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Holly Jolly · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 3:27 pm

Okay here are comics I've made for fun for the past two months. Most of them relate with Nintendo, and IGN since that's were I have been posting them, so you might not undertand the jokes. I really just wanted you to respond about what errors, and so forth you see in my art, thanks.
http://www.geocities.com/hollyjolly44

GezusK · junior member Member # Joined: 19 Oct 2000 Posts: 8

Well, I guess they're funny if you like the Gamecube. Not sure why they had to be comics, since there's really nothing going on in most of the drawings, its just people.

Holly Jolly · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 4:11 pm

Sorry, they are only somewhat funny if you like Nintendo, or go to the IGNboards a lot. As for people sitting around, well I don't really undertand such a comment. When your in front of your computer what do you do, when you talking to a friend what do you do? I don't follow, besides I wanted to see what you thought about the art, not the actually comics.

Sc00p- · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 5:37 pm

I don't have any critique about the content, but more about howto communicate a comic strip properly.

What you need to build on this, is atmosphere. Place your characters in some scenes, and PLEASE put them in some sequence, separated by the standard boxes, otherwise you can't tell who belongs to which panel, if they're all just floating heads/bodies. Also, try using some comic-style speech bubbles.

I can tell you've borrowed some of your comic's premise from penny-arcade, so don't be shy and make your panels look a little more similar..it's not like they invented panel-frames and speech bubble graphics, they'll make your comic much easier to follow.

In some of your strips, it defies all standard comic-reading logic, by not being clear about where the reader should read next.

Just some simple, but very important comments on howto make the strip more effective. Hey, your strip will be even funnier when people know howto view it properly.

6 hen 2 kids & a red · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 5:45 pm

I would put the comics that you like the best, or the newest ones, at the top.

Holly Jolly · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2001 6:43 pm

Sc00p- I know what your saying, and I will improve. At the time all I have is a pencil, a scanner, and a very limited knowledge about computers. I'm getting Photoshop on Monday, hopefully then I can improve the way the comics are set up, but at the time trying to make the comics look all pro would take forever.