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other reader opinions?
tomselleck69:
--- Quote from: zagraf on 12 Sep 2009, 09:02 ---I think Jeph would do well to consider T Campbell
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hahaha WOO
schmeeble:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Sep 2009, 17:33 ---Since we've got an opinions thread going, here are mine.
It's great to have an actual conversation with Jeph about his approach to the comic.
I understand and respect the approach of keeping things fresh and discontinuing running gags before they become trite and stale.
I'm not tired of Raven and believe there's room to explore her character further with no risk of beating things into the ground.
I believe the relationship between a storyteller and an audience is paradoxical, since a skilled and creative storyteller is in the business of pleasing the audience by not giving them what they want. If the audience knew in advance what they'd enjoy, they'd write it themselves. Storytelling involves surprising the audience and presenting them with things they didn't know they wanted. Who was reading the first 500 comics and thinking "gee, what the strip really needs is a chick with OCD who will butt into Marten's business after following him around secretly"? But Jeph did it and it worked. And yet if a storyteller doesn't please the audience then they leave and he becomes a monologuer rather than a storyteller.
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ps: thank you for understanding the point of this thread! :)
jonarus_drakus:
I AM NOW A BALOON ANIMAL SERIAL KILLER! WOO!
Just thought you might like to know seing as there is about as much value in sharing that little tidbit as there is in sharing an endless stream of complaint/counter complaint posts about complaining, GAH!
tinkerbell:
--- Quote from: schmeeble on 13 Sep 2009, 08:18 ---
again, i didn't start this thread for everyone to kiss jeph's ass. perhaps you can start another thread for that?
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Just because you did not start this thread for those who actually like the way the comic has progressed does not mean we cannot join in. :-D
Perhaps if you did not want everyone's opinion you should have specified in the subject area, rather than just saying "other reader opinions".
tinkerbell:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Sep 2009, 17:33 ---Since we've got an opinions thread going, here are mine.
It's great to have an actual conversation with Jeph about his approach to the comic.
I understand and respect the approach of keeping things fresh and discontinuing running gags before they become trite and stale.
I'm not tired of Raven and believe there's room to explore her character further with no risk of beating things into the ground.
I believe the relationship between a storyteller and an audience is paradoxical, since a skilled and creative storyteller is in the business of pleasing the audience by not giving them what they want. If the audience knew in advance what they'd enjoy, they'd write it themselves. Storytelling involves surprising the audience and presenting them with things they didn't know they wanted. Who was reading the first 500 comics and thinking "gee, what the strip really needs is a chick with OCD who will butt into Marten's business after following him around secretly"? But Jeph did it and it worked. And yet if a storyteller doesn't please the audience then they leave and he becomes a monologuer rather than a storyteller.
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I do not think that Jeph is quite done with Raven yet, I mean, there has been no mention of an Allosaurus attack :-P
It is indeed a problem that if a storytell does not weave an interesting story to keep people around it will become a monologue, but that if the storyteller were to take the advice and just write whatever they told him to there would be no surprise.
Hell, if he took the advice of a lot of people the comic would pretty much just be one big orgy what with the shippers.
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