Yep. We've now reached milestone one: 50 comics. Feel free to celebrate with us by giving us a warts and all pisstake at what we've managed to achieve!
It's about Australian school kids (about eleven years old), and the cemetery next door to the school. There's someone in a sheet in there, and the kids are about to find out just who.
I've slightly changed the art too...now shading the characters, so these ones will look different (hopefully better) than the simple white figures of before.
Leave comments here if you wish, or also at the site. We'll read either.
Or don't...it's up to you.
School Spirit: approaching 50
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Dutch!
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Remember when your imagination was real? When the day seemed
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Man, I totally dig it. I really like your characters and I agree that the new art style is for the best. I really enjoyed the 'Men at Work' and the Christmas one. The Christmas one moreso because it showed Casper doing stuff that I normally do in the summer. 8)
Keep doing what you're doing! I'm eager to see who's under the sheet.
Keep doing what you're doing! I'm eager to see who's under the sheet.
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YAY!
Boop! And now this thread goes back up to the top!
I like the way you're coloring this comic now, Dutch! What's your secret? The shading seems much more detailed than before.
I also think it's worth mentioning that you're a teacher in real life, because it lets your readers know that the material here is probably inspired from more than just your own head. I personally love hearing about the real-life lives of cartoonists I read.
I like the way you're coloring this comic now, Dutch! What's your secret? The shading seems much more detailed than before.
I also think it's worth mentioning that you're a teacher in real life, because it lets your readers know that the material here is probably inspired from more than just your own head. I personally love hearing about the real-life lives of cartoonists I read.
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Heh...you're a dag, Cortland! I was about to post a reply here myself to push us back towards the top...ta!
Thanks for the quality of the responses too...it's good to see new people replying...means we might be filling a niche...a little one...tiny...somewhere...oh, and it's good to see you again too, Cortland!
There's no real secret to the shading...I just fill the white bits in with various degrees of black, then draw over them again with slightly darker degrees of black to get the shadowy bits. Otherwise, I guess it's just cos I fluked it and it looked okay...
Oh yeah, I'm a teacher...grades 3 and 4 (nine and ten year olds) who call me Mr V and take the piss out of me almost as much as I do from them...hence the picture in the picture thread (about half way down).
Thanks for the quality of the responses too...it's good to see new people replying...means we might be filling a niche...a little one...tiny...somewhere...oh, and it's good to see you again too, Cortland!
There's no real secret to the shading...I just fill the white bits in with various degrees of black, then draw over them again with slightly darker degrees of black to get the shadowy bits. Otherwise, I guess it's just cos I fluked it and it looked okay...
Oh yeah, I'm a teacher...grades 3 and 4 (nine and ten year olds) who call me Mr V and take the piss out of me almost as much as I do from them...hence the picture in the picture thread (about half way down).
Remember when your imagination was real? When the day seemed
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
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Aw, c'mon, you guys can do better than that! 62 views...er...63 with me now...and two responses...
Nah, to be honest this was just a cheap ploy to move the thread back to the top...I won't do it again...for truth.
Nah, to be honest this was just a cheap ploy to move the thread back to the top...I won't do it again...for truth.
Remember when your imagination was real? When the day seemed
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
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Just started reading... the art looks nice and the strip's amusing, but it's irritating that the window's almost twice the size of my screen, so I have to scroll right each time to read it. Given that no-one else has complained about this, though, it might be a browser-specific problem. I dunno.
Anyway, is fun stuff. I like.
Anyway, is fun stuff. I like.
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ew! Horozontal Scrolling is the ENEMY! When we were originally designing the layout we did a bit of research on Screen Resolutions. We decided to make the strips 900 wide so they would fit 75%(ish) of the screens of readers.
It would seem you are using a res of 800x600 I would say. Any chance you could switch it up to 1024? If not, I am not sure there is a whole lot we can do about your issue.
Sorry
It would seem you are using a res of 800x600 I would say. Any chance you could switch it up to 1024? If not, I am not sure there is a whole lot we can do about your issue.
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I'm at 1024 x 768 res already. The problem is that the ad bar that's normally at the top of keenspot/space strips is appearing instead to the left of the "staff grapevine" bit, shifting everything else on the page about 700 pixels to the right so I have to scroll to see it.Cow! wrote:ew! Horozontal Scrolling is the ENEMY! When we were originally designing the layout we did a bit of research on Screen Resolutions. We decided to make the strips 900 wide so they would fit 75%(ish) of the screens of readers.
It would seem you are using a res of 800x600 I would say. Any chance you could switch it up to 1024? If not, I am not sure there is a whole lot we can do about your issue.
Sorry
At least, it does this on Opera, which is my normal browser. On Mozilla, it shows up just fine.
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Ooh...okay...we've never heard that complaint before...we haven't actually done anything to the advertisement banner up the top so I'm wondering if that happens ton other Opera viewers as well...I can see how that would be a pain...
My suggestion? Use Mozilla...
My suggestion? Use Mozilla...
Remember when your imagination was real? When the day seemed
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
The horizontal scrolling doesn't really affect me much, so it probably doesn't bug me as much as other people. I keep my browser window small, because I've got an average of 3 other programs running at the same time, so I'm used to scrolling. But the meat of the content sits fine in my browser window, so I don't have to scroll very much.
I also just managed to write an entire paragraph that perfectly legible, but presents you with information you will never use in your life. Ever.
The comic is still good, and I agree the shading adds a good depth to the comic. And I like the idea of having the ghost with a sheet over her head. That was funny. Keep up the good work, and I'll keep reading!
I also just managed to write an entire paragraph that perfectly legible, but presents you with information you will never use in your life. Ever.
The comic is still good, and I agree the shading adds a good depth to the comic. And I like the idea of having the ghost with a sheet over her head. That was funny. Keep up the good work, and I'll keep reading!
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Hmm...so...seems we can stick with the layout at the moment because most of you affected with smaller windows don't really give two hoots...good. That sorts that out.
Glad you all seem to appreciate and like the stuff up there so far.
Oh, it's always nice to hear we're being read by a comic I read myself...some of those Fever Dreams are just priceless, Poinko.
Funny about the ghost being under the sheet...I drew that one purely just to introduce the spirit more as an interesting plot panel instead of making it funny. The irony of a spirit pretending to be a ghost under a sheet never actually occurred to me...how good are we?
Glad you all seem to appreciate and like the stuff up there so far.
Oh, it's always nice to hear we're being read by a comic I read myself...some of those Fever Dreams are just priceless, Poinko.
Funny about the ghost being under the sheet...I drew that one purely just to introduce the spirit more as an interesting plot panel instead of making it funny. The irony of a spirit pretending to be a ghost under a sheet never actually occurred to me...how good are we?
Remember when your imagination was real? When the day seemed
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?
longer than it was, and tomorrow was always another game away?