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kid astronaut:
i have a comic which is extremely simple (heads drawn in mspaint with no background) and focuses like pretty much completely on dialogue.  the only thing i do is position the heads and change their expressions, pretty much.  i have been drawing it for a while now, but it only occurred to me recently to share it, so i gave it to a couple of friends and stuff, and they seem to be pretty cool with it.  they say they like it, which i guess they could be lying, but the strips they say are their favorites are often my favorites too, so that appears to line up pretty well.

i posted the url to my site on another board and got SHOT DOWN.  people are mostly citing the talking heads thing for this, saying that comics are a visual medium and blah blah blah.

the thing that i enjoy most about writing in comic is inserting some sort of timing into it, and the disparity between what a character says and what he looks like.  i think the simplicity of the talking heads format suits these needs pretty elegantly without being visually overpowering, but i guess i have odd tastes.  (also i can't draw.)

without talking specifically about my comic, i was wondering what everyone thinks about the validity of talking-head comics, especially considering how awesome i personally think qwantz is.

torg:
hmm like most people get bored quickly with comics that dont provide visual variety. funny texts are not enough to keep me attentive as i could also spend that time reading books.
and its not very likely that the texts ALWAYS are funny enough to really make me laugh....

kid astronaut:
well yes but neither is visual humor... regardless of your format, it is difficult not to suck.

torg:
but  the visuals are the thing why comics exist at all *g*

Hoborg:
Sometimes talking-head comics are ok if they use the minimalist concept as a tool in the writing of the jokes, or if you have really fantastic writing that you want to call attention to. But if its just an excuse to put some text on a page in image form, it usually won't work too well. But either way, if you want to make a comic, make a comic. The hardest part about writing one is actually doing it. So don't feel like your comics arent worth making, continue what you're doing and you'll get better. Experiment with drawing stuff different ways.

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