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Fun Stuff => MAKE => Topic started by: whitnelson on 29 Mar 2006, 09:53
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It seems like the trend in comics is toward multiframe story and plot and such. Is there a place for a single frame - one shot joke comic anymore? I don't like plot, it makes my feet itch. Also it seems like with 3 frames of setup, a joke is a breeze ... What is a single frame comic to do?
-- whit
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (http://www.smbc-comics.com) One of three comics that cracks me up almost every time. (Sore Thumbs and Overcompensating being the other two. Sorry Jeph, I love QC more for the story than jokes) It's a great single panel.
And really, The Far Side is brilliant. Up there with Calvin and Hobbes to me.
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Nothing can beat Family Circus!
(http://www.stat.psu.edu/~resources/Cartoons/cartoon010.gif)
Hah! Such a humourous slice of life! I can't get enough!
/sarcasm off
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Toothpaste for Dinner (http://www.toothpastefordinner.com) and Natalie Dee (http://www.nataliedee.com) are two very excellent single-frame comics that update daily are are funny more times than not. They also collaborated together on Married to the Sea (http://www.marriedtothesea.com).
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for a long time my sister and i thought they were drawn by the same person.
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Don't forget Voices in My Hand.
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what?
how can you forget the perry bible fellowship? (http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html)
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what?
how can you forget the perry bible fellowship? (http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html)
That's not really a single-panel strip.
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(http://homepage.mac.com/davecobb/slutty.jpg)
what? the family circus rules, screw you
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what?
how can you forget the perry bible fellowship? (http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html)
That's not really a single-panel strip.
neither is SMBC sometimes, look at the latest one for example
8 of them there
i just figured he meant a non plot-driven one, OC isnt single panel, it is quite consistently 3 panels
i'm sure there are single frame PBFs
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I think the consensus is that single-panel comics are alive and well. When done properly they are teh awesome. SMBC is one of my favorite comics. (don't forget Angry Little Girls (http://www.angrylittlegirls.com/), btw).
However if you want to develop a more traditional, story-driven comic I can't imagine using only one panel at a time unless you were some sort of super-genius.
PS You need a "first" button on your site.
PPS "I'm edgy" actually made me snort
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(http://www.amillionthingstodo.com/yay/Maraca.png)
Seriously, guys, how has it not been mentioned yet?
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You mean kind of like Kirbo did?
And really, The Far Side is brilliant. Up there with Calvin and Hobbes to me.
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The farside clearly just won the thread.
Also I read your comics, and the horse Power one made me chuckle. :-)
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You mean kind of like Kirbo did?
And really, The Far Side is brilliant. Up there with Calvin and Hobbes to me.
I AM BLIND
EDIT: I also like your comic. "Beating a Dead Horse at Checkers" is totally going into my vocabulary now.
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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (http://www.smbc-comics.com) One of three comics that cracks me up almost every time. (Sore Thumbs and Overcompensating being the other two. Sorry Jeph, I love QC more for the story than jokes) It's a great single panel.
And really, The Far Side is brilliant. Up there with Calvin and Hobbes to me.
god yes. i love SMBC. soooooo sacrilegious.