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IT'S ONLY ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS YOU GRUMPY CUNT
GET OVER IT.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:12, archived)
I know
It's not as if it's a dull and slow-paced 15-part comic strip about a kidnapping that takes about four fucking years to tell
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:14, archived)
the punchline better be fucking good,
is all I can say.

Well, it's not all I can say. I can also say "galvanised steel", and various other things.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)
It'll be some sort of octopus pun
Or maybe some stupid thing like "Yeah, I was kidnappedfish!" and then we'll find out some tedious fact about a creature called the Nappedfish.

Or something like that.

And then he'll explain why it is meant to be funny by using a 500-word essay underneath the strip itself
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:17, archived)
Ooh, kaaaaaaaay
What have I done to piss YOU off?

And no, there's no pun punchline.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
You drew a comic he doesn't like,
by the looks of it. That's enough to make some people really cross.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:21, archived)
I love Nobby's style of drawing
But his talent is being wasted in a webcomic that's yet to make me laugh. And I'm also not the biggest fan of having to explain a joke underneath the strip itself. I've never understood that.

I won't say any more on the matter
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:23, archived)
Most people get the puns,
it's not his fault some people have to look underneath it to get the joke.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:26, archived)
I'm just saying, Calvin and Hobbes would be really shit
if Bill Waterson wrote down things like "in this one, Hobbes is asking how broke the binoculars are and suggests he might be able to fix them. Calvin fetches the binoculars, and says "don't sneeze", because they have been broken so much, they've been grounded into dust!" and the bottom of each strip
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:28, archived)
I really don't explain the joke very often you know.
Hardly ever. And it's only because of lack of confidence in my own sequential art story telling ability that I feel the need to explain anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:30, archived)
I like this story arc.
It doesn't make me laugh but that doesn't matter, it's a good read/look anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! Zuowan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:35, archived)
Fair enough.
Odd-Fish is an experiment, mostly in stamina to challenge myself to work to deadlines and to keep up a constant output. I am aware that the writing is sometimes lacking but nonetheless, Odd-Fish has to date been far more successful in terms of positive response than anything I've done before.

As for wasting my talent, Thanks you for the compliment but I'd only consider it wasted if by drawing odd-fish I avoiding something more worthwhile. What could I do that's more worthy?
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:28, archived)
Have you considered animation?
I think an short animated film in your style would be pretty epic
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:29, archived)
I can't imagine how long that would take.
It would be awesome though, I must admit.
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:31, archived)
Or maybe some sort of "political cartoonist"
in a broadsheet

Or to replace the really unfunny guy who draws the T2 cartoons in The Times
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:32, archived)
Brant!

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:34, archived)
YES!

(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:35, archived)
I love to
but I REALLY don't have the patience.
Each drawing takes 2 to 4 hours.
12 drawings a second for animation. Eep!
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:32, archived)
Shame
It could be a really nice side project
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:37, archived)
"Side project"?
He'd have to give up his entire life for the next 3 years to do a 5-minute short!
(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:39, archived)
Exactamond.
:p
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:41, archived)
I've only got thirty or so years left to live
I don't think I'd have time.
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:39, archived)
Well, maybe this then:
b3ta.com/talk/5356511
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:42, archived)
I know it will be hard to swallow
but have you considered the possibility that he's not righting it specifically for you?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:33, archived)
"writing"
And don't say "oh, I meant 'righting', as in 'correcting", because if you meant that, you're inadvertently agreeing with me.

And all I'm trying to do here is give constructive criticism.
(__, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:35, archived)
They should give you a comment and critique column in a broadsheet newspaper.
I've never quite got enough big shit useless pages to wrap up my vegetable peelings.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:19, archived)
pffft!

(I helped save b3ta! mns 2️⃣2️⃣9️⃣0️⃣7️⃣, Sun 24 Aug 2008, 14:15, archived)