Sad Robots. Sad Dinosaurs. Sad Stick Figures. We haven’t review this much sad black and white stuff since Pictures for Sad Children. This show takes on The Robot is Sad by Tam Nguyen of The Daily Cougar. Beyond the nature of this strip we get into a bit about what works on the Web, what works better in a newspaper and where this particular strip falls. Good times are had all around.
DS 143 Review: The Robot is Sad
If you take a look around the web, you’ll see that many comics sites dutifully passed along the news a few weeks ago that Clickwheel has unveiled a comics app for the iPhone and iTouch. It looks like people mostly just posted the press release, though, without actually trying the thing out.
Well, I have, and so far, I’m pretty underwhelmed.
A couple of weeks ago we got my daughter a new Mac laptop, and the Apple folks were kind enough to throw in a free 8G iTouch to sweeten the deal. I was delighted: Something shiny!
The gleam started wearing off as soon as I got home and realized I had to upgrade to iTunes 2.0 (at a cost of $9.95) in order to do anything interesting. I hate paying for the privilege of spending money. So I grumbled for two weeks and then handed the damn thing over to my husband (a high-energy physicist) and told him “do what you have to.”
Half an hour later he handed me the phone with Clickwheel and the New York Times installed. Continue reading
I believe that this episode will go down in history as the show with the most uses of the words “pedophile,” “douchebag” and “wiener” and the phrase “ass slapping in church” in the history of Digital Strips. What comic could possible inspire sure bawdy langauge from such upstanding group of citizens as ourselves? Why none other than Captain Excelsior. This strip is yet another look into the personal lives of superheroes. Does this one have the gumption to rise above the crowd and truly excel? Tune in to find out.
Digital Strips 142 – Review: Captain Excelsior
It’s that time of the month again, and it a totally awesome way. This month’s Zuda crop struck us as stronger overall than months past and there was good stuff. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t find things to be mean about.
One of the big themes in this week’s show were summaries. Jason and I didn’t even realize there were summaries for the Zuda competitors (we both fear large blocks or text) but Brigid found herself referring to them often. We talk briefly about how summaries can be used properly and not so properly.
Once again, if the player is still being fussy (read: frustratingly stupid) Digital Strips 141can be found via clicking the blue words. We’ve got top men on it. Top men.
Further proof that the world is coming to the end, Jason and Steve do a whole review of a comic featuring topless women without having the whole show be about boobs. Maybe Brigid really is bringing some class this place.
During this years WCCA‘s there were two strips that cleaned housed: Lackadaisy which we reviewed a while back and all loved, and Octopus Pie which we’re reviewing now. Will it also recieve total affection? Tune in now, (or later, when you have time, that’s kind of the beauty of podcasting) to find out.
Podcast editor’s note, sorry this took so long to post, between my internet going down and various services being picky, this is much later than anticipated. And if the above player still isn’t working, try this link http://cdn2.libsyn.com/digitalstrips/DS_140_-_Review_Octapus_Pie.mp3
Ah… another week, another Web comic held up to unrequested scrutiny. This week we take on Planet Saturday, a strip that at first we thought was a kid’s strip but turned out to be great for adults. Brigid and Jason thought Monty Kane’s creation was the best thing since sliced bread while I thought it was good, but should not be compared to bread of any kind. But then again I really like bread.
After that we make fun of Jason for having feelings. Stupid, stupid feelings
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This month Zuda invited back some of it’s previous competitors for another shot. They had to produce another eight pages to go along with their previous attempts and the longer format really helps the read know which comics are real contenders and which ones were just pretenders.
Because we had so much at our disposal, we were able to really form some strong opinions about most of the entries. Those we liked, we liked a lot and the rest we disliked with more passion than usual.
Do your picks match ours? Let us know what you think.
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It’s no secret that many webcomics are dedicated to the craft of making and even playing video games. It’s an easy genre to jump into, right? Just play some games, embellish your thoughts on a particular aspect of the game, and draw it. That would take maybe an afternoon, a morning if you’re a pro.
Well, the way Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw sees it, this formula isn’t working anymore. Not only that, but others who are taking liberties with the usual formula are doing so incorrectly and should stop making comics as a result of it.
Also as usual, Yahtzee does a much better job of expounding on this subject further, so go listen to the full installment, which you can find over on the Escapist Magazine site!
We take our shots at the Harvey nominees this time and discuss the differences that occur when you let everybody vote rather than just a select few. It’s a Web comic discussion with deep political overtones that we never mention and never thought about.
The strips this time are:
The Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allen Poo.
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It’s award season for the world of comics once again, and to celebrate we’re going to show up at the ceremony, mock the losers and try to find some way to attach ourselves to the winner and just make a general mess of everything. But until we can make tickets to the show in photoshop, we’ve made this show where we give our takes on each the nominees and explain why we think it should win, or go down in a pile of flames, tears and broken dreams. We also give our picks on what we think should have been nominated, but didn’t this year.
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The Abominable Charles Christopher
Sugarshock (you have to scroll all the way to the bottom then all the way to the right)
Our picks: