What Makes Your Comic Unique?

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:55 pm

There are plenty of comics about college students.... but Asian college students?

EvilChihuahua · Post by **EvilChihuahua** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:05 pm

Not much in my comic is unique, but I luv ma little Chibi Shoulder Being!!

Oh, I do have one unique thing.

My lead character is the Zen Master of Potatoes!!!

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:08 pm

Taiwanimation wrote:There are plenty of comics about college students.... but Asian college students?

My main character is half Chinese. But he's also a dog, so I dunno.

KOMP · Post by **KOMP** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:12 pm

i like my character designs. and everyone is morally ambiguous (but that's not new)
and it's not a gag comic, and has an arc and ending. and i liek my fight scenes. ah yeah.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:40 pm

Taiwanimation wrote:There are plenty of comics about college students.... but Asian college students?

No, there are a lot of comics about asian college students. The problem is most of the people that draw them know nothing about the culture. So a REALISTIC dipiction of asian college students is definately original.

Edit: Of course, I should have checked the comic before writing this. I thought I recalled you doing another comic a while back actually set in an asian country or something. Maybe I'm mistaken. -_-

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:17 am

perk_daddy wrote:G rated does not have to equal dumbing stuff down.

I somewhat agree with you. Show kids how it is...just occasionally with rounded corners so they don't ALWAYS put their eyes out.

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:50 am

I gots nothing. :/

Princess · Post by **Princess** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:55 am

I have the only adult web comic set in the 1930s and my characters names are really stupid.

Oh and..it's NC17 BUT IT HAS NOOOO SWEAR WORDS!

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:13 am

EvilChihuahua wrote:What makes your comic unique?

Be it characters, story, setting, art, or your particular creative process, what makes your comic stand out from the crowd?

What indeed? It's a slice-of-life comic. The protagonist is based on the author. It's on hiatus, or updates irregularly. It's not very well drawn. Hm.

Well, it's the only webcomic I've come across that is about the SCA. In Europe. Or would be if I ever updated.

Bekka · Post by **Bekka** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:37 am

What's unique about my comic is that it's about online games, and nobody's thought of that before!

Alschroeder · Post by **Alschroeder** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:36 am

An absolutely unique other identity, at least for comics or superheroes.

Several original ideas in the concepts of the main character and some of her opponents (for instance, Miraclesmith---again, for comics or superheroes.)

---Al

CSchaefer · Post by **CSchaefer** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:55 am

blackaby wrote:I gots nothing. :/

"Because it's really funny?" (I finally got around to reading through the Blackaby archives, and I'm definitely a fan. Good stuff!)

My answer:
Because my comic involves thieves, murderers, and assorted criminal riffraff... And those are the good guys.

Cortland · Post by **Cortland** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:09 am

My comic has absolutely nothing to do with: video games, manga, furries, college roommates, superheroes, or Tolkein-esque/D&D/RPG-style fantasy.

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:08 am

cortland wrote:My comic has absolutely nothing to do with: video games, manga, furries, college roommates, superheroes, or Tolkein-esque/D&D/RPG-style fantasy.

Gasp! Such a feat can not be so!

EvilChihuahua · Post by **EvilChihuahua** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:30 am

cortland wrote:My comic has absolutely nothing to do with: video games, , furries, college roommates, superheroes, or Tolkein-esque/D&D/RPG-style fantasy.

B-but what else is left?!?!?!? Is your comic about Ninjas? It must be about ninjas!!!

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:54 am

cortland wrote:My comic has absolutely nothing to do with: video games, manga, furries, college roommates, superheroes, or Tolkein-esque/D&D/RPG-style fantasy.

Holy crap, neither is mine.
Unless Frog counts as a furry.

Then again, sex-related topics are pretty common too, so that counts me out.
FANSERVICE! It's cliche but oh so loved.

Yeah I'm not making any sense today. Off I go...

Black Sparrow · Post by **Black Sparrow** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:59 am

That made sense to me...

Rcmonroe · Post by **Rcmonroe** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:41 am

Unique elements of Out There:

1) Virtually no pop culture references whatsoever.

2) No manga/anime influence; in fact, no discernible influence of any comic style that's been popular in the last 20 or so years.

3) Absolutely no element of fantasy (well, other than the fact that the comic is entirely a work of fiction).

4) No violence; in fact, very little action. The events depicted are generally nondescript and commonplace.

5) No breaching of fourth wall.

Wow. That sounds pretty boring.

Doesn't have this, doesn't have that; okay, RC—what does your comic have?

Uh, little black and white drawings. Panels. Word balloons.

Two more somewhat unique features: five panels, a six-days-a-week update schedule.

There are probably some other unique things about it, but I can't think of any more right now.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:46 am

not a whole lot of successful lego comics out there, that's fairly unique.

Jesslynstormheart · Post by **Jesslynstormheart** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:58 am

Let's see... it's not anime, it's not about video games and it isn't funny. That pretty much covers the webcomic spectrum, right?

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