Comments on: Strip News http://artpatient.com/2008/12/12/strip-news-18/ webcomic news, reviews and commentary Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: delos http://artpatient.com/2008/12/12/strip-news-18/comment-page-1/#comment-114 delos Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:17:58 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=661#comment-114 Thanks! I'm always hopeful that folks get something useful out of the posts. Only nine months to go before American Otaku hits a year. Hang in there. :) I have too many favorite comics to read them regularly, so I make it a point to go back and catch up periodically. Thanks! I’m always hopeful that folks get something useful out of the posts.

Only nine months to go before American Otaku hits a year. Hang in there. :)

I have too many favorite comics to read them regularly, so I make it a point to go back and catch up periodically.

]]> By: Alex http://artpatient.com/2008/12/12/strip-news-18/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Alex Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:31:12 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=661#comment-113 btw, how many webcomics do you follow? it must be a lot, huh. btw, how many webcomics do you follow? it must be a lot, huh.

]]> By: Alex http://artpatient.com/2008/12/12/strip-news-18/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Alex Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:29:38 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=661#comment-112 Another great blog entry. wow! one year for Webcomic Beacon? nice! I still have a long way to go to reach that point ;) I followed up on all of links you provided. It definitely gave me good ideas to help my webcomics. Thanx!!! Another great blog entry. wow! one year for Webcomic Beacon? nice! I still have a long way to go to reach that point ;)

I followed up on all of links you provided. It definitely gave me good ideas to help my webcomics. Thanx!!!

]]> By: delos http://artpatient.com/2008/12/12/strip-news-18/comment-page-1/#comment-111 delos Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:04:23 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=661#comment-111 ooh. Good point. I enjoy stories that are not in too big of a rush so I can enjoy the art and the writing. I'm not sure why writers can't stick with a series for a year and let a big character story unfold. They seem to get itchy feet before they can complete an arc. It's too bad the big two have crossover frenzy. I suspect it will continue, though. ooh. Good point. I enjoy stories that are not in too big of a rush so I can enjoy the art and the writing. I’m not sure why writers can’t stick with a series for a year and let a big character story unfold. They seem to get itchy feet before they can complete an arc.

It’s too bad the big two have crossover frenzy. I suspect it will continue, though.

]]> By: El Santo http://artpatient.com/2008/12/12/strip-news-18/comment-page-1/#comment-110 El Santo Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:06:20 +0000 http://www.artpatient.com/?p=661#comment-110 Re: comics and drawn out storylines. The article, which mentioned trade paperbacks as a main driver in the lengthening of storylines, should have included another factor: artists are more or less on equal footing nowadays with writers. Rather than clogging up pages with dialogue and little text boxes (look at those early issues of Fantastic Four, for example), Western artists now take a page from manga and take their time showing the sequences take place. It's not enough for Captain America to just sock his first into a bad guy anymore; you've got to see him throw the guy over his back, see close-ups of the emotions in their faces, watch as they come to a standstill... those things. It's something that struck me while reading Astonishing X-Men ... the TPB was an incredibly quick read, but the pages were packed with more artistic nuances. Still not a fan of those massive crossovers, though. Marvel and DC need to cool it for 2009. Re: comics and drawn out storylines. The article, which mentioned trade paperbacks as a main driver in the lengthening of storylines, should have included another factor: artists are more or less on equal footing nowadays with writers. Rather than clogging up pages with dialogue and little text boxes (look at those early issues of Fantastic Four, for example), Western artists now take a page from manga and take their time showing the sequences take place. It’s not enough for Captain America to just sock his first into a bad guy anymore; you’ve got to see him throw the guy over his back, see close-ups of the emotions in their faces, watch as they come to a standstill… those things. It’s something that struck me while reading Astonishing X-Men … the TPB was an incredibly quick read, but the pages were packed with more artistic nuances.

Still not a fan of those massive crossovers, though. Marvel and DC need to cool it for 2009.

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