Starting a web comic

Yup. I'm jumping on the bandwagon. It's called "Mr. Whepunfrut". He's the hamster, and I have no idea yet how he fits in to everything. I posted the first one in the "writing funny" thread, but it seemed to not get noticed (probably due to sucking :) ). Now I have a second comic, so I am going to post both of them here. It will be interesting to see how many of these I can crank out before I tire of it, and how many people will give a damn. I guess I have to set up a web page now or something....

http://www.fluffypotato.com/whepunfrut/whepunfrut1.gif

http://www.fluffypotato.com/whepunfrut/whepunfrut2.gif

I like the what the little guy is saying at the end, about the plastic spoon. I don't know why that made me laugh.

I like the art style, too. If I could draw anything worth a damn, I'd jump on this. Maybe I will anyway.

Yea! My first typo. The first panel of the second comic should be read "level of 'great'", not "level 'great'". I'll fix that tomarrow.

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Originally Posted by Mzo

I like the what the little guy is saying at the end, about the plastic spoon. I don't know why that made me laugh.

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I like the spoon line because it could make sense in some context somewhere... It also nicely conflicts with the guy's "great to hear from you" expression on his face. :)

I wonder if everyone thinks about starting an online comic at some point. I know I have.

Anyway...in regards to yours, seems like it's a nice start, but what really makes comics stand-out and funny to me are the characters, and you don't seem to really have any yet. The stick figure guys seem the same, and don't exude any particular personality yet. I do like the idea and pacing of the joke in the second one though; quite amusing.

Another thing; just because it's a "comic" doesn't mean every frame has to have a neatly centered compositon. Sometimes working with the conventions of comic frames can be used to your advantage, and just subtle character/prop placement cues can make a otherwise perfunctory image much more funny.

Nice start, keep doing it. I like the art style, and both comics were funny in their way. Also, as every web comic worth reading has shown, what you start out doing isn't what it becomes. Keep at it, I'd like to see this evolve.

James

James: Right on. I really want to make a new webcomic but we'll see. I just like robots so much.

Nice comics, Chibi. The art style is nice, though the characters don't seem defined yet, appearance-wise or personality-wise, but that's a given considering it's your first work. I like the second one's pacing a writing more, especially the spoon :p

I bought a scanner because I really wanted to start a webcomic, but I've done really nothing with it after I realized I didn't know how to do line art or color :( I did do one basic comic, but I'm waiting until I figure out how to make it not look like total crap before I actually show them to anyone :p

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Originally Posted by Chibi Nappa

Yea! My first typo. The first panel of the second comic should be read "level of 'great'", not "level 'great'". I'll fix that tomarrow.

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Immediately followed by your second in the next panel with what should be "straighter." ;)

First one's okay, but the plastic spoon line in the second is pretty damned good.

After what has almost been a year, my web comic has wose fwom its gwave.

I gathered them all on a webpage at http://www.fluffypotato.com/whepunfrut

There are three new ones I've made in the past couple days in addition to the two old ones shown above. Anyway, I like the little guys. :) Tell me what you think about the new ones.

My brand new main webpage can be found at http://www.fluffypotato.com, but it is under severe construction right now. It will be quite dorky when done, but I'm entertaining myself while making it. :D

cool

how popular has it gotten? any fanbase growing?

I'm half making one, though I can't do good art.

here are the ones that I made:

http://www.boomspeed.com/arjue/strip1.gif

http://www.boomspeed.com/arjue/comic2.gif

http://www.boomspeed.com/arjue/COMIC3.jpg

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Originally Posted by station82o

cool

how popular has it gotten? any fanbase growing?

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I....really don't know. I'm quite new to this whole "web page" thing and don't know how to view traffic yet. :p

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Originally Posted by arjue

I'm half making one, though I can't do good art.

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Don't worry about the "good art" thing. As long as it's clean and understandable you're in the clear. I mean, look at "Dilbert".

take my advice.

Ninjas.

*Nods knowingly*

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Originally Posted by Gymkata

take my advice.

Ninjas.

*Nods knowingly*

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*smacks forehead*

Wow! How could my comic have such a glaring omission? Everything's better with ninjas. :chunobi: ......and pirates. :D

Just change the curvature of their heads to make them appear somewhat different (going from FuryFox's input). I won't say a thing since very few people like the original joystick adventures and I haven't done dick all with the new ones people loved.

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Originally Posted by Andrew

I won't say a thing since very few people like the original joystick adventures and I haven't done dick all with the new ones people loved.

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I take it that Mr Whepunfrut isn't your style then. :D

No, it has nothing to do with Whepunfrut. I just don't think my advice on the topic would be valid.

Personally I liked your fourth comic, explaining why Weapon fruit doesn't do anything.

It's looking good so far. How often are you going to update?

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Originally Posted by Andrew

No, it has nothing to do with Whepunfrut. I just don't think my advice on the topic would be valid.

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It's good that you can recognize your own limitations.

As for your comic cheebs, I thought it was okay, mildly clever, but I didnt laugh. Or crack a smile.

arjue your comics are awesome. Cheebs, I don't think I understand yours.

Both of you guys should keep practicing, and maybe one day you'll be as good as me.

yea flux=rad, one day they may even become the Something Awful Totally Awful Site of the Day.

Dare to dream, arjue and Cheebs. Dare to dream.

The name comic was pretty funny, but not because of the joke, it's because it's so stupid.

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Originally Posted by rezo

It's looking good so far. How often are you going to update?

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I'm hoping at least one comic a week. The rest of the site will get tweeks more often.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

yea flux=rad, one day they may even become the Something Awful Totally Awful Site of the Day.

Dare to dream, arjue and Cheebs. Dare to dream.

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Dare I even dream of such an honor? :chu:

Cheebs: The explanation one was pretty good, didn't care about the other two.

Arjue: The second one was funny, the other two were just dumb.

yes, I get off on retarded humour, Though I need more practice at trying to pull it off. I dream that some day, I'll do something this awe inspiring:

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...chmentid=10918

I loved the third panel in the second strip, where the ape is working so hard at sign language.. look at him! He's concentrating somethin' fierce!