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MyronMulch
Nov 12, 2006

amigolupus posted:

The guy on Apartment 3-G's second panel is looking to the side like he can't believe this farce. Compare that to Mark Trail's second panel which is supposed to convey...what exactly? It bugs me how Mark Trail almost always has an extreme close-up of someone's face. It'd be fine if it was drawn in different angles to convey certain moods, but James is so creatively bankrupt that he always draws them facing the front like this.

I strongly suspect that all the heads are drawn by somebody else, either before as a big collection of assets for Jam to choose from or as something drawn into the panel before or after by an assistant. The drawing style of the heads and drat near everything else is different, and things don't fit together too well -- the head positions don't make sense, necks too long or too short, etc. I'm thinking of the Cherry bikini lounging pose from way way back. We see the real Jam style when the characters are far away (probably because he doesn't have assets that small, or they look terrible when he reduces them), and also in Edge of Adventure, where a given character's face looks different every time he draws it.

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Nov 12, 2006

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Nov 12, 2006


Ed Hates His Son

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Nov 12, 2006


Dustin Hates His Dad

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Nov 12, 2006

Mark Trail

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Nov 12, 2006

Mark Trail

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Nov 12, 2006


"Caption for the photo?"

MyronMulch
Nov 12, 2006

Shugojin posted:

Comic Strips 2020: Eat poo poo James Allen

MyronMulch
Nov 12, 2006

Dustin

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MyronMulch
Nov 12, 2006

Magna Kaser posted:

0 of those are Chinese characters in Nancy. The ad is all real characters but it's kinda nonsense and just a list of random stuff in Chinese, no idea if it's any more coherent in Japanese.

太刀 at least is a type of sword, so it's not completely random. Trap sprung, etc.

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