Comments on: Bad Fan – Dinosaur Comics http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/181 The Podcast that covers the world of webcomics. News Reviews and Commentary from and about webcomics and interviews with the people behind the best comics on the web. Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Scott http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/181#comment-141 Scott Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:17:20 +0000 http://gigcast.nightgig.com/?p=260#comment-141 Believe me.. I'm mostly on board with what your saying. For guys like us it does cut out some very good writers who can't draw their way out of a pencil bag. I can respect a writers want to not collaborate. It can be hard leaving your message in the hands of others in the hope that they don't screw it up. Believe me.. I’m mostly on board with what your saying. For guys like us it does cut out some very good writers who can’t draw their way out of a pencil bag. I can respect a writers want to not collaborate. It can be hard leaving your message in the hands of others in the hope that they don’t screw it up.

]]> By: Dragonaur http://gigcast.nightgig.com/archives/181#comment-140 Dragonaur Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:42:46 +0000 http://gigcast.nightgig.com/?p=260#comment-140 I'm sorry I just can't get into these clip art comics. They're not comics, but writings. Now it might be good writing but it's not a good comic(ing). The writing you pointed to about superman was excellent and had an important point. But forget the art. I mean really. Let me write a little story about how I got in to manga... Now, I can't really read Japanese too well. I can get the jist but that's about it. I started collectiong manga well before you could get translations for your favorite story. However with a good comic you don't NEED the writing! It's true, you can enjoy a comic without a single talk bubble! Don't believe me? Check out Sergio Aragones' "Buzz and Bell", Al Jeffy used to do it in the corners of Mad magazine, etc etc. Heck, it doesn't even have to be good art! But it does have to be sequential. It's like the cartoonist is being a writer but using some non-phonetic language! The manga I collected where very good at this! Unlike some Marvel comic's with word bubbles that take up half the page, manga would show the story! The art contributed to the story. I didn't need to read anything! So that's what I just can't handle about clip art "comics." As you say, the writer is taking a shortcut to creativity, I'm personaly slighted and thus can't bring myself to read them. Even as good as the content can be. I’m sorry I just can’t get into these clip art comics. They’re not comics, but writings. Now it might be good writing but it’s not a good comic(ing). The writing you pointed to about superman was excellent and had an important point. But forget the art. I mean really.

Let me write a little story about how I got in to manga… Now, I can’t really read Japanese too well. I can get the jist but that’s about it. I started collectiong manga well before you could get translations for your favorite story. However with a good comic you don’t NEED the writing! It’s true, you can enjoy a comic without a single talk bubble! Don’t believe me? Check out Sergio Aragones’ “Buzz and Bell”, Al Jeffy used to do it in the corners of Mad magazine, etc etc.

Heck, it doesn’t even have to be good art! But it does have to be sequential. It’s like the cartoonist is being a writer but using some non-phonetic language!

The manga I collected where very good at this! Unlike some Marvel comic’s with word bubbles that take up half the page, manga would show the story! The art contributed to the story. I didn’t need to read anything!

So that’s what I just can’t handle about clip art “comics.” As you say, the writer is taking a shortcut to creativity, I’m personaly slighted and thus can’t bring myself to read them. Even as good as the content can be.

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