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I do think it's very weird that the ending came all at once and seemingly dropping all the momentum that the story was building, so there's something wrong there. It's really disappointing that most of the cast didn't get any sendoff, that feels wrong. I'm not really left desperately wanting more because the writing was on the wall for a while and the last few years of the comic were already cluttered and messy and not really what I liked best about the comic at its prime, but it's still weird to think that a lot of plot hooks it left lying around never got picked up. The UNS was just kinda forgotten. And now I guess there's one of the few comics I was still following closely gone. One of the oldest webcomics. I wonder what the guy will do now. And apparently the artist of Girl Genius just had a health scare, which is why it didn't update this week. It's always scary to remember just how things can go wrong with people you only know of through the internet, and you'll be left not knowing anything except for the fact that there's been radio silence. http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.XxsRiBJ7niw
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I feel like he wanted to wrap the comic up on its twentieth anniversary and realized far too late that the "six days of wheel-spinning and then the plot moves on Sunday" pacing he'd been maintaining for so long had made that impossible, and his insane work ethic collided with his desire to be done, so he just shoved it all into the last month. It's all the major plot beats left in the story provided with just barely enough narrative thread between them to avoid being totally incoherent.
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Jul 24, 2020 21:54
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Emrikol posted:I feel like he wanted to wrap the comic up on its twentieth anniversary and realized far too late that the "six days of wheel-spinning and then the plot moves on Sunday" pacing he'd been maintaining for so long had made that impossible, and his insane work ethic collided with his desire to be done, so he just shoved it all into the last month. It's all the major plot beats left in the story provided with just barely enough narrative thread between them to avoid being totally incoherent. Yeah, that's the feel I get too. Way too many plot threads were set up in this book and then suddenly left dangling by this breakneck-speed ending, like the Eina-Afa elections. I can't blame him for wanting to be done after twenty years of consistent daily comics, though.
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Jul 25, 2020 06:04
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I think of it as an extention of zooming out to show the scale. Only all we can see is a dot in the void. Maybe he'll revisit the ending someday if he comes back to this after his break. He certainly won't need to. Resident Mad Scientist was my favorite stories, and more than once over the years I'd go back and binge an arc. Unlike say, Gunnerkrigg Court or Scary-go-round or K6BD though, I'd never binge all of it.
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Jul 25, 2020 06:12
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Longshoreman of the Apocalypse still stands as a shining example of black comedy to me. Unfortunately, the comic lost a lot of it's luster during Random Access Memorabilia, where it was obvious Tayler was going for the same kind of black comedy as LOTA, but missed the mark and landed squarely in bleakness and despair instead. Still, it's a little strange to hit that link in my bookmarks I have hit nearly every day for 19 years, and only then realize it's done and gone.
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I think my favorite arc of Schlock Mercenary was right after they got ejected by one of the big storylines and they were on a small ship just trying to find jobs to do to make payroll and get by. I want a Mass Effect game like that. They had a lot of scaling-back chapters like that in the comic after big huge galaxy-spanning narratives where they saved the day and wound up losing a lot, but I think the one I'm thinking about there was that purple lady with them to keep an eye on them for the UNS. It seems like there was a lot of buildup with the UNS schemes that wer just dropped.
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Jul 27, 2020 19:23
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SlothfulCobra posted:It seems like there was a lot of buildup with the UNS schemes that wer just dropped. Or the squid people allied with the UNS that were obviously preparing some sort of genocidal betrayal and that went nowhere.
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Jul 27, 2020 19:31
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Cat Mattress posted:Or the squid people allied with the UNS that were obviously preparing some sort of genocidal betrayal and that went nowhere. Pretty sure that scheme paid off with the internal affairs polar bear, and his self-replicating gun. Kevyn's sister gave a big speech at the end of that storyline. The officers behind it got wiped out in a flashback, but the fishfolk got off lightly.
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Jul 28, 2020 09:59
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The whole Schuul uprising seems to have just been a sideshow vehicle for showcasing the worst-case scenario of Redhack; uncountable number of unsuspecting citizens turning into hostile agents from one moment to the next, with no indication of it until they reveal themselves. It's a more extreme example of the Gav subversion that took place on Osiris and hammers home that the capability is out in the wild now and will see use in future conflicts. Breya's point at the end of the arc that the galaxy would have to find a way to set aside old grudges now that they're all practically immortal becomes all the more important for it.
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Jul 28, 2020 18:33
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As a heads up, O Human Star has put up a Kickstarter for volume 3 of the comic, which will be the last (it's ending soon). In case anyone is interested.
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Jul 31, 2020 17:01
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In Widdershin news, really appreciating Sidney's dad's popeye the sailor man arms 
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Ben trying to sell "And neither am I" as a badass line, but all he does is confuse people.
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Edit: Lmao wrong thread.
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Jul 31, 2020 23:01
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I know that it's supposed to be establishing two different places but it's really hard not to read today's Vattu as "Where is Bakrah?! *crowd turns around* Oh, over there."
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Aug 6, 2020 15:48
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Meanwhile in QC, the big guy may be finally be about to kiss the small guy, or possibly the small woman, or both.
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Rand Brittain posted:Meanwhile in QC, the big guy may be finally be about to kiss the small guy, or possibly the small woman, or both. Elliot is a giant goofball and he's adorable.
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Aug 7, 2020 17:41
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I want the robot to kiss the small woman.
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Android Blues posted:I want the robot to kiss the small woman. They have definitely had the best chemistry of any QC pairing so far.
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Re: Today's Oscar Wilde Oh no Oh nooo
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So, has everyone been clicking to schlock mercenary every day out of mindless habit, or is it just me?
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oriongates posted:So, has everyone been clicking to schlock mercenary every day out of mindless habit, or is it just me? Yeah I've done that quite a few times.
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Joe Slowboat posted:Yeah I've done that quite a few times. Yeah, for about the past 20 years.   DOHOHOHOHO!
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oriongates posted:So, has everyone been clicking to schlock mercenary every day out of mindless habit, or is it just me? Used to do that with Arthur, King of Space and Time when it ended years ago.
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oriongates posted:So, has everyone been clicking to schlock mercenary every day out of mindless habit, or is it just me? Never read it, but, I know the feeling from other comics. Also, since I still can't post on UF for whatever technical reasons, send best wishes to NJ for me. Also I'm liking your run down of the undead types so far!
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Twenty Four posted:Never read it, but, I know the feeling from other comics. Also, since I still can't post on UF for whatever technical reasons, send best wishes to NJ for me. Also I'm liking your run down of the undead types so far! Thanks! I wish we could figure out what the problem with the comment system is, because if you can't post you probably aren't the only one.
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So we're all reading Widdershins, right? Sid's dad rules, right?
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Rotten Red Rod posted:So we're all reading Widdershins, right? Sid's dad rules, right? I literally cannot look at a panel he's in without hearing the Popeye song
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Today’s QC is entirely unsurprising and extremely cute.
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I'm having an issue trying to read the latest update on KC Green's Pinocchio: Anyone else seeing this? Is it a Tumblr issue? Can someone repost the pages so I can actually read it?
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I was having that same exact issue, it was really weird, I could glimpse the panels foe a moment when I refreshed the page. It's all good on the actual website though, http://pino.kcgreendotcom.com/
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Oh, good. I didn't know there was another source for the comic other than Tumblr. I thought it was a little weird he chose to post it there. I'll switch my feed to that. I'm also having the same issue where it loads for a moment then breaks. Must be a Tumblr thing. Rotten Red Rod fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Aug 16, 2020 |
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Unfortuantely as far as I can tell the website doesn't have an RSS feed, which is why I was subscribed to the tumblr one in the first place
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Yeah now I remember the same. That's annoying  Ah well I got to read it, finally.
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The new Steeple story, SECRET SENTAI, has begun.
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Has any one read the comic that will always make you cry? Even if it's happy, it makes you cry (if you read any of the previous ones). It is awesome.
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SpannerX posted:Has any one read the comic that will always make you cry? Even if it's happy, it makes you cry (if you read any of the previous ones). It is awesome.
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Mods ban this filth that's a cursed image
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If we're still promoting new comics in the thread, I've been reading Lunar Maladies for a while and it's turning out to be a more interesting mystery than I expected it to be. Verse is pretty cool, too. It reminds me a bit of the art style and dark-ish fantasy tone of Necropolis. Not entirely sure what's up with it now though. The creator was dropping single page updates for a while after the first volume ended, but she's taken them all down now and I guess plans to drop them as a single update when they're done? Worth keeping an eye on at least. The Thief of Tales is a cute, light comic about a thief being guided through a magic forest by a wolf god. It has very charming art and is nice to read.
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PMush Perfect posted:I got a single random page, and it shot me in the loving heart. Yeah, the web design leaves a lot to be desired. I found her(?) on FB somehow so I've read them all over there. Here's a direct link to her stories. And the first one is on page 2. So, if you want your heart ripped out with every comic, read this one.
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Meanwhile in QC, the small guy was not sure if he wanted to kiss the big guy, but the friendly local librarian was able to sort this out in ten seconds. Remember, reading is Fun-damental!
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