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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is the last few seasons of Game of Thrones. D&D were so eager to finish their contract with HBO and get their Star Wars trilogy that they cut the legs out from underneath one of the best shows in television history… and then they never got their trilogy.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That implies they had the talent in the beginning, like the first panel of this comic. To better illustrate D&D and the GoT travesty, you'd have the first panels be equally artistic (because it's another artist) and then the last like the last panel here, also partially burnt at the corners and water-stained, with less of a complete sentence in the bubble.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Eh, I liked a lot of changes they did. The last two books mostly consist of characters going on a quest, accomplishing nothing and more often than not being dragged back where they started. At least the show have them something to do.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Go for a walk, come back, continue drawing. 🤷

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't know why the talking dog didn't think of that.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Little known fact that dogs have a very unhealthy work culture. He didn’t even think it would be an option to go out before the work was done.

[–] iAmTheTot 9 points 2 months ago

But that wouldn't be funny.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's funny, but I find it confusing that the style change happens on the same case the dog is announcing it. IMO, the style change should then occur on the next case.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones. I mean, what are we to believe, that this is a magic xylophone, or something? Ha ha, boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

We also would have accepted

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Correct. The moment dog wills something is the moment it comes to pass. Such is the way of the world.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I actually prefer it the way it's executed.

Maybe I'm thinking way too much about this, but each panel obviously takes some time amount of time to draw, and likewise each panel portrays some finite amount of time--not just an instant snapshot of the story. So as the dog is yelling at him, his drawing quality is degrading as he is working on the panel, leading to an inconsistent quality within the panel.

[–] merde 3 points 2 months ago

he starts by drawing himself and the dog is drawn after its commentary/intervention

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is basically what happened with the Uzumaki anime

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Saw episode one, thought it was dope. Saw drama about the immediate drop in quality before I caught episode 2 and now it's been a bit hard to wanna jump back in.

That kickoff was so well done! Ya hate to see the immediate contrast...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I saw a few people talking about it, but as a "layman" who doesn't watch much anime, I thought it was pretty good overall. I really didn't care about the quality drop because in some instances it felt like it came right off the page.

At the end, I enjoyed it for being around. And it still has some incredibly creepy parts and awesome art

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I should go back and finish either way. I definitely get a bit snobby about animation (old school have drawn purist, can't handle 95% of the 3D stuff happening a bunch now), but still cool to see these stories unfold as an animated series. I just know it will be hard to avoid looking for the shortcuts and rough bits. Hard to turn the snobbery off sometimes. 🥲

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Man I love this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this an homage to a Pearls Before Swine strip?

Oi. Now, I gotta go find that one or I'll go crazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The last panel reminds me of the "animator loses his mind and draws everything with his left hand" part of Don Hertzfeldt's Rejected, albeit without the unnerving undertones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Oohh! I had to look that up. Thanks for the wild trip!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If only you could do a joke and land on an incredibly detailed landscape drawing - then we'd have it all!

[–] MrSebSin 2 points 2 months ago

I feel this one.