[Webcomic] Webcomic Appreciation Jamboree

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Dusty668

Poor, poor pitiful me
Poor, poor pitiful me
These young girls won't let me be
Lord have mercy on me
Woe is me

Well, I met a girl at the Rainbow bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it

By Warren Zevon
 
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YAOMTC

Hey Gusto -- Thanks for introducing me to Wasted Talent! Here's my thoughts on it.

Next up: Erfworld and Bob White.
 
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Dusty668

The Nique Reboot also took out her redeeming qualities focusing strictly on the commercial side. While she did love her shopping sprees, she still had the undercurrent of save the world.
 
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Soliloquy

Am I the only one who thinks Erfworld would be a better comic if it didn't have the text updates? I used to like them, but now I feel like they just spell out background info and motivation that would otherwise have to be inferred from the comic itself.

It makes the whole experience seem a lot... flatter to me. I don't know...
 
Gusto

Gusto

I can see your point, but I don't think they spell out background info or motivation any more than the comic itself. This is especially considering most of the 1st chapter was shown from Parson's point of view, where both he and the audience had absolutely NO idea of what was going on. The text updates between chapters allowed the audience a better window into the motivations of secondary characters, but nothing that we couldn't have possibly speculated given what we already knew, in my opinion.

I feel the opposite way - I believe they help enrich the experience, and provide the audience with a fuller perspective on a world we still know so little about.

GodDAMN I love talking webcomics theory.
 
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Soliloquy

Gusto said:
I can see your point, but I don't think they spell out background info or motivation any more than the comic itself. This is especially considering most of the 1st chapter was shown from Parson's point of view, where both he and the audience had absolutely NO idea of what was going on. The text updates between chapters allowed the audience a better window into the motivations of secondary characters, but nothing that we couldn't have possibly speculated given what we already knew, in my opinion.

I feel the opposite way - I believe they help enrich the experience, and provide the audience with a fuller perspective on a world we still know so little about.

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Maybe it's just the lit geek in me... but I like it better when the thoughts and motivations of the characters are mostly garnered through speculation, instead of being stated in concrete terms. It adds an elements of subtlety, surprise and uncertainty that are lost, now.

For instance, thanks to the text, Jillian's uncertainty was spelled out in no uncertain terms, making the current parley between the two something we all knew was coming, instead of something that left us in a bit of suspense as Wanda was approaching.

I mean, yeah... the focus is mostly on minor characters, and I suppose it does flesh out the world in many ways. But I've always felt that keeping things a little bit vague allows the readers to fill in the blanks in the back of their mind with ideas and meanings that surpass anything that the writer could create on their own. I think that's why many films that leave much unexplained become cult classics. See: Primer, Donnie Darko, Blade Runner, and Reservoir Dogs.

And yeah, talking webcomics theory is AWESOME.
 
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Dusty668

I love the text updates but yah having it on nonfocus characters would be even better I think. Like the one about the spear carrier Wrigley, that was awesome.
 
Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

I think the Jillian example was actually one of the weakest text updates in Book 2. A lot of the other ones were referring to units reacting to updates in battle, royalty reacting to updates in battle, or general background for characters. With Jill, I don't really care how she got to a battle. And I don't need to be told how she feels when I just got shown in the comic right before the update.

For knowing the talk was coming, Jillian told you that Wanda would want to talk. Wanda hinted at her intentions with the carrot and the stick comment. It wasn't too hard to speculate this parley would be coming.

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Some sketches by Aaron Diaz, Dresden Codak guy, of his favorite webcomic characters.

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Zumbo Prime said:
Dear Lord this thread is awesome.
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Allen who is Quiet

Allen who is Quiet

Gusto said:
Teodor is hung like a cranberry.
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Wonderfully, this tidbit allows me to post one of my favorite achewoods



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Aside: Hovering over an image yields the phrase "Click here to enlarge". Combine that with the idea of hovering the mouse over somebody's junk, for a mild guffaw.
 
Gusto

Gusto

Magnolia Porter of Bobwhite does fanart of today's new Penny Arcade Blamimation by Scott and Kris: Fin and Feather.

 
Gusto

Gusto

A thread wherein Allen (and Gusto) highlight updates of individual webcomics

I MUST HAVE THESE

THE OCTOPUS PIE "TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT GLASSES" :Leyla:



 
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Dusty668

Sinfest Reloaded Full Throttle With a Vengeance!!!!!!!


I am so there!!!!!!!!!!one!!111!! I bet Fwoosh totally kicks ass in this one!
 
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