I may have started writing a webcomic.

[DaShi]

Just started the reading the review. The title seems promising.

Still reading, the reviewer is a bit of a douche.

Poor analogy, it lacks a real sting or maybe I'm just spoiled by Yahtzee.

Doesn't know who Asimov is. I guess he doesn't know what wikipedia is either. It's one thing to criticize a comic for bad jokes. But to complain that he doesn't get the jokes, so they must be bad isn't a criticism of this comic. Either get informed or realize that you might not be the intended audience (as if the title wasn't a bit enough clue for him) or both!

Criticizing someone's drawing ability on a webcomic is the lowest form of critique. I'm spending too much time on this guy.

I see someone in the comments made my same one about wikipedia.

Lori, honestly, I think your comic needs a lot of work. But I also think it's great that you're out there doing it. Your comic is far better than this guy's critiquing ability. He's writing a review to trash comics. That's fair. A lot of people generate interest by being mean-spirited, see Yahtzee. However, there are two important components that are necessary to write a clever critique tearing up someone's hard work: 1. You're comments generally should be true and readily accepted by your audience, 2. And I can't stress this enough, you have to be funny. No one really cares about these minor webcomics that much to begin with. They are reading these kinds of reviews more for entertainment than they are for deciding whether they will follow the comic or not.

You know what, **** you Lori, for making me waste my time reading that.

[Lorizael]

You know what, **** you Lori, for making me waste my time reading that.

Woo, my mind control is working.

[DaShi]

Why you won't put it to more productive use, confounds me.

[Lorizael]

Because the one mind I can't control... is my own.

[Gibsie]

I've read the first three, and I believe there is hope for you.

Hope that he'll quit while he's behind..? I kid, I kid.

[Kitschum]

I only read comics that look at least decent so I don't think I'll be reading yours because it looks awful. I could only stand Dinosaur comics for so long too and that's way back when poorly drawn comics could still feel fresh. I skipped ahead a bit to see if it got better and racist against nano machines was a pretty funny line. You're not hopeless but if I were you I'd learn to draw because at least it shows you take your work seriously which makes it harder for someone like me to dismiss it outright.

[DaShi]

In webcomics, good writing can compensate for bad drawing, but bad drawing can't compensate for poor writing. I've been attracted to several comics because of the their drawing skills but have ultimately abandoned them because the writing was atrocious. Most of the ones I still follow don't have good drawings: Dinosaur comics, Order of the Stick, xkcd, Sluggy (although Pete has improved a lot since the beginning, which is one of the nice things to see in a comic that is actually drawn). Dr McNinja, however, is both well-drawn and well-written. While I certainly enjoy it, I prefer the first three in my previous list to it. Which goes to show that personal taste is a huge factor.

[Kitschum]

Weel that's true, personal taste differs, but I definitely believe you need something extra to attract regular readers in the first place because there's just so much out there that's neither drawn well nor written well (funny). A nice looking comic can persuade me to give it a second chance. Obviously, if it's not good/funny then I won't stay with it, but if it looks good I will stay a bit longer to see how it develops.

[Lorizael]

You're not hopeless but if I were you I'd learn to draw because at least it shows you take your work seriously which makes it harder for someone like me to dismiss it outright.

But I don't take my work seriously. I'm writing the comic because the ridiculously stupid title cracks me up every time.

That said, the art does get a little bit better. There are some strips coming up where the scenes change a good deal between panels. And I've been thinking about incorporating a small set of different facial expressions and postures for each character that varies based on whatever's happening in the strip.

So far, I've put the most effort into the nano-machine cloud (as far as how much it changes from scene to scene) and into one other character (as far as the pure quality of the drawing) that won't be introduced until this coming Wednesday.

[Kitschum]

That's fair, if you don't take it seriously I won't either. I tend to think it would be more rewarding for you to do so but I won't quibble. You have some good tendencies to work from.

[N35t0r]

But I don't take my work seriously. I'm writing the comic because the ridiculously stupid title cracks me up every time.

It's entertaining. I can't really complain about the art. First, I'd be unable to produce something better, and second, I still read Another Gaming Comic...

[Dinner]

Isn't there a comic which uses a similar looking robot? I forget the name of the comic but I remember the author of Questionable Content often linked to it. You may want to change the look of your robot slightly just to head off anyone saying your's is to similar to the other guy's sort of famous comic.

[DaShi]

Weel that's true, personal taste differs, but I definitely believe you need something extra to attract regular readers in the first place.

I agree. My first post in this thread is an excellent suggestion.

[DaShi]

Obviously, if it's not good/funny then I won't stay with it, but if it looks good I will stay a bit longer to see how it develops.

I can understand this. I was reading . . . damn I forgot the name of it. Anyway, I really liked the art and a few of the comic's jokes were actually quite good. Unfortunately, devoted too much time to two other projects: "How to be a Hippie" and "How I became a Hippie" (that's not what she calls them), that I eventually lost interest in the whole thing. A pity, because there was some fantastic art there.

[OzzyKP]

I like the comic.

I'm now 50% of your fans on Facebook.