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Sir Prancelot: Mar 6, 2008; Knight of the
Rainbow Table.

simplefish posted:

I'm just wondering when the correct term for "bullying" became "trolling". I thought trolling was bullying on the internet. This is clearly 'real' life.

Kid spends most of his social time online. Not complicated.

As for the possibility of him being dangerous... Nah. Lots of kids, especially kids who feel ostracized by their peers have dark thoughts that manifest in the form of grandiose and often violent fantasies. I got mine out playing Dungeons and Dragons, for instance.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 22:49

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# ? May 22, 2013 16:51

Strongylocentrotus: Jan 24, 2007; Nab him, jab him, tab him, grab him - stop that pigeon NOW!

Avatar fairy, you rock.

This thread rocks. I love everything.

Seriously, this comic is a gift that keeps on giving. It's like an Advent calendar: there's a little something special tucked away into every single panel. I'm on tenterhooks waiting to see how this story ends.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 22:49

Prokhor: Jun 28, 2009; In one moment, Earth; in the next, Heaven.

powerofrecall posted:

That almost looks TOO good, you know? Too smooth, at least the speech bubble thing. If this was going to be something moving, I just imagine it looking way shittier.

When I knocked together that gif of shadow it's just two frames in photoshop. The scribble is just the two frames using the "ocean ripple" filter at weak and slightly different settings.

I think it looks amazing. I love the idea to take something bad and turn it in to something... awful?!!??!

# ? Feb 19, 2012 22:51

Data Graham: Dec 28, 2009

Aw for gently caress's sake. It took me until about 2/3 through the first batch of pages to realize that "villains" was supposed to be "violence", but I only just now made the connection of "embreaded" = "inbred".

# ? Feb 19, 2012 22:52

powerofrecall: Jun 26, 2009; Jeez... I wish I didn't have to meet him like this.

I didn't notice "villains" until the thread did but now I read it more like "violins."

# ? Feb 19, 2012 22:56

Commissar: May 23, 2011; i don't give a god damn
on the shows you did
how many rhymes you got
or who knows you kid

Good lord, how many avatars has this comic spawned?

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:02

OldTennisCourt: Sep 11, 2011

Commissar posted:

Good lord, how many avatars has this comic spawned?

It's spreading faster than the drat Rage virus.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:03

Cows Go Moose: Aug 19, 2011; Often mistaken for a dwarf man.

Nunez posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

Cows Go Moose fucked around with this message at Feb 20, 2012 around 03:21

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:05

simplefish: Mar 28, 2011; So long, and thanks for all the ~~fish~~ gallbladdΣrs!

Villains is violence? I thought it was some sort of "becoming villains" grammar mangle...

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:06

FadingChord: Apr 18, 2009; for a em->
->breaded
donkey i can
sure fuck your
mom hard

^^
Also this. I completely missed that and just accepted it as part of the terrible grammar in this comic.

Commissar posted:

Good lord, how many avatars has this comic spawned?

Not enough. Only when every member of the somethingawful.com forums has an avatar of Sonic and/or friends being trolled will the trolling stop.

ETA: Come to think of it, since when did getting shot stop Daffy? Also, why was Shadow so worried about losing one good member over a gay duck when he shoots Bugs himself like three pages later?

I want that rabbit.

FadingChord fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2012 around 23:16

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:06

killstealing: Nov 9, 2011; as long as there is b-ball
there is nothing wrong
with these avatars, right?

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

Holy gently caress this caught me off-guard.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:09

The great M: Sep 10, 2010; The prince.

And then you.

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

Did you draw that? Please make more.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:11

Commissar: May 23, 2011; i don't give a god damn
on the shows you did
how many rhymes you got
or who knows you kid

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

Cool yeah no that was absolutely terrifying to unexpectedly see.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:16

Hiilai: Jun 13, 2009

The Halogens posted:

I can't figure out if Shadow is being squished by the speech bubble or if he's angry.

That Shadow is the best thing ever.

Cows Go Moose, please draw more!

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:18

Kgummy: Aug 14, 2009

James Trickington posted:

I wonder what he thought Magnum Opus meant. Oh well high shovel.
edit: That youtube.

"Word I don't know? It's obviously an insult!"

See also stuff like 'X is a heterosexual' gets responses of 'X isn't gay, you jerk!'

Technocrat posted:

What with Chris-Chan imminently heading to jail, I've been looking for someone to fill the Sonichu-shaped hole in my heart.

Wait, did that guy do something illegal? I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if he snapped. I just really don't like thinking about the guy.

powerofrecall posted:

I love this exchange

e: you mother gently caress_er

Ahaha, it looks like Shadow thought he could get in on some sort of troll orgy.

Elindale posted:

It is weird to me that the trolls seem to all be based off of actual people he has met or interacted with, whereas the good guys are just characters.

Since he probably drives away every single person he meets in real life, it makes sense.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:22

Stare-Out: Mar 11, 2010; not all who wander are lost

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

Holy moses hahahah

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:22

Cuckoo: Apr 27, 2007; Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat

Kgummy posted:

Wait, did that guy do something illegal? I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if he snapped. I just really don't like thinking about the guy.

His mom is just as batshit as he is and they both crashed into a gaming store that refused to let him in or something.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:24

OldTennisCourt: Sep 11, 2011

Cuckoo posted:

His mom is just as batshit as he is and they both crashed into a gaming store that refused to let him in or something.

He also posted pictures of the manager who wouldn't let him in and called him a pedophile.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:25

Everdraed: Sep 7, 2003; _{spankety, spankety, spankety}

powerofrecall posted:

That almost looks TOO good, you know? Too smooth, at least the speech bubble thing. If this was going to be something moving, I just imagine it looking way shittier.

When I knocked together that gif of shadow it's just two frames in photoshop. The scribble is just the two frames using the "ocean ripple" filter at weak and slightly different settings.

I can definitely see where you're coming from, but I personally really enjoy taking something of mspaint quality and giving it the full motion comic treatment. The idea of this author just sort of coming upon his own comic, after it has been lavishly worked upon, makes me smile.

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

I do believe I'll be utilizing this, if you don't mind.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:25

Tatum Girlparts: Sep 8, 2011; Do you think you can destroy me with your Nexus? I who served Thuganomics, I who commanded The Cenation, hundreds of years before you were on NXT?

Cuckoo posted:

His mom is just as batshit as he is and they both crashed into a gaming store that refused to let him in or something.

Wait what I haven't followed that stuff since we found out he was racist when Obama got elected, what the hell?

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:25

OldTennisCourt: Sep 11, 2011

Glitterbomber posted:

Wait what I haven't followed that stuff since we found out he was racist when Obama got elected, what the hell?

http://www.sonichu.com/cwcki/28_October_2011

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:29

Mr. D Bewildering: Mar 24, 2010; 8^y

Everdraed posted:

I do believe I'll be utilizing this, if you don't mind.

This scares me more than the picture does

Hiilai posted:

That Shadow is the best thing ever.

Cows Go Moose, please draw more!

Oh what the hell. I've got a minute to spare

He looks... too normal

Like, the way a serious cartoonist might depict him. If he wanted a grumpy Shadow.

Mr. D Bewildering fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2012 around 23:40

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:32

Sir Prancelot: Mar 6, 2008; Knight of the
Rainbow Table.

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

Hahahaha holy poo poo this thread is my love. I completely skimmed over the part where the troll tells his goddamn life story. There's some continuity to this, however weak, and that's both hilarious and kind of terrifying. Somehow the level of effort he's put into it is more upsetting than the violence. I mean, gently caress, he could do like me and at least squander his youth playing DnD and actually talking to people.

I made some things.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:35

Babe Magnet: Jun 1, 2008; He did it like this.
He did it like that.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:37

notZaar: Jan 7, 2004

Cows Go Moose posted:

You know, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that it would look great as one of those art shifts you see in Spongebob.

That's great, but he lost that vacant, shellshocked look.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:42

Sir Prancelot: Mar 6, 2008; Knight of the
Rainbow Table.

UnsubRedun posted:

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:42

Commissar: May 23, 2011; i don't give a god damn
on the shows you did
how many rhymes you got
or who knows you kid

Mr. D Bewildering posted:

This scares me more than the picture does

Oh what the hell. I've got a minute to spare

He looks... too normal Like, the way a serious cartoonist might depict him. If he wanted a grumpy Shadow.

He looks a little baby shadow, all compressed and pudgy.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:43

Robot Randy: Dec 31, 2011; Sounds like a scene straight from a slasher flick, heh!

Mr. D Bewildering posted:

I would love this as an avatar.

We want to start taking bets on which completely unrelated characters show up next?

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:49

Tiler Kiwi: Feb 26, 2011; kobold not even supposed to be here today

Oh man I saw this comic on another forum, and then I come here and see that SA is already all over it.

I'm still not sure if this is the tragic work of a sad little man or the grand opus of some mad genius. I could totally see this all being a product of a prodigy from the "bad on purpose" school of thought.

Maybe I'm just in denial that someone could just accidentally create something so unintentionally hilarious.

Tiler Kiwi fucked around with this message at Feb 19, 2012 around 23:53

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:50

LordArgh: Mar 17, 2009; It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

What is it about Sonic that attracts these kinds of people?

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:53

Cuckoo: Apr 27, 2007; Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat

Mr. D Bewildering posted:

He looks... too normal Like, the way a serious cartoonist might depict him. If he wanted a grumpy Shadow.

I have to agree with this. It looks almost like professional squash and stretch.

That's what's so mind boggling about this comic...wether he got training and remained uniformly terrible, or he has talent and wastes it doing MSpaint sagas, it's obvious through perspective and some attempted traces that he could maybe possibly kind of draw.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:54

killstealing: Nov 9, 2011; as long as there is b-ball
there is nothing wrong
with these avatars, right?

LordArgh posted:

What is it about Sonic that attracts these kinds of people?

Easy to draw, apparently.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:56

Unlucky7: Jul 11, 2006; AG: Flyyyyyyyy!

I haven't felt this feeling since I first heard about Chris-chan; I honestly can not tell if this is all real of if it is a well constructed troll.

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:56

Insertnamehere31: Jan 22, 2012; i used to be trolled but i found out a way to stop it. i do all kinds of stupid and gay shit. they cant troll you if you dress up as a girl and kiss them. i dont like doing it but it works

UnsubRedun posted:

This is wonderful. You are wonderful.If anyone can adjust my avatar to be a little more text and a little less Sonic that would be much appreciated.

Edit: I'm a retarded newbie who doesn't know how gang tags work.

Insertnamehere31 fucked around with this message at Feb 20, 2012 around 00:18

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:59

Seris: Sep 20, 2006; its like some kind of stinky caterpillar

this is the best thing ive ever read

# ? Feb 19, 2012 23:59

Chunderstorm: May 9, 2010

notZaar posted:

That's great, but he lost that vacant, shellshocked look.

I tried to bring it back with photoshop.

# ? Feb 20, 2012 00:00

killstealing: Nov 9, 2011; as long as there is b-ball
there is nothing wrong
with these avatars, right?

HarkToTheLoons posted:

I tried to bring it back with photoshop.

Whoa.

# ? Feb 20, 2012 00:02

Commissar: May 23, 2011; i don't give a god damn
on the shows you did
how many rhymes you got
or who knows you kid

HarkToTheLoons posted:

I tried to bring it back with photoshop.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

# ? Feb 20, 2012 00:03

DoktorSandvich: May 14, 2011

UnsubRedun posted:

This is amazing.

# ? Feb 20, 2012 00:03

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# ? May 22, 2013 16:51

Tiler Kiwi: Feb 26, 2011; kobold not even supposed to be here today

Cuckoo posted:

I have to agree with this. It looks almost like professional squash and stretch.

That's what's so mind boggling about this comic...wether he got training and remained uniformly terrible, or he has talent and wastes it doing MSpaint sagas, it's obvious through perspective and some attempted traces that he could maybe possibly kind of draw.

I've noticed that the hands are surprisingly decent. Probably just tracing, but trying to do that kind of stuff on MS paint ain't easy. The quality seems to leap around pretty crazily, some experimentation but not much in terms of actual improvement.

That and the occasional flash of actual wit with the writing is what makes this whole thing so surreal. Making something just plain poo poo is pretty easy, hitting that sweet spot where its "so bad is good" is harder than people give it credit for. When it's struck by accident, like here, it's gold.

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