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 Tollymain posted:my favorite timelines are the ones where the zenpencils guy never possessed the ambition and work ethic to create poorly thought-out comics and put them on the interweb That sounds like a terrible timeline, lacking the unintentional hilarity that makes this one great..
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A Wizard of Goatse posted:the only good zen pencils is the one where Hayao Miyazaki gets in a mech suit and destroys all of Gavin's internet #haters, unedited "I should have used a fictional name to make it clear the character is meant to be a tribute."
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Jun 9, 2017 00:49
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Zen Pencils, huh. I like Chainsawsuit even on the rare occasion that it's not trying to be funny.
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Jun 9, 2017 03:26
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Bongo Bill posted:Zen Pencils, huh.
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Jun 9, 2017 03:39
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I do forget just how stupid that Zen Pencils multi part ART VS HATE thing really was. Just, Jesus Christ. Miyazaki as your founder and leader of Art that defends artists from haters? I just don't even know how to begin to approach that
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Jun 9, 2017 03:51
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Its one of the big things about his comic. I imagine his parents forced him down an engineering degree and this is how he's getting back at them or something by having every comic rail against 'conformity' and STEM. 
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Jun 9, 2017 03:56
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Synthbuttrange posted:Its one of the big things about his comic. I imagine his parents forced him down an engineering degree and this is how he's getting back at them or something by having every comic rail against 'conformity' and STEM. I think he might have worked in advertising or something where he drew commercial stuff. Pretty sure one of his comic's illustrations was supposed to be of himself, where his scratch paper doodles come to life and applaud him as he tells his boss to gently caress off and quits his job because anyone working a stable 9-5 is a worthless sadsack who has given up on dreams and happiness.
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Jun 9, 2017 04:26
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PMush Perfect posted:Chainsawsuit has three moods, "absurdist humor", "absurdist satire", and "insightful satire". (Plus the occasional "biting political satire".) Kris Straub has really good comedic timing, imho. Wish he was doing more long-form stuff these days.
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Jun 9, 2017 04:27
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Bobulus posted:Kris Straub has really good comedic timing, imho. Wish he was doing more long-form stuff these days. Is Broodhollow still going?
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Jun 9, 2017 04:30
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Zerilan posted:Is Broodhollow still going? It stalled out a while back, unfortunately. Apparently having a kid absolutely ruined his schedule and he wasn't able to keep it going.
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Synthbuttrange posted:Its one of the big things about his comic. I imagine his parents forced him down an engineering degree and this is how he's getting back at them or something by having every comic rail against 'conformity' and STEM. That ridiculous Ordinary People vs Creative People comic reminded me of Zen Pencils, but for all its own mockworthiness, it was never inherently as spiteful as Zen Pencils can be (Intentionally, anyway). I think that it has gotten slightly better with the psedo biographical strips, but not by a whole lot.
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Jun 9, 2017 04:48
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Zerilan posted:I think he might have worked in advertising or something where he drew commercial stuff. Pretty sure one of his comic's illustrations was supposed to be of himself, where his scratch paper doodles come to life and applaud him as he tells his boss to gently caress off and quits his job because anyone working a stable 9-5 is a worthless sadsack who has given up on dreams and happiness. He worked in some environment like that. I remember being baffled that he'd never heard of Ayn Rand despite coming from a corporate background.
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Jun 9, 2017 05:29
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Hahah so he just threw in that Ayn Rand quote because it sounded inspirational but not knowing anything else about her?
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Jun 9, 2017 08:29
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Nuns with Guns posted:He worked in some environment like that. I remember being baffled that he'd never heard of Ayn Rand despite coming from a corporate background. Isn't he from some Asian country? Maybe she's not that well known there.
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Jun 9, 2017 09:02
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Broodhollow is absurdly good, and Kris Straub's long-form stuff keeps getting better as he ages, so it's really sad that Broodhollow stalled out. It makes sense, though, getting married and having a kid kinda forces you to prioritize, and an already-popular gag comic ilike Chainsawsuit is gonna pay better for your time than a difficult-to-write story comic. I can also relate to the mental health issues he's mentioned. I put in for the first book's kickstarter, and I'll keep patreon-ing or whatever it takes. But, idunno if a third book is in the cards, especially after two false starts. I suspect that sometimes a story just feels like it has somewhere to go, but no write-able path is gonna get you there. The logistics of creating a story that both gets you from point A to point B to point C, and is also compelling or fun the whole way between those points, isn't always a solvable problem (or solvable with a constrained amount of time and emotional energy).
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Jun 9, 2017 09:15
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Synthbuttrange posted:Hahah so he just threw in that Ayn Rand quote because it sounded inspirational but not knowing anything else about her? You could say this about most of his quotes.
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Jun 9, 2017 11:19
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Synthbuttrange posted:Hahah so he just threw in that Ayn Rand quote because it sounded inspirational but not knowing anything else about her? Well.... Zen Pencils posted:Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-American writer and philiosopher. She’s famous for her two novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and creating a new system of philosophy called Objectivism. I didn’t know anything about her before adapting this quote but she seems to have lived a very interesting life. Rand grew up in Russia during the Russian Revolution and later moved to America where she worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood before gaining fame with her first novel, The Fountainhead. After success as a novelist she focused on philosophy and formed a new system called Objectivism, a way of thinking that places reason above everything else. Rand was a strong, out-spoken woman who definitely lived by the words in this quote. Anyone here recommend The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged? Thanks to Luciana for submitting the quote. Hogge Wild posted:Isn't he from some Asian country? Maybe she's not that well known there. Australia, I think?
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Nuns with Guns posted:Australia, I think? Born and raised in Perth, according to his website. He's either just regular ignorant, or cynical. I had never seen the Game of Thrones strip...AND it's a Bukowski quote? I think he's just an all around idiot. JethroMcB fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Jun 9, 2017 |
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Jun 9, 2017 12:28
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I remember there being another Bukowski comic with a guy getting tools to do art with, but doing nothing with them...
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Jun 9, 2017 18:44
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ZeroCount posted:You could say this about most of his quotes. your av and gangtags are awesome! Nuns with Guns posted:Australia, I think? close enough
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Jun 9, 2017 22:11
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Always Human just wrapped and yeah. Pretty great all in all.
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ConanThe3rd posted:Always Human just wrapped and yeah. Pretty great all in all. This is awful.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:This is awful. Not a fan of auto-play music?
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Nuns with Guns posted:Not a fan of auto-play music? Nah, just 'the queers'.
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Jun 11, 2017 16:38
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Daphnaie posted:Nah, just 'the queers'. lol what I had in mind was the general insipidness of its art, writing and music, and how it looks and reads like baby's first not-manga. 
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Jun 11, 2017 16:59
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I don't mind the art much. The initial outburst from that character is a bit excessive but after that it levels out into a readable comic about queer relationships and life with a disability. The exposition could be done better some times, but I wouldn't call it insipid.  I only just read some now though so maybe it turns into Questionable Content at the halfway mark, who knows
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Jun 11, 2017 17:17
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I still hate that style of paneling. They could fit everything that happened there in a single page. Then you wouldn't have to spend more time scrolling than reading.
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Jun 11, 2017 17:21
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Spark That Bled posted:I remember there being another Bukowski comic with a guy getting tools to do art with, but doing nothing with them... no, it was a 2 part comic about a kid getting a hammer to beat his bullies with but iirc bukowski estate lawyers got involved and it was removed
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Jun 11, 2017 18:41
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fun hater posted:no, it was a 2 part comic about a kid getting a hammer to beat his bullies with but iirc bukowski estate lawyers got involved and it was removed lol link e: ahahaha found it: http://zenpencils.com/comic/97-charles-bukowski-air-and-light-and-time-and-space/ 
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Jun 11, 2017 19:04
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the impossibility of being webcomics
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Jun 11, 2017 19:08
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Does anyone have the Elliot Rodgers version of that hammer comic?
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Jun 11, 2017 19:26
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Bukowski comic is something else, hammer comic (A three part series!) is still up:  
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Jun 11, 2017 20:52
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Zeeman posted:Bukowski comic is something else, hammer comic (A three part series!) is still up: "FIGHT VIOLENCE WITH VIOLENCE" "BUT THEN YOU'LL GO TO PRISON" "DADS ARE COOL"
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Jun 11, 2017 21:13
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Someone took the wrong lessons away from the claw hammer scene in Drive...
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Jun 11, 2017 21:30
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ConanThe3rd posted:Always Human just wrapped and yeah. Pretty great all in all. I really hate that host, can't copy/paste to imgur for the badcomics thread. Hogge Wild posted:lol The best Zen Pencils.
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super sweet best pal posted:I really hate that host, can't copy/paste to imgur for the badcomics thread. Embrace madness, screencap everything.
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Jun 11, 2017 21:59
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JethroMcB posted:Born and raised in Perth, according to his website. He's either just regular ignorant, or cynical. Our city's greatest shame. I saw one of his books in a technical bookshop, which was highly upsetting.
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anti-magic posted:Our city's greatest shame. I saw one of his books in a technical bookshop, which was highly upsetting. You ought to be glad to still have a technical bookshop.
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Well, that explains why I seem to be the only one here who remembers the other Bukowski ZenPencils comic.
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Zeeman posted:Bukowski comic is something else, hammer comic (A three part series!) is still up:
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