Topic: biggest webcomic pet peeve? (Read 10584 times)

clarerose · « **on:** 31 Aug 2007, 13:04 »

some comics just really suck lately.
name-dropping and political loathing hasnt appealed to anyone since 9/11/01.

any other things that annoy you?

Caiphana · « **Reply #1 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 13:42 »

Guest strips, because that means I have to wait until the next update for the story to keep going.

Stefan Autsa · « **Reply #2 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 14:09 »

Not updating on a slated update day without a reason, for sure. Although I'd say that's more disappointment than a pet peeve.

My main pet peeve with webcomics is the name "webcomics". Honestly, who uses the "Web" anymore? It could only be worse if they were called Cybercomics. Or Digicomics.

"dotCom-ics", maybe?

clarerose · « **Reply #3 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 14:10 »

Quote from: Anyways on 31 Aug 2007, 13:34

Yeah.
Quote
Retarded political jokes
That word at the beginning of that sentence.
Please don't use it.

nope, i'm gonna use it. thanks.

iliketodraw · « **Reply #4 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 15:03 »

I personally can't stand bad artwork in any sort of comic, but then again i'm pretty much an art nerd so no surprises there. I don't like literature that inspires no emotion in me whatsoever. If i don't laugh, cry or at least smile a little then the chances are i'm not going to be interested enough to continue reading.

jeph · « **Reply #5 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 15:47 »

My biggest webcomic pet peeve is people complaining about something they get for free.

Caiphana · « **Reply #6 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 15:48 »

Oh, we pay for it. Obsession is expensive. *points to various PA merch that cost me over $100 in one go*

jeph · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 Aug 2007, 15:49 »

Also this:

Quote from: clarerose on 31 Aug 2007, 13:04

political loathing hasnt appealed to anyone since 9/11/01.

Is so untrue it makes me laugh just thinking about it. Have you EVER watched Fox News?

Stefan Autsa · « **Reply #8 on:** 01 Sep 2007, 08:20 »

My biggest webcomic pet peeve is webcomic artists complaining about people complaining about something they get for free.

jeph · « **Reply #9 on:** 01 Sep 2007, 15:19 »

Oh man, that's meta.

CardboardBox · « **Reply #10 on:** 01 Sep 2007, 18:14 »

Maybe it's because there are a lot of musical references that constitute QC punchlines, but I find it funny that no one chose the music option. This poll is also early in the game.

3Z3VH · « **Reply #11 on:** 02 Sep 2007, 02:46 »

When an artist gets an idea that doesn't fit with their current characters, so they invent a new character... then repeat that several times till their cast becomes impossible to track.

Rhiannon · « **Reply #12 on:** 02 Sep 2007, 06:10 »

I don't like it when an artist uses big blocks of writing to explain something, I do think, cut it down or add more panels. Also when an artist doesn't add more panels and in one panel the character conveys more than one emotion in their speech, but their look only displays one.

McTaggart · « **Reply #13 on:** 02 Sep 2007, 08:37 »

When the artwork isn't a magic-eye.

Runs_With_Scissors · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Sep 2007, 17:07 »

My biggest pet peeve, is when artists write that 'I spent my money buying a tattoo and can't pay to have the comic up anymore, be back in July' and then never pick the comic back up again. So Common So Cheap did something like this and it makes me so angry. I loved that comic just as much as QC.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Sep 2007, 22:43 »

Honestly, Something Awful and "John Solomon" have pretty much ruined webcomics for me.

Sucks.

bryanthelion · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 Sep 2007, 10:12 »

when noone reads your web comic

I think that should be a choice.

clarerose · « **Reply #17 on:** 05 Sep 2007, 13:24 »

Quote from: jeph on 31 Aug 2007, 15:49

Also this:

Quote from: clarerose on 31 Aug 2007, 13:04
political loathing hasnt appealed to anyone since 9/11/01.

Is so untrue it makes me laugh just thinking about it. Have you EVER watched Fox News?

have you EVER watched anything else?
wait wait. lemme guess. "you read news online."

tomselleck69 · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 Sep 2007, 20:01 »

I would venture that political loathing, in all its forms, is in the thick of a renaissance at the moment.

clarerose · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Sep 2007, 14:50 »

Quote from: Anyways on 05 Sep 2007, 13:30

I think his point was that people obviously care about it, seeing as it's being run a lot on one of the biggest news broadcasters in the USA, not to make you look like an idiot.

my point was, people are sick of it. we get it. liberals are unhappy.

jeph · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Sep 2007, 15:38 »

Quote from: clarerose on 05 Sep 2007, 13:24

Quote from: jeph on 31 Aug 2007, 15:49
Also this:

Quote from: clarerose on 31 Aug 2007, 13:04
political loathing hasnt appealed to anyone since 9/11/01.

Is so untrue it makes me laugh just thinking about it. Have you EVER watched Fox News?

have you EVER watched anything else?
wait wait. lemme guess. "you read news online."

This response makes no sense to me.

Quote from: clarerose on 06 Sep 2007, 14:50

Quote from: Anyways on 05 Sep 2007, 13:30
I think his point was that people obviously care about it, seeing as it's being run a lot on one of the biggest news broadcasters in the USA, not to make you look like an idiot.

my point was, people are sick of it. we get it. liberals are unhappy.

MY point was, you're making an incredibly broad generalization about literally everyone who reads webcomics and as such it is almost guaranteed to be inaccurate. I believe the popularity of things like the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, Ted Rall cartoons, and (on the other side of the coin) Mallard Fillmore (ugh) basically disproves your statement.

Icoop · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 Sep 2007, 17:42 »

Does "illegible font/text" fit under artwork?

clarerose · « **Reply #22 on:** 06 Sep 2007, 19:38 »

Quote from: Anyways on 06 Sep 2007, 15:42

'kay, no offense intended against anyone but this thread is getting pretty ridiculous. Could we just... Let it slide? or something?

it is. it wasnt my intent to start anything political. it just so happened that the last 5 or so comics were constantly dissing republicans, and it just gets old, so i added it to the poll. i could really care less to argue about anything on here. consider it "slid." "slided."
i like making up words.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #23 on:** 06 Sep 2007, 22:08 »

sporadic updates

Quote from: Ozymandias on 02 Sep 2007, 22:43

"John Solomon"

wow, he really dislikes many webcomics

TheBoredOne · « **Reply #24 on:** 07 Sep 2007, 13:49 »

I don't really like it when topical celebrity humor is thrown in, for lack of better humor.
If I wanted to read or hear redundant celebrity put-downs, I'd turn on the TV or buy a magazine.

I think it takes away from the timeless feel of a comic, if you're going through the archives and read something that was funny that one month in '98.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #25 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 17:58 »

I'm just going to jump in and add my two cents to clare's complaint of political discourse in a webcomic.

It is annoying when it seems to come out of nowhere, e.g. when Joe and Monkey just turned into Zach ranting about Republicansh for a week or two. I read Joe and Monkey to see hijinks, not political commentary from a webcomic author. It's one thing if you're in it because you want political commentary, like Colbert or Mallard Fillmore, it's another if you just want a talking monkey <insert Bush joke.>

Still, whatever, it's a rare occurrence.

Also, yeah. That dude really hates a lots of webcomics. But his non-ad hominem arguments are sound.

twentyfour · « **Reply #26 on:** 18 Sep 2007, 13:54 »

I voted bad art. There is a lot of crap art out there yea, but when your comic has been around for years and your "style" hasn't evolved much beyond adding colour... Maybe you should invest in some art classes at the local community college.

Also, can I say neverending overlapping plots? Cuz there's a couple comics I used to read that got so complicated to follow without re-reading the archives monthly I just bailed out.

Icoop · « **Reply #27 on:** 20 Sep 2007, 17:11 »

No wai. this thread is useful for up and coming webcomicists.

jeph · « **Reply #28 on:** 20 Sep 2007, 17:47 »

Yeah I think this one has run its course.

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Author Topic: biggest webcomic pet peeve? (Read 10584 times)

clarerose

Stefan Autsa

clarerose

Stefan Autsa

CardboardBox

Rhiannon

clarerose

clarerose

Icoop

clarerose

twentyfour

Icoop