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Skwirl posted:Yeah, I stopped reading when the robots stopped being part of the setting and became everything.I want to know about what happened to the humans. They're loving immortal robots who can switch bodies at will, gently caress'em
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Precambrian posted:That's pretty much the basic arc of Cerberus, but what makes it particularly memorable is how hailed Sims was as a creative voice. In '97, no less than Alan Moore called Cerberus the "hydrogen" of modern comics, in that it was the fundamental element that everything else was based on. Sims was really respected for an actual maturity in his writing (ironically, often for how many of his female characters are defined by their agency and the pathos of their struggles against societal misogyny) that came out of nowhere and led to a lot of 80s and 90s comics culture really celebrating him on the record. Which became incredibly hilarious when he got divorced and the brainworms he'd kept off the page got their day in the sun. Yeah if you were into independent comics in the 80s then Cerebus was massively influential, and there was a good long run in the middle there where it was pretty much a longform political satire with really great art and really great dry humour before it completely nosedived into "Feminists are fascists! Women are The Void!!" territory. It was also a satire on mainstream comics and the industry was really struggling with its identity back then, with independent comics gradually clawing a firm foothold for themselves and Marvel & DC starting their decline into their grimdark 90s phase but also before DC started their 'mature' Vertigo line. It was also a time when the wider audience's familiarity with comics was based on Saturday morning cartoons and movies like Superman IV and Howard The Duck (since the 1989 Batman movie and the 1990 TMNT movie weren't out yet, which kicked off a whole new era of comicbook movies) and the internet wasn't around so discussions around comics and the comics industry mostly happened in editorial pages and periodicals like The Comics Journal which were more than happy to huff Sim's farts. There weren't really any books like Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics" out yet and there was a whole "Comics can be art too!" argument happening and people quite often held up Cerebus as an exemplar of that argument. There were lots of other great indie comics but hardly any of them lasted very long or became as widespread as Cerebus. Things really were different back then. I used to go to monthly meet-ups in a local pub with other fans and comic creators so we could discuss comics, it all seems like ancient history now.
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Rust Martialis posted:Still waiting for issue #2 of D'Arc Tangent
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pretty sure Jeph visited a poetry thing i read at once (tho dudes in western mass Just Look Like Him, All The Time) cuz a few days later there's a background homeless character which is dressed like i dress when i do poetry. then again everyone out here just Dresses Like This, All The Time
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wouldnt surprise me, iirc he put a guy from another forum in a couple comics too
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Krankenstyle posted:wouldnt surprise me, iirc he put a guy from another forum in a couple comics too Was it dumbrella? Does dumbrella still exist?
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:pretty sure Jeph visited a poetry thing i read at once (tho dudes in western mass Just Look Like Him, All The Time) cuz a few days later there's a background homeless character which is dressed like i dress when i do poetry. post the comic
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Aw, the only webcomic I've been in is The Draw Play, by goon Febreeze 
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Skwirl posted:Was it dumbrella? Does dumbrella still exist? Ya. Some of us keep in touch but the forums are dead
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Krankenstyle posted:Ya. Some of us keep in touch but the forums are dead I remember Jeph talking about starting a comic there.
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bump_fn posted:post the comic it'll take me a minute, iirc it was somewhere between "vespa avenger (but not FLCL)" and "fatty's dad died" plotlines. just some dude with squirrly hair and a loud jacket being drunk on a park bench.
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:it'll take me a minute, iirc it was somewhere between "vespa avenger (but not FLCL)" and "fatty's dad died" plotlines. just some dude with squirrly hair and a loud jacket being drunk on a park bench. Jesus Christ my dude.
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it's not like she's a real person I doubt her feelings are going to be- Oh! Right, I forgot it was a suicide. Hah! Whoops.
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Skwirl posted:I remember Jeph talking about starting a comic there. Good times lol
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gently caress this poo poo, even with good intentions, which is questionable for Pirraro
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The Bloop posted:gently caress this poo poo, even with good intentions, which is questionable for Pirraro Said about the guy who got dropped from a bunch of papers for scribbling "Go gently caress yourself, Trump" in one of his comics? The dude is like Doonesbury subtle about hating him.
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Clitch posted:Said about the guy who got dropped from a bunch of papers for scribbling "Go gently caress yourself, Drumpf" in one of his comics? The dude is like Doonesbury subtle about hating him. eta: Although Dan Piraro seems pretty left-leaning, to say the least: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Piraro Hirayuki has a new favorite as of 00:19 on Jul 10, 2019 |
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This is like a shittier version of that Michael Caine movie. e: Which, I guess, was just "what if Charles Bronson but somehow even older?" 
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I don't think I will be preordering thanks
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Wow, I really hate this, like viscerally, in the very core of my being. The artwork is good though.
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Wow, Geri’s mental state sure has taken a turn for the worse. Dementia isn’t a a joke, folks.The wacky chess hijinks don’t last for long.
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Idgi 
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grittyreboot posted:Idgi They hosed with the wrong grandpa quote:Lol
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Edit: didn't realize it was a shitload of images and not just one. Have this better one instead http://elcomics.net/the-nintendo.html Oh god the sequel is even better http://elcomics.net/prey.html Len has a new favorite as of 01:36 on Jul 10, 2019 |
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Hirayuki posted:Nah, that was Wiley Miller with Non Sequitur. gently caress. My newspaper comic cred is ruined.
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jesus CHRSIT those are some dumb rear end comics someone post a newspaper spiderman
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ArtIsResistance posted:jesus CHRSIT those are some dumb rear end comics someone post a newspaper spiderman I posted too soon because there's a legit good one that's about an old man who invented a time machine. Everyone told him that he didn't and he disassembled it before he died. But he randomly popped up in the future to tell his family he told them he had time travel and that he was right just a spiteful old man. Worst is probably the one about an alien visiting Earth to judge whether or not we deserve to exist and deciding that we might stand a chance.
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ArtIsResistance posted:jesus CHRSIT those are some dumb rear end comics someone post a newspaper spiderman FAPPO!, etc.
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Len posted:Edit: didn't realize it was a shitload of images and not just one.  lol Post your favorite comic: We all got Super Nintendos for Christmas
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Cartoon Man posted:Post your favorite comic: We all got Super Nintendos for Christmas Supers Nintendo 
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Len posted:Edit: didn't realize it was a shitload of images and not just one. I love Stranger Things! Remember Super Nintendo? Remember marrying your childhood friend because you bonded over a traumatic experience? Remember, uh, bicycles?
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PHIZ KALIFA posted:it'll take me a minute, iirc it was somewhere between "vespa avenger (but not FLCL)" and "fatty's dad died" plotlines. just some dude with squirrly hair and a loud jacket being drunk on a park bench. Didn't the artist stab himself over this character?
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ChubbyChecker posted:Didn't the artist stab himself over this character? Yeah, apparently got a shitload of backlash of the fat character not being fat enough and stabbed his hand. Was a theme for a while, like that Steven Universe fan-artist who got hounded into attempting suicide.
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can someone post teh one parody comic where faye time travels back to save her dad and he says "two of you!" and kills himself it always makes me lol
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Poor jeff. I am glad he seems to be doing a little better now. Also glad that Gunnerkrigg Court is still going. Also the only "new" webcomic I have seen people talking about in ages is Kill Six Billion Demons.
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I read through Kill Six Billion Demons last time someone brought it up here. It's mostly really good (especially the world design, which is some amazing art and ideas) But it also runs into the same problem pretty much any longrunning webcomic has, every page is so quick that I just feel like dropping it for a couple years after catching up, just so there's a reasonable amount of plot to digest.
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Captain Hygiene posted:I read through Kill Six Billion Demons last time someone brought it up here. It's mostly really good (especially the world design, which is some amazing art and ideas) When the artist isn't busy with life stuff, they update twice a week which is a pretty reasonable pace given the quality of the updates.
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Josef bugman posted:Poor jeff. I am glad he seems to be doing a little better now. Also glad that Gunnerkrigg Court is still going. Also the only "new" webcomic I have seen people talking about in ages is Kill Six Billion Demons. Those two, and Stand Still Stay Silent (which is also incredible) are the only webcomics I still follow. I’m sure there are other good ones but those are at the top by far
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