Originally Posted by Krylo (Post 912959)

In so much as I don't care about Burlew's updating schedule--this argument is terrible.

Just because I'm not a mechanic that doesn't mean I can't tell when my car won't start, even if I can't tell you exactly why.

Just because I'm not an artist that doesn't mean that I can't tell when paintings aren't anatomically correct, even if I can't tell them exactly how to fix it.

Just because I'm not a webcomic artist that doesn't mean I can't tell most webcomic artists lack anything resembling skill and probably shouldn't have started in the first place, even if I couldn't write their jokes better (though this one I could probably do--Jesus, some of them are terrible)

I mean, I'm not going to stand here and leap down your throat for calling DD bland, or saying that 8-bit theater misses sometimes because you don't have a webcomic. Standing over there and telling other people that they can't judge Burlew's update schedule because they don't have a comic is pretty hypocritical.

It's a stick figure comic about D&D.

I don't think posterity is something we have to worry about.

Originally Posted by Ryong (Post 912987)

Twilight is a book about glittering vampires that have no problem in sunlight and only drink blood when absolutely necessary. Oh and the protagonist girl has the hots for one of them for absolutely no reason. He acts like a dick to every single person including her and has no personality whatsoever. Oh and she is instantly popular for no reason when she joins a new school...But only when she hooks up with Edward. She's terrible at everything by herself. Remember, this is a series praised for female empowerment.



It's wildly popular among crazy teenager girls and will remain so for quite a while.


Sadly.

Originally Posted by Aerozord (Post 913030)

more or less my stance. I dont like that he doesn't update regularly, and I honestly do not think he has a legit excuse for not doing so. There are people that DONT draw stick figures that update more often then him.

Is it pure laziness? Probably, but that doesn't change the fact its his work and if he is ok with it stagnating them its his own business.

But dont give me the "he is waiting because he wants to make it great" that doesn't work in this media. Thats perfectly fine when the entire product is released at once, or atleast a large chunk of it. But when you are delivering your product a page at a time, with majority of your pacing reliant on the flow of those pages, waiting does not make it better, it makes it worse. Especially with his four lines all waiting story arc. People have trouble even remembering what the others are doing because its common to go months without seeing them.

Originally Posted by Invisible Queen (Post 913090)

That depends on how large a fanbase you need to consider something a classic. It Never Rains remains dear to the hearts of that site's active community of like four people. Kid Radd probably has quite a bit more.

Meanwhile, a new theory: Maybe Burlew really doesn't give a shit what people think about him, and can afford to be seen as lazy and unreliable. Speaking only from my limited experience of creative works, I like to think that I only care what people think of the work, not myself, so far as I care what people think at all.

Originally Posted by Jagos (Post 913096)

Kidd Radd...?

Bobandgeorge...

I see your point... Damn people are fickle about their entertainment.

Originally Posted by Aerozord (Post 913100)

its not so much they are bad, or completely forgotten, but few works ever stand the test of time and become more renowned once they are gone. To put it another way. Take your favorite completed webcomic. Now ask someone who didn't get into webcomics until a year or two after it ended. I'm betting that person doesn't even know it exists.

Webcomics only grow in popularity as they receive updates, once those updates stop influx of new readers drops to near zero. True for most forms of entertainment, its just that webcomics suffer from it in the extreme.

Originally Posted by Aerozord (Post 913105)

yes but then it isn't know of as a webcomic. Honestly my reply was partly because I couldn't tell if what you said is sarcasm. The reason is I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Those series aren't even vaguely familar and I've never heard them mentioned before. Which ultimately supports my "lack of new readership" statement

Originally Posted by Jagos (Post 913115)

I was mentioning a few that were more or less some that I read. Kidd Radd I found popular on TWC and even then Bobandgeorge was popular ~3 years ago. They're still good comics in their own right, it's just they don't see much traffic without being published.

More or less I was agreeing with you by saying people are fickle about entertainment. If it doesn't update regularly, regardless of the media, it gets quickly forgotten. Not everything can be a Harry Potter or Twilight.