Comic #204 is part of the 2nd Readers’ Corner. Go ahead and see it. It’s where I answer a question by my good ol’ buddy Maneko (Kittyman, as I call him), whom I hold dear!
<<JOE: Oh, owww.
<<JD: What's wrong?
<<JOE: I've seen pictures she's taken of herself. So now I have this horrible mental image in my head.
<<UNI: Owwww.
To sum it quickly
<<ALL: Too late.
if you don’t feel like it, the question was “What do you think of sprite comics”. I basically explain that the graphical possibilities are narrower than with a handdrawn. Which is true!
<<JOE: I was wrong, it's not true. It all has to do with the amount of effort you're willing to put into it.
Now, one would think there is no big deal there.
<<UNI: Then why has she spent so much time dwelling on it?
It’s pretty NORMAL to conclude that. In fact, I’m pretty damn sure at least a couple million people out there wrote the same simple conclusion before me.
<<JD: Name one.
Allow me to disgress for a bit. It’ll make this blog post longer but oh well. Let me tell a side tale. All of you know the holy work that is the Bible. No worries, I won’t start disrespecting anyone’s faith.
<<JD: Let's just shred to pieces Christians and Jews, but not offend those wacky Islamo-fascists who innocently fly planes into buildings.
And I won’t compare the boy’s work with the sure-not-holy-to-me Bible!
<<JOE: Then why are you doing it?
But the parallel I make is with the people that interpret the Bible. Surely, you heard this story: ALL THAT IS SAID IN THE BIBLE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IS HAPPENING NOW!
<<UNI: Somebody who makes sure their subscription to Weekly World News is current.
Read the Bible. Look at the vague words and sentences. The mush of confusion. Note this was written a couple thousand years ago. Now picture this:
<<JOE: Ironic that an atheist would use the Bible to disprove me on something we agreed on in the first place. I'm going to sum up the next few chapters: It's not a coincidence that she and I said the same thing because people have been predicting the end of the world for the past 30,000 years and Dr. Cain read about in Dr. Light's journal.
<<JD: Huh?
<<JOE: That's about as succinct as I can get it.
You’ll see where I’m going with this! Back to the main subject: let’s say that… someone was to use a pirate patch in his comic. And you did before.
Let’s say that you had a made a badly drawn comic where robot masters seem to fuse into a …Power Rangersesque
<<UNI: "Power Rangersesque?"
<<JOE: The inspiration was "more than meets the eye."
mega robot and someone… made a comic where they fuse into a big Gutsman…? That you make a banner where a character is locked into a safe room wearing a straightjacket… And someone makes a comic with the same basic thing?
<<JD: So what did the Indy Racing League do to piss her off?
<<JOE: I'm glad she thinks I'm her enemy, that way I won't get stabbed in the back.
He didn’t quite make a big deal out of it, and the next thing you knew, he was running around the hospital going “YARRR!”.
<<UNI: At least somebody has a good attitude about it.
<<JOE: Is it me, or does she seem to be trying win a pissing contest against me over eye injuries?
<<JD: The gauntlet is getting impatient.
<<JOE: Shannon lost his right eye and all his teeth on the right side because an anti-personnel mine fuse blew up in his face during a training exercise. If the booster had been installed, over ten other people would have been killed.
Some big coincidence, that
happened A
THOUSAND
TIMES. Worthy of mention?? No doubt!
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The Gutsman fuse in BnG? Look at his coincidential comic! How can ANYONE find a coincidence in that mess?
<<JOE: Let's revisit that her Power Rangersesque diatribe. I have checked into who came up with the multi-robot combiner. Power Rangers did have vehicles and piloted robots that formed into giant robots. However Takara came up with a combiner made up of sentient robots long before Voltron, Power Rangers, or Machine Robo. I figures this out just by looking at the copyright dates.
From Two Moons Too Many:
“Robot? I really don’t like that word. Reploid is a much better choice. That’s right, Raye, I’m not from your world. Soon, you and the rest of these fleshlings won’t be either. NEGACONS TRANSFORM!”
<<UNI: BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!!
All around beams of light shot up from the ground and when they blinked out the Negacons surrounded the Scouts.
<<JOE: (Using voice of random Scout) Why can the bad guys can appear out of nowhere and attack us and we can't do that to them?
“That’s impossible! I definitely saw that one blow up.” Sailor Moon pointed at Sawman.
<<JD: Don't point unless you intend to use your finger.
“What you saw, Salad Moon, was my olde shell. Before we begin, I have a question, for you Dashman, a sword?”
<<:UNI: (As Dashman) It's not like any of these idiots got a gun.
“No time for that, now get moving!”
<<JOE: I said get moving. DAMMIT, MOVE! Please?
Almost immediately, Graniteman and Maficman turned around and fell back.
<<JD: Must have been hit with the Finger Poke of Death.
As they did so, the packs on their backs flipped up over their heads and in a flash of light they looked like a pair of legs.
<<JOE: Glowing and changing shape is much easier than describing how their arms fold up and around.
Phoenixman jumped into the air and his torso separated down the middle revealing an inner armor piece that slide out and reconnected the two halves. His head was drawn inside while his lower arms folded against his upper arms and his lower legs folded up against his upper legs.
<<JD: Must be testing the myth of folding a paper only seven times.
Jetman and Sawman were transforming as well. Their arms swiveled back and their lower legs folded up against their upper legs. The spot where the knees were glowed and a hand shot out of Sawman and a buster cannon shot out of Jetman. All five of the robots combined together. Sawman forming the left arm, Jetman forming the right arm. Graniteman formed the left leg and Maficman became the right leg.
<<JOE: Take your left foot in...
<<JD: Put your right foot out...
<<UNI: And you stomp on some Scouts.
“Just one more piece.” Roruko shoved aside the two Scouts and then glowed white for a moment and then was encased in the Dashman Armor. She jumped up high in the air, started spinning so fast as to become a blur. When she stopped, Dashman had transformed into a giant version of his head.
“HEAD ON!
<<JD: Apply directly to the forehead.
I am Ravager. Prepare for termination.” The twenty-two foot tall robot stomped on the ground casing it to shake toppling the Scouts.
<<UNI: A windy breeze can knock those girls over.
