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Beyond the sea

The Cat and the Coin '09

Comic Criting

Journal Entry: Tue Nov 17, 2009, 4:13 PM
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  • Playing: Twilight Princess



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Inspired by :iconsongdog-strayfang: , some of the comics I mention she did review, if you are looking for some comic reviews, go to her gallery now.
I know these reviews might come off as harsh. I am sorry.
WARNING: If you can't take crit or any type of negativity, I highly suggest you don't read this. If you actually have the nerve to read it and get pissed, that's your own damn fault and Don't say I didn't warn you.

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Wild fangs- i fairly enjoy, the style is unique and stands out from the crowd and actually looks more comic-y compared to a lot of other people's comics. Like something you will see out of a marvel comic. I think it is printed too, just not on sale or anything from what i know. I don't exactly see a war going on, but their is a rivalry between wolves and big cats, i dont know what started the rivalry but i think over food and territory would be my first guess, i need to go back and reread it in case i miss something.
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Isle- alot of people seem to be liking this comic so I decided to check it out, the artist has about 4 volumes done, and the updating is actually rather fast like a 2-4 day gap and i find that rather impressive, but I got to tell you I don't recommend this comic AT ALL. The start of the comic has the cliche "Before the age of man" thing and sounds like it came straight from the book of genericness. The main character, a wolf named RedSong is born at the start of the comic with his eyes COMPLETELY OPEN and has a FULL SET OF TEETH. Everyone in his pack hates him especially his douche bag father because he was born with glowing paws and retractable fangs. What. the. hell? Did his mother have sex with a pail of radioactive waste? Why not have him sparkle when he goes into sunlight while you are at it. I personally hate comics that have a emoish main character who EVERYONE hates for either no or a stupid reason, even his own parents and always gets rained on. I couldn't stand reading the beginning of the comic, i groaned at each line directed to the character. To make this worse, the wolves age exactly like humans. Redsong leaves his pack at the age of 18. I know that this is supposed to be a OMG FANTASY, but that bothers me especially that somehow the wolves stay pregnant for about 63 days give or take a day or two like a normal canine. If they age like humans why not have them stay pregnant for nine months. But why should i even try to bring logic into a comic where a wolf has wings with retractable spikes and rivals las vegas in terms of neon lights and a leopard/jaguar thing who's spots for some reason glow. The artist was kind enough to at least try to explain it to me, but you need alot of work when it comes to writing if you can't get plot points across in the actual comic. If you want to get this published keep in mind that a published book isn't going to have a artist description every where it goes. This comic also needs to slow down when it comes to the pace and whatnot.
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Chester and Ferdie- Ok to start, I LOVE this comic, alright. I guess it is because it is different from what I am used to seeing. It isn't generic in the slightest, the main characters aren't any noble wolves named RibbonKill. The main characters are a bat named Ferdie and a sort of lynx thing named Chester. Both characters are lovable and have interesting personalities. I find this enjoyable to read and I recommend this comic for anyone looking to get away from the genericness.
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Until the end- I don't know why people think the artist is actually trying to make this into a serious story. It is a parody comic but it still kicks ass, Go read it and all it's 3 page glory.
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The Nighttheif chronicles- Just like the isle review the main character called Nighttheif isn't exactly liked too much in his own pack, but I will read this comic over Isle anyday. Nighttheif is AT LEAST loved by SOMEONE in his pack, I was really doubting this comic at one point that the character was over hated but I breathed a sigh of relief that at least one of his uncles and his mother at least love him. All the wolves are naturally colored, with shades of brown black and tan, at least from this pack so far. The comic so far takes place as a flash back of Nighttheif's life as a pup. He is considered a freak because during a attack on him and his littermates, a EVIL wolf kills his siblings and bites off his foot resulting in the pack thinking little of him. I gotta tell you I HATE the pack that Nighttheif is in, these bastards cant make up their damn minds about what they want. The pack needed more pups but their weren't any unrelated males in the pack, so the alpha female, Leafshadow mates with a rogue to produce pups, the pack didn't like that. what would they rather have a incest orgy then? She is even looked down upon because she cares about her own son as stated on her ref sheet. HOW DARE SHE? HOW DARE SHE SHOW HER OWN CHILD LOVE!! HOW DARE SHE GIVE HIM HUGS AND KISSES AND TAKE HIM TO THE PARK AND STUFF! The major downside in my opinion is these horrible names for the characters; Sniffabout? Snufflewhuff? LipLick? Snapback? You didn't have room for ColorfulPoopTail and SketchTalonHowl? Just how can you take anyone with names like this seriously? If i got into a fight with them they WILL probably win because I will die of LAUGHTER about how godawful these names are. Despite that, I got to say i do look forward to each update and it is still fairly likable to me.
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That's Freedom Guyra- Talk about a comic that does it's best not to rot in the bowels of overdone concepts. Instead of taking place in a B.C time with dire wolves, magic in the wonderful worlds of america and japan. This comic takes place in south america, a place that is rarely ever used. This comic provides plenty of animals that aren't commonly seen in most DA comics. The scenes are detailed and rain-forest like, the style is rather enjoyable and the characters are lovable despite it's rather abuse to profanity in some parts. I really recommend giving this one a good read.
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The Proud wolf- I know this comic don't have that many pages posted, but i had to add this to the list. The narration at the first page is pretty much something we heard a million times, only this time we don't get the "before the age of man" bit, I can't tell who is even supposed to be narrating, the grey wolf or the red one? Plus this is a PRIME example of only WOLVES being unnaturally colored as every other animal that isn't a wolf have their natural colors, given point, the deer they are killing in the first page. And just why exactly is that one red and black wolf in the first page staring at the 'camera'? AH well. KillJoy is a rather dumb name for a character. Some of the talk is rather BBAish or let's say Warrior Cats-ish as a character literally says "You should heed your brother's wisdom." I seriously can't stand talk like this as I discussed this the artist, I don't know how this is becoming such a necessity to have your characters talk so formal. Cockney Accents not good enough for you anymore? I am not sure if this comic is still being worked on, but I will sit this one out.
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The Great Race- The style is ginga-ish and this comic makes ABSOLUTELY no sense. Enough said.
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Of Paws and Wings- If I hear one more person say the concept of wolves and dragons is original and NEVER been done before, i am going to facepalm myself to death. In this comic so far, Dragons are good, wolves are bad. That sums it up. In fact the narration is extremely redundant in it's words. Savage Wolves are mean, Tranquil Dragons are nice. Ok, WE GET IT, we aren't stupid. And just how the hell can wolves live healthily in a stinkin' wasteland where there is usually no prey to go around, there is no grass or leaves, so a deer or a rabbit wouldn't just waltz out there, they wouldn't be able to hunt successfully since there are no bushes, no trees to hide and it isn't like their bright red coats help much either. You just have to assume that everything that comes in that wasteland that the wolves eat is just plain retarded. It also doesn't even look like there is one drop of water there. These wolves look way to fed and healthy to be living in a place like that. The wolves hate the dragons for whatever reason, something about success or whatever, and the dragons are peace loving and don't want to fight. Another problem is that this comic has to use text boxes in order to explain EVERYTHING, and I mean everything. Forget character development, drawing out scenes and not assuming that everyone who reads these things are dumb asses, throw some text boxes in there and we are good. This comic also can't seem to make up it's mind about which side we are supposed to be on, first we are supposed to feel sorry for the dragons because their easter eggs got smashed then we got to feel sorry for the wolves because the dragons put a curse on the wolves making a deadly plague or something like that. Rewarding us with a shot of a pup crying over the death of it's mother, awww how sad, but since I don't know any of these characters or either side, I don't care. Why couldn't the dragons just kill them with their teeth and claws or hell breath fire or something? Couldn't it just been like "Hi i am a dragon and i have teeth and claws. CHOMP!" no one knows how to kill with their teeth and claws anymore, it's considered 'sexy' to kill with MAGIC. Bottom line is, I hope when they redo this comic they will do a better job.
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The BlackBlood Alliance- Seriously, Do I have to?

Twilight Spirits- Is to BBA fans like nicotine gum is to cigarette addicts. Now I will tell you, Just like the blackblood alliance I USED to like this comic, the VERY first page that was posted started off with what else- a chase scene. Then the comic became redone, and it was the redo pages that attracted me, the page didn't start off with no narration, it didn't start off with a battle or someone dying. It actually had a peaceful start to it despite there was a paragraph in literally one panel. I thought this comic had way good potential. But then the comic came into a fork in the road, and guess what path it took? It makes me sad that this comic was on it's way to some character development and actually looked like it was going to explain some backstory between the two main characters. But why have that when you can rush to a stupid random battle scene? There wasn't even any build up just BOOM, WE ATTACK!! Villains are ALL BLACK and cliche, and pretty much look all the same , I don't even know why they are fighting, the villains are just evil to be evil I guess. You can just look at that battle scene and tell who the enemy pack is, in some cases that might be a good thing, here it is just annoying. This comic even has the berserker rage feature, Oh I am sorry.. Moon Spirit Mode. But unlike BBA, Moon goes into it Ginga Legend Weed Style, flies into action, confronts a EEEEVIL wolf and DOES NOTHING but utter out horribly misspelled words. Wow, what a big lipped alligator moment. The main character Moon so far doesn't really have much of a personality, all we know she is the alpha, calls Assuva a old man despite that they look to be the exact same age, and she has a berserker rage. I am not even going to go on about the colors of the characters in the comic. This comic needs to just BACK UP to the page where they were going to develop the characters, the artist needs to take constructive criticism and just MAYBE I might appreciate it more.
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The Rogues- it kind of peeves me that people might turn away from this comic because it isn't something they are used to seeing. Some people might use " I HATE MANGA" as a excuse. Or they don't like styles that cartoony and not Disney. The style of this comic is different, the characters aren't flashy, don't have bright colors, fancy markings or anything. The designs are simple but effective, and I like them despite what anyone says. The comic isn't in color but in black and white minus the covers, and the first few pages. There are plenty of good moments with the characters and some amusing ones. For people who love generic stereotypical wolf comics don't read this one, it doesn't have a war and has humans in it. I recommend this one.
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Wolf's Affinity- Just read :iconsongdog-strayfang: 's review of it in her journals.

Cryptic Allusions- This comic is rather underrated and it doesn't help that I am putting it last on my one list, but I am going to mention this anyway. So HAH! Coyote-wolf mixes are also a underrated concept, frankly, I like that concept. So far it does keep my interest despite it haven't been updating lately. This comic doesn't shy away from profanity and uses it every chance it gets, but I guess when that happened it was during a part when the characters were angry. People might get turned off because the wolves have markings on their face and the comic contains rape despite it not showing anything. The newer pages have different style than the previous and I rather it stay to that for some reason, just seems more attractive to me.
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So that is it, I know there are alot I missed.

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  • Current Residence: In a doghouse
  • Interests: Art, Video games, animals and Wildlife
  • Favourite movie: Over the hedge, Clifford's big movie, Cars, The plague dogs, 101 dalmations
  • Favourite band or musician: too many to name......
  • Favourite genre of music: R&B, sometimes rap, But i kinda like any genre
  • Favourite artist: anyone who is better than me
  • Favourite style of art: My style, anime style, or whatever
  • Operating System: Windows XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Anyone, I guess
  • Shell of choice: A Bowser shell xD
  • Favourite game: Dog's life, Kingdom hearts 1 & 2, Crash bandicoot, Destroy all humans, Godzilla, Okami, Pok
  • Favourite gaming platform: Playstation 2, computer and Nintendo of any kind
  • Favourite cartoon character: Dongwa, Swiper, Ling Ling, Stretch O mutt, Rita, Bathound, Shippo, RJ, and Pinini
  • Personal Quote: "DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!
  • Tools of the Trade: Flash MX, Photostudio 5, Photoshop 7, and a number 2 pencil

Comments


:iconkaheaniehal:
Wtf, I wasn't watching you? let's fix that. >:D

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:icondajhira-jo:
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... is this better? ;)

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And does anyone have any wolf adoptables I might like?

Does anyone else live in metro Kansas City? i feel like I'm the ONLY person in Kansas who's on DA. Tell meh! :3
:iconxashleymx:
Uh, I wasn't complaining about it if anything I found that last picture amusing.
:icondajhira-jo:
oh, okay! hehe, sorry for the misunderstanding! Lol thanks anyway

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Don't fit IN; stand OUT
And does anyone have any wolf adoptables I might like?

Does anyone else live in metro Kansas City? i feel like I'm the ONLY person in Kansas who's on DA. Tell meh! :3
:iconshadowxthexhedgehogx:
Awesome animations! :wow:

I was just wondering what version of Flash you use?

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:iconratchetl-lover:
how much will i have to pay if you do bloopers for me? or.. something like bloopers. me and a best friend are making a random play and we would like to make it into an animation.

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:iconxashleymx:
I only do loops like things usually repeating over and over with some annoying music. I don't do full on animated shorts as I don't have the time for that I am afraid.
:iconratchetl-lover:
oh ok. thanks anyways! :D

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RATCHET AND CLANK ROX MAH SOX!
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I LUV BACON!!! :meow:
Loves lombaxes and cats, don't you forget it. ;)
:iconxxxpimpbuddehclanxxx:
I love your art! its absolutely amazing!!!! I'mma watch chu ^^

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