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Old 12-07-2006, 02:35 PM   Top  -  End  -  #1
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Default The art sucks.

The characters look absurd. Their limbs are too thick, their feet are too short, their hands are weird-shaped with fat fingers and five digits each. Every character's left eye seems to be the exact same size as the right. And their heads are all bizzar, non-circular shapes. It isn't even consistant: one character's head is shaped completely different from another's!

And what, pray tell, are those rediculous protrusions in the middle of their faces??

Horrible. Jamie Noguchi, go back to art school.


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Old 12-07-2006, 02:47 PM   Top  -  End  -  #2
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Uh, hopefully you're being sarcastic. In case you're not, you don't have to watch the comic if you don;t like it.
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Old 12-07-2006, 02:48 PM   Top  -  End  -  #3
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And what's with the long pants?

And even worse, sleeves!
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Old 12-07-2006, 02:49 PM   Top  -  End  -  #4
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Uh, hopefully you're being sarcastic. In case you're not, you don't have to watch the comic if you don;t like it.
It was sarcasm and it was brilliant.
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Old 12-07-2006, 03:00 PM   Top  -  End  -  #5
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It was sarcasm and it was brilliant.
I would certainly hope so. After all the other strip on this site consists entirely of stick figures!!!!!!!!!
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Old 12-07-2006, 03:07 PM   Top  -  End  -  #6
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*sob* It's all so terribly true! Noses and five fingers all!

*runs away to sob in a corner*
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Old 12-07-2006, 03:15 PM   Top  -  End  -  #7
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Reminds me of oots0339

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Old 12-07-2006, 04:18 PM   Top  -  End  -  #8
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I would certainly hope so. After all the other strip on this site consists entirely of stick figures!!!!!!!!!
Either this was sarcasm and brilliant, or just... err... brilliant.

In case it isn't clear, see the last panel of this comic:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0339.html




To the OP:
your post is ALSO brilliant! This whole thread is brilliant!
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Old 12-07-2006, 04:31 PM   Top  -  End  -  #9
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your post is ALSO brilliant! This whole thread is brilliant!
Now that was definitely sarcasm.
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Old 12-07-2006, 05:07 PM   Top  -  End  -  #10
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Uh, hopefully you're being sarcastic. In case you're not, you don't have to watch the comic if you don;t like it.
Did... did you read the post?
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Old 12-07-2006, 06:33 PM   Top  -  End  -  #11
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Gonna have to find me a new sketch artist...

"Well, at least I still have my webcomic."

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Old 12-07-2006, 08:22 PM   Top  -  End  -  #12
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I know right, what ARE those hideous bumpy things between there eyes?

Hee hee, I am in awe of your sarcasm skills. This gave me a good laugh. (or it would have if I could laugh and not be discovered as not doing my homework)
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Old 12-08-2006, 01:52 PM   Top  -  End  -  #13
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That's just sad. I can see you now; you're watching a horror movie and you'll ask the guy sitting next to you, "oh my god, please tell me vampires aren't real!"
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Old 12-08-2006, 02:12 PM   Top  -  End  -  #14
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That's just sad. I can see you now; you're watching a horror movie and you'll ask the guy sitting next to you, "oh my god, please tell me vampires aren't real!"
He got it wrong, easy enough to do with sarcasm on the internet, no need to jump him.
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Old 12-08-2006, 03:46 PM   Top  -  End  -  #15
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ROFL! Nice one, Hydro. And here I thought it was gonna be a troll post, from the title.

It's just too bad I didn't think of it first... :(
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Old 12-08-2006, 03:58 PM   Top  -  End  -  #16
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Yea, misscommunications happen. No big deal.

I personally didn't even think the wink-smiley should be necessary, but I suppose one can never be completely sure whether a post is completely in fun or half-serious.
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Old 12-08-2006, 04:10 PM   Top  -  End  -  #17
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Yeah thats one thign that always bugged me about communicating via text, it's normally near impossible to distinguish between sarcasm and seriousness.
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Old 12-08-2006, 09:05 PM   Top  -  End  -  #18
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I think the art work is nice
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Old 12-08-2006, 09:15 PM   Top  -  End  -  #19
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Default Re: The art sucks.

While I must admit that I don't find the art aesthetically pleasing, I think it is done intentionally: you can see a lot of skill in what's being done, and it seems pretty clear that a lot of those decisions on aesthetics were likely quite intentional.

My speculation is that it was done purposely to give a certain level of discomfort, and to also set it aside visually

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Old 12-08-2006, 10:17 PM   Top  -  End  -  #20
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I admit that I wasn't sure at first whether the first post was sarcastic. Probably because I wasn't familiar with the original poster.
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Old 12-08-2006, 10:19 PM   Top  -  End  -  #21
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You mean the line about the 'ridulous protusions in the middle of their faces' didn't give it away?
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Old 12-08-2006, 10:20 PM   Top  -  End  -  #22
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Nope. But I am rather dense, being made of tin and all !
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Old 12-08-2006, 10:27 PM   Top  -  End  -  #23
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You know, I saw the title, and thought I'd pop in and throw out a compliemtary "Let's see YOU do better, punk" and a good draw-and-quartering. I love sarcasm at this level.

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Old 12-08-2006, 10:33 PM   Top  -  End  -  #24
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Heh, man you really had me going there. I saw the title and started reading, and I was just thinking "OMG! this little punk..... oooooooo HA HAHAHA HA!"
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Old 12-09-2006, 07:43 AM   Top  -  End  -  #25
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Yea, misscommunications happen. No big deal.

I personally didn't even think the wink-smiley should be necessary, but I suppose one can never be completely sure whether a post is completely in fun or half-serious.
Yeah the smiley should have definetively give it away, not to mention "five digits" and "different head shapes"...Shall I really disgrace myself and admit that I still needed to read the thread and reread the original post to get it?
But taking that in account- your thread succeeded exactly

But it's sometimes really hard to get sarcasm on a written text when you don't have nonverbal signs - and not being an english native makes it not easier. So nobel prize for the one inventing the smilies.
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Old 12-09-2006, 04:38 PM   Top  -  End  -  #26
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Uh, hopefully you're being sarcastic. In case you're not, you don't have to watch the comic if you don;t like it.
Man your Nick and signature tell that you have humour sense... It's obviously sarcastic
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Old 12-11-2006, 05:32 PM   Top  -  End  -  #27
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I'm so confused.... who's being sarcastic and who isn't?


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Sarcasm can be a great gift or dangerous enemy. In this case it was just plain funny.
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Old 12-11-2006, 08:09 PM   Top  -  End  -  #29
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well I don't like the art either and saying 'then just don't read it' is annoying as well... it was a new thing to the website so im sure alot of people read it and didnt enjoy something about it , or else they loved it... I for one was disappointed and will take stick figures over the new comic anyday
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