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WCDT: 2761-2765 (4-8 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
DrBear:
Well, with QC and Jeph, change has been a constant. I did think for a moment after seeing this one that there had been a guest comic for the day. I am just wondering if Pintsize will get bigger eyes as well O_O
Thrillho:
Thank God I agree with you. Disagreeing with someone with a Hobbes avatar would've broken my heart.
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 05 Aug 2014, 05:17 ---Take a lesson from the Canadians - there's always time to be polite.
(click to show/hide)Unless you're playing hockey, then it's no more Mr. or Ms. Nice Country.
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I have had a Canadian player apologize for checking me into the boards AS he was doing it.
--- Quote from: NilsO on 05 Aug 2014, 06:41 ---Hanners should have learned by now not to take crap from customers. I can think of a couple of appropriate responses:
* Are you talking to me, or to the phone?
* Sorry, no habla Starbucks
* This isn't Italy and we aren't Starbucks
* (click to show/hide)
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When I was working as a barista right after I got out of the Marines, I actually told a customer "Sorry, no habla Starbucks" when she gave me an order for something in starbuckese at approximately mach 2. I was fully expecting an ass chewing from my manager after she left with her drink, but apparently that customer is a constant pain in the ass and the only way to handle her is getting in her face a little.
Fuck I hated that job.
On the art change, I for one welcome our new loose and easy overlords. The characters are still them, and if the art's a little easier on Jephizba, Troll Master General, then I can dig it.
MrCorvin:
--- Quote from: Janet_Yellens_yellin on 06 Aug 2014, 22:49 ---I do acknowledge that the early strips were quite cartoonish as well, but I'd argue that they were built upon an entirely different kind of humor, which eventually evolved significantly to that of today. So now (in my opinion) we have a cartoonish art style clashing with the more realistic, "modern" writing, perhaps resulting in the dissonance I experienced at Marigold's previously mentioned reaction. My question is: will the writing now evolve to create unity with the art? Of course, I may be an outlier in my reaction, as well, and no change in the writing may be needed.
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However I would like to point out, he had gone so far as to redraw them for the book to give them a more "current" look.
It as if the art is drawing around May then May going around everyone else. It was really a bit of a culture shock from comic 2762 to 2763. I'm not a huge fan of the current style, it just looks too anime to me. We'll see if it starts to affect enjoying the comic storyarchs. That would make me a sad panda.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: Mojo on 07 Aug 2014, 09:42 ---Thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. As an artist myself, I've always preferred the expressionist style. However, it seems to me that much of the appeal of a comic like this is its ability to draw the reader INTO the setting. We're interacting vicariously with these characters. Thus, I think a more "realistic" style is more conducive to that appeal. The expressive style is fun and all, but it kind of breaks down the connection to the characters.
Just my opinion, of course.
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That's just it; I don't mind the style elsewhere, but here it seems like it would get limiting very quickly. One of the things that "works" about Jeph's artwork -- especially in the last few years' worth of strips -- is what he's been able to get out of facial expressions, in addition to (or sometimes in place of) his dialogue. When your characters look perpetually shocked or on the verge of copious weeping by default, it tends to limit your options a bit.
PS: Yes, I'm aware it's his strip and he can do as he damn well pleases (and will do so). Just my opinion.
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