Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire, Mk. XXXV: DJ Callan Turns the Tables

[Bobikus]

I don't see how you can rage or get depressed by DD. There are much worse webcomics out there that make a lot of money for their creators and are loved by all. Most acknowledge DD for what it is.

Which is why I dislike CAD far more than DD.

[TheLaughingMan]

The dimensions I see are

TVTropes / Fanfiction - Are your posts link-heavy? Or do you write fanfiction to paper over holes in the comic?
Analysis / Reaction - Do you see each update in the broader context of the comic and the world? Or do you evaluate each update independently?
Hope / Despair - When there's uncertainty, do you say "This could be cool"? Or do you say "It's just going to be resolved anticlimatically"?
Threaddict / Sober - Nothing's happening? Do you post pictures of ponies, Dominikudigan, in verse, or do you just wait for the next update?
Punchy / NoPunchy - What is your opinion of Punchy McStonefist?*

I'd say the more jokey types are something of a chaotic alignment in this regard. Rather than stick to just to hope or despair, the joker tends to just express feeling based on how good of a joke he can make of either.

TvTropes, Analysis, and (potentially) Threaddict all lend themselves more to the Analysis snarker type. Reaction, Despair and Threaddict tend to offer an example of the Rage type. And Hope, Sober, and eventually despair are example of the Sensitive type.

A.R.Se: Because you don't know who you are until we tell you.

[Domochevsky]

So... anyone up for cutting the latest strips down to a sufficient amount of panels to see how long it is? And so i can catch up without having the read all that crap.

(Somewhat related: Do you want to see better art than DD? Check my sig. I can now do drawings for you. And i promise that they're not as terribad as Mookie's. )

PS: No idea how i fit into the newly developed scheme. >_>

[Welf]

I think that's the first time I ever made it into a signature. I'm so proud!

You're welcome
I'm considering using this in Facebook, too.

[T-O-E]

Which is why I dislike CAD far more than DD.

CAD's hatebase is probably much larger than its fanbase. Sure, Buckley makes money but is he respected? No.

I do dislike CAD but it's not what I was talking about.

[mwchase]

How I am... the indicators vary with my workload. Thinking about my reasons, I think this thread is therapy for me. The analytical stuff is interesting. Looking over DD is a really instructive thing about the importance of criticism. (Also, I'll note that my really dire and emphatic predictions seem to never actually come to pass, which is... dunno, probably annoys and comforts two approximately equal-sized groups. Mediocrity vs not-terrible, and all.)

Looking over the actual dimensions more closely...

I mention tropes (complete with all initial caps ), but I also try to figure out "wait, what would be a reasonable situation here?", and tend to fail. I'm not sure it's possible to react to an individual update in a vacuum. If somebody did that, wouldn't every post be "Man, I have a splitting headache. I can't remember anything from last night. Why does everyone have a pointy face and a mouth under each eye?"? I think I'm straight down the middle on Hope/Despair. I mean, that's how apathy seems to me. And like I said, the last significant axis is dependent on my workload, with some anomalies, like the fact that I'm posting right now.

*Back to final project. I may post it at some point, during another slump. It is a short comic-book thing about the experiences and thoughts of Vine Deloria, Jr.*

[Darkmyst]

So... anyone up for cutting the latest strips down to a sufficient amount of panels to see how long it is? And so i can catch up without having the read all that crap.

Last 2 weeks abbreviated:

Luna: "Quilt! Need you to find Celesto for us. Dominic could do it, but it might be dangerous so I'd rather you take the hit."

Quilt: "k"

*pause*

Q: "Scrying or no scrying?"

L: "With"

Q: "aww."

*Quilt blows bubbles, uses them instead of crystal ball because *

Q: "Nope. Nope. Nope, and apparently I'm made out of pervert bits. Nope. Nope. Aha. Got him."

L: "Nice. Where is he?"

Q: "He's currently~~~~~FRIDAY CLIFFHANGER BREAK.

[Bobikus]

CAD's hatebase is probably much larger than its fanbase. Sure, Buckley makes money but is he respected? No.

I do dislike CAD but it's not what I was talking about.

Oh, if you're talking about comics that are still generally well liked, then I guess my dislike of xkcd counts. It does have a notable hatebase though.

[Domochevsky]

Last 2 weeks abbreviated:

Luna: "Quilt! Need you to find Celesto for us. Dominic could do it, but it might be dangerous so I'd rather you take the hit."

Quilt: "k"

*pause*

Q: "Scrying or no scrying?"

L: "With"

Q: "aww."

*Quilt blows bubbles, uses them instead of crystal ball because *

Q: "Nope. Nope. Nope, and apparently I'm made out of pervert bits. Nope. Nope. Aha. Got him."

L: "Nice. Where is he?"

Q: "He's currently~~~~~FRIDAY CLIFFHANGER BREAK.

Thanks.

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Dohoho~

6 panels for 2 weeks.
That's as many as 8 tens.
And that's terrible.

[Garland]

The whole cliffhanger will be revealed to be just

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a funny looking mole in Celesto's ass.

[Helanna]

The whole cliffhanger will be revealed to be just

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a funny looking mole in Celesto's ass.

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We will then spend three weeks on a arc about how important it is to get regular cancer screenings. Alterism may or may not be involved for unclear reasons.

[Rappy]

You've redeemed this week's comics for me with that image, Domo, if only because they spawned it.

[Trazoi]

You've redeemed this week's comics for me with that image, Domo, if only because they spawned it.

My favourite part is Quilt shifting his obsession from Pam's butt to Celesto's butt. If only that happened in strip - it's funny and it makes more sense than what we got.

Oh, if you're talking about comics that are still generally well liked, then I guess my dislike of xkcd counts. It does have a notable hatebase though.

Yeah, xkcd is probably the closest I'd get to a webcomic that actively annoys me because it's impossible to avoid the die-hard fans. At least most Dominic Deegan and CAD fans treat it as a guilty pleasure. Although in my case it's also because I used to be a fan, back when I thought xkcd was a self-depreciating look into the way nerds think and before it got way too smug.

[Garland]

Domo has inspired me. As soon as I get Photoshop detecting my Tablet pen pressure again I want to contribute with some snark art... I already have something special in mind!

[Fawkes]

Yeah, xkcd is probably the closest I'd get to a webcomic that actively annoys me because it's impossible to avoid the die-hard fans. At least most Dominic Deegan and CAD fans treat it as a guilty pleasure. Although in my case it's also because I used to be a fan, back when I thought xkcd was a self-depreciating look into the way nerds think and before it got way too smug.

Success was the worst thing to happen to xkcd.

[TheArsenal]

Success was the worst thing to happen to xkcd.

Well I wouldn't call it THAT bad...But mostly I just find it too smug most of the time. Too Sure of itself, and sometimes missing the point completely.

[Gez]

Success was the worst thing to happen to <insert stuff here>.

The hipster credo.

[Castel]

The hipster credo.

Credos are too mainstream. Hipsters use more of a system of tenets, but you've probably never heard of them.

[Gez]

Bah, the hipster culture is too widespread to be cool anymore.

[Castel]

Bah, the hipster culture is too widespread to be cool anymore.

Which gives us the hipsters hipstering the hipster movement. Which spawns the hipsters who hipster the hipstering of the hipster movement. Which in turn gives us the hipsters who hipster the hipstering of the hipstering of the hipster movement. Ad-infinitum(Ironically).

And so, I present my proposition that being awake past 5 a.m. isn't a particularly good idea. Good night, everybody!

[Welf]

You've redeemed this week's comics for me with that image, Domo, if only because they spawned it.

And the vicious cycle continues. You'd think after 2 weeks of nothing we finally could break with our addiction, then Domo comes and makes this. (Lol by the way.) This starts to look like one of those epic ancient Greek dramas where everybody dies a painful dead, and they can do nothing about it except accepting it since it is their inevitable destiny.

[Johnny Blade]

Success was the worst thing to happen to xkcd.

xkcd was the worst thing to happen to success.

[TheArsenal]

xkcd was the worst thing to happen to success.

xkcd was the worst thing to happen to success

[Darkmyst]

Yeah, xkcd is probably the closest I'd get to a webcomic that actively annoys me because it's impossible to avoid the die-hard fans.

One wouldn't exactly say it's impossible. I've never met a true advocate of xkcd... reactions from people I've heard mention the thing have been lukewarm at best.

Unrelated: Damn you're quick Domo! Bravo :D

[Traab]

Hey, I happen to like CAD!

[TheArsenal]

Everything was cool until everything came along...Remeber those days? When everything was original, except NOW everything is making everything more everything by adding more everything then everything! If I wanted everything I would get everything, not everything!

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

I was gonna say something intelligent, but then TheArsenal happened, and now my head is asplode.

[TheArsenal]

I was gonna say something intelligent, but then TheArsenal happened, and now my head is asplode.

This is going to be in my signature.

[Welf]

I was gonna say something intelligent, but then TheArsenal happened, and now my head is asplode.

What he said.
(I wish there was a "like" button in the forum,, so I could signal approval without writing content-less posts that serve no other purpose.)

[Bobikus]

Hey, I happen to like CAD!

The only explanation I can think of here is that you're actually Buckley in disguise.