Everyone remembers where they were May 6th, 2009. It was a distressing day for all. Well, all who really cared. So me. I remember where i was May 6th, 2009. I was at my computer checking the mass amount of comics i had at the time (Pah! I think i was reading about 15 comics to the 39 i now read throughout the week. And to think i used to brag about how 15 was so many...). Click. Click. Click. Then, terror struck. Where was Chopping Block's update? "Hm. Maybe he's sick. That's saddening, but it's not the first time a webcomic's done that. I'll wait a day or two." So i came back to the site. Again, nothing. "Where was the update? He's a monday through friday comic, this is irregular!" A couple of weeks and no sign of an update...
It was with a heavy heart that i did one of the few things that brings a sad disappointment to my day: i moved the comic to "Caught Ups". Now some of you are probably thinking, "pffh, so what? It's just a comic. Biiiiiiig deal!!!" Well when you spend as much time reading webcomics as i do, you start to grow attached to these characters and authors. Whether once a week or once a day, the author graces you with a view into their mind, and it's an absolutely wonderful feeling. The other thing to know is, "Caught Ups" is the back-alley hospital with direct-to-graveyard transport; AKA, where comics go to die. It probably doesn't put me in a very good light because that's also where i've stored the 8 comics that i considered hitting the Lull without hopes of coming back but didn't want to completely get rid of in case they do get better. That's where i kept LICD and looks where that's gone. For the most part, and the original meaning/use, that folder was for comics that either ended their storyline or just stopped updating, whether by notice or not. I've sort of digressed i feel...
So anyway, i've been reading a bit about Blind Ferret because the author of Goblins, Tarol Hunt/Thunt signed on with them. If my comicstory takes off as much as i'd like it to (maybe? please?), i might go about contacting them (do i have to capitalize my "i's" if they accept me?). I'm also writing a paper on newspaper comics going to the internet and so i was looking at Keenspot and i noticed they were hosting Chopping Block. "What's this? That's new, i could have swore he used to be self-hosted... Why would they pick him up if he's not updating? If they're anything like Blind Ferret that's incredibly unprofessional..." So I clicked over and... Lo and behold, Chopping Block has returned!!! It's only been updating since last monday, but hey, it has returned and is back to being updated monday through friday. The Aboot section warns you that it has bouts of hiatus, and apparently it's always been on Keenspot, so i suppose i'm just forgetful since that's not where i found the comic originally. So as with Least I Could Do, we welcome back Chopping Block to the Daily Checks!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Grammar? I hardly know 'ar!
There's this thing I have about proper nouns. Who the hell said they deserve to be proper? What did I ever do to get capitalized? Nothing that I can recall important to warrant being larger than all the other words. I can totally understand why the beginning of sentences are capitalized, they got there first, they earned it. But think about it in context of language. Other languages don't capitalize "I". Hell, we don't capitalize "me" but it's the same thing as "I", just accusative. Countries are the same. What'd America ever do that was SOOOOO great that they deserved to get the reaction of, "Whoa, snap, there's America, right there in the sentence!"? Anyway, I'm just putting this out there as one of the few rants (I'm trying not to be that stereotypical rant blog by those 25 and under) and partially as a heads-up. I'm sure a lot of you will sit there in agony reading a post that says, "Today i traveled to england and it was a blast. I can't wait to travel to foreign countries again like france, germany, and spain!' Tough. Stories, such as my soon-to-be-released comicstory (either that or storycomic for the official title, BUT NOT WORTH CAPITALIZING) will be correctly formatted correctly because I want it to at least seem professional. Input blogs like this one or a review of a comic has a higher chance of not having proper nouns capitalized. Just a warning, because I figured I don't want to see like some punk off the street who can't write. I'm a punk off the street with weird ideals who can't write! Pow pow!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Brooooonk. Brooooooonk. Brooooonk.
This is the emergency broadcast system. Alert:
So the second post on this blog was Webcomics Galore. In it I mentioned that I'd stopped reading Least I Could Do, and it's true. I haven't read it in about eight months. Buuut, when I wrote that review I went, hm, it has been a while, why not give it another go? So long story short, I read the past few weeks' comics, and I must say, the chaos and fun has returned! I feel ever comic has a lull in the story. Somewhere that the characters need to move the plot along and the way it is done is really hard to be made funny (gods that's an awful sentence, but there's no good way to say it).
I will be honest, I didn't think LICD would return from that, but I suppose when you actually look at the comic as a whole, it was impossible for it not to. For one thing, it's a daily comic. Now say the comic only updated twice a week, the lull might not last as long because the comic might be based on bigger updates. E.g. LICD is a daily comic so it updates four panels a day, SMBC is daily, usually a couple of large panels a day, where as something like Goblins or Darken (yes, I acknowledge exceptions!!!) updates in a whole page or two about once or twice a week (Goblins is a Tuesday/Friday update, which wreaks havoc with my comic folder organization...).
I don't want this to seem like there was some horrible drama going on or that the comic offended me, "The Lull" sounds a lot more ominous than it really should. Basically to those of you wondering what it was, some of the Noel and Kate got married. The proposal was cool, but it was extended over about a week or so, and the marriage took about two weeks I think. Now you're probably thinking, how hard is it to read a four-panel comic once a day? YOUR LIFE SOUNDS SO DIFFICULT. And then you realize you're yelling at a computer and are an embarrassment to your family. Way to go. But personally I just didn't like reading something I'd grown to love and then watch it get really boring. That probably makes me sound like an awful person, and I promise that doesn't extend to human relationships!
Anyway, LICD covers less per update if you consider it that way. Four panels may convey a pun or a joke in one day but barely move the storyline along, where as Darken updates so irregularly that updates are usually quite large so the story is like BLAM! Anyway, the lull is over and it's back to being funny, so while I don't really have much credibility except to say that i read a bajillion webcomics, this is back to being added to my daily folder. So Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Dominic Deegan, Accursed Dragon, Bug Comic, Drowtales, Surviving the World, and Scenes from a Multiverse, extend a warm hearty handshake in honor of the return of Least I Could Do!
So the second post on this blog was Webcomics Galore. In it I mentioned that I'd stopped reading Least I Could Do, and it's true. I haven't read it in about eight months. Buuut, when I wrote that review I went, hm, it has been a while, why not give it another go? So long story short, I read the past few weeks' comics, and I must say, the chaos and fun has returned! I feel ever comic has a lull in the story. Somewhere that the characters need to move the plot along and the way it is done is really hard to be made funny (gods that's an awful sentence, but there's no good way to say it).
I will be honest, I didn't think LICD would return from that, but I suppose when you actually look at the comic as a whole, it was impossible for it not to. For one thing, it's a daily comic. Now say the comic only updated twice a week, the lull might not last as long because the comic might be based on bigger updates. E.g. LICD is a daily comic so it updates four panels a day, SMBC is daily, usually a couple of large panels a day, where as something like Goblins or Darken (yes, I acknowledge exceptions!!!) updates in a whole page or two about once or twice a week (Goblins is a Tuesday/Friday update, which wreaks havoc with my comic folder organization...).
I don't want this to seem like there was some horrible drama going on or that the comic offended me, "The Lull" sounds a lot more ominous than it really should. Basically to those of you wondering what it was, some of the Noel and Kate got married. The proposal was cool, but it was extended over about a week or so, and the marriage took about two weeks I think. Now you're probably thinking, how hard is it to read a four-panel comic once a day? YOUR LIFE SOUNDS SO DIFFICULT. And then you realize you're yelling at a computer and are an embarrassment to your family. Way to go. But personally I just didn't like reading something I'd grown to love and then watch it get really boring. That probably makes me sound like an awful person, and I promise that doesn't extend to human relationships!
Anyway, LICD covers less per update if you consider it that way. Four panels may convey a pun or a joke in one day but barely move the storyline along, where as Darken updates so irregularly that updates are usually quite large so the story is like BLAM! Anyway, the lull is over and it's back to being funny, so while I don't really have much credibility except to say that i read a bajillion webcomics, this is back to being added to my daily folder. So Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Dominic Deegan, Accursed Dragon, Bug Comic, Drowtales, Surviving the World, and Scenes from a Multiverse, extend a warm hearty handshake in honor of the return of Least I Could Do!
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