tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post6512622307245376289..comments2024-03-17T05:03:46.056-07:00Comments on xkcd sucks: xkcd takes over Dinosaur ComicsCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-75277311158146547872009-04-28T23:15:00.000-07:002009-04-28T23:15:00.000-07:00perhaps - but at the very, very least, he puts waa...perhaps - but at the very, very least, he puts waaaay more effort in than Randy. He has tons and tons of words (too many, for lots of people) and tons and tons of pretty good art. Randy is crap with just stick figures and "ha ha, ur mom"Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28268648923025320052009-04-28T22:52:00.000-07:002009-04-28T22:52:00.000-07:00The thing that I hate about the DC guest comic was...The thing that I hate about the DC guest comic was how painfully the last panel explained the rest of the joke. Randall's insufferable "True love means wallowing in angst" is bad enough, but then he wheezes out an exposition that says "In case you didn't get it, here's the most awkward explanation."<br /><br />Also, I kind of hate Subnormality (and the CRACKED.com spinoff Abnormality), since it seems to channel the worst of Randall's pretentiousness, only <I>all the time.</I>John Magnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04416392917805723793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-53741701090347111492008-10-29T16:47:00.000-07:002008-10-29T16:47:00.000-07:00Um... I guess what makes Dinosaur Comics so unpall...Um... I guess what makes Dinosaur Comics so unpallatable for me is that it is 99.999% text. I need more visual stuff.<BR/>Take for example viruscomix.com's Subnormality - it has TONS of text but has visual art so it makes it much more pallatable for me. Am I too lacking in concentration to read it? Sure am. :'-(<BR/><BR/>I did like it for a long time now... Sometimes I still go back to google.com/reader and read one or two strips, although they do keep pilling up... (;_;)cow_2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14096806199197429766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-43173809501567553992008-10-29T13:21:00.000-07:002008-10-29T13:21:00.000-07:00I can't argue that any art at all is better than D...I can't argue that any art at all is better than Dinosaur Comics art, and when he puts his mind to it Randall is a pretty cool artist. But I do still love Dinosaur comics...It's cool if you don't, I recognize that it happens to be a style of humor that particularly appeals to me (I just <I>think</I> much the T-Rex does, and probably like Ryan North does).<BR/><BR/>It's kind of like the movie Walk Hard. I thought it was one of the funniest new movies I've seen in five years, but I understand if you don't. But let's concentrate on those things we can agree on: xkcd sucks hard! yay.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-27822840015748182932008-10-29T11:11:00.000-07:002008-10-29T11:11:00.000-07:00I agree that xkcd.com is a very sad, soon to die, ...I agree that xkcd.com is a very sad, soon to die, horse, but Dinosaur Comics is not in a better shape. At least Randell draws his own sucky comics instead of doing what you describe as "just type some words into the ordinary template and hit copy and paste and resize and bunch of times".<BR/>Both comics are dragged on the dirt like if only we could find a vet they could make them all better again.<BR/><BR/>A thought: Maybe, instead of publishing on fixed schedule, they could just concentrate on publishing good art?<BR/>Another one: There is a reason why many artists have a drawer to keep their doodles and doodies locked. Some art should be published... err... well, maybe they should just decide what is the best and put all the others in an internet, open access, drawer. That in alternative to wasting all of our time...<BR/><BR/>Carl, BTW, when I first found your blog I was relieved because all of my friends still think xkcd is not a very sad skraggy horse with one foot in the grave.cow_2001https://www.blogger.com/profile/14096806199197429766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-74342506791856806332008-10-21T00:36:00.000-07:002008-10-21T00:36:00.000-07:00Damn, Ariel, I should have thought of that one! At...Damn, Ariel, I should have thought of that one! At first I was all like "dude I totally already read Abstruse Goose" but then I realized you were referring to that specific one. Yeah, that is pretty close - and I'll point out that that one does, in fact, approach a climax without ever reaching it.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-28717551551331149012008-10-20T23:03:00.000-07:002008-10-20T23:03:00.000-07:00http://abstrusegoose.com/1http://abstrusegoose.com/1Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13513624720954178448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-91974248292535690982008-10-20T18:21:00.000-07:002008-10-20T18:21:00.000-07:00A Softer World is the sort of comic I would make i...A Softer World is the sort of comic I would make if I had talent. It feels like something you have to be kind of like me to appreciate, though.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-24510400258641610862008-10-20T16:55:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:55:00.000-07:00I really liked his Softer World parody as well (mo...I really liked his Softer World parody as well (more than 99% of Softer World comics). Heck, I liked his <A HREF="http://xkcd.com/145/" REL="nofollow">first parody of dinosaur comics</A>. a lot too. Especially its alt-text. That was spot on.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01074589998141327538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714810984552499396.post-56108272027676723052008-10-20T16:30:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:30:00.000-07:00This post was lonely.It was not a bad comic, but I...This post was lonely.<BR/><BR/>It was not a bad comic, but I think it tried too hard. His parody of A Softer World was much better (long ago). This was amusing but unmemorable and unremarkable.rshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828938843801425383noreply@blogger.com