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Zweihander01 posted:And the main character isn't some Bibleman standin for Jesus, either. She's insecure and anxious and has no idea what she is or how her talents really work. If she's supposed to be Jesus then it's a hell of a fresh take on him instead of being another Aslan or Gandalf leader-type. I still think she literally has No Face, though. but all this buildup better have some payoff
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Just a really bad case of acne actually.
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And cannibal elves hate pepperoni.
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Zweihander01 posted:After binging Daughter of the Lilies I don't really mind if it's got some Christian influences. The bizarre alien angel/vision/aura/whatever is what gives me a good feeling; the people who remember how terrifyingly psychedelic and hosed up angels are supposed to be tend to be pretty knowledgeable and level-headed, as opposed to the White Jesus types. And I gave Kill Six Billion Demons a pass for being pretty heavily inspired by Buddhism and all. Depictions of angels that are something more than jrpg villains are seriously underrated. "Do not be afraid" is a badass entry. The vaguely robotic angels in KSBD are also really creative. mycot fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Feb 16, 2016 |
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Zweihander01 posted:After binging Daughter of the Lilies I don't really mind if it's got some Christian influences. The bizarre alien angel/vision/aura/whatever is what gives me a good feeling; the people who remember how terrifyingly psychedelic and hosed up angels are supposed to be tend to be pretty knowledgeable and level-headed, as opposed to the White Jesus types. And I gave Kill Six Billion Demons a pass for being pretty heavily inspired by Buddhism and all. Yeah, I agree with this. We wont know how things turn out until she finishes the comic, but I have a feeling that the comic is going to end up stronger because of her views rather than the opposite. As was mentioned, its otherwise a generic-ish fantasy comic (Nothing wrong with that and I happen to like them anyways, but there are quite a few of those out there) but if she handles it well, this could be an interesting angle on it. As Zweihander mentioned, It does make things more interesting that she is going for a terrifying and otherworldly interpretation for her alien angel or whatever it is. The messed up looking angels are definitely the best ones. She is a pretty good creature designer.
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Zweihander01 posted:After binging Daughter of the Lilies I don't really mind if it's got some Christian influences. The bizarre alien angel/vision/aura/whatever is what gives me a good feeling; the people who remember how terrifyingly psychedelic and hosed up angels are supposed to be tend to be pretty knowledgeable and level-headed, as opposed to the White Jesus types. And I gave Kill Six Billion Demons a pass for being pretty heavily inspired by Buddhism and all. One possibility is that she is, herself, an angel. A lily is symbolic of innocence - that's why they're common at funerals, as the soul of the departed is said to regain its innocence in death. People react to her appearance with confusion and fear, but that doesn't need to be a result of ugliness; there are plenty of ways of being unnatural and terrifying people. Another is the she's one of their universe's equivalent of the Lilim, which would be an interesting play on words. (The children of Lilith, Adam's first wife, are something like demons.)
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Zweihander01 posted:After binging Daughter of the Lilies I don't really mind if it's got some Christian influences. The bizarre alien angel/vision/aura/whatever is what gives me a good feeling; the people who remember how terrifyingly psychedelic and hosed up angels are supposed to be tend to be pretty knowledgeable and level-headed, as opposed to the White Jesus types. And I gave Kill Six Billion Demons a pass for being pretty heavily inspired by Buddhism and all. I feel the same way, and I'm interested in seeing where the author takes the story. The crazy-looking alien/angel gave me some pretty good vibes, and I like Thistle's character a lot so far. Also, like Rangpur, I immediately started reading solely because of Orrig, I'm way into orcs being not-bad guys. The rest of the crew doesn't seem very developed yet, but then again, there hasn't been enough comic for them to get too much screen time yet. I'm not super keen on Lyra so far, but I think that could change.
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I finally read the artist's post, and I know how she feels. If you're a Christian in the US, and you want fiction with Christian themes, your options are usually either "Christian Fiction," which is largely made by and for Evangelicals; or a renowned but limited supply of non-Evangelicals like Tolkien, Lewis, L'Engle, O'Connor, Chesterton, and Dostoevsky; or Mormons. I just became Orthodox, and I've only ever seen one comic written from that point of view (an adaptation by a couple of priests of Revelation), and hardly any fantasy at all. And anyway, she likes Unsounded and Gunnerkrigg. That suggests she's good people in my book. I might just have to give this comic a shot.
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So, posting comics. I've been following Never Satisfied since it was earlier linked to in this thread, and I love this page. 
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The ghost webcomic chat was a little while back, but it looks like there's a ghost who needs busting in Badnix.
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Cat Mattress posted:So, posting comics. Look at that goddamn echidna. What a majestic bastard. Also, a lesson in lovely mothers: 
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Former thread favorite Anders Loves Maria redraw/reboot or something:Rene on twitter posted:Obviously there will be no comments on the site because spoilers, but be warned: there will be some changes this time round, big and small.
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caught back up on stand still stay silent and it looks like the action is heating up again this is not the most recent update of stand still stay silent, but it's pretty close and the most significant/least context-dependent e: also, unsounded is back Tollymain fucked around with this message at 10:40 on Feb 17, 2016 |
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i catch up on that comic once every month or so, and (a) it's still incredibly slow and (b) I seriously cannot tell half the characters apart the nordic aesthetic...
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^^^ You know, I actually didn't notice that the one redhead was a chick until I saw someone in the comments section mention it. Normally this is a problem I only have with anime.
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PleasingFungus posted:i catch up on that comic once every month or so, and (a) it's still incredibly slow and (b) I seriously cannot tell half the characters apart i personally feel the author does a pretty good job of differentiating the characters? there's a lot of face/body diversity other than every single person in surviving civilization being white as gently caress anyway 
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yeah IDK how you could confuse the core team, the old farts back at the base and what languages people are supposed to be speaking/able to understand are another story but they barely matter anyway it is pretty slow-moving tho, I don't have a huge problem with that since it's mostly about rad art and exploring an empty world but it's probably worth just holding off and archive-diving
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Pavlov posted:^^^ You know, I actually didn't notice that the one redhead was a chick until I saw someone in the comments section mention it. Normally this is a problem I only have with anime. Same. I remember watching an anime (I can't remember the name, it wasn't spectacular anyway) three episodes in and only realized the two lead men were not the same person until they held a conversation in the same room. It blew my goddamn mind. Anyway, does anyone know if Megg, Mogg, and Owl is updating? It's been a really long time since I've seen a new one posted. 
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Tollymain posted:i personally feel the author does a pretty good job of differentiating the characters? there's a lot of face/body diversity like, for example:  q: how often have I confused these two characters? a: basically every time they show up I actually had to read through the relevant page several times before I realized there were two different characters there...
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Plethora posted:Same. I remember watching an anime (I can't remember the name, it wasn't spectacular anyway) three episodes in and only realized the two lead men were not the same person until they held a conversation in the same room. It blew my goddamn mind. I think Megg Mogg and Owl isn't a webcomic so much as it is a pencil+paper comic that the creator posts some pages of on tumblr sometimes. I think the creator is one of those stapled-together 'zine type people who makes physical comics for whatever small real-life audience they may find.
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PleasingFungus posted:like, for example: they have similar noses and hair color, literally everything else is different
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Also published by Fanta: http://www.fantagraphics.com/megahex/
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PleasingFungus posted:like, for example:
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okay that's fair alternative answer: human males and females don't look nearly as different as western culture has led you to believe
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I'm usually pretty good at differentiating them IRL.
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Tollymain posted:okay that's fair You're just reminding me of that Jojo cover where there's like three different men and women next to each other and they all have the exact same face (I mean Jojo rules and it's clearly a deliberate stylistic decision, but it's still weird.) Like let's not get carried away sameface isn't necessarily a gamebreaker but it's not that realistic either.
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Jackard posted:Which one is the guy The freckled one. They really don't look that much alike, but the gender confusion isn't helped by the fact that the male's a scrawny-rear end shepherd with a four-foot long braid and the female's a dour military officer. Oxxidation fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Feb 18, 2016 |
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Oxxidation posted:The freckled one. oh, huh. honestly thought that character was a guy. the driver's brother (the scout) also threw me off for a while in the other direction. it also probably doesn't help that everyone's covered in a minimum of three layers of all clothes at all times, owing to their presence in a subarctic hellscape.
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Pavlov posted:I'm usually pretty good at differentiating them IRL. how much does that have to do with gender norms though? put them in the same sort of clothing with the same hairstyle and no makeup, you're going to find that humans form a pretty consistent spectrum from one extreme to the other and the middle is not nearly as underpopulated as you might guess
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Hey I found it.
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It's an unfair criticism, but Minna Sundberg's dialogue reads exactly like every long-form webcomic. Like it's what I imagine when I think "webcomics that are not gag-a-day".
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Also, the character designs aren't just a bit dull, they seem to have deteriorated, even if they fit the aesthetic.
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mycot posted:Hey I found it. This is brilliant. I refuse to believe it isn't intentional. It's no secret that manga & anime are plagued with same-face to the point that it's considered "part of the style", and by drawing the characters slightly more detailed it points out how absurd that concept is.
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Tollymain posted:how much does that have to do with gender norms though? put them in the same sort of clothing with the same hairstyle and no makeup, you're going to find that humans form a pretty consistent spectrum from one extreme to the other and the middle is not nearly as underpopulated as you might guess Nah, IRL people have a lot of tiny features hat help you determine sex. The human brain is really well optimized for that. Ain't perfect but pretty good. Cartoony art-styles just get most of those lost in translation. See: anime.
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how can you not tell two characters apart when one has prominent freckles and one doesn't have any freckles like regardless of anything else that's a hard thing to miss!!
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FlyinPingu posted:how can you not tell two characters apart when one has prominent freckles and one doesn't have any freckles yeah, it's a bit silly to mix those too but i think that she has simplified character design on purpose, so that she can poo poo out a billion comics every week
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