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Title: new webcomic
Post by: kenamoto on March 07, 2004, 09:24:57 PM

check it out....

http://www.haikucircus.com
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: Spriggan on March 07, 2004, 09:39:02 PM
hehe, that's pretty clever
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on March 07, 2004, 09:40:11 PM
"Based on the traditional form of japanese poetry".

Also, apparently, based on the traditional form of the phenomenon known as "Red Meat".
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: Spriggan on March 07, 2004, 09:43:38 PM
??? Wa'cha talkn' about Fuzzy?
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on March 07, 2004, 10:29:14 PM
Um, you don't read Red Meat?  It's only one of the first, most famous, and most WEIRD webcomics out there.

http://www.redmeat.com
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: Spriggan on March 08, 2004, 12:08:54 AM
nope, I only read PVP and PA.  

Also, apparently, based on the traditional form of the phenomenon known as "The Far Side".  Just becasue a comic is non-linear and is weird dosen't mean it's a rip of another.  Besides the Haiku one is set to Haikus, and that makes it completely different form meat wich's theam is old 60's artwork.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on March 08, 2004, 12:14:41 AM
Oh I wasn't saying it was a rip-off.  Just that the rather sick and twisted sense of humor seemed to homage Red Meat.

It's a compliment if it's anything.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on March 08, 2004, 10:38:25 AM
hrm. hit and miss, imo. The idea, as Sprig says, is very clever. And there are some that remind me of Red Meat in a good way, as Fuzzy says. However, there are others that just don't work. *shrug* It's definitely worth working on to develop.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: Fellfrosch on March 09, 2004, 02:56:42 PM
Very hit and miss, but when it's on, it's hilarious. The Bunny Alligator is my favorite, even though the second panel only has 6 syllables.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on March 09, 2004, 03:11:19 PM
only if you pronounce the second half of "idea" as a dipthong, instead of two separate vowel sounds, which is, I believe, what the author was thinking. It took me a little to get this one, I admit. But then I laughed heartily. I agree, when he's on, he's ON.
Title: syllables
Post by: kenamoto on March 09, 2004, 05:37:30 PM

uh-- that scared me about the 6 syllable middle panel, but I rechecked the dictionary and it is three---

ken

p.s. it is hit or miss. what isn't? well I suppose something could be entirely miss.

thanks.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: Fellfrosch on March 09, 2004, 07:52:54 PM
Show me a person who pronounces "idea" with three syllables, and I'll show a person who's cheating to protect the integrity of their haiku.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on March 10, 2004, 12:56:03 AM
nah, i hear it all the time. I have a co-worker who cannot fail to enunciate a 't' with absolute precision. It's like she emphasizes that sound in every word she says. Drives me nuts.
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on March 14, 2004, 09:45:27 PM
And what about the brittish accent which turns 'idea' into I-dee-er
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on March 14, 2004, 09:47:23 PM
I thought it was British...? ;) :P
Title: Re: new webcomic
Post by: fuzzyoctopus on March 16, 2004, 12:30:50 AM
Not when I add an extra T.