Talonic posted:

WebDog posted:

One thing I cannot really get is how someone who has A BA in Writing, Literature & Publishing manages to fail to understand the basics of a three act structure. Mookie's structure feels like it's aping Dan Brown's habit of a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter - yet Brown manages to keep the action compelling even though he's not that great a writer.

SlothfulCobra posted:

I wonder how much would be lost if you cut out all the poo poo that Mookie just uses to pad the spaces between cliffhangers.

Cyrai posted:

You know, maybe it's just me, but if were a Luanian priest (please never let me live in Mikey's world ), I think I would have put more effort into doing something with the 'lost' treasure of Luana and Eldariat. I'd apparently know where it is, so I wouldn't need to look for it. It's pretty close to the edge of the desert, and I wouldn't need food or any other supplies, so there shouldn't be any real danger if I take along some bodyguards.

It just seems like it might be worth having access to something that can literally let you talk with the founder of your religion. Sure, maybe it only works for some people, and only in a very specific situations. But if there were some artifact that let a cross-eyed, left-handed Tunisian Siamese twin talk with Jesus for five minute once every hundred years, I think the Vatican would probably send at least one dude to see what's the dealio.

But hey, I could be wrong

Mortal Sword posted:

Just a little over two weeks until the 10th anniversary, and the promised announcement about what'll be coming after DD.

Can't wait.

Nuns with Guns posted:

I thought you said he had a BA in Creative Writing last time you rooted through his personal information?

WebDog posted:

I assumed he took the creative writing units from that course. He lists the whole title on his Myspace saying he went there from 97 to 01, which seems a bit long, I'm presuming he had to redo units or part of that was a failed attempt at theatre.

Tempo 119 posted:

A comic that tells a story using nothing but cliffhangers? That could be fun in the right hands.

Internet Kraken posted:

Dominic Deegan: Could be Good in the Right Hands

Internet Kraken posted:

Dominic Deegan: Could be Good in the Right Hands

Psych posted:

Nope, 4 years is pretty much how long a BA takes.

Mookie posted:

My opinion: don't bother. I wasted 3 years in acting school & only learned to overthink everything and doubt myself.

Vengeance of Pandas posted:

Well he did mention this on his twitter in response to someone thinking about acting lessons.

Tengames posted:

I guess the thought that things he was doing were wrong and he might need to improve was too much to bear for mookie.

Its pretty amazing how all 3 mocked webcomic artists on this forum are so similar in ways that they're terrible such as thinking classes are a waste of time or avoiding improving/taking criticism in any form, but respond to it in completely different ways. Buckley bans and shuts them out, Mookie runs and looks for pity, and Preston just strawmans them and says they're wrong.

Tengames posted:

all 3 mocked webcomic artists on this forum

Vengeance of Pandas posted:

Well he did mention this on his twitter in response to someone thinking about acting lessons.

Danzou posted:

"Sonic and Friends get Trolled" is a semi-mock thread, I think. I'm not really sure what's going on in there.

colonelslime posted:

Lazorbot is a genius and Tails Gets Trolled is one of the best webcomics ever made.

Elmer Fudd is goddamn necromancer who eats brains to get their memories.

Nothing can top that.

Tengames posted:

That and the author(lazorbot) Is obviously doing a deliberately terrible work like sbahj, and even then still manages to use foreshadowing and suspense better then Mookie does.

colonelslime posted:

Lazorbot is a genius and Tails Gets Trolled is one of the best webcomics ever made.

Elmer Fudd is goddamn necromancer who eats brains to get their memories.

Nothing can top that.

redmercer posted:

Someone in some other thread thought Mook-mook actually did this. But notice how the mouths actually look like mouths.

Mikey posted:

My opinion: don't bother. I wasted 3 years in acting school & only learned to overthink everything and doubt myself.

redmercer posted:

Someone in some other thread thought Mook-mook actually did this. But notice how the mouths actually look like mouths.

Blade_of_tyshalle posted:

Excellent, he's a failed/bad actor. I figured as much. Being a weirdo running the lights in a theatre is one thing I could see him doing, but acting? No no no.

Blurry Gray Thing posted:

Hahahahahaha.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yeah, that is pretty much what you learn in acting school, or art school, or writing school, or any of that. You learn to think about your stuff and go 'this is poo poo, why am I doing this poo poo, what can I do to make my art less poo poo!?' And then you learn to take all that angsty bullshit and use it as motivation to figure out the answer.

That's kind of why some of the best people don't really have a high opinion of themselves. They constantly look for flaws, strive to improve, and they know enough about what else is out there to feel firmly overshadowed by those who came before and by some currently working in the field.

Except that's a good thing.

Ichini Sanshigo posted:

A hobby? He pretty much treats this comic like a cute little pastime, a personal indulgence.