I'm unemployed and found this site today...I wasted a good amount of time on here that could have been used finding a job that I will almost certainly hate. I think I made the right decision.

After reading all of your comics, I vote you get a job.

Though I will say Reguarding could have ended after the guard's last line and been close to funny. And Duck/Rabbit Season was borderline also, but maybe only to me.

A few were kind of funny but many more were just way too wordy.  If the background begins to roll over it's a good indication you need to be more brief, if you can.   And 95% of the time, you can.

Best one of the lot was "Blasphemelicious", which was, I think, about a 6 tops.  The "Dinasaurs Evolved" comic sums it up the best: it seems like you're getting ideas from the artwork, instead of having an idea for a strip.

I can tell there's a solid comedic instinct in there, and it should come out once you adjust to your surroundings a bit.  Don't give up!

You'll get better--just work on your technique and presentation.  Think of funny ways to say things with less words.  Distill your comedy ideas into sharp, concise bursts of funny.  Rinse, then repeat.  Offer void where prohibited by law.  Not meant to be taken internally.  If swelling persists, consult your physician.  Believe me, this is great advice.  I'm thinking of taking it myself one of these days.

I voted "good" on these:

/comics/PennyDreadful/500511/

/comics/PennyDreadful/500530/

I also loved the line "I'm Amish...literally all I have in the world is this beard and some butter."  But that comic, like some of your others, suffered from being too wordy.  It's also distracting when you stretch the backgrounds and try to indicate a pause with a line of hyphens.  If you work on fitting your jokes into the natural flow (and limitations) of the comic, I think you'll improve.

Thanks for all of the feedback--I think you guys had some good points about being verbose. Everyone except "attitudechicka"...after reading your unfunny comics, I take it as a compliment that you didn't like mine.

You actually read all of them? That must have taken a lot more time than it took me to read your group of, what, 12? I'm honored by the amount of effort you put in to your criticism.

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I'm honored by the amount of effort you put in to your criticism.

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Obviosly I meant that I had read some of them. Apparently, based on your username, you take some sort of special pride in being an obtuse and purposefully hateful person.

I was just looking for some CONSTRUCTIVE criticism of some first time comics I had put on for fun. Obviously they're not great--never having written or really read a lot of comics before. But somehow everyone else managed to give me helpful feedback; YOU got needlessly personal and mean about it.

So thanks for all the help-- to those people that were helpful. To each their own---I'm sure that your American Splendor rip off attitude and tentacle rape/ butt boil comics are hilarious. You seem to be a truly happy and fulfilled person.

Keep pumping out that sunshine.

/comics/ZMannZilla/500756/

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Obviosly I meant that I had read some of them. Apparently, based on your username, you take some sort of special pride in being an obtuse and purposefully hateful person.

I was just looking for some CONSTRUCTIVE criticism of some first time comics I had put on for fun. Obviously they're not great--never having written or really read a lot of comics before. But somehow everyone else managed to give me helpful feedback; YOU got needlessly personal and mean about it.

So thanks for all the help-- to those people that were helpful. To each their own---I'm sure that your American Splendor rip off attitude and tentacle rape/ butt boil comics are hilarious. You seem to be a truly happy and fulfilled person.

Keep pumping out that sunshine.

 

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Noted. You guys are tight. I'll try to take the newbie hazing with a smile if I can just manage to get my panties unbunched and finally stop sobbing.

When I was a newbie, I just pretended that the insults were actually gushing testimonials to my utter greatness. 

Reading your comics is like a rollercoaster ride, there were some highs and some lows, and sometime during the ride I lost my damn baseball hat.

My personall fav is this gem:

/comics/PennyDreadful/500536/

Welcome to stripcreator!!! Remember to take off your shoes and watch out for Crabby (he bites)

I was going to post a compliment. I really was going to turn over a new leaf and be nice to a newbie, and then this rabid one bit chicka. Good job ruining it for all of newbie-kind, penny!

"Please, sir, may I have another?" always works well around here as well.

Chicka and I worked out our differences off forum. So no worries, you still have Cart Blanche to be assholes to newbies.

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Chicka and I worked out our differences off forum. So no worries, you still have Cart Blanche to be assholes to newbies.

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Oh good, I live to impress the pasty shut-ins that frequent this site. Dammit! I guess that's me now too.

That vest is kind of sexy...hmmm, but it's impossible to have a fantasy where she doesn't tell me to "hurry the hell up" or incourage me not to quit my day job.

oops...Encourage...before someone jumps up my ass about my spelling.

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I have no idea what you're woking about.

Is it possible for a non-donor to put a link to comics on the forum when they haven't JUST been created?

I have several new ones if someone wants to take a look.

Thanks

I'm pretty sure you can do this:

/comics/PennyDreadful/501141/

I don't think there's anything against newbies posting their comics in this way.

Click the "quote" button at the bottom of this post if you want to see what the URL looks like.

And while I'm all over your thread, I read the most recent comics. I rated Adventures in Craigslist okay because, while it was a good set up and execution, it was a little too predictable.

I rated this one good:

/comics/PennyDreadful/500982/

Okay. Thanks. That one and a few of the others actually happened...this one didn't though.

/comics/PennyDreadful/501172/

I definitely like that you're now making jokes about situations instead of using the clip art for inspiration (although the one where you're trying to get your S.O. to pick an avatar was amusing, and a great example of how to break the rules for comedic purposes).  Definitely a lot of "good" ratings from me on this go-round.

Thanks Zilla--I appreciate all the positive feedback.

Sincerely,

Barkely Bunting A.K.A.

DatedMyMathTeacherChicagoDog doesn't quite roll off the tongue.

"Death Metal Name Game" is so funny that it made me laugh.  Not a deep, cleansing laugh, but the superficial, narcissistic kind of laugh that I usually bark at commoners.

For some reason, I can't paste the comic links here--and I see no quote button. But I have a couple of new ones if anyone would care to take a look.

My favorite of the lot:

/comics/PennyDreadful/501300/

I'm really digging the "use a splitter in the middle" technique, I may have to steal that and claim you learned it from me.

Please use it with my compliments. They say that imitation crab is the sincerest form of fattery. It's really just my cheating way of being too wordy.

/comics/PennyDreadful/501536/

Thoughts, opinions-- brutally honest soul killing beat downs that leave me tucked in the fetal position clutching my Teddy Ruxpin.

Date Rape Tacos is the best punchline I've seen in a while.  You officially get a thumbs-up from me for that one.  As a bonus, I award you one internets.

Thank you, sir. You are a gentlemen and a scholar. May all of your children, be masculine children.

/comics/PennyDreadful/501607/

I rated that one "good."  I would've rated it "funny" but for some reason there isn't a button for that.

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Some men can't find a woman's "funny button" with a road map and a handful of boyscouts. Speaking of a handful of boyscouts, I am no longer welcome at any future jamborees.

Well, if the guy gets lost down there, she could always just, like, point to it.  "DUHHH."

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Well, if the guy gets lost down there, she could always just, like, point to it.  "DUHHH."

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Sounds like you know a lot about guiding a man with subtleness and sensitivity towards your most sensitive core. I guess that's why you put the BI in Biped.

How many tenths of a cent do I have to donate before I to get to wield this God-like power over my fellow "nubtards", Zilla?

(I like your Nublet's First Forum comic, by the by--I'm flattered that I made a blip on a Super Donor's radar).

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How many tenths of a cent do I have to donate before I to get to wield this God-like power over my fellow "nubtards", Zilla?

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Those are funny, Z. Sorry---I misspelled, Noobtard.

 Hmmm...I read the FAQ, there's still so much that I don't undertand, though.

Is it normal for me to feel a deep abiding shame that I have the audacity to be new to this site? I've taken dozens of showers, holding myself and rocking back in forth...but I just can't wash off that "new stripper" smell.

So, aside from handi-wiping the pole between dances...any advice from you old strippers?

You have a leg up being female. "Funny girls" are supposedly non existant.

The FAQ seems pretty straight forward. What part is confusing? And you're already doing most of what you need to do: making comics and interacting with other users.

I think the best advice is to take the hazing in stride, work to continue to get better at your craft and make yourself a fixture amongst the community until you've been accepted. Everyone was new at one point or another. It's best not to be overly sensitive about being new because then people definitely won't stop. 

Hey, just have fun and enjoy yourself!

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Hmmm...I read the FAQ, there's still so much that I don't undertand, though.

Is it normal for me to feel a deep abiding shame that I have the audacity to be new to this site?

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