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Jack Masters · Consistant Poster Joined: 04 Jun 2001 Posts: 181

I think monkeytown is perhaps recieving more then its share of deconstructionary dialog and artistic critisism, eh what? There are other comics in the world to talk about, you know.
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Fett101 · Regular Poster Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 31 Location: TN

Randy · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 3:43 pm Post subject:

I know that I'm amazed at what a response this thread is getting! I say that we stop monkeying around here, and start talking about other comics.
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Fett101 · Regular Poster Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 31 Location: TN

I must ask. How do you get that pic in ur sig. I tried once, and all I got was code instead of a pic.

No. Forgedabout it. Figured out to just forget about thier silly bbcode and just use good old HTML. Ye haw.
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Allen · Guest

Ooookay.....We're just about to wrap this one up, right there, Scott?

Scott McCloud · Making "Making Comics" Joined: 23 May 2001 Posts: 299

Chris Wright · Guest

So far, I count only 61 instances of the word "monkey". Almost to the halfway point.

Mr. McCloud has yet to explore alien invasions fully, and there are always sea monsters and natural problems and Monkey "A"'s long-lost evil twin....

*runs off, envisioning the stand-off between Monkey "A" and his brother*

Laimes,
Wright.

Greg Stephens · Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2002 7:34 pm Post subject:

It's interesting to see how the audience in general (though I'm sure not all parties are expressing their thoughts) will tolerate certain types of panel-transitions when they are delivered over (roughly) a 24-hour period rather than being seen all at once in a finished comic. Both "Meadow of the Damned" and "Monkeytown" make heavy use of traditional action-to-action transitions as well as being among the stronger narrative comics in the M.I. thus far. It's odd that people seem to be more accepting of shorter stories told in this sort of time-delay style than of longer ones.
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Fett101 · Regular Poster Joined: 28 Apr 2002 Posts: 31 Location: TN

Christopher Lundgren · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 5:12 am Post subject:

See, giant robots. Did I not say there would be giant robots?

...Hey, you know what? I hope Monkey Town really is doomed. Maybe evil will prevail and the city will be destroyed. Or maybe they'll "save the day" only to find that the destruction wraught by the conflict has levelled Monkey Town anyway. Then it could be like a twist ending. Bum bum BUUUM!!

Or maybe... it was all just a DREEEEEAM....

...Um, a monkey dream.

Allen · Guest

Hey, don't get me wrong, I LOVED Meadow of the Damned. I still think it's the best improv yet (and would make a hellishly funny short film). Long form good. Relying completely on throwaway jokes bad.

That's my impatience with Monkeytown. It seems to be a very loooong throwaway joke. I get it!

But who am I to tell Scott McCloud what to print on his website? Follow your muse, you big nut!

Dr. Empirical · Guest

This is weird.

I just got an email from a coworker who is doing a presentation tomorrow. She wanted to know if I had any good monkey clipart.

Super Professor Monkey is going to represent "Undue Haste to Publish" in a seminar on medical error.

I wouldn't be comfortable doing this for a seminar I was getting paid for, but for a one-off internal meeting I don't see the harm.

Does anyone?

Zem · Regular Poster Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Posts: 24

An overzealous fundamentalist, who is also a member of the NRA, could see Prof. Monkey, think he's symbolizing evolution, get very angry, and shoot you in the face.

You never know. You NEVER... KNOW.
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InkAddict · Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2002 7:39 pm Post subject:

Hey! It's actually the first time we get a clear view at the monkey town skyline!

(...also probably the LAST time...hehehe

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Zem · Regular Poster Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Posts: 24

The slow pace of Monkey Town's... unveiling... doesn't really matter to me, mostly because Morning Improv's in a list of... let's see... up to 21 webcomics I read, depending on what day it is. (Monday and Friday are 21ers. The lowest is Sunday, which has only 9.)
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Wikkit · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:33 am Post subject:

You know what would be good to end the monkey strip?

A deus ex machina.

The bad guys will be on the verge of killing the good guys, and suddenly the zookeeper will wake up the baboon that's making it up and feed him a banana. Then he'll go ponder like the one I took a picture of at the Kansas City zoo.

Christopher Lundgren · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 5:39 am Post subject:

I love that picture, man! You're a good photographer.

Alexander D. · Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:04 pm Post subject:

Rip Tanion · Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:35 pm Post subject:

That is a cool pic that Wikkit took. But for the record, I believe it's an orangutan, not a babboon. And we all know you shouldn't mess with an orangutan, else he put you on trial for Scientific Heresy. For they are the "Defenders of the Faith, Guardians of the Terrible Secret"
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ChastMastr · Guest

Good Lord.

It's Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Eek.

Zem · Regular Poster Joined: 07 Apr 2002 Posts: 24

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I have no comment at this time.
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