that's only one possibililililility...).
What I find mildly annoying is that you always seem to go out of your way to take potshots at people. I've noticed this on many occasions.

Apologies if that came across wrong...I could just as simply have said manga, anime or other styles and content that I personally find don't pluck my interest.

It wasn't a potshot, so I'm sorry if you picked it up that way. I don't mind the odd potshot, no, but I try to make sure the people I take them at know it's coming or will most probably play along.

So yeah, sorry if it caused offense.

MrEff · Post by **MrEff** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:58 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:
Dutch! wrote:The bit I find tricky and mildly annoying is when you keep looking back at the thread and find either someone you've reviewed before at the bottom or someone who's work you have absolutely no interest in (possibly because it's furry, but that's only one possibililililility...).
What I find mildly annoying is that you always seem to go out of your way to take potshots at people. I've noticed this on many occasions.

See I sat down and read through all of P.A.L's archives because I had intended to do a review.... but I got beaten to the punch.... and while I'm not a big "furry" fan myself I found his comic to be quite a good read....

My question to P.A.L. is are we going to find out the backstory behind your characters? They seem somewhat pessimistic (not all of them) and down in the dumps alot.... but they seem to have reason.... I'm wondering if we will get to see that reason in future strips....

-MrEff-

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:32 am

Damn furries, they're all closet perverts!

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:44 am

mcDuffies wrote:Damn furries, they're all closet perverts!

Always drawing themselves as cats and trying to have sex with our human women! They're a menace!

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:45 am

mcDuffies wrote:Damn furries

Coming from you, I'm afraid that just doesn't hold water.

Damn furries... Hold Water... Dam... Geddit?*

- Joel Fagin

* 'Had to explain that one. The sentence makes complete and very ordinary sense in context (even if it was stating the extremely obvious but that just means people'll think I'm stupid).

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 6:20 am

Mercury Hat wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:Damn furries, they're all closet perverts!
Always drawing themselves as cats and trying to have sex with our human women! They're a menace!

Yeah, damn them.

Well, at least PAL isn't trying to have sex with human women.

Col · Post by **Col** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:17 am

I see nothing wrong with people popping back in to review someone else and to get another review. The more input you get, the better, and the thread will keep going then.

The only thing I find annoying is people who don't read the first post to understand the rules and then asks how to do it, thus breaking up the flow of the thread, or people who just refuse to put up placeholders for comics.