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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: waldflieger on May 14, 2005, 03:59:51 AM
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I just joined this forum. I was looking for a way to submit my comic to be reviewed, but couldn't really find a link. My comic is Obscured by Species, and it's been running for over a year now. I'm in the process of making my first printed comic-book of it. It's a humor-based, cartoon-style comic. You can find it at http://www.obscuredbyspecies.com . I hope you enjoy it, and tell me what you think.
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/me makes a note to check it out from work, where he has a conection that doesn't drive him insane.
THere's not really a place to submit a cartoon for review. You kind of have to wait for someone to decide they want to write about it. EUOL used to do that a lot, but he doesn't really anymore. He thinks his career is more important or something.
Anyway, just by posting in this forum you'll probably get several people to go and take a look and give you some comments.
BTW, welcome to the forum! Be sure to introduce yourself (http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1051196804) and read the FAQs (http://www.timewastersguide.com/boards/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1080380396)! You're doing good so far, you linked in the right space.
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The comic seems pretty good, but... isn't the format kind of unnecessary? The comics themselves could be sized quite a bit smaller and then you could have more than one panel on a page. Why should we have to constantly click through? It's kind of annoying.
I realize though that this is balanced out by how quickly the comics then load in order.
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Hmm never mind, it's only the first few that use that format apparently.
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I think that your comics are funny. You did a good job! The humor in them was pretty funny!;D
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I have the panels separated one panel per click so that more emphasis is placed on them. I find that story-driven comics lose something on the internet, and this is my way of trying to make up for that. Thanks for your comments.
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Good humor, consistent art.
However, you do need to work on your navigation. "first page of this comic" isn't clear. "Storyline" is a little more clear. And since there is a continuity, it should be more clear what order things are supposed to be in when you first get to the archive page. I also agree with fuzzy, I don't think the one-panel per click thing works. It's somewhat irritating.
However, it's a funny comic. What's your posting schedule?
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My posting schedule is I try to update once a week. There's no set day or anything. I used to update one page at a time, and it was easier to have set days of when I updated, but it sort of killed any humor that was going on because each page was taken out of context.
I took into consideration that the one panel per click thing might be irritating for some people, so I offer alternate versions of the comics. Underneath each Flash comic is a link to a GIF version. I still feel the one panel per click is the most effective way to get my humor across on the internet, though.