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Mercury Hat
May 28, 2006

SharkTales!
Woo-oo!



mycot posted:

I think I'm getting multiple webcomics confused again, is Strong Female Protagonist the one about someone whose sister is a famous superhero and I think has black and white drawings? And if it is, I'm guessing the plot drifted a lot since then.

As someone whose only exposure to it is what's been linked, I thought the art is surprisingly good, but the dialogue is distinctly in that "not trying to write a character anymore" territory.

You've got the right comic, you just have a couple things mixed up. It did start in black and white and there was a point in the story where the main character--the famous former superhero--goes back home and talks with her non-super powered sister.

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Jackard
Oct 28, 2007

We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Xarbala posted:

I just stopped following it when it looked like they were fumbling the ball during their most divisive plot arc.
Same here, not worth reading or mocking

Xarbala posted:

They didn't even follow up on big and potentially interesting consequences for something as catastrophic as "blew up a dam and flooded an entire valley."
Nobody needed that dam and everyone in the park below it was evacuated :jerkbag:

Jackard fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Aug 27, 2016

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

The dam was in a deserted area with no one living downstream for the entire river. Gosh!

nimby
Nov 4, 2009

The pinnacle of cloud computing.



The dam was a date rapist and deserved what happened to it.

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

A Gnarlacious Bro posted:

People seem to like to make up things about SFP, or willfully misinterpret plot points, so they can safely bitch about SJW's or whatever

i don't think that you have to make up anything about that comic

ChairMaster
Aug 22, 2009

by R. Guyovich

Hogge Wild posted:

i don't think that you have to make up anything about that comic

That's what makes it annoying when people constantly do it.

Nuns with Guns
Jul 23, 2010

It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

people can but I think there is bountiful evidence that goons cannot, especially when their posts about the thing are universally humorless, and the ones claiming they're totally normal people having harmless fun and it is everyone else who is the weirdo always actually have like a Doobie hate shrine or lost their day job because they stayed home to do loss edits all day

The Dobson and CAD threads were horrendous, yes. I think it's because despite all pretensions, those mockthreads were about personally attacking the creators due to some deep-seeded personal issues some of the posters had with them. The the DD thread was fun at least (journalistic ethics demand I disclose that I did post in it) because the near-daily updates kept people from masturbating on pictures of Mookie or whatever

A Gnarlacious Bro posted:

People seem to like to make up things about SFP, or willfully misinterpret plot points, so they can safely bitch about SJW's or whatever

You don't need to willfully misinterpret plot plots in SFP to find the way it writes on contentious issues at best unambitious and at worst cowardly. I did stop following the thread around the time someone had a severe meltdown over completely misreading a comic tho

Pyroclastic
Jan 4, 2010

To try and get away from SFP, here are some Kickstarters.

Our own Kate Ashwin is printing another Widdershins book, and there's less than a day to go. It's 300% funded.
The Meek is printing its first volume, with 9 days left, over 400% funded so far.

Chris Baldwin's printing Anna Galactic, 60% funding with 18 days left. He's also started a new Spacetrawler run.


You only have 3 days left to get in on Bad Girls Illustrated Volume 3 (NSFW). It's 2500% funded, and who would want to miss those sexy bad girls, expert anatomy and flowing action?

There's more than a week left for Rogue Salvage, which features realistically-proportioned cousins in non-porn poses, drawn by someone who certainly doesn't have a patreon or DeviantArt for big tits & hips/small head fetishists. Funded, so back now to have this masterpiece on your shelf!

Dimention only needs an artist, a publisher, and a website! Brought to you by a "brilliant academic"!

Somehow, Jeff McDermott only has $61 for his cutting, innovative, and expertly photoshopped political satire post cards! Note that the goal low enough that it might accidentally get ironically funded.

Disappointingly, I'm unable to bring you any Pony projects.

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug
grats kojiro!

Not So Fast
Dec 27, 2007


There's also just over a week to go on Curia Regis, done by the lovely Robin Hoelzemann / RobinPierce

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1449502816/curia-regis-volume-one

Kojiro
Aug 11, 2003

LET'S GET TO THE TOP!
Cheers, dears. We've done alright on this one.

qntm
Jun 17, 2009
Any week now Let's Speak English is going to start a Kickstarter, which may be the first Kickstarter I contribute to just because I want that book to be made, even though I don't actually want to possess the book myself.

Runa
Feb 13, 2011

Nuns with Guns posted:

You don't need to willfully misinterpret plot plots in SFP to find the way it writes on contentious issues at best unambitious and at worst cowardly. I did stop following the thread around the time someone had a severe meltdown over completely misreading a comic tho

Was that me or the other guy

Because if that was the other guy then I think, ironically, most people would kinda agree with him now. Myself included.

Pyroclastic
Jan 4, 2010

qntm posted:

Any week now Let's Speak English is going to start a Kickstarter, which may be the first Kickstarter I contribute to just because I want that book to be made, even though I don't actually want to possess the book myself.

I was a little sad to hear she was coming back to the US because that meant the strips wouldn't last much longer, although it meant more time could be devoted to Kiwi Blitz and Sleepless Domain.

Nuns with Guns
Jul 23, 2010

It's fine.
Don't worry about it.

Xarbala posted:

Was that me or the other guy

Because if that was the other guy then I think, ironically, most people would kinda agree with him now. Myself included.

You know, I honestly don't remember the meltdown was over anymore other than it being wildly different from the obvious reading of the comic and if I really wanted that I would have still been paying attention to Homestuck at that time.

Pavlov
Oct 21, 2012

I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Pyroclastic posted:

I was a little sad to hear she was coming back to the US because that meant the strips wouldn't last much longer, although it meant more time could be devoted to Kiwi Blitz and Sleepless Domain.

Yeah Let's Speak English is my favorite comic of hers.

Parts Kit
Jun 9, 2006

durr
i have a hole in my head
durr
I know Rich Burlew really likes being wordy but drat these last several pages have been really absurd, especially this one. It seems like a real waste of a page, though I guess he does have some absolutely nuts fans who would argue if he didn't explicitly spell it out.

Renaissance Robot
Oct 10, 2010

Bite my furry metal ass
Somehow 1000 strips seems like not much for the amount of time that comic has been running. I'm sure there were nearly that many when I quit reading it way back in 2012. Did they take a huge break or something?

Calaveron
Aug 7, 2006
:negative:

Renaissance Robot posted:

Somehow 1000 strips seems like not much for the amount of time that comic has been running. I'm sure there were nearly that many when I quit reading it way back in 2012. Did they take a huge break or something?

He took six months off due to slicing his thumb up real good.
Also yeah that one is straight up the worst strip in all oots

hostess with the Moltres
May 15, 2013
When I made that Josh Lesnick post, I shouldn't have said that "Josh Lesnick is a pretty competent cartoonist, so why did he defend MoJ which I think sucks so fervently even if it gave him a bad rep" and instead said "Why does Josh Lesnick defend MoJ so much even though that's what Homestuck fans do when people say Homestuck sucks on tumblr and it gives him a bad rep," especially considering that he reads this thread. Sorry if I was being a douche. Either way I'm glad his response was p. chill.

Ague Proof
Jun 5, 2014

they told me
I was everything

Renaissance Robot posted:

Somehow 1000 strips seems like not much for the amount of time that comic has been running. I'm sure there were nearly that many when I quit reading it way back in 2012. Did they take a huge break or something?

He has a condition that affects his productivity. The strip's always updated pretty much at random.

Burlew also promised too much as part of his very successful Kickstarter and he's still working on some of the rewards.

JuniperCake
Jan 26, 2013

Ague Proof posted:

He has a condition that affects his productivity. The strip's always updated pretty much at random.

Burlew also promised too much as part of his very successful Kickstarter and he's still working on some of the rewards.

Yeah he has a chronic health condition that seriously incapacitates him for periods of time. People think it might be something like Crohn's disease but I don't think he's ever flat out said what it was.

Dealing with chronic health BS on top of everything else means Rich has a lot going in his life so it's no surprise that updates can be pretty slow at times.

ConanThe3rd
Mar 27, 2009

qntm posted:

Any week now Let's Speak English is going to start a Kickstarter, which may be the first Kickstarter I contribute to just because I want that book to be made, even though I don't actually want to possess the book myself.

Wait, was that confirmed as a thing that's happening?

qntm
Jun 17, 2009

ConanThe3rd posted:

Wait, was that confirmed as a thing that's happening?

It's most recently mentioned under this comic from June, so, last I heard, yes. Unless the plan has changed.

Twibbit
Mar 7, 2013

Is your refrigerator running?
Speak of the artist and she will update
http://www.marycagle.com/letsspeakenglish/133-returns/

Still is doing the kickstarter in October.

Green Intern
Dec 29, 2008

Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Hooray! Poppy Opossum will have guest comics until things settle with Morbi's computer. Also there's a Jotaro hidden in this first guest strip.

Goataro

Tollymain
Jul 9, 2010

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
i think i liked this

http://turbofanatic.com/hosting/comics/aphelion01.pdf

it's short, about thirty pages. it's sort of an uglier transhumanism story, i think? warning for body horror and gore

author has a tumblr of the same name

Pinch Me Im Meming
Jun 26, 2005

Tollymain posted:

i think i liked this

http://turbofanatic.com/hosting/comics/aphelion01.pdf

it's short, about thirty pages. it's sort of an uglier transhumanism story, i think? warning for body horror and gore

author has a tumblr of the same name

God drat that's beautiful.

e: Also I'll be crossposting the link to a certain ADTRW thread because of reasons.

Pinch Me Im Meming fucked around with this message at 14:35 on Sep 2, 2016

paradoxGentleman
Dec 10, 2013

wheres the jester, I could do with some pointless nonsense right about now

Monster Pulse has been on fire lately, both drama and art-wise.

Renaissance Robot
Oct 10, 2010

Bite my furry metal ass
When did Bina's fashion sense go full grandma?

al-azad
May 28, 2009



Renaissance Robot posted:

When did Bina's fashion sense go full grandma?

Since they've been stuck in this house with no outside contact. Abel has a Kenny Loggins shirt and West looks like he's wearing baby clothes with shorts that come above his knees.

That house has to stink.

Twibbit
Mar 7, 2013

Is your refrigerator running?
I am appreciating Vole's Jaeger General form more and more in Girl Genius. Not entirely sure what it is about it I like so much though.

PleasingFungus
Oct 10, 2012
idiot asshole bitch who should fuck off

Tollymain posted:

i think i liked this

http://turbofanatic.com/hosting/comics/aphelion01.pdf

it's short, about thirty pages. it's sort of an uglier transhumanism story, i think? warning for body horror and gore

author has a tumblr of the same name

Took two reads to get what was going on, but it seems pretty neat.

Very good art.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

there's only one issue!

Otherkinsey Scale
Jul 17, 2012

Just a little bit of sunshine!

PleasingFungus posted:

Took two reads to get what was going on, but it seems pretty neat.

Very good art.

I'm still not quite sure I get it, but it was an interesting read.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




There's apparently another issue that she's taken down for now, it came out first. I imagine it'd ease you into the world slightly more gently. Maybe.

I get everything now, but it took a few and reading some auxiliary materials.

Tuxedo Ted
Apr 24, 2007

Sorry to hear about the busted hard drive, Morbi. Hope things go well in the new place.

Also, the saddest thing about the Poppy Videogame that Never Was is that even if it did exist, Poppy would probably never see a red cent of any royalties she'd be owed.

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

Cat Rackham is going to print!

Motherfucker
Jul 16, 2011

I certainly dont have deep-seated issues involving birthdays.
My understanding of Ava's Demon is that if you make peace and have a sapphic pact with your fifteen year long suicidal depression beast you'll gain phenomenal cosmic super powers, also all of Ava's friends are turdbeings.

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Pavlov
Oct 21, 2012

I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that
Well if we're getting allegorical, then it would be saying that if you spend your whole life repressing your anger, then decide to fully embrace it one day, you're likely to blow up a rally.

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