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    Quote Originally Posted by Drakeburn View Post
    I think the comic you're talking about is anti-heroes.

    And it is quite sad to see this thread falling apart.
    But maybe this is an opportunity for new beginnings. I've been thinking about making my own fan-comic as well. But I haven't figured everything out yet.
    Oh yeah! Anti-Heroes!

    Didn't a new author take over at some point? I lost track of updates because I remember it going on some sort of hiatus.

    By the looks of it, it's still updating right?

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    It still updates sporadically, but consistently.

    Anti-Heroes took on a wildly different tone and style after the author change. It's a very palpable change, so much so that at times it feels like a completely different comic. So don't go back to it expecting it to be the same as the days of old.

    That's not a slam against Dyluth or Leakingpen; it's just an observation about the comic's evolution. Any time the creative team changes halfway through a work, these sorts of things happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D.KnightSpider View Post
    It still updates sporadically, but consistently.

    Anti-Heroes took on a wildly different tone and style after the author change. It's a very palpable change, so much so that at times it feels like a completely different comic. So don't go back to it expecting it to be the same as the days of old.

    That's not a slam against Dyluth or Leakingpen; it's just an observation about the comic's evolution. Any time the creative team changes halfway through a work, these sorts of things happen.
    ... What sort of differences? o: Is it still funny..?

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    Hahah, hi TaiLiu!
    It looks like your comic's going well! Any potential spoilers for us...?
    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    I might be able to build a time-machine from items I will find in my fridge, I might be able to run for President of Planet Earth, but there will be no greater exercise in futility than to summarize my comic.
    Eek. Is it really that bad?
    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    Feel free to make your own comic. For old times' sake i'd be willing to offer my experience.
    Oh, I appreciate it, but I neither have the time nor ability to create comic strips. If you'd like, I could make a ugly-looking webcomic that runs for about three strips, then stops completely without alert. That's the usual methodology here, yes?
    Quote Originally Posted by Neoriceisgood View Post
    ... What sort of differences? o: Is it still funny..?
    In my biased view, no. It's the combination of a complete tone shift, art alteration, and writing style that makes it seem shoddy to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
    Eek. Is it really that bad?
    Actually given some thought, I might be able to make summaries, but only one per chapter. Summarizing all 665 comics IS an exercise in futility unless you want to plow through walls of text.

    Besides, if you're reading my comic for its gripping storyline you're doing it wrong.

    Still, it sounds like you haven't even read my comic yet. What are you waiting for, I updated the archives just a week ago so all is there!
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    I think part of the issue with the fan comics is that finding someone with the willpower to keep doing a webcomic over several years is rare enough on its own. So when you're also narrowing the pool of artists down to those specifically willing to base their work off another artist's style, it becomes very hard to find anything that lasts. The people who just see OOTS and go "I want to draw something like that" don't often have the willingness to do a lasting comic, and the people who are capable of doing a full comic aren't necessarily going to want to use OOTS's style.

    I mean, I myself have semi-defined plans to eventually do a stick figure space opera comic, but I'd rather do it in my own style than the Giant's, because that style's just what I'm more comfortable with.
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    There is nothing more emblematic of this forum than three or four pages of debate between people who, as it turns out, pretty much agree with each other.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    Actually given some thought, I might be able to make summaries, but only one per chapter. Summarizing all 665 comics IS an exercise in futility unless you want to plow through walls of text.

    Besides, if you're reading my comic for its gripping storyline you're doing it wrong.

    Still, it sounds like you haven't even read my comic yet. What are you waiting for, I updated the archives just a week ago so all is there!
    Ah, if I had the time. Anyway, make sure to keep updating the archive! I had to stop reading last thread, because I couldn't find the next comic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ti'esar View Post
    I mean, I myself have semi-defined plans to eventually do a stick figure space opera comic, but I'd rather do it in my own style than the Giant's, because that style's just what I'm more comfortable with.
    It only took me 6 years before I stopped using OotS Style and went with something more my own
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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
    In my biased view, no. It's the combination of a complete tone shift, art alteration, and writing style that makes it seem shoddy to me.
    Ah I was afraid of that. I didn't know much about the new guy when I heard of the switch, but I kinda quit reading out of fear of ... well, what you just told me. It's honestly the same reason I can't get into marvel/dc comics at all, having characters/story switch writers can make you hate characters you'd normally love.


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    It looks like your comic's going well! Any potential spoilers for us...?
    Depends entirely on what kind of spoilers, hahahah.

    I think part of the issue with the fan comics is that finding someone with the willpower to keep doing a webcomic over several years is rare enough on its own. So when you're also narrowing the pool of artists down to those specifically willing to base their work off another artist's style, it becomes very hard to find anything that lasts. The people who just see OOTS and go "I want to draw something like that" don't often have the willingness to do a lasting comic, and the people who are capable of doing a full comic aren't necessarily going to want to use OOTS's style.

    I mean, I myself have semi-defined plans to eventually do a stick figure space opera comic, but I'd rather do it in my own style than the Giant's, because that style's just what I'm more comfortable with.
    Technically you don't have to stick to the Giantitp style, but any sort of success or self-reliance explicitly excludes you from the fancomic section. You essentially become a part of the (much larger) webcomics forum if you get your own site or become profitable. I'm not entirely sure how these rules apply to comics with a similar style to OOTS, I remember anti-heroes switching to the webcomics forum as well though. It limits the types of comics we'll see in this forum a lot. (to two comics total, it seems.)

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    I've seen a couple people totally miss their comic's approval before, too. It takes a couple weeks, so that's pretty easy to do.

    For me, I ran out of ideas for a while, and then ABR died and there wasn't any reason to regularly check the sub anymore. Then when I got new ideas, I asked why I didn't just write them as fiction and potentially go somewhere with them.

    (That of course was compounded by the fact that I completely lost all of my old account information for a while with no way to re-activate it, and had to work for a while on getting a new account. Sorta makes one lose their drive.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neoriceisgood View Post
    Ah I was afraid of that. I didn't know much about the new guy when I heard of the switch, but I kinda quit reading out of fear of ... well, what you just told me. It's honestly the same reason I can't get into marvel/dc comics at all, having characters/story switch writers can make you hate characters you'd normally love.
    Well, it doesn't hurt [directly] to take a peek. Maybe you'd like the new writing.
    Quote Originally Posted by Neoriceisgood View Post
    Depends entirely on what kind of spoilers, hahahah.
    Well, you have all these comics made in advance - mind giving us a few hints about them...? (*Secretly slips Neorice some e-bucks.*)
    Quote Originally Posted by Darklord B View Post
    (That of course was compounded by the fact that I completely lost all of my old account information for a while with no way to re-activate it, and had to work for a while on getting a new account. Sorta makes one lose their drive.)
    Gah! I didn't even notice! How's... How's the new account?

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    I gotta say, this is THE most active i've seen this thread, ever
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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    I gotta say, this is THE most active i've seen this thread, ever
    Well, it's gone into a coma again.

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    Well, it's not like there's really much more to say on the subject:

    "Not a lot of fan comics around anymore."

    "Ayup."
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    There is nothing more emblematic of this forum than three or four pages of debate between people who, as it turns out, pretty much agree with each other.


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    Quote Originally Posted by ti'esar View Post
    Well, it's not like there's really much more to say on the subject:

    "Not a lot of fan comics around anymore."

    "Ayup."
    Now now, there's also a bit of wondering about why that's the case.

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    I'm doing my part, time for everyone else to step up to the plate to help keep this forum alive
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    I would but my hands are tied with one comic already.

    Everyone else though... (j/k j/k)

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    Everyone else though... (j/k j/k)
    I'm sorry! I'll do better!

    (Now, about those spoilers...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
    I'm sorry! I'll do better!

    (Now, about those spoilers...)

    I believe in you!

    ...
    What do you want spoiled?
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    I believe in you!
    Thanks to your support, I have created my first comic, made in ultra-invisible ink:
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    ...What do you want spoiled?
    Anything and everything!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
    Anything and everything!
    The guy with the glasses at the beginning of the movie who says "Are you going to Amsterdam?" is the killer in the movie Non-Stop.

    Woops, did I forget spoiler tags? Darn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    The guy with the glasses at the beginning of the movie who says "Are you going to Amsterdam?" is the killer in the movie Non-Stop.

    Woops, did I forget spoiler tags? Darn.
    First spoiler of the day! What's the movie about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
    First spoiler of the day! What's the movie about?
    U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (played by Liam Neeson) recieves cryptic and mysterious text messages instructing him to have $150 million transferred to an off-shore bank account else a passenger on-board the airplane the movie takes place on is killed every 20 minutes by the guy who later turns out to be a US Marine who asks "Are you going to Amsterdam" at the beginning of the movie.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (played by Liam Neeson) recieves cryptic and mysterious text messages instructing him to have $150 million transferred to an off-shore bank account else a passenger on-board the airplane the movie takes place on is killed every 20 minutes by the guy who later turns out to be a US Marine who asks "Are you going to Amsterdam" at the beginning of the movie.
    Oh. Is his motive just the money, then?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post
    Oh. Is his motive just the money, then?
    I'm actually somewhat reluctant to say it, not because I don't want to spoil it but because it's so blatantly and transparently political it might violate forum rules. In a nutshell, he's a US Marine who's dissatisfied with the US Government, so much so he's willing to murder random people and extort money from said government. If it sounds like it doesn't make sense, that's because it doesn't.
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    I'm so confused now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Ing View Post
    I'm actually somewhat reluctant to say it, not because I don't want to spoil it but because it's so blatantly and transparently political it might violate forum rules. In a nutshell, he's a US Marine who's dissatisfied with the US Government, so much so he's willing to murder random people and extort money from said government. If it sounds like it doesn't make sense, that's because it doesn't.
    I see, I see.
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    I'm so confused now.
    You can get rid of your confusion with just three easy payments of spoilers for TaiLiu!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TaiLiu View Post

    You can get rid of your confusion with just three easy payments of spoilers for TaiLiu!
    I still don't know what you want spoiled.

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    Spoil anything!

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    I still don't know what you want spoiled.
    Your webcomic, of course! What's coming up? Spill the juicy details!
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    Spoil anything!

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