Since no one checked the blog yet, and i'm a lil bored, imma add a lil rant of sorts.
So i wandered off on DA, and found a link to AWD's comic "The roomies". The plot of it is very similar to the plot of the comic i had back in the day. Like mine, his plot involves 2 girls and a boy moving in together in an apartment to attend college, but unlike mine, none of the characters knew each other prior to moving in together, which just feels fucking weird...
First the plot: I just dunno, the way the 2 girls meet, although random, is somehow believable. that part is ok and the fact they decide to become roomies is fine, so far so good. But the way Andy put himself into the comic, is just, well... it just plain seems pulled out of someone's ass. Would 2 girls really move in with a total stranger just off a bus? are those girls so dumb? he could b a ducking serial killer for fuck's sake. I mean they don't even CONSIDER it, they instantly ASK him to b roommates, what the fucking hell?
Note that other people, including myself, have used such a plot, as it's just every guy's dream really, but most people try to introduce the situation in a believable way.
Menage a 3 made Garry's roommates turn out to b flaming homos that would moving out, putting Garry in dire need of finding new roommates, he actually interviews lots of people and eventually gets to the 2 girls that end up becoming his roomies. while Didi's a whore and surely wouldn't mind getting poked anyway, this works because the one lookin for the roommates is the guy, and like i said there's an interview process so Zii could tell Garry was harmless (geek look, comic book nerd, quite some hints.)
In my comic, some of the characters already knew each other before hand. Bliss is Tof's childhood friend that have been separated in their early teens, but kept in touch through letters. I her new home, Tephra's Bliss best female friend, and both want to attend the academy but can't afford the expanses by themselves, and Bliss Invites Tof to join them to make the cost manageable. Call me crazy, but i thought that since Bliss and Tof have a long and close friendship, and complete trust in each other, it'd b conceivable.
Anyway, there's many kinds of comics, some try to tell a story, and being funny becomes secondary (here's lookin at u LFG). some value humor way above any sort of carefully written plot (Josh Lesnick's Girly is awesome! and yea, I believe he just makes up the story as he goes). But, i can't tell what kind AWD's comic is.
If one were to go through a process of elimination, one would say that since his plot is weak, and on top of that, quite poorly executed, then it must b one of the funny ones, right? Only one problem with that, it's not funny at all...
Maybe it's me, could b, but i thought most of the comic were really really boring and predictable, at no point i even giggled at it. At some points, i thought to myself "...why is that supposed to b funny?". Come to think of it, I've never seen AWD draw anything funny. I could blame Zach cause he has draw some of the funniest shit I've seen, but fuck, AWD may b a decent artist, but fails at humor. Also, the plot is progressing epicly slow, and the comics feel way too long for the amoung of story in them so far. EVERYTHING feels like a filler.
In short, it's still way better than "Las Lindas" by Chalo (that comic actually depressed me and the main character is a huge slut, so, fuck it). but still confirms my theory that people who can draw comics well can't produce funny or intresting stuff, and those who can do funny stuff can't draw worth shit, and exceptions are VERY RARE!
AWD would b better off getting a writer who is funny and starting this whole mess all over, or perhaps just quit.
So i wandered off on DA, and found a link to AWD's comic "The roomies". The plot of it is very similar to the plot of the comic i had back in the day. Like mine, his plot involves 2 girls and a boy moving in together in an apartment to attend college, but unlike mine, none of the characters knew each other prior to moving in together, which just feels fucking weird...
First the plot: I just dunno, the way the 2 girls meet, although random, is somehow believable. that part is ok and the fact they decide to become roomies is fine, so far so good. But the way Andy put himself into the comic, is just, well... it just plain seems pulled out of someone's ass. Would 2 girls really move in with a total stranger just off a bus? are those girls so dumb? he could b a ducking serial killer for fuck's sake. I mean they don't even CONSIDER it, they instantly ASK him to b roommates, what the fucking hell?Note that other people, including myself, have used such a plot, as it's just every guy's dream really, but most people try to introduce the situation in a believable way.
Menage a 3 made Garry's roommates turn out to b flaming homos that would moving out, putting Garry in dire need of finding new roommates, he actually interviews lots of people and eventually gets to the 2 girls that end up becoming his roomies. while Didi's a whore and surely wouldn't mind getting poked anyway, this works because the one lookin for the roommates is the guy, and like i said there's an interview process so Zii could tell Garry was harmless (geek look, comic book nerd, quite some hints.)
In my comic, some of the characters already knew each other before hand. Bliss is Tof's childhood friend that have been separated in their early teens, but kept in touch through letters. I her new home, Tephra's Bliss best female friend, and both want to attend the academy but can't afford the expanses by themselves, and Bliss Invites Tof to join them to make the cost manageable. Call me crazy, but i thought that since Bliss and Tof have a long and close friendship, and complete trust in each other, it'd b conceivable.Anyway, there's many kinds of comics, some try to tell a story, and being funny becomes secondary (here's lookin at u LFG). some value humor way above any sort of carefully written plot (Josh Lesnick's Girly is awesome! and yea, I believe he just makes up the story as he goes). But, i can't tell what kind AWD's comic is.
If one were to go through a process of elimination, one would say that since his plot is weak, and on top of that, quite poorly executed, then it must b one of the funny ones, right? Only one problem with that, it's not funny at all...
Maybe it's me, could b, but i thought most of the comic were really really boring and predictable, at no point i even giggled at it. At some points, i thought to myself "...why is that supposed to b funny?". Come to think of it, I've never seen AWD draw anything funny. I could blame Zach cause he has draw some of the funniest shit I've seen, but fuck, AWD may b a decent artist, but fails at humor. Also, the plot is progressing epicly slow, and the comics feel way too long for the amoung of story in them so far. EVERYTHING feels like a filler.In short, it's still way better than "Las Lindas" by Chalo (that comic actually depressed me and the main character is a huge slut, so, fuck it). but still confirms my theory that people who can draw comics well can't produce funny or intresting stuff, and those who can do funny stuff can't draw worth shit, and exceptions are VERY RARE!
AWD would b better off getting a writer who is funny and starting this whole mess all over, or perhaps just quit.
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