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Corax Forum Member
Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 16 Location: Northern CA
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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I was wondering about those eyes, too (I don't remember an example in "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga", actually...).
My first impression was more along the lines of Dante's Inferno, and how if you're really evil your soul goes straight to hell and your body gets commandeered by a demon. Of course, if that were true, then Kirk would have to die in the next panel... |
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Rip Tanion Reinvents understanding
Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 635 Location: The Riptania Sky-Palace in da beauuuuuutiful Bronx.
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Holy Un-sacred Cow, I was right for once!
Of course, things might have gone a lot easier if he just called Father Merrin. _________________ "Park the beers, and grab the smiles. It's flight time." - LtCdr. J. Robert "Bobby" Stone, USN (R.I.P.) |
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jazzsammich Forum Member
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 10
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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MOST... INACTIVE PROTAGONIST... EVER...
hortense gives inertia man a run for his money. ^_^
--jim |
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Tim Tylor Consistant Poster
Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 168 Location: Cornwall, Great Britain
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Chicken Pepsi... that's bland stuff. Even Ferris doesn't want to know. Give me an Anchovy Coke anytime. |
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Rip Tanion Reinvents understanding
Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 635 Location: The Riptania Sky-Palace in da beauuuuuutiful Bronx.
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Worst host ever?
I thought that title was reserved for Chevy Chase. _________________ "Park the beers, and grab the smiles. It's flight time." - LtCdr. J. Robert "Bobby" Stone, USN (R.I.P.) |
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losttoy Understands reinventing
Joined: 02 Apr 2002 Posts: 429 Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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worst host ... worst movies. I never cared for Kirk Douglas.
Although this demon, throws an interesting twist to this story. _________________
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Cyborg Caveman Frequent Poster
Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 54 Location: Somewhere in the Pleistocene Era
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Rip Tanion wrote: | Worst host ever?
I thought that title was reserved for Chevy Chase. |
Nope. Pat Sajak all the way, baby!
And for the fellow who doesn't like Kirk - - I am Spartacus!
Now you do it! _________________ Greg O. |
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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No, I am Spartacus! |
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I just want so say thank god. I thought that the little devil was his tounge. (haha! I can use little devil literally! Thank's Scott!)
And he has a nipple piercing. This guy is bad. |
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Greg Stephens Forum Founder
Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 3861 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Y'know, in panel 13 I really thought she was going to just say "Okay" like she'd done previously. _________________ Good morning! That's a nice tnetennba. |
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DecafSilicon Consistant Poster
Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 169 Location: Grove City College, PA, USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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How Hortense got her groove back. |
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Cyborg Caveman Frequent Poster
Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 54 Location: Somewhere in the Pleistocene Era
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Greg Stephens wrote: | Y'know, in panel 13 I really thought she was going to just say "Okay" like she'd done previously. |
Heh. Same here. Although it is kind of amusing to see her apathetic passivity (is that even a word?) disrupted by the little devil coming on to her. Maybe she's the next host in line? If it's the Evil Men Forget to Do maybe a woman won't forget to do it. _________________ Greg O. |
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Googy Guest
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2003 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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its obvious shes likes white guys but is prejudiced against red guys. |
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Tim Tylor Consistant Poster
Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 168 Location: Cornwall, Great Britain
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 3:53 am Post subject: |
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Do I scent a punchline? |
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Rip Tanion Reinvents understanding
Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 635 Location: The Riptania Sky-Palace in da beauuuuuutiful Bronx.
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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I knew it!
I knew that Brad Pitt was in league with the denizens of Hell. How else could someone as wooden as a cigar store Indian get so many acting gigs, unless he sold his soul to the Devil?
By the way, I am Spartacus. _________________ "Park the beers, and grab the smiles. It's flight time." - LtCdr. J. Robert "Bobby" Stone, USN (R.I.P.) |
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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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And I am Miles Gloriousus. Actually, I'm not, but my friend is.
Hmmm...perhaps a breakup of Bennifer?
Or maybe she's the reason why the wedding was postponed! She caused evil! Yeah!...
I'll shut up now. |
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:43 am Post subject: |
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i am vincent van gomango |
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DecafSilicon Consistant Poster
Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 169 Location: Grove City College, PA, USA
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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No, Hortense, no! Reassert your feminine power! |
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Corax Forum Member
Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 16 Location: Northern CA
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Oka-ay, Scott's in the comic now... I give up on predicting where this is going. |
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Greg Stephens Forum Founder
Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 3861 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, okay.... Waitaminnit... What?
Wonder what's coming next... _________________ Good morning! That's a nice tnetennba. |
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DecafSilicon Consistant Poster
Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 169 Location: Grove City College, PA, USA
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Did Scott forget to do some evil?
Scott, for shame! Always remember your evil! |
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Rip Tanion Reinvents understanding
Joined: 12 Apr 2002 Posts: 635 Location: The Riptania Sky-Palace in da beauuuuuutiful Bronx.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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DecafSilicon wrote: | Did Scott forget to do some evil? |
Yeah, Scott should have picked up Kirk Douglas' tommy-gun, and filled that demon full of hot, merciless lead, and then made off with the girl, and taught her to understand comics.
"That'll learn 'er!"
BTW Am I only one that sees a bit of that Vulcan gal from Enterprise in Hortense? _________________ "Park the beers, and grab the smiles. It's flight time." - LtCdr. J. Robert "Bobby" Stone, USN (R.I.P.) |
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DecafSilicon Consistant Poster
Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 169 Location: Grove City College, PA, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Curtain up.
Decaf creeps up to the mike. He is dressed in drab, non-confrontational clothing.
He coughs below the mike's threshold. He taps it gently and cringes at the resultant dissonance.
"Er...one could say...that half of Mr. McCloud's recent comics...could just as well have ended this way?"
He bites his lip. It bleeds.
"I respect him greatly, but I feel like quality has fallen since "Man-eating Shoes" and "Meadow of the Damned" when Mr. McCloud knew just where he was going when he picked the title. Or if he didn't, he could've fooled me.
"So, erm, I just wish him the best in planning the next comic, and I hope it is concrete enough that my puny gray matter can grasp it. An understandable comic -- heh, heh -- will refresh my faith in Mr. McCloud and spur me to vote for titles that matter."
Decaf sighs, but he crumples, unable to refill his lungs. A medic drags him from the stage.
Curtain down. |
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Greg Stephens Forum Founder
Joined: 14 Apr 2001 Posts: 3861 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think that question is out of bounds. I guess the question is what should the nature of the "improv" part of the M.I. be? How much does planning come into it? I suspect that the answer is something along the lines that in some cases, a title suggests a story to him fully-formed, with an ending, and some times he just has no idea what he'll be doing from one day to the next (so it's really improvised each morning).
I would disagree, however, that the endings have been weaker since "Man-Eating Shoes." Some have been better than others but, for the most part, I think they work. "Somnivore," "Uninformed Bob," and "The Parallelogram's Revenge" in particular strike me as quite well done.
Further- The practice of allowing the audience to vote on what the next title is would actually increase the likelihood that a title will be chosen that doesn't speak immediately to his creative process. _________________ Good morning! That's a nice tnetennba. |
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