Apparently he's super excited and happy to work on TT, but a regular update on PVP can go fuck itself.
[Webcomic] PVP Discussion
- Thread starter Dei
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PVP has been a Tuesday-Thursday comic for awhile now.
Of course, it's never been stated as such, but the update schedule would say otherwise.
So really, this is more like taking a friday off for a long weekend, instead of just skipping thursday.
If that strip is the end of that story-line....UGH! UGH! UGH!
My newish problem with Lucille.
I'm fine with the no-nonsense businessman/woman who secretly has deeper depths. Its clear thats what she's meant to be. But it feels like everything she does is just a "oh, she has depth" storyline. Like, thats her character. But without the serious businesswoman, she doesn't really have much going on other than a straight woman.
In the comics defense though, I think this was a time where the silhouette was actually a good artistic choice rather than just done to be lazy.
I'm fine with the no-nonsense businessman/woman who secretly has deeper depths. Its clear thats what she's meant to be. But it feels like everything she does is just a "oh, she has depth" storyline. Like, thats her character. But without the serious businesswoman, she doesn't really have much going on other than a straight woman.
In the comics defense though, I think this was a time where the silhouette was actually a good artistic choice rather than just done to be lazy.
One thing that I hate about Lucille is that she has more lines than Jade. Jade used to be the voice of reason on the strip and now Lucille has basically robbed her of her role.
Jade has appeared three times since January 7th. Once was during the guest strips.
Jade is no longer listed in the title sequence credits..
That was the due date for my senior thesis!
Oh boy.
So...is Lucille based on Kurtz' mom? I feel weird now.
I hope/think not.
If my memory serves me the right info, Scott's mother died and he has very fond memories of her. I guess it's just a sprinkle of sentimentality into his comic.
Like Jade's wedding dress was a replica of the one his wife wore on their real wedding (I still can't believe how non-geeky the comic wedding was...)
I'm sorry that must have been really boring for you.
figmentPez
Staff member
I think the biggest problem with this story-line is that we've been told that Lucille is lonely, but we haven't been shown it. We've seen Lucille being smart, being powerful, and we've seen a little of her being vulnerable, but we haven't seen her being lonely. Not that I can think of, and definitely not within this story-line. Oh, she's got troubles, and we've been shown that she pays special attention to Francis because she wants a legacy, but I don't think that equals showing that she's lonely.
I pretty much only read PVP still so I can understand what's going on in this thread.
I think the best way to show Lucille as being lonely would be to do this.
- Do a week's worth of strips for Lucille.
- The focus of it is Lucille doing a three martini lunch alone in her office. There is no dialog. Just Lucille drinking martinis, then looking a bit jaded.
- It will be the same strip Monday-Thursday, except for one detail: the calender on her desk changes to reflect the actual day of the week.
- The Friday strip will have Francis or Max walk in, ask her to lunch. She accepts and cracks the smallest of smiles when he's not looking. Maybe make it a silhouette with small white grin because apparently Scott has a hard on for those.
Boom. Now I'm a fuckin' Tastemaker!
Except the strips would still be late and probably a day behind.
It's a copy/paste paradise.
North_Ranger
Staff member
I miss the old PvP...
Welcome to Halforums!
Seriously though, I agree. The old strips had a charm to them, plus you could tell Kurtz actually cared. Now, every story-line feels like hes phoning it in.
Oh God EverQuest humor, it's been too long. Reminds me of the old days, reading Woody Hearn's comic and LFG.
figmentPez
Staff member
GU Comics is set to end this year. Which I'm ambivalent about. On one hand, it still has some real gaming based humor. On the other, sometimes it's just the same old gag recycled. I could live with the occasional "bug zapper" comic if there were some sort of commentary about the death of a company/game in the news post, but there isn't. Just a "this happened" type thing. So, some strips I love, but there are also strips where I feel like it was a "you had to be there" moment, or I'm just yawning because it's a reused concept.
Wow. I stopped reading it a long time ago, maybe a year after EQ2 came out as he'd pretty much moved on to bad WoW humor by then.
Hell, I remember Kurtz' EQ comic, too. I was pissed when he stopped it to focus on PvP.
Not at all, I'm just concerned what my girlfriend's going to think when I tell her I've found someone else who enjoys moonlit forst patrols and dangling dead mice.
I'm not quite sure what to think of today's Penny Arcade (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2013/03/04). Yes, it's a joke about Gabe and Reddit...but his self-appointed-Tastemaker thing, and the sort-of-but-not-listening,.... Do they seem a bit too reminiscent of another webcomic artist who works in their offices?
figmentPez
Staff member
Kurtz has replaced them with pod people. Kill it with fire.
