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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:what the Likpa is good. My first reaction was to find it the horrible product of a demented mind. But then it turns out to be about anarcho-syndicalist hippie penis smurfs who speak in an adorably broken English (I'm talking about the clumsy translation work, not the smurf language ripoff) and it ends up being kinda cute. You know, for a comic about penis smurfs.
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To my mind Octopus Pie is one of the better slice-of-life webcomics around. It can get a bit "silly" sometimes though, which I don't think works as well, but as a look at mid to late 20's life I think it's great. But I'm also fascinated by Likpas _weirdness_ so what do I know. I'm enjoying the transitional phase the characters are going through at the moment. Mirrors some stuff that is going on in my own life. Sad too, I like the blunt reference in the current page to Hanna and Marek's silly dreams (that 2nd page is slightly NSFW) and Marek's general love of ducks. I impulse bought Emily Carroll's book Through the Woods when I saw it at a bookstore the other day. Has anyone read it? Not knowing anything about it I assumed it would be republishing the comics on her website, but aside from His Face All Red it's all new stuff. I don't think any of it reaches the highs of His Face All Red or Out Of Skin but its still quite good. Our Neighbors House is the weakest, too uneventful. It's a victim of too great a degree of ambiguity, which is usually what make these stories work. A Lady's Hands Are Cold is good, has a really great dream vibe and more lurid colouring which I really enjoyed. My Friend Janna was ok. The Nesting Place was probably the best of the new stuff, I feel like it was a bit longer and had a much more defined horror element. But my favorite piece was In Conclusion. As a kid I had a real fear of wolves (I'm Australian, it makes absolutely no sense), and the conclusion bought that back up. It's interesting though, but I preferred His Face All Red as a webcomic. As a whole Emily Carroll's uses experimental page layouts really well. Links in unusual places, differently structured pages. Really taking advantage of the nature of webcomics, in a way that having a defined page size doesn't allow. His Face All Red doesn't do anything too experimental but for instance splitting this page weakens the horror of the descent and for some reason I found that putting this scene and the next on two different pages (over-leaf) was weaker than making me click a link. Not sue why. It also doesn't end nearly as bluntly when you see across the page of the final scene a big white title page for the next story as opposed to clicking on the Next link and getting "by Emily Carroll". If you like her comics, I recommend checking out Through the Woods. For some reason I'd love to see her do something set in the modern day in her style. Ruptured Yakety Sax fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Sep 28, 2014 01:39
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Was it someone in this thread who suggested Brainchild (http://brainchild.suzannegeary.com)? If so, great call, thanks, if not y'all should read it.
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Cat Mattress posted:Likpa is good. I had to go look and all I can say is ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:what the Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 09:32 on Sep 28, 2014 |
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Sep 28, 2014 09:27
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Cat Mattress posted:Likpa is good.
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Sep 28, 2014 10:43
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fritz posted:Was it someone in this thread who suggested Brainchild (http://brainchild.suzannegeary.com)? If so, great call, thanks, if not y'all should read it. yeah that was me. like i said it looks pretty cool but i feel like its gonna take years to make any significant plot headway with its update schedule so i'm just going to do my best to forget it exists for months at a time
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Sep 28, 2014 10:52
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Meanwhile, in K6BD, the girl picks up a sword.. 
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Wahad posted:Meanwhile, in K6BD, the girl picks up a sword.. And it appears to be this one.
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Sep 28, 2014 17:39
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Meanwhile the beggar knight is still just lounging there with some food in the middle background watching the carnage 
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Sep 28, 2014 18:20
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Oh boy, Kill Six Billion Demons updated and I could not be happier about the direction it appears to be going.
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Sep 28, 2014 18:21
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That alt text is amazing on several levels.
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Sep 28, 2014 18:22
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Im gonna read this to the end just so I can see what Allisons boyfriends reaction is to her killing demons and poo poo with a huge rear end sword and no fucks to be given.
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Sep 28, 2014 20:01
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Cio and the Gunwitch are still alive so we're still good man, we're still good.
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Sep 28, 2014 21:13
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Don't forget the beggar knight 
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Sep 28, 2014 21:36
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I hope my special snowflake Hindu warrior dude survives 
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Sep 28, 2014 22:01
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You would prefer shameful survival to a glorious death and a thereby exalted reincarnation?
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There was a monk who got a severe haircut at the start of the fight, you may be out of luck! I hope we're one step closer to this concept because I can't wait.
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Tollymain posted:Don't forget the beggar knight When that bowl of noodles is finished
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I hope that the dour green-skinned lady(?) in the red and orange robes is alive. Also the grimacing guy with the big metal fists and shaved head, last seen punching the red-skinned six-armed snake-woman in the skull. Goddamn even incidental characters have such great designs.
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Ktzi posted:I hope that the dour green-skinned lady(?) in the red and orange robes is alive. Also the grimacing guy with the big metal fists and shaved head, last seen punching the red-skinned six-armed snake-woman in the skull. I'm torn between hoping that Ingvsld's managed to hold onto his head, and hoping that Cio took the time while chasing after Allison to steal his still-living head from his shoulders. Either way, I hope he shows up more. But yeah, the designs really are amazing, it's fun picking out user submissions; I'm pretty sure that three-floating-skulls-in-blue-flame dude is one of them.
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I wonder if the dude with a harp for half of his head is one.
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And so we come to the end of Nimona. I can't say I won't miss it, but I can appreciate a comic that knows when to conclude. Good comic.
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Sep 30, 2014 08:06
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Hooray, I can finally start reading Nimona! 
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Gingerhaze posted:Please stay tuned until May 2015 when NIMONA will be out in print from HarperCollins, including extra pages, sketches, and an exclusive book-only epilogue. Well, that's one way to guarantee sales 
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Renaissance Robot posted:Hooray, I can finally start reading Nimona! You might want to wait for the book actually, since it will have the epilogue and it's a bit of a cliffhanger right now.
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Pick posted:and it's a bit of a cliffhanger right now. What? That's a perfect ending.
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Meanwhile, in Max Overacts, I can't help but notice that this is the second time Max has found himself in possession of a potentially very valuable object, and elected not to do anything about it for sentimental reasons. Meanwhile, he's guilting his father, who had to give up going to college after he got his girlfriend pregnant, for spending time at work and not with his son.
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fritz posted:What? That's a perfect ending. Indeed. I have no complaints at all with Nimona's ending. It ended on a far more upbeat note than I was expecting, given the last act.
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fritz posted:What? That's a perfect ending. I agree, it ended pretty nicely I feel. All the main characters are alive, Ballister knows she's alive and Nimona knows how Ballister feels. It's time for them to all move on. Matlock Birthmark fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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Sep 30, 2014 22:01
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fritz posted:What? That's a perfect ending. Some people like that kind of ending, but heck, I didn't like Lost in Translation either. It's a personal preference thing but I'm going to be a lot happier once we get the epilogue.
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The ending to Nimona is fine, but holy hell is it abrupt. An epilogue seems very much in order.
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I gotta imagine the epilogue to Nimona will not feature Ballister and Nimona interacting in any way. This is the end of the story, this is the end of their time together.
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Hahaha, Octopus Pie is proving you don't actually need audio to be a musical. And now we're going to get color comics! The previews looked fantastic, I'm stoked for every page to be like that now.
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Another good comic updated too
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Bobulus posted:I gotta imagine the epilogue to Nimona will not feature Ballister and Nimona interacting in any way. This is the end of the story, this is the end of their time together. True, it will probably feature Blackheart and Goldenloin making out, which is more important
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:The ending to Nimona is fine, but holy hell is it abrupt. "And that is the story of how Nimona murdered a bunch of people and burnt down half the town, and got away without any consequences."
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Rand Brittain posted:True, it will probably feature Blackheart and Goldenloin making out, which is more important To hell with Goldenloin, "yeah sure I blasted off your hand and then supported the organization that drove you into a life of villainy and lets be honest would STILL be supporting that organization if it hadn't been destroyed, but on the other hand I finally apologized for exactly one of those things." Blackheart could do better, because literally anyone else would be doing better.
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Pavlov posted:"And that is the story of how Nimona murdered a bunch of people and burnt down half the town, and got away without any consequences." Sometimes when people get put in incredibly lovely situations they do bad things. Thankfully, most people aren't capable of turning into terrifying shadow dragon monsters. reignonyourparade posted:To hell with Goldenloin, "yeah sure I blasted off your hand and then supported the organization that drove you into a life of villainy and lets be honest would STILL be supporting that organization if it hadn't been destroyed, but on the other hand I finally apologized for exactly one of those things." He'll have plenty of opportunity to do so now that he's not under the thumb of the Institute and the city isn't burning to the ground 
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