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Bianca really went through a lot due to Anette's whole "getting dragged into magical adventures" thing; I can understand her being pretty miffed at Anette, even if it wasn't really her fault.
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This gunfight is probably my favourite part of HfD 
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:it's weird to me that neither of them take milk, nor remove the spoon The spoon maybe, but tea is best without milk or sweeteners anyway  Anyway, Bianca & Fusk drinking tea while pointing at each other with Schrödinger's handguns is such an amazing scene, it really stuck in my mind after reading the comic 
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I liked this!
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I think I get what Tree Bucket means; there are some comics where the art is impressive in terms of detail and obvious amount of work put into it, but there are some subtle elements that (for me, personally) invoke some sense of things being slightly off which makes the comic as a whole feel vaguely unpleasant to look at. I've assumed it's probably some combination of slightly uncanny valley-ish character designs combined with personal preference stuff like line width and colours used. Hierarchy of Genres definitely had that issue for me, where there was a lot of detail and technically impressive perspective, layout etc., but the character designs and proportions irked me in some way, as well as the colours. TLDR: some artists have styles that I don't like, and sometimes it's hard to say why and that sucks because the art can be in many ways cool. Anyway, I recently remembered the webcomic A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible. It's a surreal comic with no overarching narrative where each comic introduces elements in a dreamlike fashion and the topics and content vary wildly. Some of the comics I don't "get" at all, while some have excellent absurd humour or poignancy to them. It ran from 2004 to 2013 (although looks like it never officially ended, the comics just stopped), and it was made by David Hellman (the art) & Dale Beran (the writing). Many of the comics feature the two as protagonists, too. Hellman might be familiar to some as e.g. the artist for the indie video game Braid. There are only ~40 comics to post but I thought I'd post them one at a time here if people don't mind. They start off pretty short but by the end they tell some much larger stories. THE ADVENTURE BEGINS July 15, 2004  Both authors have written a bunch of text underneath every comic, I wonder if I should copy that here? EDIT: Actually, these first couple comics have so little to them that I'll post several at a time. HO CONOSCIUTO UNA RAGAZZA ITALIANA DI SPOLETO July 17, 2004  AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN PLAY THE PIANO OF SUCCESS! July 19, 2004  THE CONVENIENCE OF EVENTUALITY July 21, 2004 (There's a hard R-word there, sorry about that :/)  I think this fourth comic illustrates what these will be like somewhat well (apart from the slur.) Hempuli has a new favorite as of 06:50 on Apr 14, 2022 |
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible PAUL'S SCIENCE CORNER July 23, 2004 
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Glad to see that people know & like A Lesson Is Learned! And yeah, the name is really good. A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible This one was already posted but I'll repost it here for posterity and so that one can see all the comics by looking at my posts here: NO, I'M SORRY July 24, 2004  Here's the next one, then: DALE MAKES A SANDWICH July 31, 2004  The reactor!
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tired gay and dead posted:I think having a guy ask his transdimensional counterpart who's brain he is wired into to hold onto his girlfriend for comfort as he is vaporized by a nuclear weapon is a pretty good and effective way to illustrate the stakes of a story beyond "we lost contact with some guys, turns out it's nukes". It's not strictly an escalation in the plot but it works really well emotionally in the context of the comic. Yeah, it's a very effective method of utilizing the premise in a touching way.
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible LOW-G MAN RELIES ON HIS MOONROCK August 7, 2004  This one I really, really like
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Those drunk baker comics are some of the most (intentionally) miserable reading I've ever seen. Especially the one where one of them hits their head and dies. Just like, visceral misery in every panel.Tree Bucket posted:This is wonderful. Thnx for posting it  A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible TROUBLE WITH POWER PYRAMIDS August 14, 2004  "I cannot bear your words, insects! They're too tiny!" is a fantastic line
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible NOW WE ARE POOR AGAIN! August 21, 2004  "Who could have foreseen this course of events?!"
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible BLUERAZZ SOURPOWER SNACKATTACKPACKS August 29, 2004 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible AT LAST, I AM IN HEAVEN! September 4, 2004 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible WILL WE EVER ARRIVE? September 21, 2004  Pictured: how Dale became Newspaper Spider-Man EDIT: Oh, the artist also posted some work-in-progress versions of this: The Ordinary World Crossing the First Threshold Approaching the Innermost Cave The Belly of the Beast The Smelly of the Yeast The Return Voyage The Theorist's Archetype Hempuli has a new favorite as of 09:26 on Apr 21, 2022 |
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I recall the SSSS author posting how odd it was to have Google Image Search references for pugs/bulldogs and teeth at the same time to design that creature!
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible GETTING OVER WOMEN September 30, 2004  The preparation steps of that meal are horrifying yet entirely accurate
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible NOW IS NOT GOOD October 18, 2004  A ghost dog!  Please ignore how it came to be
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible 10,000 FREE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES November 12, 2004 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR OWN HOME November 20, 2004 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible CHRISTMAS DISASTER SPECIAL January 1, 2005  This is one of my favourites! Maybe it's sappy but those final panels really work for me.
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible The next two comics are pretty short so I'll post 2. THE LAST FEW MOMENTS OF A FILM January 10, 2005  "We took the company car. The city had replaced that day with another, and I had recovered. The fake had been discovered. The original, Phillipe, and the items he stole, covered by a long thin cloth. In the game, my son negotiated a small man between a series of bright animals. Wet snow filled the broken windows emptied of light. A curl of expensive curtain and carpet gestured, exposed on the precipice. Where had those birds returned from and did they live there now? IN THE MORNING WE'LL TRY AGAIN January 18, 2005 
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:wasn't there a really long one where some dude summoned a simulacrum to enter the cupboard to find an iron, and he ended up king of a warring kingdom That's the second-to-last one, so it'll be coming up in a bit! the holy poopacy posted:
That's great to hear!
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Ulf Is BABA A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible VISIONS AMID PERPLEXITY January 28, 2005 
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Tree Bucket posted:This comic is seriously growing on me. There's like another hundred pages to go, right? Right? Glad to hear that! But alas, we're almost at the half-way point already.  A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible ANOTHER DAY February 7, 2005  The one after this is fairly long so I'll keep it at just this today. I guess let's instead post the author comments for this comic: Dale posted:Snatching you from a Hopeless Abyss Emergency Valentines Day Advice Column David posted:Le Bowl Définitif EDIT: Thread posted:PYF Comic: Ulf Is BABA 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible ALCOHOLIC RABBIT TEARS IT UP February 14, 2005  Dale posted:Valentines Day Quiz! As we go on some of these will get quite long. Tell me if I should timg them (I'd prefer not to but obviously I'm biased) Hempuli has a new favorite as of 20:46 on May 1, 2022 |
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Very well! I'll timg the tall comics from now on (but refuse to timg the one I just posted, mwa ha ha ha ha)
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Alcoholic Baba is NOT CANON A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible THIS IS THE VOICE OF DOG February 25, 2005 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible THE GIANTS STOLE MY RHYTHM! March 11, 2005 
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quote:This is Twelverevelations, a *leather bandana*. All craftulfship is of the highest quality. It is encircled with salmon. It is made from sheep leather. It menaces with spikes of farce.
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Huh yeah, I forgot (or never learned) that there's apparently a countereffect to the disease(??) A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is irreversible SLUMBERCAKES April 11, 2005 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible FAT DALE AND MOUSE IN THE APPLE JUICE May 14, 2005 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible I CAME ABOUT THE JOB May 21, 2005 This one is kinda gross and also contains a suicide so I'll spoiler it: 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible CAN YOU COME AND DIG ME UP? June 15, 2005  An issue caused by the comic's age(?) is how tiny the text can be. I assume it's a compression thing from back when monitors were smaller and connections were slower. 
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible THE ZOMBIGATORS' LAMENT July 11, 2005 
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I like the moustache. A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible MORNING, SLEEPY HEAD! August 25, 2005  This is where the comic starts to morph more into a slower release schedule with more detailed art. I was actually surprised to notice that initially the authors had a weekly schedule!  Also this is one of the more memorable strips to me; Buff Skeleton here is some excellent art!
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible A rare two-parter! DEADLY ENCOUNTERS Part One: Deadly Alliance October 6, 2005  DEADLY ENCOUNTERS Part Two: Deadly Dalliance October 14, 2004  Ditocoaf posted:I've been meaning to say, thanks tons for posting A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible.
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible TRAUMATIC INCIDENT No. 17 December 5, 2005  The giant fleas on the Choking Dog were an interesting detail.
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A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible A DAY AT THE OFFICE February 16, 2006 
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