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You're A Good Man, Marten Reed
akronnick:
The multi-episode story arc thing is relatively new phenomenon.
In '80s TV, the only shows in Prime Time that did it were the 10pm dramas. Sit-coms would only leave plot-points hanging if they were going to do a two-part episode, otherwise everything went back to the way it was at the beginning. (Much to the downfall of many a Mrs. Cartwright) Even action shows like Knight Rider, The A-Team and Dukes of Hazzard would wrap things up by the last commercial.
Today, almost every scripted show on television will have season spanning storylines.
Carl-E:
You don't need to be a web comic to be arc oriented. A lot of the syndicated dailies had arcs...
Just not Peanuts. Although, there were occasionally short ones even in that strip.
Now, let's see...
Dale = Franklin (the only black kid in the Peanuts strip)
Hannelore = Sally (which fits really well with her being Charlie Brown's little sister, given Hannelore and Marten's relationship)
Dora = Peppermint Patty (the bossiness fits, and didn't Peppermint Patty always pretend she had a relationship with Chuck?)
Or maybe Padma - Peppermint Patty.
Marigold = Pigpen (at least, initially)
Tai = Frida (come on, she is pretty self-absorbed)
Sven = Schroeder (this is the "new" Sven, music & aloofness combined)
That's all I can think of right now.
Yarin:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 29 Nov 2011, 07:02 ---No, no, it's not that bad -- just replace the love/sex relationship of Angus and Faye with the brother/sister relationship of Linus and Lucy...
Please. Replace it, before you think of another single thing.
Thank you for your time and attention.
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i didn't replace it now my brain is scared
Coffee_Kaioken:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 29 Nov 2011, 04:28 ---Jeph tweeted only today:
--- Quote from: Jeph Jaques ---My favorite quote about cartooning is from Charles Schulz: "Cartooning will destroy you, it will break your heart."
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I did say in the other WCDT that both Jacques and Schulz have suffered from depression and anxiety, as well.
In terms of success, popularity, marketing, etc. - Jacques can't honestly compare to Schulz.
In terms of characters that can be related to? I'm not sure if Jacques has Schulz beat in that department or if they're on par. I remember thinking to myself when first reading QC, "this is like Peanuts, but on the adult level." The thing about Peanuts was that both kids and adults could relate; with QC, you have to be a certain age to 'get it', as is with Scott Pilgrim. (I wonder if Bryan Lee O'Malley suffers his own mental issues)
Honestly, I've read other comics - Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, Penny Arcade, Ctrl Alt Del, etc. - none of them really peak my interest the way QC has, and it's because of the same factor that Peanuts had going for it when it first made it's debut: character relatability. Most of the other comics at that time were bam, pow, sock' em, or just plain old goof. Li'l Folks showed us actual humans, in a sense.
Carl-E:
You couldn't relate to Calvin?
or Hobbes?
Daaaaaaaang...
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