Old Comic Discussion: "Imaginate" to "Imaginate, too!"

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:37 am

I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS I ALSO DO THIS

U:
actually
you know what
who doesn't do this

Edit: I decided I needed to change my avatar. U:
oh man I could put pictures of myself as my avatar if I resized them xD
But ew
I'm not really into torturing other people
So I won't

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:42 am

I'de post pics of Myself but I have crappy short hair and no glasses atm, in other words I look pretty lame.

Also - I like the new comic

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:16 am

they call me the space dino

ladies :v

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:11 pm

At least it's not a fur suit..

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:36 pm

icarus wrote:they call me the space dino

ladies :v

Ladies.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:10 pm

Ebly wrote:
icarus wrote:they call me the space dino

ladies :v
Ladies.

Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance.

Give me a chance to do a dance.

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:20 pm

rickgriffin wrote:
Ebly wrote:
icarus wrote:they call me the space dino

ladies :v
Ladies.
Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance.

Give me a chance to do a dance.

Where this is going >:o.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:06 am

rickgriffin wrote:
Ebly wrote:
icarus wrote:they call me the space dino

ladies :v
Ladies.
Just give me a chance to do a hip-hop dance.

Give me a chance to do a dance.

Coach Rick, how come you don't dance no more?

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:31 am

Hey guys, how about a comment on the new comic, you know, those things Rick makes every now and then.

It was okay,

I liked it.

Also, pshh > feh

Where did who's his names eyebrows go in the last panel?

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:11 am

i feel like spike whenever people start riffing on harry potter :<

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:51 pm

icarus wrote:i feel like spike whenever people start riffing on harry potter :<

I liked the first and second book of harry potter.. after that the only reason I read them is because my mom and sister did.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:45 pm

icarus wrote:i feel like spike whenever people start riffing on harry potter :<

:'c

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:34 pm

feeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww......

you hear that? that's the sound of nothing.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:27 am

merkamerka wrote:feeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww......

you hear that? that's the sound of nothing.

no
nothing would sound like nothing
not like feww

HEY HEY IT'S GO OFF TOPIC DAY
So.
Saso's cool he totally shouldn't have died
i mean he did manipulate them
then betray them
then insult them (and tell them to rot in a croc's tummah)
but he was a cool guy. U:

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:10 am

i did this once when i was a little preteen XB i totally missed the point/metaphor of animal farm first time i read it (hey, it was middleschool. communism wasn't something we were taught about!) and so wrote a 'part 2' for myself.

fortunately this was before the internet was really a thing, so nobody saw it but me.

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:04 pm

Man, there's only one super villain I would save, and that has to be Kefka. He's like... I don't know how to explain him, but the whole game made him the coolest character ever.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:25 am

Gotta say that Zach looks really, really cute. Especially in the last panel. That scared grimace is just hilarious! I do hope we get to learn even more about Tiger, Marvin and Zach. However, if the new cast page is any indication, I think we'll be seeing a lot more of these guys. (and if you guys haven't seen it yet, Rick's updated the cast page quite a bit.)

Post by **Dissension** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:52 pm

Unfortunately, I've been on Tiger's side of this relationship/conversation... at least a couple of times. *shakes head*

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:47 pm

Oh yeah, I forgot to comment on the new comic. It's Okay

. It's now following any arc from what it seems though.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:09 am

I'm going to take a wild guess and say this comic will go into the bonus section eventually. The randomness of it is funny though. I think it's mainly a reference to his recent blog post, myself.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:10 am

Why would it go into the bonus section? Because it's one-off? I do those on occasion you know

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:15 am

rickgriffin wrote:Why would it go into the bonus section? Because it's one-off? I do those on occasion you know

Well, it kinda seemed out of character for the comic, even for a one-off. Funny nonetheless, but it's also nothing like any of the other one-offs (and it's also not tagged as such). If it's purposely tagged under "Fall of the Pridelands" for a reason, then that is also hilarious.

(then again, most of the one-offs are crazy random...)

EDIT: Okay, upon truthful reflection, I thought it was filler. BUT then I remembered that editorial comics are only in B&W.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:22 am

And it won't be relevant at all in a few years! Just like a real editorial comic

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:23 am

you could of, you know, filled up that old "Not-Yet finished" comic page with it. Or is that like just dodged? I thought you were going to get back to it.

Wait What- There's a editorial comic? Links?

EDIT- My sister said that your comic confused her to scales unknown of this universe... In other words she didn't understand it, MARIA ANGRY.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:30 am

How can people not get it? It says what it's about in huge lettering

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:37 am

rickgriffin wrote:How can people not get it? It says what it's about in huge lettering

Hmm, I believe I'm slowly getting it. but I still haven't grasped it completely. All I can beep out of it is we're throwing around money, until we sink and that the only thing keeping us up are the representatives, the backbones are the two people I don't feel like quoting, and we're only breathing through mortages/etc.

You mispelled Argument in your blog post... Heh.

Kaiseto · Post by **Kaiseto** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:40 am

Funny comic, although I can't help but feel like it's been done before... very recently.

*cough*http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/4/1/*cough*

Edit: Oop, just read the blog. I see that it's no coincidence :p

Rabz · Post by **Rabz** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:44 am

rickgriffin wrote:How can people not get it? It says what it's about in huge lettering

Yes it says it's about the economy but it doesn't make any sense about how the bulk of that relates to the economy or how the objects that are supposed to represent the bailout or a mortgage relate to anything else in the comic. Are they only self contained meaning the bailout is just a flotation device or is everything interconnected? How is Grape Nancy Paloci or Peanut Reid McConnell? It doesn't make that much sense at all and seems more like an inside joke.

Kaiseto · Post by **Kaiseto** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:15 pm

It's not about the economy... or any of the things in the picture. It's a joke, making fun of how dumb editorial cartoons are.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:04 pm

Seriously guys, I should not have to police you on your language.

Kaiseto · Post by **Kaiseto** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:22 pm

Oh... sorry about that. It's not a word I consider a swear, seeing as it's kinda become part of the vernacular. I'm going to edit it again to say "dumb" so it doesn't look like a far worse word than it actually was, as is the case frequently when bleeping something out.

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:38 pm

i have to say that i side with PA and now housepets too...that realm of cartooning comes off as extremely preechy and pretentious. i'm not at all sad to see them on their way out. lately they've been causing more harm than anything. news stories about that stupid catoon where a muslim had a bomb for a hat were just everywhere a few months ago.

i can understand where they used to have their relevence. where back in the bygone era of yore, people lacked the generalised language and understanding to grasp a fairly abstract concept like 'the housing market is in trouble'. they couldn't put it in a context of 'what does that mean for ME?' so the comics were in essence graphic organisers to break these concepts down in a way the general populace could clearly grasp them.

but we don't need that anymore. we've expanded not only our vocabulary and our understanding, but our means towards acquiring further understanding. it's a relic, and instead of being informative in an off the cuff and witty way, they now smack of personal grudges and "if you don't get this, it's not FOR you."

unfortunately i think a great number of housepets' readers are fairly young, and in all likelyhood don't follow the news all that closely. so this particular one-off may confuse them, because it's almost too good a parody. PA made it very clear to their readers (some of whom are...unique at times) by segueing from the overblown political cartoon straight into gabe drawing it and the thought process behind the "meaning." but without that clear step here, i think some people might actually think it's serious. because it makes about as much sense as any political cartoon these days...

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:54 pm

I finally fully understood it, and I don't find it quite funny.. although comics on ecanomcis and politics are usually not funny.

And my sister despises it, but she's somewhat a err...

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:19 am

it's not on economics or politics, that's the joke.

basicly economic/political cartoonists are all whining about how their jobs are in danger because newspapers don't want them anymore. most actual cartoonists are snorting at these hacks and saying "about freakin time."

housepets is mocking the political cartoon, not actually attempting to make one....

which is exactly what i was saying before about some readers not getting it. :\

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:41 am

icarus wrote:it's not on economics or politics, that's the joke.

basicly economic/political cartoonists are all whining about how their jobs are in danger because newspapers don't want them anymore. most actual cartoonists are snorting at these hacks and saying "about freakin time."

housepets is mocking the political cartoon, not actually attempting to make one....

which is exactly what i was saying before about some readers not getting it. :\

This also proves that editorial comics are easy to make, because half the work and humor comes from audience interpretation. When I posted, I didn't say, "the point is that there's nothing to get" because it was funny seeing people who didn't read Rick's blogpost try to actually find meaning to the "political comic," despite the fact that that everything was labeled and didn't really mean much, if anything.

icarus · Post by **icarus** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:18 am

yeah, that's the entire point of why such comics are...hack work. effortless and pretentious. throw any handful of arbitrary images together and let the audience sort it out. like a visual mad-libs.

Jumplion · Post by **Jumplion** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:39 am

I "got" this right away, I found it funny like any other parody of a political cartoon.

though honestly I don't understand what this whole debate is going on about, that part I don't care too much for.

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:47 am

This one seems like it will turn out cute. :3

Also I think I'm on a high, I'm laughing at everything.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:28 am

Firefighters station:
"Sir! Sir! I just got a call, there's a suburb..."

"Crap! Easter! I forgot about the Easter egg hunt! Get some firefighters over to Babylon Gardens on the double for damage control!"

"Um, sir, there's a fire there too..."

"That's the least I'm worried about! I expected one of those! And wear thick clothing!"

merkamerka · Post by **merkamerka** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:55 am

Fido is chubby. and No I'm not going to get over it anytime soon.

Also my brother says he loves it and does think Fido does look a little weird, but you can throw his opinion in the mud because I said it first.

But nice strip non-the-less. One thing I don't get- Why did they set the place on fire, HOW did they set the place on fire.