This was posted in #retrogamers IRC this morning, so I thought I would share, Some of these are quite funny.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/paremix/
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This was posted in #retrogamers IRC this morning, so I thought I would share, Some of these are quite funny.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/paremix/
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem...omeonlyyou.jpg
Strike one.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem...l/baseball.jpg
Strike two.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem...l/baseball.jpg
Strike three.
I never thought I would see the day when someone would do something releated to an online comic that is worse than kidnemo's.
I think we should make our own, using the same comic.
"He has a high popularity among young people."
"That is the style!"
Bwaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
Shouldn't you be driving a forklift or trolling or something?
Or something!
I thought some of them were pretty sweet, but as MVS so trollishly pointed out, my style of humor is a bit wacky anyways.
I love this one:
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem.../elemental.jpg
No, these comics are still better.Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
I don't know what you are gimpy about, you held the record for a respectable amount of time. You should take some pride in that or at least get some better comebacks.
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Originally Posted by omfgninjas
I'M RAINBOW! ^_____^;;;Quote:
Originally Posted by MVS
Every comic on that page as well as kidnemo's is still better than Andrew and pixelassasin's old Joystick Adventures comic.
It's true. Why do you think I'm redoing them. You liked the new ones I showed you in Galleria.
I didn't have creative freedom with the old Joystick Adventures. I think pixelassassin and me just made comprimises to what we thought was funny, eventually ruining a lot of the comics we produced.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=26473 for anybody who's interested. I actually took my time on these newer ones. I'm still not done. I have to simplify the text and make it more concise. I like them but I don't always feel like drawing out 6 panels.
p.s. I like lots of Kid Nemos comics. Some I don't get.
True, that little robot shows promise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
That is because he is insane.Quote:
p.s. I like lots of Kid Nemos comics. Some I don't get.
The trick I have to do is making him cool, yet not making him Bender part 2.
I'm experimenting with Flash also. I know how to animate with it properly now (using instances.) and I'm going to practice making a cartoon about the worlds dumbest robot and the worlds smartest chimp.
It's just to test and better my animation skill. Quite fun though. The hardest part about all of this is getting decent sound. Everything in the room makes noise, even the lights!
Kid Nemo's comics aren't as bad as you guys are saying. I enjoy the ones I get a lot.
I'm finding them quite hilarious. Funny how even the derivative Penny Arcade-ings get the same critical dichotomy as the source material.
These are great.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem...girlfriend.jpg
I kinda figured those two had a "Gary and Ace" thing goin on.
^ I want to make that one my sig. Its funny.
This one is better than actual penny-arcade strips...
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/paremix/soda/ohshit.jpg
...which makes his comics even better!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
I thought that was the unaltered text...Quote:
Originally Posted by Opaque
I didn't think the first ones were funny and for a time I agreed with MVS that they blew. But these last three that were singled out are awesome, especially the one Donkey Thong brought up.
I'm going back to read more.
What can I say? Engrish jokes just aren't funny.
For once Matt and I see eye to eye on something. The rest of you must be insane if you find this crap funny.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem...ourfingers.jpg
This one is funny.
Yeah, that's some funny shit. Can't be denied.
I liked our comic.
That's good enough for me. We had some that weren't as good as others but I feel we had quite a few doozies.
I like Chain of Command or whatever, that was a favourite of mine.
http://www.joystickadventures.com/index3.php
They are still online for anyone who cares.
http://www.yukihime.com/comics/parem...ivememoney.jpg
....
i've tried doing this a few times. it never works.
None of the pictures work right now.
we broke the dudes site, yo.
That's what they get for making like a hundred comics when only two of them were funny...
Damn, I didn't get to look at all of them :(
Wow... those bring back such memories of my time in Japan.
Like when I was just standing around at the school admiring the scenery, and this girl came up to me, greeted me, and then said "I don't like tennis."
Did a demon jump out from behind a tree and tenticle rape her?
I hear that happens all the time over there.
Yeah but that's a given Icepick, most likely she was being tentacle raped while this was happening...
I believe this news.
This thread is ten times funnier when all the pictures come up as a red X.
We just compromised too much because of the way we differ taste in comedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelassassin
Still, I like a lot of them and that's all the really matters now. To me at least.
you know you both secretly believe it failed because the other person wasn't funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I agree. There isn't as many poor ones as Mzo says.
I think he's funny in real life.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormy
http://www.ribaldyouth.com/pics/rainbow2.jpg
This was hilarious.
...for entirely non engrish reasons.Quote:
Engrish jokes just aren't funny.
These red xs are side-splittin'.
If we go by what Mzo says, then there were no good ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
When you work with a partner with different comedic interpretations, its easy for ideas to become different than originally intended.
I really don't believe JA really 'failed'. It was gaining momentum. We chose to end it for the reason above and a couple other reasons (school).
Every comic has ones which aren't as entertaining as others. I'm not gonna agree and degrade my former work because some internet kids didn't like the comics. I liked them, and that's the first step in a comic. They are supposed to be made for yourself yet with a partner it is hard to get all of your ideas across properly. That's just natural, he can't read my mind and I can't read his.
I'm leaving this thread before it becomes too off topic. Good thing I don't go or care what Mzo says.
The Japanese interpretations of the PA comics are great. That is for sure.
I only liked the one I posted above, but here are some more:
http://www.ribaldyouth.com/pics/legacy.jpg
http://www.ribaldyouth.com/pics/newcomputer.jpg
http://www.ribaldyouth.com/pics/regularholiday.jpg
http://www.ribaldyouth.com/pics/weather.jpg
Those are incredibly stupid. Sorry Rezo.
Point in case thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
I agree we had a some misses. But I'm not married to that cast of characters.
There's no point to them other then to say pointless things and hope for a laugh. The shotgun approach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
originally said by me:Quote:
Those are incredibly stupid. Sorry Rezo.
"I only liked the one I posted above"
but if you didn't like "Jesus, the rainbow colored pen", then the person you should feel sorry for, is yourself.
...
*nods and backs away slowly*Quote:
Originally Posted by rezo
Those are funny.
While I do appreciate rainbows more then your average joe, it still didn't make much sense.
Maybe it's something in the water around our parts.
I like the last one Rezo posted... it's so stereotypically Japanese it's hilarious.
I gotta agree with rezo on the Rainbow Jesus Pen here.
It has extra vitamin-sanity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Tastes like chicken.
Mzo is right... having just returned from trying to read Joystick Adventures, I must say it is so bad it makes me want to stab my eyes out.
Yeah... however, I did laugh at "Jonas vs Hippo: Round One", "Classic Adventures 3" was slightly amusing, and "Spilly Billy" was pretty good too... shame it was a ripofff of Hero's cartoon which was done much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
But Andrew's not to blame remember... :rolleyes:
For the record, I do love the one panel where the guy craps out a Yoshi egg.
Just that one panel.
No I'm partly to blame. There's just a reason why it didn't work.Quote:
Originally Posted by AstroBlue
Hero has a cartoon site?
I liked something about each of these comics. The secrets of design one could've been funnier if I had more control over the last frame. (I wouldnt've put it in there. I drew Link really well and just wanted him to say fuck i'm boned. Oh well.
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/073103-5.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/080703-1.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/081003.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/081803.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/090403.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/090803.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/091103.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/101603.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/102303.php
http://www.joystickadventures.com/comics/110303.php
I don't think TNL is a good place to be critiqued either. It's not realistic of most peoples likes and dislikes. Most people are assholes just because it's cool. It makes TNL great for posting at, but I don't think the opinion here is too valid outside of a few Galleria posters whom I respect.
I agree that they aren't all funny to everyone. And probably won't be to most here. But outside of TNL I've gotten more than enough positive pieces of feedback from these. Alas, I will still try to improve the next go around this summer (new characters, new story, etc.) It won't be about two guys gaming either. Too much like Penny arcades format which they have down.
The problem is none of them are funny. At all.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=24004Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I didn't even realize that. I just thought of it on the car ride back from Kill Bill...Quote:
Originally Posted by AstroBlue
I fixed your post for you. Not everyone is going to like them. But some people did enjoy them and found them to be funny. But I agree that on the by and by we needed to improve. I'm hoping that a more relaxed schedule will help me get better ideas for the new comic I'm going to do on Joystick Adventures.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I'd like to take this oppurtunity to give props to Kaneda. That is all.
'Have sex. Take flight'.
Some people find Bob Sagat funny as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
That doesn't make them right.
I don't want to be an asshole, but he's right.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
They lack that je ne scay quoi.
It sounds forced and contrived.
He has an audience.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
My point was that they weren't perfect. Far from it. But it was the first try and some people did actually enjoy them, believe it or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Yep, and said audience is at the top of my list once the purging begins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Hehe...Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
You have no such list. This is the internet.
You doubt the power of the Nouveau Bolsheviks?
I doubt a lot of things, and french russians aren't one of them.
BTW, comparing someone on these boards, who isn't Korian, to Bob Sagat is low man... I'm hurt. It was my first try... Bob Sagats been shitty for like 40 years now....
How can you not like "Rain, and Sometimes Bear"?
Which is why we do not recommend putting your first attempts at humor onto the internet for the world to criticize. Stick to imposing the pain upon your friends and family untill you figure out what funny is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Very easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Icepick
If you're an idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Or a communist.
Or... nevermind.
I found it funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by Icepick
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Well aren't you bloody special?
Well since you asked...Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Yes, yes I am.
Your friends and family will tell you it's funny no matter what or won't give you good criticism. You need to go outside the comfort circle for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Respect +5 for Andrew not taking the "See if you can do better" route.
That's not how you get better.
If it's the Kill Bill comic, then about 20 other people, or an odd percentage of the people that were "inspired" by that movie made the same joke. I even remember... I guess it was pixelassassin... thinking that their gag had been stolen by some other random net-comicer and he showed a link to his strip plus the other, followed by several other people saying they had seen or done the same thing as well.Quote:
I didn't even realize that. I just thought of it on the car ride back from Kill Bill...
Make long comics and put gags in the middle of it. If they're laughing out of obligation, they'll likely only laugh at the very end of it. If that's the only place you get a response and especially if it's obviously half-hearted, you know they don't like it. So you have to watch themQuote:
Your friends and family will tell you it's funny no matter what or won't give you good criticism. You need to go outside the comfort circle for that.
It's also a plus when they ask to read more comics after having gone through what you gave them.
family, yes. not always the case with friends. Shingo and i are great friends and we always tell each other truthfully what works and what doesn't (even if it's harsh crit). of course, not everyone can be so lucky to know people like that. but almost always friends will tell you only the good. :\Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
Yup. It sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashen Victor
For my newer comic and character models I had friends ask complete strangers in the college about the first 4 strips and characters and most people gave honest feedback. One of the people said that they didn't like robots.Quote:
Originally Posted by rezo
We found him later threw a paper airplane at him while he was at a computer and ran away.
You need better friends then. A friend should never be afraid of telling you how it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
It's the point of family and friends. You surround yourself with people who make you feel good about yourself and who support you. You need to go to someone who doesn't give two shits about you in order to get totally objective feedback.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashen Victor
Subconsciously you'll always hold back a little with your friend. You'll be honest about something but then maybe hold back a little on something else.
It has nothing to do with the quality of friends you have. Friends will hold back input of your work in order to spare some of your feelings. This is the first thing we learnt in Design. You never get friends or family (your comfort circle) to critique your work because as much as they'd like to believe, it'll never be totally objective.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
Sooo not true! Some friends don't want to hurt your feelings. They know how much your work means to you, so they don't want to squash your dreams by telling you how terrible your shit is. I know from experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I told my friends (or at least tried to tell them) that their band was shit (I think everyone's been there at least one in their lives). Even though so, I felt a tad bad.
My friends, on the other hand, never told me shit about the stuff I was doing. You need strangers.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=26473 <-- While I'm at it. Take a look. This will happen sometime after school ends. But I want to do some flash animation first. Flash is easy once you know how to maintain your files and use instances.
Exactly. As honest as you think you're friends are being they're not. They're always holding something back from you and you'll always hold something back from them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
That's why I said you have to go to someone who doesn't give two shits about you. They will bash it without remorse... that's why I didn't actually do the research for my newer designs myself. So people wouldn't feel pressured in to holding back.
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Originally Posted by bbobb
Have you ever seen Dirty Work or Half Baked? You're retarded if you think Sagat isn't funny. Maybe you watched Full House and that's why you've been so emotionally scared, but That's what you get for watching that tripe in the first place.
Oh have mercy, fag.
Well I hope my friends are honest... I'm always honest with my friends, if something they did sucks I will tell them, and they know it. It works well for me... I've hurt some feelings doing it, but those are always mended and they are better friends with me for it. If they need to know about something then they come to me because they know I'll be completely honest with them. If it's crap I will tell them it's crap, no mincing of words. And they know if I say it's good... it's good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
If they meant it won't be objective because your friends will always subconciously want to restrain their comment on something of yours they don't like, that's a lie. Some do, but I'm sure we all know, or have been,someone that scrutinized a friend's work far more than someone else's because they were a friend.Quote:
This is the first thing we learnt in Design. You never get friends or family (your comfort circle) to critique your work because as much as they'd like to believe, it'll never be totally objective.
I like to tell people my "Suzie and Dave" jokes, and present them like they're the funniest things ever. I'm not sure what people are holding back when they say "I only laughed because it seemed like the part that I was supposed to laugh at, but it really wasn't funny. It was fucking awful. It was worse than gruesome anecdote, but you may be able to find some retards on the internet that think it's funny."
This same fellow asked me for an opinion on an opening page in a comic he was working on sometime later, and after I went over it, I ended up telling him to redraw the entire thing, and I showed him how to handle the direction correctly while making light of his screwed up page. And he followed my advice and changed it completely. Anyways, I'm not sure of what I was holding back when I said there was something wrong with everything. At the same time, because I know the fellow, I'm aware of some faults that he is also aware of and working on on his own already. So I won't mention those, but that isn't the same as trying to spare him.
I tend to hold some things back on some occasions, but for me it has more to do with how serious someone is about their work. "Here's my comic, I'm putting down several thousand dollars to start self-publishing it" is a lot different than "here's my comic, I'm practicing storytelling" etc.
It's not like that though. If I were to give you two pieces of work done by the same guy, with almost the same method and you were to critique them you'd give your friend more slack.
You don't have trouble finding things wrong with a strangers work whereas with a friend you simply point out their mistakes so they correct them later on.
IMO If a friend can't kick you in the balls once in a while when you are being a dick, they don't have much respect for you, and you should find better friends.
My 2 cents.
See my above post. There's a difference in the way you look at something your friend does and the way you look at a strangers work.Quote:
Originally Posted by rezo
Overpriced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Damian79
Thank you... friend. :) :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew
I agree with your point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Damian79
NB: Being a dick is different than being untalented.
I don't quite get what you're saying.
You just keep restating this but not really making much of an argument for it. If it's something you heard in class they must have gone over why, and if the why is that you "always feel the need to be less critical of friends", that isn't true. I gave examples of not particularly unrestrained criticism, and if I'm seriously bothering to give a critique of someone, anyone's work and not just a friends, then I try and just point out the problems I understand as well as how I think they could be corrected if possible since that's how it's supposed to be done.Quote:
It's not like that though. If I were to give you two pieces of work done by the same guy, with almost the same method and you were to critique them you'd give your friend more slack.
You don't have trouble finding things wrong with a strangers work whereas with a friend you simply point out their mistakes so they correct them later on.
If you want to say that friends are less likely to be assholes when telling you what's wrong with your work because they're your friends, that may be true, but the criticisms are criticisms no matter how they're presented, and some random fellow giving a shallow insult like "That fucking sucks!" isn't particularly more worthwhile than an empty compliment of "that fucking rocks!" from a pal. Sometimes I'll just dump a comment on something I like or dislike like that, but that's when I don't feel like bothering with being critical.