X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,e852db44e2f0563e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-29 16:37:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 257 Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 01:35:51 +0200 Lines: 93 Message-ID: References: <64nakuose1rtnlj00lg7ojqjscs3janekv@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1027985866 32324246 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:18587 "llizard" skrev i meddelandet news:da9bkussva7cpq7qr9410a7v0hre6k0p9t@4ax.com > In article , "Joaquim > G�ndara" wrote: > >"llizard" skrev i meddelandet > >news:64nakuose1rtnlj00lg7ojqjscs3janekv@4ax.com > >> In article , "Joaquim > >> G�ndara" wrote: > >> >"llizard" skrev i meddelandet > >> >news:v1gakuk3bei1pqu4miqv1jonm12vtbbi6a@4ax.com > >8< > >> >> Move Fanboy over a little so that his "um" doesn't seem like part of > >> >> Nerdboy's words. 8< > >Hmm... The text is sprawling out all over the place. The only solution I > >can see is to shorten NB's line or move FB. The first is very hard to do > >and still convey the same thing, and the other just looks odd; they're > >already a bit far apart for a conversation IMO. > > How about the following: > > > Actually, > I'm glad Um.. > Mandy ` `,,, > left! OO ..' > She .||. .||. > was___ bb _________ || ____________ > so full of crap! > She's standing right behind you. > `,,, > OO ..' > .||. -)). > ______ bb _________ /( _________ > > > (This would mean, of course, that you would have to retain your > immediate segue into frame 3) Yeaurgh! You're not serious, right? That makes for -very- weird scanning; the reader will probably just skip over Fan Boy's first line! > I knew that! I was > joking! You think > I'm an idiot?! ,,, > `OO ..' > .||. .||. > ______ bb ________ || _________ > > Note that Fanboy is now standing a little closer to Nerdboy. Maybe you > could put something like a table or a vending machine between them so > that it makes sense that they are standing so far apart? That might make sense. Too bad I didn't think of that when I made it. 8< > >> >> Remove the extraneous *laugh* *point* from above Fanboy. His > >> >> expression says it all 8< > > You're not making > > any sense Fan Boy. > > , > > OO *hm?* > > *huh?* .||. > > bb > > This seems entirely different from the *point! laugh!*. That > demonstration there is thoughts and dialogue. The *point! laugh!* > seems to be an spoonfeeding explanation for readers who may be unable > to make out Fanboy's expression. Nooonononono. I understand how it can be mistaken for spoonfeeding, given the unclear medium. The fact is that I've seen it in comics where the pointing is perfectly obvious; the index finger is simply accompanied by a *point!* sound effect. Similarly, I've seen the sound effect *stare!*. > >They seem to be using dialogue as sound effects. Similarly, I wanted to use > >actions as sound effects. Fan Boy literally gives off a *point! laugh!* sound. > > Hmmmm. It doesn't work for me. (How exactly does a *point! laugh!* > sound?) Actually, that's the whole point of it. It was supposed to be a joke. There -is- no *point!* sound! I'm not trying to be overly clear and explain that Fan Boy is pointing. There's been plenty of pointing in the comic strip without any explanations, why would I start now? -- OO Joaquim G�ndara | Official Nerd Boy site: .||. | http://nerdboy.port5.com (UK) bb jg | http://nerdboy.xepher.net (US)