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  • #61
    It must suck to live in Europe with that humor.

    It's the non-plot comics that are lame.
    Like, totally!
    How could comedy strips compare to the SueEllen/Tommy afair in ComicStrip1? I swear MaryJane was totally jealous of her!

    What do you think?!
    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
    Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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    • #62
      A book is a glorified soap opera. How is it different?

      The reason it is different because once the story ends, it ends. You can go through the story in one sitting. It is self-contained. In the case of Electric Sheep, even the visual style differs wildly from comic to comic: compare Saturnalia, Apocamon, Shapeshifter, , and Overheard @ the Rave. When I Am King has no names for its characters, no text at all. It is all visual.

      Sure, if you're the kind of person that doesn't read for pleasure beyond poorly-written comedy books, who prefers Naked Gun to Citizen Kane, who would rather listen to Britney than Tom Waits, go ahead. Stay bored.

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      • #63
        Personally, I prefer humorous plot-comics.

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        • #64
          Stefu, is Red Meat the really violent one?

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          • #65
            Red Meat isn't particularily violent. It's just twisted. Parking Lot is Full is quite violent. And even more twisted. Too bad it's over.
            "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
            "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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            • #66
              Originally posted by JohnIII
              A book is a glorified soap opera. How is it different?
              A good book does not usually come in regular installments and does not feature shallow characters and plots that people love to feel intellectual about while trying to analyze them.

              The reason it is different because once the story ends, it ends. You can go through the story in one sitting. It is self-contained. In the case of Electric Sheep, even the visual style differs wildly from comic to comic: compare Saturnalia, Apocamon, Shapeshifter, , and Overheard @ the Rave. When I Am King has no names for its characters, no text at all. It is all visual.
              The vast majority of plot-comics are near-daily installments of the same old **** over and over again. The fanbase of said comics are amusing to me, because they don't realize they're reading a stylized soap opera.

              Sure, if you're the kind of person that doesn't read for pleasure beyond poorly-written comedy books, who prefers Naked Gun to Citizen Kane, who would rather listen to Britney than Tom Waits, go ahead. Stay bored.
              I don't read for pleasure, period. Only books I read are technical books.

              And I didn't like Naked Gun or Citizen Kane.

              I don't like "stories" as most people tend to do. There's no real point to them as I see it.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #67
                Whoops, I was thinking of a different one.

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                • #68
                  "I don't like "stories" as most people tend to do. There's no real point to them as I see it."


                  Could it be?

                  Have we got the writer of the 'Planet of the Apes' re-make right here on Apolyton?

                  I like Sinfest.
                  "Wait a minute..this isn''t FAUX dive, it's just a DIVE!"
                  "...Mangy dog staggering about, looking vainly for a place to die."
                  "sauna stories? There are no 'sauna stories'.. I mean.. sauna is sauna. You do by the laws of sauna." -P.

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                  • #69
                    It must suck to live in Europe with that humor.


                    Canada's responsible for Jim Carrey, remember.

                    shallow characters
                    same old **** over and over again.


                    Having fun describing Penny Arcade?
                    "Spirit merges with matter to sanctify the universe. Matter transcends to return to spirit. The interchangeability of matter and spirit means the starlit magic of the outermost life of our universe becomes the soul-light magic of the innermost life of our self." - Dennis Kucinich, candidate for the U. S. presidency
                    "That’s the future of the Democratic Party: providing Republicans with a number of cute (but not that bright) comfort women." - Adam Yoshida, Canada's gift to the world

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                    • #70
                      A good book does not usually come in regular installments and does not feature shallow characters and plots that people love to feel intellectual about while trying to analyze them.
                      No, no, no. These comics are not regularly updated. They are finished articles. The characters do not follow from series to series.

                      The vast majority of plot-comics are near-daily installments of the same old **** over and over again. The fanbase of said comics are amusing to me, because they don't realize they're reading a stylized soap opera.
                      Again, I don't like the near-daily ones. This really is a pathetic troll.

                      I don't read for pleasure, period. Only books I read are technical books.
                      Explains a lot.

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by Stefu


                        Canada's responsible for Jim Carrey, remember.
                        Who was a great comedian for those into farces.



                        Having fun describing Penny Arcade?
                        First you say it has no plot, then you're saying the plot is the same over and over?

                        Is this Finnish logic?

                        And of course Penny Arcade has shallow characters. The thing is, they don't pretend otherwise! There's no storyline to it.
                        "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                        Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by Stefu




                          Canada's responsible for Jim Carrey, remember
                          Have you ever seen The Kids in the Hall (not the movies) or This Hour has 22 Minutes? We only export the ****e to the States...
                          12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                          Stadtluft Macht Frei
                          Killing it is the new killing it
                          Ultima Ratio Regum

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                          • #73
                            He didn't mention plot in that last post.

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                            • #74
                              Again, I don't like the near-daily ones. This really is a pathetic troll.
                              I'm not talking about you -- I'm talking about the majority of plot comics online.

                              Explains a lot.
                              Just don't think you're superior for being one of those pseudo-intellectuals who enjoys reading crap for the sake of reading.
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #75
                                Actually, I really enjoyed Carrey's performances in the Truman Show and Man on the Moon. The latter in particular was a damn fine performance.

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