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SynthOrange posted:Why the hell is this thread so allergic to posting anything? quote:The last two pages 
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sweeperbravo posted:Any good comics capable of sustaining discussion end up with their own threads, the mediocre ones either aren't interesting enough to talk about, or someone wants to say something critical about them and maybe one or two people agree, maybe someone excuses the problem and says we shouldn't be so negative, and then the conversation is dropped. Goodness me, the number of times I have seen comics, any comics, recommended or mentioned in this thread only to be completely ignored! So many recs have been made to absolutely zero acknowledgment from the rest of the thread, it's a wonder anyone even bothers. I think it's more likely that nobody goes to the majority of links that are posted, regardless of quality. If they do, they choose not to talk about them because nobody will bite and/or people have a weird idea of needing Goon Consensus before they'll admit to liking anything. I really like H&J. The art is not what I'm used to seeing in webcomics (in a good way: it's interesting and fun), the humor is right up my alley, and I find the character choices refreshing!  I also like Buffet of Lies, which is clever and subtle and infused with just enough quiet existentialism to set it apart from the rest of the goofy comedy genre.  Both comics improve a lot from day one to the current and it's really exciting to watch them evolve and become more sophisticated both in art and writing. Grantaire fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Aug 6, 2014 |
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Aug 6, 2014 02:56
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Grantaire posted:Goodness me, the number of times I have seen comics, any comics, recommended or mentioned in this thread only to be completely ignored! So many recs have been made to absolutely zero acknowledgment from the rest of the thread, it's a wonder anyone even bothers. That's true. I think it also would help if people included a page in img tags when linking a comic they want to show off. There's a lot of recs I won't click because someone saying "THIS IS GOOD" won't sell me, but seeing the art might. I am guilty of this myself in my recommendations. Except properly image-ized recommendations in the future. H&J is pretty slick, I need to catch up on it myself.
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Aug 6, 2014 03:06
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e: ignore this I fixed it 
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Aug 6, 2014 03:21
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I saw my comic mentioned earlier! Thank you to everyone who reads it! I'd like to announce I have a little 'Ask Blog' Thing going on, for anyone interested. It's all 'In Universe' so questions will sort of be treated as such, and may or may not actually be true answers. If people have questions and they'd like to write in, they can ask Lantern Zhao. I'm trying to build up a bit of a backlog of questions, and hopefully expand on some themes/setting issues that wouldn't be too expositiony if they were totally dumped into the main narrative.
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Aug 6, 2014 03:53
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Nimona still heading full bore for a horrifically sad ending 
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Aug 6, 2014 04:22
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Saw a link to Unlife a few days ago on tumblr maybe? I can't recall exactly but it's been a pretty okay read. 
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Aug 6, 2014 05:29
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sweeperbravo posted:edit: Part of me wants to just start reviewing comics and posting the reviews here but again I dunno how well that would go over and I also give up on everything so I would end up doing like two of them and then loving off forever, to the joy of literally everyone on the site This came up in the thread a few weeks ago and the general consensus was: yes, do it. It's better to get two reviews and then nothing forever than zero.  I think also sometimes people get afraid of posting here because if they mention something they're not supposed to like other people jump down their throats like there's diamonds stuck to their epiglottis. It's cool to criticize comics, but "That's a bad comic *fart*" is not actually a criticism. (I added the "*fart*". It is there to show you that I think this way of behaving is ridiculous.) Let me make a suggestion. If you're reading this, and wondering why people in this thread don't talk about X, where X is a webcomic or a general topic about webcomics, start talking about it. And if you read a post that you're interested in in some way, try replying to it. Maybe this crazy thing will work out! Grantaire posted:I really like H&J. The art is not what I'm used to seeing in webcomics (in a good way: it's interesting and fun), the humor is right up my alley, and I find the character choices refreshing! I keep meaning to go read this and never actually doing it. Because you recommended it, tonight I am going to go through the entire archives, and nothing shall stop me.
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Aug 6, 2014 05:42
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I really liked H&J chapter one but I'm going to wait a bit before binging chapter two+???.
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Aug 6, 2014 06:37
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Space-Bird posted:I saw my comic mentioned earlier! Thank you to everyone who reads it! And thank YOU for making a good comic.
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Aug 6, 2014 06:54
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A Darker Porpoise posted:Saw a link to Unlife a few days ago on tumblr maybe? I can't recall exactly but it's been a pretty okay read.
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Aug 6, 2014 07:04
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Did Abominable Charles Christopher ever go anywhere from a couple years ago? I'd check, but I'm worried it's going to annoy me.
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Aug 6, 2014 11:54
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Townsen's still dead.
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Aug 6, 2014 12:07
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Space-Bird posted:I saw my comic mentioned earlier! Thank you to everyone who reads it! I'd like to announce I have a little 'Ask Blog' Thing going on, for anyone interested. It's all 'In Universe' so questions will sort of be treated as such, and may or may not actually be true answers. If people have questions and they'd like to write in, they can ask Lantern Zhao. I'm trying to build up a bit of a backlog of questions, and hopefully expand on some themes/setting issues that wouldn't be too expositiony if they were totally dumped into the main narrative. is there a new RSS feed? The old one died and I can't find a new one
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Aug 6, 2014 12:30
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A Darker Porpoise posted:Saw a link to Unlife a few days ago on tumblr maybe? I can't recall exactly but it's been a pretty okay read. Really drat good, thanks for the link!
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Aug 6, 2014 14:58
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Y'know, I really expected sean to just wander off and pee without there being any problems at all and am SO SHOCKED by this current twist.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:32
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RickoniX posted:is there a new RSS feed? The old one died and I can't find a new one There is! It should be right here http://www.astralaves.com/rss.php hopefully that fixes it. I moved hosts. I should probably post an image or something on the old site, to let people know who were only viewing the rss before.
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Aug 6, 2014 16:59
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Seconding the recommendation for Unlife. I checked it out, pretty good, but this page is what truly sold me on it: CSI Miami jokes may be dated, but drat if they don't still make me laugh.
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Aug 6, 2014 19:03
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A Darker Porpoise posted:Saw a link to Unlife a few days ago on tumblr maybe? I can't recall exactly but it's been a pretty okay read. I spent half the night archive binging. No regrets.
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Aug 6, 2014 19:16
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Hahah, I've been reading it spottily throughout the day (between work assignments, don't judge me). Thanks for the recommendation! I love how good of a mix there is between Zombie Movie Stuff and genuine sadness, it's not something I generally expect from this sort of thing. I actually don't tend to like zombie narratives at all, but the premise won me over on this one. I wonder where the memory loss business is going? This past Tuesday on Countershot we featured Curia Regis by RobinPierce, and this has been my second archive crawl today. I'm still early on, but I love the art and I'm really eager to see where it goes. 
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Aug 6, 2014 20:30
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It's kind of a cool story simply because it's isn't a zombie *apocolypse* The whole end of society survive by scrounging in gas stations among hordes of undead is the played part. And biologically/ecologically unfeasible
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Aug 6, 2014 21:05
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Alopex posted:I spent half the night archive binging. No regrets. Hey, Thanks for reading! I suddenly logged in while checking the traffic for today, and noticed a spike in readership. Thank you all for checking unlife out we appreciate it! Sketched something up to thank you goons. 
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Aug 6, 2014 22:14
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aw You're doing a great job, friend! Keep it up.
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Aug 7, 2014 00:01
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Nimona. 
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Aug 7, 2014 00:05
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Grantaire posted:
Buffet of Lies is one of my f-f-f-favourite comics and I feel like it gets overlooked a lot just because it does things in a slightly unusual way for a comedy strip. It mixes gags with short story arcs, and has kind of a weird sitcom feel with a cast of recurring characters and internal lore(?) about the setting.    The art is increasingly cool and like nothing else out there that I've seen. It has a very classic cartoon appeal, more concerned with expression and humour than with fitting definitive character models, which is an approach I really dig. Gigantic comic nerds and BSS newpaper comic thread readers can also look out for an Everett True cameo in one of the later arcs. Truly something for everyone.
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Aug 7, 2014 00:15
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Apothecia has filled me with dread over what we're going to see on the next page. Earth singlehandedly ravaged by the evil kiddie pool, probably.
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Aug 7, 2014 00:28
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Carrasco posted:Apothecia has filled me with dread over what we're going to see on the next page. Earth singlehandedly ravaged by the evil kiddie pool, probably. Pirate Captain Jessie
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Aug 7, 2014 00:29
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Gotta admit that wasn't what I was expecting.
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Aug 7, 2014 00:32
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   Hey folks, read Tove OK?
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Aug 7, 2014 00:44
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ZackRI posted:Sketched something up to thank you goons. Daaaw  thanks for swinging by! I'm all caught up now and dealing with archive withdrawals already heh.SuperHappy posted:Hey folks, read Tove OK? OK! Rei_ posted:Nimona. I'm sure everything will be okay. 
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Aug 7, 2014 01:55
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I need to know. Is it just me, or did QC's art suddenly get super anime in the last couple of pages?
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Aug 7, 2014 03:27
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Wittgen posted:I need to know. Is it just me, or did QC's art suddenly get super anime in the last couple of pages? It did. I think it's a positive change, honestly. It's much more dynamic and interesting to look at. I hope he'll keep playing around with it.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:38
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Wittgen posted:I need to know. Is it just me, or did QC's art suddenly get super anime in the last couple of pages? He is trying out a new style, yes.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:38
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Thanks to everyone who kept mentioning Astral Aves - finally read it, it is great.
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Aug 7, 2014 03:59
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sweeperbravo posted:It did.
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Aug 7, 2014 04:00
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I actually don't like the QC art change. Good that he's experimenting, but the eyes have hit some uncanny valley for me now where I'm just repulsed by them.
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Aug 7, 2014 04:02
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Bobulus posted:I actually don't like the QC art change. Good that he's experimenting, but the eyes have hit some uncanny valley for me now where I'm just repulsed by them. I can understand that. Honestly I think I'm just so relieved to see him trying something new that he could be like "Hey guys I'm drawing this next comic in animal blood using a tampon" and I'd be rooting for it.
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Aug 7, 2014 05:09
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I like the bigger eyes better. The smaller ones always looked like the characters were squinting.
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Aug 7, 2014 05:46
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I think it's great that he's trying new things.
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He tweeted something about "drawing a little looser" and I gotta say it's a significant improvement. The quality of the art has definitely taken a few steps back, but loosening it up has definitely given the art quite a bit of extra life. Hopefully he'll settle on a new equilibrium point soon, where he keeps this looseness but also makes Marigold's eyes less enormous.
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