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Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:45 am
by Mickey the Luxray
You just might be topping the list as my current favorite person on this forum right now.

Sah.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:59 am
by Render
Welsh Halfwit wrote:This appears to be a week for the lesser used characters to pop up.

This may indicate their usage in a future arc.
There was a poll, which characters we'd like to see again.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:10 am
by Gren
AHAHAHA I love this cat! Oh Jasper, you're hopeless :lol:
Grape, how you dare to steal his moment to shine? :evil: (and since when they are so friends? I thought she thought he was weird).
I like a lot the new design of cats, they are perfectly defined now. I remember when some people couldn't tell who was a dog and who a cat. Now I think this would never happen again. :lol:
Raska wrote:I...don't remember Jasper...
how you dare! *shake fist*

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:06 am
by Perfesser_Bear
Oddly enough, I don't recall any characters in the old MGM cartoons (of which Tom & Jerry were a part) named Jinx. Hanna-Barbera (who worked on the T&J shorts) went on to make thousands of hours of cheap, Saturday morning fare, including a long-running segment of the Huckleberry Hound Show called Pixie and Dixie. The antagonist in that series was a cat named Mr. Jinx. Tom Cat was originally called Jasper in the first MGM theatrical releases.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:09 am
by Welsh Halfwit
Perfesser_Bear wrote:Oddly enough, I don't recall any characters in the old MGM cartoons (of which Tom & Jerry were a part) named Jinx. Hanna-Barbera (who worked on the T&J shorts) went on to make thousands of hours of cheap, Saturday morning fare, including a long-running segment of the Huckleberry Hound Show called Pixie and Dixie. The antagonist in that series was a cat named Mr. Jinx. Tom Cat was originally called Jasper in the first MGM theatrical releases.
Indeed. According to Wiki the first in what would be Tom & Jerry was 'Puss gets the Boot' starring Jasper and Jinx. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puss_Gets_the_Boot

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:41 am
by TheOne
Katias wrote:I love the way Grape was drawn in this comic! It feels like a subtle new style Rick's trying out,even though I'm probably wrong. Still, love the comic!
I agree with you on this one. Grape looks good in this strip. I would like to see her character design in a side profile shot though, just to see how the angles on her face look that way. It doesn't have to be in the strip; I just want to see it.

By the way, whenever I'm on the comic page, there're always links to see character designs/sketches on some place called TWC, but when I click the link I just get some page like this:

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And after I "vote", all that happens is the small image disappears and nothing else comes up. Is that just because the link to the content has expired, or is there some other reason?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:50 am
by GeckoZY
I can still see the character sheets.

Did you try scrolling down a little bit, the image is a bit too big that the ad pushes the character sheet below it.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:54 am
by Macsen
The image pops up for me, though it's the same one that's been there since last year. :(

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:55 am
by Render
That is working. The character skeches are visible to me too - but it's the same since December. Maybe you can try to empty your cache.

BTW: Is there a way to see the old character sheets?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:01 pm
by GeckoZY
Render wrote:BTW: Is there a way to see the old character sheets?
Rick was selling the original character sheets or sketches. It's not colored but it's all in there.

Edit: He has a colored but watermarked character sheet of peanut in the HP! twitter and some sketches of some of the wolves(Jack, Elaine) and Itsuki in his actual twitter: image 1 & 2 .

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:15 pm
by Render
Ah, that was them. OK, thanks.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:07 pm
by D-Rock
Duster wrote:
D-Rock wrote:You gotta admit, Jasper's a determined one. Or too stubborn for his own good, really depends on how you look at it.
Crazy is more like it! In fact I think the definition for craziness fits his particular character quite well.
Cannot believe I didn't think of that. Textbook definition of insanity right there!

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:23 pm
by Frank
Kitch wrote:
GeckoZY wrote:Jinx seems to be missing XD
Sounds a lot like Tom and Jerry and the duckling :D
That would be Little Quacker, the predecessor to Yacky Doodle. :P
Image um.. I believe he was referencing "Pinky and The Brain... and Larry"

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:23 pm
by TinFoilHats
Dissension wrote: I think my argument is compelling and convincing and did you know squirrels bite each others' tails off in displays of dominance? :3
That was interesting. Disturbing, but interesting.

Anywho, I used to love Tom and Jerry(and still do).

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:03 pm
by Argent

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 6:21 pm
by bhPixelFire
Amusing accordian shapes and a frying pan to the head.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:32 pm
by TheOne
GeckoZY wrote:I can still see the character sheets.

Did you try scrolling down a little bit, the image is a bit too big that the ad pushes the character sheet below it.

What's been going on is I would see that screen, and the ad in that screenshot would be the bottom of the page. I tried it again just now, and now after 'voting' I can see a character sheet with the one-armed wolf, Bruce, Falstaff and Truck, and the wolf couple that King bumped into at the Christmas party. (just before his proposal)

That's ok, but now that's the only one I can see, regardless of which link I click on. The main page says there's supposed to be one of Bailey, Peanut, Fox, and another one that's apparently the one I'm seeing.

(By the way, for clarity's sake, it's this page that I'm seeing.)

EDIT: I forgot to ask... Is that supposed to be the only viewable character sheet, or is something wrong somewhere?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:37 pm
by GeckoZY
TheOne wrote:
GeckoZY wrote:I can still see the character sheets.

Did you try scrolling down a little bit, the image is a bit too big that the ad pushes the character sheet below it.

What's been going on is I would see that screen, and the ad in that screenshot would be the bottom of the page. I tried it again just now, and now after 'voting' I can see a character sheet with the one-armed wolf, Bruce, Falstaff and Truck, and the wolf couple that King bumped into at the Christmas party. (just before his proposal)

That's ok, but now that's the only one I can see, regardless of which link I click on. The main page says there's supposed to be one of Bailey, Peanut, Fox, and another one that's apparently the one I'm seeing.

(By the way, for clarity's sake, it's this page that I'm seeing.)

EDIT: I forgot to ask... Is that supposed to be the only viewable character sheet, or is something wrong somewhere?
Yes, there were no new/additional character sheets after that update. The character sheet was replaced almost every week at that period (Nov 2012), you wouldn't be able to see the previous character sheets until Rick posts them all.

Edit: There is also a thread that talks about those character sheets.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:50 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
there is only one voting page. once Rick put up the next one, the previous one was no longer available.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:02 pm
by TheOne
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:there is only one voting page. once Rick put up the next one, the previous one was no longer available.
So why are there multiple links? It's a little confusing...
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Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:04 pm
by RandomGeekNamedBrent
because the main page shows every announcement since the site was started. I don't even know if Rick can deactivate those links.

but we should probably get back to talking about Tom and J... I mean Jasper and Jinx

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:24 pm
by TheOne
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote: ...but we should probably get back to talking about Tom and J... I mean Jasper and Jinx
Yeah, about that... guessing from Grape's monologue, does it mean that not only did Jasper have a house fall on him, but since we've seen at least a few houses destroyed in the comic so far (easter egg hunt, for example) does it mean that destruction of property, namely houses, is considered normal in Babylon Gardens? Is it strictly limited to unoccupied homes, or have the Miltons discovered how to build a replicator?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:45 pm
by Nortnos
I'd say replication is reasonable, but I find organically growing houses more likely. Just plop down a few seeds, water daily, and a new house will grow in 2-3 weeks. That, my aquaintances, is genetic engineering at its peak.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:53 pm
by LadySharon
ya know... because of the limited exposure of these characters... I had thought Jasper and Jinx were a COUPLE like Joey and Squeak.

That was mainly from the comic where jinx is setting Jasper's foot on fire...
In it Grape asks if there are no "normal" couples - and then mentions not wanting to get into a love triangle not realizing that she already is in one.

So I thought there was a love triangle going on between Jasper, the lady cat and Jinx. And I thought Jinx was a girl.

Ie I thought she was upset that Jasper was courting someone else.

Never thought of T+J until this comic - even though that was one of the cartoons I watched *all the time*

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:18 pm
by copper
So his color is just a stylized J? :|

That cat seems to be obsessed.... they should have an intervention for the poor dear.


Oh, and Diss, as you often say, Let's not be creepy. :P

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:04 am
by Sleet
copper wrote:So his color is just a stylized J? :|
Well compare Fido, Bino and Joey.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:44 am
by valerio
LadySharon wrote:ya know... because of the limited exposure of these characters... I had thought Jasper and Jinx were a COUPLE like Joey and Squeak.

That was mainly from the comic where jinx is setting Jasper's foot on fire...
In it Grape asks if there are no "normal" couples - and then mentions not wanting to get into a love triangle not realizing that she already is in one.

So I thought there was a love triangle going on between Jasper, the lady cat and Jinx. And I thought Jinx was a girl.

Ie I thought she was upset that Jasper was courting someone else.

Never thought of T+J until this comic - even though that was one of the cartoons I watched *all the time*
what's your problem?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:23 am
by gameangel147
For a second there I thought we had a new character, turns out he just wasn't seen that much.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:18 am
by Sleet
Yeah, Rick did a poll a little while back (right before the comment section went down) asking what characters we wanted to see more of. That's why we're seeing the likes of Jasper and Delusional Steve.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:56 am
by LadySharon
valerio wrote: what's your problem?
No problem - why do you think I have a problem?

I'm just saying I mis-interpreted the past strip.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:28 pm
by bhPixelFire
Tom always did have a weird scream...

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:26 pm
by Sinder
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Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:42 pm
by Gren
Sinder wrote:
You're sick.
Strange thing is that no mods has said "let's not get creepy" yet ¬¬

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:44 pm
by Welsh Halfwit
Gren wrote:
Sinder wrote:
You're sick.
Strange thing is that no mods has said "let's not get creepy" yet ¬¬
Huh? What? Have I missed something?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:03 pm
by Macsen
Trust me. If it went over your head, that's probably a good thing. :?

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:13 pm
by Welsh Halfwit
Kitch wrote:Trust me. If it went over your head, that's probably a good thing. :?
Fair enough.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:01 pm
by Gren
Welsh Halfwit wrote:
Gren wrote:
Sinder wrote:
You're sick.
Strange thing is that no mods has said "let's not get creepy" yet ¬¬
Huh? What? Have I missed something?
I was just being sarcastic, though he really did something. He changed the colours of that sound effect in the last panel from yellow to red, implying blood.

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:35 pm
by CHAOKOCartoons
Common guys, the weird Jasper and Jinx comment wasnt that bad! :| Not to mention, WHAT EXACTLY MADE THAT SICK, yes it was weird and over thought but still! :roll:



oh... you where talking about the color change... that makes sense now... :oops:

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:51 pm
by copper
The color change is hit or miss. A bit realistic and non Tom and Jerry, but still well within the forum rating....

Re: 2013/03/22 - Cats Will Be Cats

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:57 pm
by Kateleo007
I just realized that Grape is the only oddly colored cat.