Comments on: Comic Critics #5!

By: Jono11

Jono11 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:54:03 +0000

I think anyone who says this comic is unfunny or pointless is either mad that it's laughing at them, or in denial that it's laughing at them.

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:56:41 +0000

Itâ€™s gonna get an introduction with Brandon and Seanâ€™s name and links to the archive and their blog, thatâ€™s always going to be there.

That's fine, but couldn't you also just post the comic above the fold?

By: Jbird

Jbird — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:28:10 +0000

No. This is embarrassingly bad.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:06:17 +0000

I think it went a panel too long (I laughed at the 2nd last one), but still funny.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:21 +0000

Okay...I Googled it.
You've gotta be kidding me!
"pwned" is the most idiotic thing I've read/heard since Pee-Wee Herman claimed he didn't know what was in those magazines of his.

By: Brad Curran

Brad Curran — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:58:07 +0000

You don't wanna know, n00b.

By: The Mad Monkey

The Mad Monkey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:56:30 +0000

Yeah, this one did fall short. Hey, they all can't be winners. I'm sure even Will Eisner had a dud or two in his legendary career.
That said...
What is "pwned"?

By: Dan K

Dan K — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:13:51 +0000

Well I thought it was pretty funny.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:11:41 +0000

It's gonna get an introduction with Brandon and Sean's name and links to the archive and their blog, that's always going to be there. I don't mind taking out the one-line topical intro, though. It's mostly there to remind people what the character's names are.

By: Brandon Hanvey

Brandon Hanvey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:06:37 +0000

I'm niether for or againist the way Brian introduces the comic on CSBG. On the ComicCritics site, we just post the comic without any introduction although we sometimes post something in the comments section.

As for the backgrounds of the two stores being similar, I posted a blog post on the ComicCritics site that might be of interest. It most is about me playing around with the background styles.

http://comiccritics.com/2008/07/16/art-test/

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:34:35 +0000

Is there no way you could just simply do away with the chatter and just post the graphic â€˜above the foldâ€™? Itâ€™s how any number of other blogs post their graphic-based work. That way we could just look at it and judge it for ourselves.

Or (anticipating Brian's comment that 'it's too big') post the first panel above the fold and we can look at the whole thing in the entry itself? Anything. Just spare me the image of Cronin wearing a sweater telling his wife and kids he'll be home soon...

By: Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:32:24 +0000

I figured out what bugs me about this. It's not the comic itself, which is funny. It's Brian introducing it every week, setting it up, telegraphing the gag and generally sounding like Bob Saget on America's Funniest Home Videos. Is there no way you could just simply do away with the chatter and just post the graphic 'above the fold'? It's how any number of other blogs post their graphic-based work. That way we could just look at it and judge it for ourselves.

By: Brian Mac

Brian Mac — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:01:54 +0000

I had to go back and read the first four before I realized that Josh and Marissa didn't work at the same place, or even know each other. I honestly thought that the joke was going to be that a bookstore employee, asked about Elektra, would assume the person was looking for a Greek tragedy, or a Eugene O'Neill play, and would therefore spell it with a C, rather than a K, and thus be unable to find it in the computer. I think the confusion comes from #4, where the parallel reviews make it seem like they're already acquainted, so I was thrown off by #5.

By: Chunk_McFat

Chunk_McFat — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:53:33 +0000

Eh, never seen a librarian that sexy in real life. FAIL!

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:41:21 +0000

This one fell a bit flat for me.

By: Thok

Thok — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:37:31 +0000

This comic takes place in Booktopia which is a bookstore. It is Marrisaâ€™s workplace. Josh works at Comics Connection which is a comic shop.

Huh. So it is. I'd argue this means the two stores look a bit too similar. (Nothing personal.)

By: Brandon Hanvey

Brandon Hanvey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:07:23 +0000

Thok,

This comic takes place in Booktopia which is a bookstore. It is Marrisa's workplace. Josh works at Comics Connection which is a comic shop.

By: Thok

Thok — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:35:28 +0000

I think the fourth panel joke could be punched up some more. I realize there are people who have no interest in mainstream comics (and even such people who work at comic book shops), but it feels weird.

Also, their comic book store has windows? (I'm also surprised with the lack of posters on the walls, but that would add more work for the artist.)

By: yo go re

yo go re — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:36 +0000

not that it's an issue for me any longer, but weren't you putting the comics after the jump?

And I'm also not a librarian, but this was pretty amusing...

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:09:16 +0000

As a librarian, I actually find it pretty funny. But then I've been in that same situation where it seems like the patron is speaking another language entirely, which makes me think I've probably misinterpreted the question being asked.