Comments on: 043 – Where Are You?

By: AlphaCroc

AlphaCroc — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:37:06 +0000

awww poor larry but that makes me think, again? ooow i wanna see larry’s history xD

By: russ

russ — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:01:04 +0000

Exactly. And I think your characters are ones who could develop into that well

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:37:10 +0000

Steve – One of my favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond starts with his brother bringing a new girl over to Ray’s house for the first time. She goes into the kitchen to prepare some food and moments later Ray enters the kitchen to grab some drinks.

Ray walks in on Roberts new girlfriend as she catches a fly buzzing around her head and promptly eats it. What follows is a full minute of side splitting laughter as you, the viewer, work through how the rest of the half hour is going to play out in your head. When a show gets that good, when the characters are that well developed, it transcends its medium I think.

By: Steve McNair

Steve McNair — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:54:40 +0000

Nice job. Gives us insight into Larry that helps develop his character/personality. As the strip goes forward it will also help us anticipate how he will react to various circumstances. Like with a show like Seinfeld, as you got to know the characters, you smiled with anticipation as various scenarios started to play out knowing how they would react. This is what I see you developing in your strip. Well done.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:24:56 +0000

awww. poor guy.

By: flawedprefect

flawedprefect — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:00:22 +0000

Perhaps panel 2# or 3# could have gone ultra-wide to show his isolation a bit more. But the preamble of “the life of seagulls” really makes this work in hindsight. Nice forward thinking.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:58:39 +0000

Mike – Thanks for the advice! I actually am starting to get to the point where my characters are infact speaking for themselves. It’s weird to think about. I have heard other comic creators talk about it and never really understood what they meant. I bet by year three I won’t need to do any work myself!

Ma – Again with the comparison to Mutts!? Your embarrassing me!

Russ – I need a hug too.

Jim – Deep man. Real deep… *cough*

Splox5 – Yup. The balance is tough. I just go with my gut on it though. If the time feels right, I just go for it.

By: Splox5

Splox5 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:45:52 +0000

Being funny is important but there are definitely times when the story has to take over, not that I’m any sort of expert but I think that balancing them is one of he hardest things about writing.

By: malrd7

malrd7 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:35:51 +0000

And if Larry wasn’t lonely, who would feel sorry for him?

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:59:04 +0000

Poor guy. He needs a hug.

Adds weight to the characters, if you know what I mean. I really like it.