An example of how NOT to start a comic

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 6:43 am

Also, announcing the "t3h worst w3bcomic Evah!!" award.

Currently, this honour is being held by Axonite of Station V3

You can see this in the newly added Hall of F(Sh)ame on HNTRAC

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:35 am

http://shinegotower.keenspace.com/d/20031114.html

SamSim · Post by **SamSim** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 3:12 pm

Phalanx wrote:There are a whole bunch of broken links though... I'm trying to fix them but the queue is astronomically long.

You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally! You don't NEED to fix them!

Rhea of the Runes · Post by **Rhea of the Runes** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:29 pm

You know the good thing about all this is that it's actually inspiring me to get off my lazy rear and do some actual work on my comic

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 1:09 pm

http://wackiness.keenspace.com/

Reading is fun!

Axonite · Post by **Axonite** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:06 pm

Phalanx wrote:Also, announcing the "t3h worst w3bcomic Evah!!" award.

Currently, this honour is being held by Axonite of Station V3

You can see this in the newly added Hall of F(Sh)ame on HNTRAC

Yay! I... um... hmm.

Well, I did try to make it as bad as possible, so I guess that's some sort of honor.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 4:06 am

I think this is a contender for 'Worst Web Comic Ever' -> http://www.yellow5.com/pokey I think the saddest part is that it doesn't try to be.

It has everything. Copy & paste, MSPaint Art, bad (read: in-comprehensible) writing. The only thing it doesn't have is two guys on a sofa playing video games. Or the line "I'm bored, let's make a webcomic!" but that line is implied when you read the comic. Actually, it's more like, "I'm sniffing detergant, let's make a webcomic!"

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 8:01 am

Yeah but Pokey the penguin is one of the better known comics on the net.

It's got a huge following.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 8:27 am

So do Al Queda. That doesn't make it any less crappy.

Terotrous · Post by **Terotrous** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:14 am

Oh my god! The copy and pasting is so poorly done!
http://yellow5.com/pokey/archive/index1.html

Nice avatar, by the way.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:27 am

Thanks! I think it turned out really well. I made it christmasy, since that seemed to be 'all the rage' I have a normal one without the bell, hat and ball, but I'll put it back up when Christmas is over.

And yes. Pokey will lower your IQ. I actually read through half of them, and I could barely form complete sentences for an hour. It's just that bad...

Patachu · Post by **Patachu** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 9:53 am

Nah ... I still think Rocket Girl is still the unequivocal Worst Ever. I'm rather sensitive to proportion, shape and line, so RG is like kryptonite to me. *dies*

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:09 am

http://rocketgirl.keenspace.com/d/20000816.html

Ugly people.
Perspective all wrong.
Why is the pattern on the pants changing?
Not funny, and makes no sence.
Badly compressed JPG.

Yup, it's bad.

All Crap (c) 2000 - yeah, I agree with this line.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:37 am

I do have one good thing to say about comics like that. They give people like me a fighting chance. ^_^

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:24 pm

SamSim wrote:
Phalanx wrote:There are a whole bunch of broken links though... I'm trying to fix them but the queue is astronomically long.
You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally! You don't NEED to fix them!

But you do need to complain long and hard on the front page about how you need to get around to fixing them. And then when you do fix a couple, make sure a few of the ones that did work stop working. Muaha.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:00 am

KittyKatBlack wrote:I do have one good thing to say about comics like that. They give people like me a fighting chance. ^_^

Yeah. In my early days, whenever I felt down I would just click some random comics from the guide, and I had an instant proof that even if I suck 95% of the keenspace sucks worse.

Of course you know the saying "people spend tu much time trying to get better than others, while they should just try to get better"
but it still felt good.

SamSim · Post by **SamSim** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:59 am

Pokey is not all that bad! Most of it is anarchic and insane, but some of it is genius!! I recommend it!!!

Jim North wrote:
SamSim wrote:
Phalanx wrote:There are a whole bunch of broken links though... I'm trying to fix them but the queue is astronomically long.
You're not thinking fourth-dimensionally! You don't NEED to fix them!
But you do need to complain long and hard on the front page about how you need to get around to fixing them. And then when you do fix a couple, make sure a few of the ones that did work stop working. Muaha.

Hmm, good reasoning

Axonite · Post by **Axonite** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 7:22 pm

How not to continue a comic that got off to a bad start:

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Fri Dec 26, 2003 9:52 pm

heh. pokey. that crazy penguin.
...I mean wow it sucks die pokey
you adorable penguin you

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:52 am

I thought this was a pretty bad go myself.

Moral of the comic; Don't drink and draw. Seriously.

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