So out of curiosity, I've been wondering:
1) When you (the reader/audience) is reading a webcomic, or any sort of story online, how does it compare to an actual comic?
2) Do you prefer online comics or real comics(/books)? Why?
3) Would online comics be more interesting if they were more interactive? Or do you prefer them just as a series of images? Does it even make a difference?
4) What is it about online comics that interests you?
5) Do you consider comics to be a form of art? Why?
I might come up with more questions later, but if people could answer these, that'd be great!
Thank you!
~Miaou
1) Imagining actual comic to mean a newspaper comic, I'd say webcomics are funnier. Newspaper comics are generally a lower quality for various reasons. Personally I find its a matter of the audience being able to select a comic they'll enjoy, rather than print comics being what is provided to a large audience.
ReplyDelete2) My answer is divided. I read webcomics for humor generally, and comic books for story.
3) Interactivity isn't important to a webcomic. I trust the author to deliver an interesting experience independent of my input.
4) They are generally of a higher quality, they can develop length story arcs that users can read archives of easily, and there is no filter from a publisher to inhibit expression.
5) Yes, it represents a combination of artistic expression between drawing and writing.
1. Webcomics don't have as much censorship when compared to a newspaper comic. Newspaper comics seem to be more family oriented.
ReplyDelete2. I prefer newspaper comics only for the nostalgic feeling.
3. No I feel comics should stay the way they are. the only interaction i would like is a "choose your path" comic where the reader is given a set of choices and based on those choices decides the outcome of the story. Otherwise it should be traditional.
4. What interests me is the fact that it is uncensored, which gives a perfect incite to what the author wants to portray.
5. YES it takes skill to draw and tell a story. Very valuable forms of entertainment which can also at times be educational.
1)As someone who is against the integration of online books in schools and book stores, I am surprisingly entertained by webcomics. I like the way that a webcomic typically refers to online fads and interesting information that everyone can relate too, rather than the inside jokes and references from past series or other books like DC and marvel comics.
ReplyDelete2) I like being able to stop reading a web comic to look up a reference or too, laugh my ass off, then return back to my page where if I were to read a actual comic book, if there was an important reference that i missed in previous books, I would have to stop reading, save my page with a leaf or whatever else I can grab, look up what what it meant in the other books, then return. I can be very lazy at times and i tend to just skip over it, which leads to more confusing story lines later on in the series.
3)It doesn't really matter if online comics were more interactive or not because online comics are special in itself, it doesn't need anything else.
4)The art style for online comics are amazing and diverse. anything from stick figures to fully animated characters give the comic a unique feel that you can't get in regular comics.
5)I do consider it a art because online comics are interesting and have diversity and the artists have more talent and style then anything i could do.
1) comics online are instant gratification. you can just click next and you get to read the next one, and the next one. you can only get that when you read comics in books. i used to check out books filled w/snoopy comics from the library so i could get that instant gratification.
ReplyDelete2) I always prefer reading on paper to reading on the computer. it hurts my eyes. unless it's news. having said that, the comics in the newspapers are SO not funny anymore. I miss Calvin and Hobbes.
3) Now THAT would make online comics more interesting. if you could click on things that bring you to more images. or if the images moved or played music.
4) the phenom. enon.
5) YES because you are not only showing your drawing skills but your literary skills and it really is difficult to interpret what you're trying to say in just a few boxes of still images and speech bubbles. especially if you want to make it clever or funny. that takes talent