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Mazerunner posted:that's hardly a fair comparison page Eh, in all those panels without backgrounds there is either some kind of anime-special-panel-effect happening or its an extreme closeup. Leaving backgrounds out every now and again isn't an issue or anything, but there HAS been a whole bunch of no-background panels in this chapter and I think people are just nervous at Paranatural showing any similarity to Bleach (where entire swaths of the series seem to take place in blank voids of nothingness).
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Zack puts in backgrounds for particularly talky pages, establishing a shot or scene, or for large splashy panels. If there's a lot of action going on or if the scene has been well-established and there's nothing else really going on that's new, then there won't be a background. This isn't really that unorthodox.
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Plus, he's been busy and is likely right in that end of summer back-to-college phase at the moment. He's said in the past that the missing backgrounds (Ed's spirit world in particular) were so he could get the comic out in a reasonable time.
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readingatwork posted:There doesn't, but it's something you notice if you go looking for it. Particularly if you compare the latest pages to his earlier chapters: I, for one, am super duper psyched to see gymnasium walls repeatedly. If there were backround details that matter, Zach would probably do backrounds. But this is Hitball, and isn't about the majestic scenery. Someone needs to get their head in the game.
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stop repeating complaints that you understand none of the grounding for, you idiots there's a reason why artists tend to not draw backgrounds in action heavy scenes, and its not laziness, its because it makes the frame a cluttered mess that detracts from the action. The reason accusations of laziness over not drawing backgrounds happens so often in the webcomic world is because most webcomics are Talking Head Theater, where not having a background is a definite act of laziness.
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Until you guys pointed it out, I didn't notice the featureless backgrounds at all and now that I'm aware they're still not bothering me because it's a gymnasium and there's nothing special. Also there's always something else going on that's more important.
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Zack puts in detailed backgrounds when the foreground action is just talking and exposition. It fleshes out the page and makes it more entertaining with all of the funny spectral stuff going on. With ridiculous anime action scenes like hitball, it would just be information overload!
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the less things Zack spends drawing on a single page, the faster this can update so I am all for featureless backgrounds
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http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-54 Tearing off arms? This comic's going dark really fast. Gotta love how Suzy is deidcated to journalism here.
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That is probably the most evil face Suzy has ever given. By evil I mean joyful.
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So all of this is setup for "Jeff" to rip off a throw at Maximum Power, cause an injury (specifically on Max? Or just anyone?) so he gets into trouble and is sent to the Teacher's Lounge, presumably so the spirit puppeteering him can pass on to someone else, right? Because ripping the "arms" off the fake student would probably be enough to qualify.
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Aug 4, 2015 14:38
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How dramatic!
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Violet is my favorite character right now. She's having none of this nonsense. I hope we get a Supernormal strip showing what went down between when she first left to get Coach Oop and this strip. Also, was anyone else briefly confused by the first few panels? I originally thought that the Student Council guy just missed Jeff entirely and beaned the
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I just realized. Not only is levitating kid missing arms but he is BLEEDING FROM HIS EYEHOLES.
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Getting a real binding of Isaac vibe from normal kid.
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Is the Vice Principle supernatural, or is it just the joke with the camouflage cover? Or both? I did a reread recently and and still not 100% sure.
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Kazy posted:Is the Vice Principle supernatural, or is it just the joke with the camouflage cover? Or both? Vice principal? I don't know what you're talking about brobe, that's just a levitating normal kid.
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FriggenJ posted:Vice principal? I don't know what you're talking about brobe, that's just a levitating normal kid. Yes this totally helps me and the joke is totally not getting old, especially not when I have a serious question. 
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Kazy posted:Yes this totally helps me and the joke is totally not getting old, especially not when I have a serious question. Well, your question doesn't actually have an answer. The only thing we have is an ambiguous "It can't be are you actually...". Zach has played reveals like that off for laughs too many times to draw any conclusions from it.
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I think it's pretty obvious that the vice principal is not possessed or has ghost powers of any sort, she's just a wacky older person in the vein of mr. starchman. the camouflage joke that disguising her weird elephantine trunk as the head of a small child and puppeting it around like a normal student is just that- a joke.
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So Friday's page is going to see the payoff of Dmitri's plan where they shut down Jeff before he can fling another doomball?
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I'm pretty sure she's supernatural since, besides her utterly inhuman anatomy and possibly camouflage powers (none of the kids seem to have noticed what was up with Normal Floating Kid), she's clearly using some sort of telekinesis to control Normal Floating Kid's arms (there's some sort of weird puppeteer strings). http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-50 http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-51 http://www.paranatural.net/comic/chapter-5-page-54
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Cat Mattress posted:I'm pretty sure she's supernatural since, besides her utterly inhuman anatomy and possibly camouflage powers (none of the kids seem to have noticed what was up with Normal Floating Kid), she's clearly using some sort of telekinesis to control Normal Floating Kid's arms (there's some sort of weird puppeteer strings). I uh, hmmm, uh, well, you see how do I put this, hmmm well, you know the saying, that when you hear hooves, you should think horse, not zebra? well in this instance you might consider, uh, when you're seeing weird puppeteer strings, that they are, um, well, strings, and not, you know, telekinetic powers
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when I hear hooves in this thread I mostly think "gigantic rear end"
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Mazerunner posted:I uh, hmmm, uh, well, you see Strings don't really wrap themselves nice and tight around people's arms when all you're doing is holding them somehow through the tip of your fingers.
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DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:when I hear hooves in this thread I mostly think "gigantic rear end"
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Well, if you are for example in a savannah I think you are justified in thinking about zebras rather than horses. I don't know why I felt the need to point that out.
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Cat Mattress posted:Strings don't really wrap themselves nice and tight around people's arms when all you're doing is holding them somehow through the tip of your fingers. This is an anime comic, in anime you can do all kinds of crazy things with strings with only a tiny twitch of your fingertips.
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Cat Mattress posted:Strings don't really wrap themselves nice and tight around people's arms when all you're doing is holding them somehow through the tip of your fingers. Ghosts also aren't real. 
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Can anyone catch what Coach Oop's got open on-screen? 'REAL [something unintelligble]' and 'HEAVY M(ETAL)' is all I can make out.
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I did a double take at the blood coming out of the eyes and then a triple take when I realized it was a bloody nose. What a perfect piece of physical comedy.
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"One Winged Angel and the Zolydick family theme start playing simultaneously."
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The vice-principal being all weird and staying unnoticed by the kids somehow will remain an obvious joke right up until the point that it's revealed that she actually is supernatural, in which case it will have been obvious all along that was the case.
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Zerilan posted:"One Winged Angel and the Zolydick family theme start playing simultaneously." Someone on Twitter got inspired: http://isaac.ga/post/125833953347
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Probably Magic posted:Someone on Twitter got inspired: http://isaac.ga/post/125833953347 
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I thought of this thread the second I saw this: The Suitsy! quote:the lovechild of a business suit and a onesie! It's not exactly the same, but close enough. Apologies if it's been posted before, but I don't remember seeing it.
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So Jeff just got a red ball and the ball on the chapter title page with the grey (spectral?) smoke is red, I'm going to guess some sort of epic Johnny save or something is incoming.
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The Mentalizer posted:I thought of this thread the second I saw this: No butt flap option, no sale. 
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Zerilan posted:He's the talented but immature anime protagonist who thinks he's grown up to be the cool and wise leader but hasn't.
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Who What Now posted:Ghosts also aren't real. AND they're explicitly paranormal and supernatural in the comic.
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