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evil_d wrote:
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Scyess wrote:
Humor is speed, after all; the faster your reader can process the joke, the less likely he is to get bored, or see it coming, or otherwise miss the "zing."
Ironically, this is exactly what I was trying to say, expressed more efficiently.
Hahahah, exactly. I wasn't immune to the irony of us conversing at length about being too wordy and having Scyess The Great drop in and condense it for us.
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evil_d wrote:
Yeah, I realize that the elaborate speech is part of the joke in some cases. (I also realize that I frequently don't follow my own advice.)
Something else I was wondering is why Bailey so often faces away from Ayl when they're talking. Are they standing in line for something? Does he have sensory organs on his backside? Or can he simply not bear to face him after what happened between them on that cold, moonless night in Houston two winters ago?
Watch the background "move" (background picture shifts with each frame) and the perspective of the characters; they're walking side by side. If that's not immediately obvious (I thought it was), then I should probably stop. I'll miss the fence, though.
No word on the cold and moonless night in Houston.
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Scyess wrote:
Often*, I have to make a comic and let it sit for a few months before I can re-word it so that the dialog really flows with no extraneous speech. Humor is speed, after all; the faster your reader can process the joke, the less likely he is to get bored, or see it coming, or otherwise miss the "zing."
That being said, I love the comics. But, of course, you knew that.
* As often as I make a comic, anyway. Which these days is about never.
I do miss you making comics frequently. I could always drop by my bookmarks and find something new in /Scyess/ :)
Thanks for the love, I really appreciate it.