Reading your own comic

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:38 pm

So... you comic authors out there... when you go back and read through your archives... are you entertained? Cause... I get a kick out of my comic each time I read it through. On the one hand, that's good, because at least someone enjoys it, but at the same time... I thought of all the jokes; they should be old... yet I still laugh. Huh. So yeah, do you guys enjoy re/reading your own comic?

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:42 pm

no i'm appalled at how much i sucked at drawing

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:45 pm

I do enjoy it. I get to watch the art improve as it goes a long. And I find it funny. I also get to see all the flaws and things that didn't work, and try to think of ways that they could be executed properly in the future.

It's amazing how crappy my art was at the begining. Not that it's great now, but it's getting better.

Sincerely · Post by **Sincerely** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:50 pm

I read through for purely research related reasons. To make sure I'm not breaking continuity.

I don't think I find my jokes are any funnier now than when I first wrote them, but I think some of the writing that I thought was weak at first, has fallen into place. Most of the story for December resembles this especially.

The art, of course, disturbs me. I've advanced noticably, not to the point where I want to scrap everything and redraw it, but still there are certain sequences where I just hate my character's nose or hands or the angle at which I drew them.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:58 pm

I try to forget the past as quickly as possible.

Mvmarcz · Post by **Mvmarcz** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:00 pm

i do it more than once a month, a because i like to and b because it helps me remember to stay on track.

Protectmyballs · Post by **Protectmyballs** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:02 pm

LibertyCabbage wrote:no i'm appalled at how much i sucked at drawing

And because I know all the jokes already. Not to say I don't laugh about my own work, I just don't need to review it per se.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:04 pm

oh shit i just looked at my archives some more and it seems like it's some retarded shit i made when i was 4

FUCK

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:14 pm

I totally laugh at all my old stuff, and it never fails to bring back the memories of what inspired that particular comic. Yeah, I see the flaws, the very early low quality photos, the horrible word bubbles, etc. But all in all it's still good stuff because I get a kick out of it.

Dark Spider · Post by **Dark Spider** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:22 pm

When I go back in time over my own work, I do re-laugh over some of my earlier strips. When I show some new people my comic in person, they think its weird when I laugh over some of my strips...but I don't care.

But most times, I actually cringe over how my art and pacing was in some of my earlier strips. But it doesn't bother me too much, I'm treating my comic as not only entertainment, but also my way in experimenting with the comic medium....so I guess, its expected to hit a little (or alot) of snags along the way.

Ryuko · Post by **Ryuko** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:25 pm

I do, and I'm probably going to redo all of them when I find the time. Probably while I'm abroad, if I can cut my update time down...

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:25 pm

yeahduff wrote:I try to forget the past as quickly as possible.

I dunno. The past can come back to bite you in the ass, so forgeting it is not such a good idea. As long as you don't live there and just visit it's alright I guess.

Corgan_dane · Post by **Corgan_dane** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:42 pm

Actually, when I reread my comic last time (from the beginning), I still laughed at some of my own jokes. I'd actually forgotten some of the strips.

Yes, mildly apalled at my artwork, but that's the nature of the beast, so I can get past it.

I did actually see when I reached the sweet spot there for a while. Every strip made me laugh and looked great. then it went downhill. Using that information, I'm trying to get back to that sweet spot.

So really, it was educational!

Cat42 · Post by **Cat42** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:53 pm

protectmyballs wrote:
LibertyCabbage wrote:no i'm appalled at how much i sucked at drawing
And because I know all the jokes already.

Dotty · Post by **Dotty** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:54 pm

I do, I love it. I love seeing my story come together, and the several plotlines I threw out at the start coming together one by one. It really puts a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:05 pm

the last time i had a warm fuzzy feeling inside it turned out to be stomach ulcers

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 1:45 am

Yeah, I go back and have a read (or at least a browse) through them every now and then. I'm going back and slowly colouring the first black and white ones...and yeah...some of the artwork I'd like to go back and do again, but I can't because my style now is considerably smoother than then so the ones I'd like to redo would stand out like dogs' nuts.

Some of the jokes still make me chuckle aloud, but more often I get a kick out of seeing the characters react to each other.

I leave a copy of all of the strips in the silent reading bookcase in the classroom...some of the kids still come up and say 'read this one, it's really funny' and completely forget the fact that I'm the one who wrote the bugger...

Jeffy · Post by **Jeffy** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:10 am

after I get past the first 60 or so comics (with a few exceptions) I start getting entertained

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:18 am

My plot is so complicated that I'm constantly paging back into my archives to re-read stuff, and make sure I'm keeping on track. (I highly recommend using Irfanviewfor this.) Some of the older strips still make me smile, at least. And yes, I cringe over the art.

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:32 am

I like what I see, to a certain point. Eveytime I look at my old work I see many ways it could be improved, but I don't feel it is entirely necessary to do so.