Anybody got the next one? I am actually curious what will happen.
>>77663040
her mom is coming out
Whenever Becky is not in the panel, the characters should ask "Where's Becky?"
Why did the /aco/ thread get deleted this time?
>>77663243
I'll try to remember that next time someone posts a strip with her not in at least some of the panels.
>>77663040
>willis is turning joyce into a self insert
I dont know rather to be mad or to laugh
>>77663220
And Starts dating Becky and also living in her dorm room.
>>77663370
With a wisecraking pet alligator!
>>77663399
Who becomes the next Willis analog
>Dumbing of Age generals
>>77663420
>"Fuck you, Alligator dad! I wish I was a Gharial like Aunt Lisa!"
>>77663310
She was always a self-insert. I think she's supposed to be him before he got enlightened by his own intelligence.
>>77663243
Becky's the Roman Reigns of Dumbing of Age.
>Parents Are Cunts: The Webcomic
>>77663528
put that last part in quotes
>>77663574
FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!!
>>77663574
Well shit. WILLLIIIISSSSS
Everytime I see these dumb webcomics I wanna approach them with an open mind and be like "It's not that bad" and then i realized that saying that everytime probably means it's actually bad.
>>77663574
is... is Willis taking a jab at all the people who wanted Toe Dad to have a little more depth?
>>77663574
So like, when his kid is finally born, is he going to just collapse in on himself when he realises that he is now a parent?
>>77663642
Nah.
He'll collapse in on himself when he realizes they're not his kids.
>>77663633
Nah, more just being a shit taking her parents down now. Maybe her dad will be the tower snipper.
>>77663633
He has a buffer of like 4 months, this would have been written and drawn long before Toedad even showed up again.
>>77663642
>I must spread the truth, I must defeat the parents
>no father, YOU ARE THE PARENT!
>and then Willis was the parent
>>77663633
No, Willis' parents sucked so all parents in his comics suck
>>77663574
Who's parents aren't cunts in this?
>Ambers Mom
>Mikes Parents
>Dinas Parents
Everyone else parents have problems. He even made digs at Dorothys parents by implying they'd settled for the first people they hooked up with in college.
>>77663642
He'll collapse like a Poltergeist House.
>>77663720
Did Dinas parents do anything besides give her money when she came out?
>>77663574
where's becky
>>77663832
Triumphantly sodomizing Autismasaurus while Dina pretends to be Toedad.
>>77663810
No, and I doubt they'll ever be mentioned again.
They were just used to show how evil and disgusting fundie parents are compared to super progressive minorities with lesbian daughters.
And the only reason Mikes parents are nice is because it's meant to be a joke that he's awful yet his parents aren't.
Ambers Dad is abusive so her mom obviously wasn't going to be portrayed as evil.
>>77663832
Pawing at the door whining to come in and lay at Joyce's feet like a good poochy.
>>77663810
They showed up, acted practically as societally stumped as Dina herself and faded into background.
But they actually APOLOGISED for letting Amber's dad in, so that puts them miles above the standard.
Inb4 Joyce becomes an atheist lesbian and begs for Becky to give her another chance
>>77663848
>Triumphantly sodomizing autismosaurus
Im fucking cracking up at work fuck you
>>77663574
I can't wait til Becky teaches her to give her mom the bird!
>>77663927
As if the next won't be her flipping her mother off over the phone and then being embarrassed
>>77663720
Atheist friend's parents.
Joe's dad is an older version of him, and I like Joe, so I assume he's cool.
Joyce's parents are actually pretty good as far as fundies go. Most would've pulled her out of college back when she introduced her atheist friend to them. I'm okay with ignorant people being portrayed as ignorant.
>>77663997
But now mom has sided with a psycho who had her daughter at gunpoint so that is all fucked.
>>77663243
Becky should be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine.
>>77664022
Who realistically sides with a crazed gunman?
>>77664171
I'M NOT A CRAZED GUNMAN BECKY I'M AN ASSASSIN
WELL THE DIFFERENCE IS ONE'S A JOB AND THE OTHER'S MENTAL SICKNESS
>>77664171
>yfw he wasn't crazy
>yfw lesbianism is literally a disease in this setting that was created by Satan
>yfw it goes full on urban fantasy
>yfw toedad was a modern day templar all along
>>77664022
I'm not sure she did side with him.
I think Joyce is meant to be realizing that, even if her mom isn't a crazed gunman, she still shares the same beliefs that drove toedad to do what he did, and those beliefs now sound kinda threatening after someone's pointed a gun at you over it.
Of course, I don't doubt that this whole thing will end with Joyce being a stronk indypendant woman and renouncing her parents.
>>77663574
To note "Bless his soul" in the south is the alternative to actually saying "Fuck Them" but Willis clearly doesn't mean that context.
>>77664276
It's more vernacular for "they're SO going to hell, poor sod."
>>77664276
>Bless his soul, but at least he thought he was doing the right thing.
>Bless his soul, but [positive statement].
>[negative statement], but [positive statement]
The "but" implies a contrast.
"Bless his soul" was meant negatively.
>>77663574
The fourth panel was fine to get the point across everything else just reads as JOYCE ITS OKAY HE HELD A GUN TO YOUR HEAD BECAUSE LOVE. No one tells their daughter that an outside perspective like me of a stranger who saw it on the news but not a parent that's been shown to love their kid.
>>77663574
Thanks for sticking with this Frost I hope we can see this plot out to its terrible end together
>>77663574
Hey, wait. Is Willis already ignoring the physics of a cast, and is treating it like a fingerless glove?
>>77664705
Yes.
>>77663832
this will be the "what's with all the niggers?" of DoA
>>77664431
>"Bless his soul" was meant negatively.
Southerner here.
"Bless his soul" and "bless him" are ALWAYS used in negative contexts, but can be sympathetic or sarcastic.
They either convey sympathy on someone who has suffered misfortune ("His wife passed away, bless his soul") or are a putdown (Bless his soul, that boy just can't learn.)
Bless his heart is the same phrase as well.
The context of this is, the Mom is expressing sympathy for his plight but disagreeing with his actions.
Southern is subtle.
>>77663574
>>77664276
>>77664431
>>77665009
I don't think it's especially South-restricted. Every time I heard anything in similar fashion it was in the meaning of there being some problem with the target of it.
Remember Joyce's parents in the Walkyverse, who actively encouraged her to bang any guy she was with?
>>77663657
His kids are going to turn into "race realist", anti-degenerate /pol/lacks and it's going to be really fucking funny because he'll just make a new comic where Joyce and Walky are parents with ungrateful bastard children.
>>77663574
I thought they would yell at her after making sure she was okay, but this is so much worse. I'd like to hope her parents would open their eyes a little and become a little less ignorant, but this is Willis we're talking about.Also those fingers holy shit.
>>77665009
Regardless the sentiment is poorly timed. A better person would probably have the tact to keep that option to herself for a little to let the dust settle first.
I don't understand how you don't enjoy watching Joyce gradually losing her faith.
Is character development to Tumblr a concept for you people?
So can we just start having funky winked bean threads again. When even les Moore is more likeable than your cast you have failed as a writer.
>>77665629
Joyce's development is probably the only good thing in the whole damn thing. The problem is everything else.
>>77665629
Because the point shouldn't be that she needs to lose her faith.
She can be a Christian and a good person and has even made strides in that regard.
>>77665629
She tends to be the only one we like. I don't mind these two past feeling her mom should have called her vs her leaving a message and the last two panels of this strip. They feel like its jsut beating a dead horse panel four and maybe panel six were enough. Five feels awkward for some reason.
>>77663574
>In the last panel are literally Ross' words to Becky
GODAMNIT WILLIS
>>77665715
Willis wants to make something like Moral Orel but he really just ends up smearing shit in a canvas.
>>77665629
Why would anyone enjoy seeing the only likeable character turn into another whiny liberal atheist?
>>77665758
Well yea they are supposed to be the same kinda people.
>>77663642
Nah, but he'll raise them "right", and then when they come of age he'll go full Toedad when they don't do what he wants.
The only difference is that he'll probably shit himself to death in a seizure rather than come and try to break them out and bring them home.
>"I love you Dad, but I'm going to the Seminary and Laserbeak is going to join a convent. God be with you."
>makes sign of the cross as they back out of the room.
>>77665725
>I don't mind these two past feeling her mom should have called her vs her leaving a message
Her phone was dead. Mom called back immediately after she sent the message, meaning she was hovering over her phone waiting for any signals from her child.
...Actually given the speed of call back, she may not have even listened to the message.
>>77665882
But how can you make that so hamfisted ?!
That line has no context at all, at least Ross said it while confronted by his possible death at the hands of the police.
But Joyce's mother ? She just says that to enforce the point that "parents are evil" without any kind of fucking context
WILLIS
>>77663574
I'm not sure what the hell is going on.
>>77663642
He'll probably implode like the Witch King did when Theoden's daughter stabbed him in the face.
>>77663574
Goddammit.
I'm a mod for both /r/DumbingOfage and /r/walkyverse, but i'm really considering just fucking closing those down because of these bullshit storylines.
Plus barely anyone uses them, so no real loss.
>>77666248
>REDDIT'S HERE, AREN'T THEY?
>Reddit has been here, Mister Mulder, for a very long time
>>77666339
what's your point?
>>77666339
>>77666544
>tfw marathoning X-files and Twin Peaks
Where were these shows all my lifeWell, i knew X-files as a kid already, but the intro alone terrified me
>>77666084
But I think it would work better if her mom picked up and they started talking instead of just this.
>>77663848
>Triumphantly sodomizing Autismasaurus while Dina pretends to be Toedad
Can we get a drawfag on this?
>>77664186
>reminder that Snipers parents are in fact okay with him nowand dead
>>77667702
Nah reasonable conversation can't happen here. But would be a great edit to make Willis get shitty about again.
"Mom, he took her away at gunpoint, how is that love."
"..."
"Mom?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXWRTEbj1I
So is there an uncensored Imgur of tales of Sinterest yet?
>>77668289
https://desustorage.org/aco/thread/202540/#202540
>>77668277
no more, anon.
no more...
>>77668581
Mom just swings by kicks in the door and drags her and Becky out for a night of clubbing.
Excessive amounts of seatbelts and "IT'S ALWAYS DADS"
>>77668516
I wonder why they pruned it on /aco/.
>>77669303
Too sick.
>>77666248
>I'm a mod for both /r/DumbingOfage and /r/walkyverse
Where did you go so wrong in life?
>>77663040
Once again Willis doesn't understand emotional progression, or strip layout.
This would be so much better if it went panel 1-2-3-6-5-4 then the last panel included in the next strip. Joyce rants, realizes how harsh she sounds, and feels guilty about it.
Instead, we get this weird thing where she tones it down for 1 second then goes back to being angry. Then the phone rings like "WHO COULD IT BE" except it's obviously mom.
>>77663574
If Joyce is Willis' self insert, and this is his/her progression, then does that mean Willis used to be likable?
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>>77668861
There is not a single way to steer that car so that the truck doesn't crash into the truck. This is fucking retarded.
>>77670488
Don't worry the Truck learns that and vanishes along with the bridge.
>>77663574
So does this end with an army of religious parents attacking the school like it's Helm's Deep?
>>77670951
That was very considerate of the truck. The red car behind them too.
Also what the fuck kind of road forks like that without being an entrance/exit to a highway?
>>77670951
>Implying it's not just Optimus' ghost and his Phantom Trailer
>>77671029
That would be awesome, only if they take down the insane redhead goblin.
>>77663574
It's the Happening... it's a happening
>>77663642
Or he'll go the Penny Arcade route and re-brand himself as a Cool Nerd Dad. Willis seems to go through more skins than a chameleon.
>>77663574
Fuck you, Willis... fuck you.
>>77663574
>>77664276
>>77664431
>>77665009
>>77665298
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BfqouJvpCk
So incoming pants on head logic that her parents are just as bad as Becky's dad with that grinning moron fanning the flames because she wants that pussy.
You know what? To hell with it, I didn't post it on Saturday, but I'll turn this shit-show around with some Prince Vailant.
>>77663642
Kid comes out, and in he goes, unbirth style up his clone/wife's still bleeding wazoo.
>>77672898
I mean what is it are they part of a cult? Why is her mother stumbling trying to find reasons to defend that psycho.
>>77673289
I don't even know any more... God damn it, I used to LOVE reading Willis' comics. Then he pulled that fucking drama tag, and I saw the writing on the wall.
It's just depressing.
>>77673488
Maybe she was having problems shifting into No True Scotsman mode. Trying to separate a Good Christian like herself from a Bad Christian like Ross, even though they believe basically the same things.
>>77673488
So much of Willis' work is geared solely to put himself over. If there was more money to be had in comedy and nerd humor, he would have stuck with that. Unfortunately, there's more cred to be earned in social commentary and having Real and Grounded settings.
>>77673701
>Maybe she was having problems shifting into No True Scotsman mode.
That would involve nuanced writing, and Willis hasn't been capable of that for a while.
>there's more cred to be earned in social commentary and having Real and Grounded settings.
I hate that this is true.
Val is my husbando desu
>>77674224
Is it just me or is Prince Valiant more than a little homoerotic?
He's practically wearing blusher. And that stripping scene was kind of weird.
>>77674462
It was a different time.
>>77671029
considering the repetition of 'I'd die for you' I'm expecting a mass suicide as a way to convince god to cure all the gays
>>77663574
Welp, she's right, shame Walky didn't make Toedad sympathetic. He nearly gets there when he talks about losing his wife. Like he got wrapped up heavily in Christian ideology to escape that and heal, but didn't actually move forward and him kidnapping his daughter and acting all deranged was a culmination of that. But then he just tuns into incompetent christian terminator.
>>77670283
You're right about her expression, should've been reveresed, but I won't give you the phone ring. Seems intentional. You obviously are supposed to know who it is, it's a cliff hangar and also can simulatae that delayed dreadful feeling of when you call someone and leave a message similar to that. Blood runs cold and all.
Don't want to look like I'm felating Walky either, man's so far up his own ass he's begining to look like a reverse Ouroboros
>>77674522
A time when slim young beautiful men could fight vikings naked and not have it be over-analysed?
I do really like Prince Valiant. My absolute 100% favourite thing from it is when they have a dragon or a questing beast or w/e and it's just a really big iguana or some shit. That is amazing, I never get tired of it.
>>77663574
How can someone write a comic while simultaneously have no idea how humans interact or talk to each other?
In what world would a mother tell her daughter, after just being notified that a crazy man was waving a gun around at people, much less her, that it's ok because "He was just doing what he thought was right, God bless his soul"? (Nevermind that the guy himself was nothing more than a cartoonish caricature to begin with).
Where did all of these hack webcomic authors even come from? Fuck's sake.
wait so now her mom KNOWS where Becky is and that she's there illegally and ..Im sure nothing will come of it
>>77674460
>>77674522
Prince Valiant is also really good mileage for games, if you're into tabletop. Like two types of trapped gateways here which are eminently usable in PnP.
>>77664171
>>77664022
Guys, remember that they KNOW Toedad and trusted him enough to take Joyce to Six Flags with Becky.
This isn't just some headcase with a gun, it's someone they know and like. And its harder to outright condemn someone like that.
>>77674717
I recently downloaded the Prince Vailant RPG - Deus is so Vult
>>77674725
Big fucking deal. All of that goes out the window when someone starts waiving a gun around. Especially at, for all intents and purposes, kids.
>>77674816
>queer servants
>saved me from matrimony
>no one is gayer than this brave and manly prince
>>77675024
Like I said, things were different back then. Language drift, and all that.
>>77675261
THE GREATEST PAGE
>>77675301
It's the second-best fight in a comic I've ever seen.
>>77674725
dude if anyone came near my kid with a gun Id be calling him crazy ass nigga and trying tog et him locked up with a 7 foot tall South American rapist even if Ive known him for years
>>77663574
If something's utterly predictable, can it still be called drama? Or then is it just narm?
>>77674639
>How can someone write a comic while simultaneously have no idea how humans interact or talk to each other?
>Where did all of these hack webcomic authors even come from? Fuck's sake.
Willis knows exactly what he's doing.
The moment the Patreon shekels from teenage/college libtards stop flowing, he's basically going on foodstamps or to a career as a Wallmart greeter if he's lucky.
Better than the usual Funky, gratis.
Maybe pull some Phantom sometime. That stuff was awesome.
>>77676554
I've got some classic Mandrake the Magician on my laptop... that shit didn't date well.
>>77676611
Being a History Major I find that stuff Humorous when it doesn't. Also those comics that just disregarded all Science and went beyond. Lensmen is a good early 20th Century piece of Science Fiction that goes beyond. Pretty much Green Lantern before Green Lantern.
I hoped that this lessens your rage from the bullshit Willis has inflicted upon you all.
>>77663574
>a mother says she would die for her daughter
>this is a bad thing
Willis get therapy.
>>77664171
Black Lives Matter
>>77677375
It's bad in the context of her mother defending violent psychotic behavior.
>>77674725
Maybe if he threatened a bunch of random people with a gun. Not so much if he threatened your own child.
>>77677484
Willis get therapy.
>>77677484
I'd say it's more like in the context of how much like Toedad she might be.
>>77677562
You would not be concerned if your mother expressed sympathy for ISIS, who recently bombed your neighborhood, and started chanting that she would die for you?
Willis is a deranged dumbass for making literally every parent in his comic a psycho, not for having his characters react negatively to said psycho parents. You are probably more retarded than he is, judging by your posts.
>>77677576
Which is garbage. So her mother and father who we've seen before are just one event away from a campus assault. That being their daughter rejecting god and coming out for that grinning idiot.
>Mom a man literally raped me in the ass yesterday
>oh I can't believe that dearie, but have you considered that he was horny?
>I would die for you.
WILLIS WHY WOULD YOU MAKE A CHARACTER UPSET THAT THEIR MOM SAID SHE WOULD DIE FOR THEM?!!?
>>77677619
The guy wanted his daughter back and didn't hurt anybody. Things got that bad because the idiot pixie kids escalated things.
>>77677619
Willis get therapy.
>>77677678
>The guy wanted his daughter back and didn't hurt anybody.
Except for all the people he threatened with a gun. I get that you guys hate Willis, I do too, but try not to defend school shooters just to be contrarian.
>>77677729
>literally defending the act of shooting up a school
>tells other people to get therapy
Projecting much?
Why can't we just hate a shitty comic together without being retarded? Why do you people have to take it too far?
>>77677807
Willis get therapy.
>>77673743
>>77664186
> He's not crazy; he's just an asshole
>>77671467
Except every time the PA guys talk about their kids it's all about drugging them because
>muh dad was terrible
>muh social anxiety
>muh inability to understand that my kids might have interests that aren't mine and so I pre-emptively decide that raising him will be terrible
>>77663810
Dina's parents are borderline absent, therefore perfect.
>>77665346
They locked their daughter in a bedroom with the immature boyfriend, vehemently stated multiple times that their daughter having baby-making intercourse was wholly necessary, and hid erotic literature near their Bible.
What did Joyce do?Ran off with a Bible and found god again.
POETRY
>>77663997
Joe's DoA's backup punching bag whenever Danny's unavailable
Willis says this is the end of the storyline.
>>77680505
Fuck him.
>>77680505
Why does anything have to be broken?
Oh, right. It's because Willis refuses to forgive his parents. So even his fictional characters have to suffer.
>>77680505
Wait wait wait, she was just talking to her. Her mom would've called back already.
He's literally going to leave there isn't he? It doesn't matter that Joyce revealed the Becky was staying at the college illegally to her mother, it doesn't matter that any normal fucking police department would've asked for a fucking residence from a kidnapping victim, or that the College itself should've checked up on this shit.
WHY?!
>>77680697
Because it's not about logic or realistic circumstances, Anon.
It's all about feelings and emotions. That's what makes webcomics like Questionable Content so popular, and other comics like Endtown literal pieces of trash that don't deserve a cent via Patreon.Joking, of course.
>>77680691
Willis is an infant.
"Mommy told be touching my peepee was evil and makes sky man cry and I believed her. SHE MUST PAY FOR HER LIES."
>>77664705
It's not a cast it's a splint.
>>77664705
So when will Joyce's mother fulfill her promise and Joyce will act like a shitheel and her transformation into useless cunt be complete.
>>77664276
I live in the south and the term "bless his heart" either means "I hope he'll be okay" or is used as a way to make up for saying something insulting: "Holy shit that guy's ugly, bless his heart."
I've yet to hear anyone outside of my great grandmother say "bless his soul", and she was always sincere when she said it.
>>77680505
So, does Prince Valiant become a knight or not?
>>77680505
What's broken? Her reality? Her parents? Her faith? Why would her roomy agree?
>>77680771
>furries are suddenly not paying shitloads of cash
Huh, that's really weird.
>>77681453
Endtown isn't furry enough for furries.
You know, I really would like this comic if it were actually about Joyce going to college and having her preconceptions about the world challenged and broadening her mind.
But instead it's about how parents and their religion are unreasoningly evil.
>>77663574
Apparently this part is somewhat autobiographical on Willis' part. At some level I can't hate on it because this is a story very close to who Willis is as a person. We can joke about "get therapy, Willis" but the fact of the matter is this IS therepudic for him. By having hsi character go through the same crazy behavior (obviously escalated) as a way to have this moment with Joyce where she feels her mom is just as bad as this monster of a man.
I dunno. After reading his post on tumblr I'm not gonna really hate on him for it I guess.
>>77675901
Or pap.
>>77680505
So, in Dumbing of Age Joyce is going to end up hating her parents and her religion while in It's Walky she held onto her faith and was fine, minus the evil Joyce clone she beat to death.
>>77681594
Yeah but he should actually get therapy instead of having thousands of dumb children tell him he's brilliant, and their parents also don't respect their genderfluid pansexual identity and its pronouns, which makes all parents evil and bad.
>>77681594
It's not so much therapy as much as it is catharsis in the long run.
Without actually choosing to look at issues from multiple angles, all this does is further validate his own point of view for himself. It likely doesn't help if/when other people agree with his point of view.
It's like his reaction to the Becky/Toedad edits. He prefers his own take on what Becky's reaction would be—immature and uncouth— versus the Anon's edits, which held development and a willingness of the character to accept that she can't change her father, but still respects him as a person. Or something to that effect.
In any case, it's all still his way of lashing out against his parents.
>>77681594
Wonder what it's like having /pol/ for a parent.
I want to say he should still be able to talk with his mom even if they disagree politically about things, but really, that's none of my business.
>>77681764
Pfffahaha, what a pussbag.
>>77681789
The facebook bit does sound particularly melodramatic.
>I removed her from my friends list
>now she's finally dead to me
>>77681764
>she would accept my fate for being untowardly
I don't even know what he's trying to use that word to mean.
>>77663243
>>77664082
Okay anons leave your suggestions on the floor when you leave.
>>77681764
What's with him and his mom? I've never even seen him mention his dad.
>>77682003
He had an oedipal phase that he never got past because he has political disagreements with her and so hates himself for loving her. Hence his arrested development.I'm just bullshitting but it's probably something like that.
>>77663574
>>77680505
>>77663574
>Willis is ruining Joyce
You know, this is just driving me to reread It's Walky again so I can remember when I actually liked reading his comics. Has he managed to scrub the archives yet?
>>77663810
>>77663720
Willis is pathologically incapable of writing realistic parental relationships. In his world, good parents never try to teach their kids anything or pass on their culture/religion/traditions what have you. Parents just pop out the kid, keep them from dying until they go to school, and never ever ever disagree with any decision the child makes.
>>77681764
I can't even imagine how horrifying it must have been for Willis' parents to see him become the autistic, sanctimonious hypocrite he is today. This entire arc is easily his creative low point, what he's doing to Joyce is just heartbreaking, all to justify his infantile personal philosophy. Just retire these characters, cancel this comic and get some fucking help Willis please.
>>77683213
I wonder if they are reading his comics.
I wonder what they'd think of Joyce and family if they did.
God this comic is stupid.
And so are these threads.
Got to read some of the porn comics thanks to the link earlier in the thread.
How could anyone in their right mind fap to it? It's the least sexy porn comic I've ever seen.
>>77683256
>It's the least sexy porn comic I've ever seen.
You've never seen Moon over June?
I envy you.
>>77682003
I have. he is actually fine with his dad as well as with his step mother.
>>77683256
MOON
OVER
JUNE
Look, call it unfappable, fine.
But MOJ holds the title of most unsexy comic in existence which makes your dick shrivel and crawl back inside.
>>77683266
What would the Dumbing of Age porn comics be like in the style of Moon Over June?
>>77683297
Basically just Moon over June with more men.
>people still spouting the "Willis hate parents" bullshit
He doesn't you know? The majority of the parents he represents in his comic are okay people.
There are few assholes parents, just like there are a few parents asshole in real life. and one very messed up one, just like from time to time, there is a really messed up parent.
The thing with David Willis is that, no matter what, whenever he introduces a bad people, (like stories many have bad people too), people feel the need to defend that villain no matter what and when he is irredeemably villain, People complain he forced that villainess. No matter the amount of not-villain or more morally nuanced character his story already have.
>>77676966
Thank you, I enjoyed reading that quite a bit.
David Willis did nothing wrong.
>>77683336
I swear the answer to every one of Walky's creative shortcomings is to broaden his life experiences in a few key areas. Try hallucinogens, get in a fist-fight, visit a brothel, sleep under the stars, build something, destroy something, make love to another man. Seriously in three months he could put this hyper-anxiety and childishness behind him and become a real artist. Even the questionable content guy has lived a little.
>>77683317
Okay Willis, sure.
Now fuck off.
>>77683343
He is a real artist. And a good story teller. He just get a very biased rage boner ever since he made that false equivalence batman comic. Since he is the man to hate, no matter what.
Seriously, there was nothing wrong with this sotry telling. It was haevy drama, but I find it strange that people don't want hevy drama in their tall of fiction.
Even the physical stunt are nothing to really complain about all of it are below the usual Batgirl stunt, who is also meant to be a real human.
>>77683367
>He is a real artist.
Fair enough.
>And a good story teller.
Oh fuck no he isn't.
>>77683358
I am not Willis. Ad fact remain facts, no matter who say them.
>>77683367
I've never believed it until now but seriously, WIDF please go.
>>77683343
>do drugs
>catch aids
>be gay
no
>>77663684
>Willis' parents sucked
To his perception
But Willis is clearly mentally ill
>>77683374
Oh yes he is. Ever since Roomies he has been and improving. He just tell stories that for some reason, people don't want to see.
I mean, seriously, the only critic I see is "How dare Willis represent some parents being shitty". And by "some", they mean "all" because a few asshole mean all the other okay parents cease to exist. It's not even that it's unrealistic, there has been far much worst parents than what we have seen.
I have been in many of these threads, and I can find a single valid criticism. All I see is complain for event taking a turn they didn't want to see and yet, people keep making thosqe thread and posting in it and complainingand being buthurt.
It's like even OP doesn't enjoy the trolling, yet he feel compelled to perpetuate it.
>>77683385
I really should have put catch VD on the list actually. That's another one that would inject some much needed complication into the sad little toybox that Willis lives in.
I want something bad to happen to Becky
she does not deserve all the support she's getting.
>>77683379
>someone disagree with the general opinion
>must be some sort of organised defence force.
Is it so hard to believe that there are people disagreeing with you?
Frankly, all this hate I see is uncalled for and barely make sense.
>>77683412
So you'd defend Becky's behavior as being reasonable?
And no I don't mean being gay.
Someone actually asked Willis Where's Becky?
Love is over.
>>77683417
this testament make no fucking sense.
>>77666044
>Laserbeak
>>77683427
>>must be some sort of organised defence force.
No I think it's just you actually. I don't expect there are too many people other than Willis himself who are going to fight for his reputation as an artist.
>>77683445
The kid named Buzzsaw gets the better end of that deal. I mean, he can just be called Buzz and it's normal, and then when he reveals he's named after (they think) a chainsaw? Awesome.
>>77676966
I learned that Prince Valiant is a real nigga
>>77683412
>I mean, seriously, the only critic I see is "How dare Willis represent some parents being shitty". And by "some", they mean "all" because a few asshole mean all the other okay parents cease to exist. It's not even that it's unrealistic, there has been far much worst parents than what we have seen.
It's "ALL" because all the parents that have significant roles on screen. Dina's parents are ok but have been in like three strips total.
And the all bad ones also lack a milk of human kindness and compassion.
We had Amber's father, an utter shithole. Fine, because that's the first.
We had earlier conflict with Joyce's parents, they were fundie but not total shitholes. Fine, because they aren't one-note caricatures.
Then the toe came. But we already had an utter shithole in the comic, so we wanted something more extreme than Joyce's parents, but still without going utterly off the deep end. We wanted nuance. And the nuance was easy to deliver. But Willis didn't want nuance, so we lambast him for that decision.
He is now also making Joyce's parents slide into deep end and removing nuance from them. That also deserves bashing.
>>77683429
>So you'd defend Becky's behavior as being reasonable?
Uh? Yes?
Her dad want to take her to some place to "rehabilit" gays, who are notoriously known to be awful place, she try to leave and plan to find a way to live on her own.
Her dad found her and when he threaten her with a gun, she agree to come with him to avoid him killing anyone or him getting killed with a sniper. She call the police to warn them that they are riding away.
When Joyce want to kick him on the ground, Becky stop. When nothing force her to see her dad, she still do it and try to talk with him and when he says it's all her fault and blame their situation on her, she goes "fuck you dad". And she intends to pursue her studies.
She has been nothing but reasonable, if sometimes a bit misdirected, which, for someone just out of highschool, is a bit to be expected.
>>77683453
>I don't expect there are too many people other than Willis himself who are going to fight for his reputation as an artist.
that an all his readership paying his patreon and buying his paper version of his comics. Form which he is able to live comfortably.
>>77683457
>>77683445
Well if its a girl, laserbeak can go by a shortened Lass maybe?
>>77673064
Do it in your own thread, Youre only advancing the bump limit
>>77683480
I was referring to illegally camping out on campus forcing her friends to hide her and spending her money on an expensive dykecut rather than something intellegent.
>>77683495
Hm, "Lassie" would still get some dog jokes in school.
Maybe "Becky," that sounds kinda like "Beak."
>>77683496
>Youre only advancing the bump limit
That's likely his point, to make the thread sage sooner.
>>77683507
That works.
>>77683514
Until he dyes her hair red and gives her an unwanted sidecut. Oh, and tells her she's a lesbian.
>>77677784
>Except for all the people he threatened with a gun.
But was anyone ACTUALLY injured as a direct result?
Im pretty sure they weren't
>>77683507
>>77683514
>>77683525
So do we now call the lesbo in the comic Laserbeak?
...Lesbobeak?
>>77683536
Lesbobeck?
>>77683479
>It's "ALL" because all the parents that have significant roles on screen. Dina's parents are ok but have been in like three strips total.
We have Dorothy's parents.
We have Joe's father (and probably his mother too)
We have Amber's mother.
Joyce's father is actually accepting of Joyce's choice.
>Then the toe came. But we already had an utter shithole in the comic, so we wanted something more extreme than Joyce's parents, but still without going utterly off the deep end. We wanted nuance. And the nuance was easy to deliver. But Willis didn't want nuance, so we lambast him for that decision.
Sometime, an asshole s just an asshole. This is not bad storytelling to make one or two characters complete vilains. This is not what you wanted, but that doesn't mean it is bad. This kind of persons exist in real life and there is nothing wrong in featuring them in stories.
>He is now also making Joyce's parents slide into deep end and removing nuance from them. That also deserves bashing.
Joyce parent are based on personal life experience of David Willis, he has told it before that Joyce is a sort of semi-autobiographical stand in. One of the reasons artist make their piece of work is to express themeslves. and this is what Willis is doing.
>>77677807
>literally defending the act of shooting up a school
While it's not something to be taken lightly, there's a HUGE difference between firing one shot in the air on a college campus and "shooting up a school".
>>77683505
This is not unreasonable. It's at the very least understandable, after having been in a sheltered environment her whole life (home-schooled, then send to a Christian uni), she enjoyed her first bit of real freedom for the first time in her life. She camped on campus because she had nowhere to go.
And you seem to forget that just after a few days, she decided she needed to find a job and a real place to crash on, because she didn't actually want to be a leech.
No, I can't find her attitude unreasonable.
>>77683552
>We have Dorothy's parents.
>We have Joe's father (and probably his mother too)
>We have Amber's mother.
They aren't significant characters in the comic.
>Joyce's father is actually accepting of Joyce's choice.
Haven't seen his reaction here.
>Sometime, an asshole s just an asshole. This is not bad storytelling to make one or two characters complete vilains.
Yes it is. We already had "utter shithole father shows up and gets beaten" arc.
Doing it again is a waste.
>This kind of persons exist in real life and there is nothing wrong in featuring them in stories.
Again, one is enough.
>Joyce parent are based on personal life experience of David Willis, he has told it before that Joyce is a sort of semi-autobiographical stand in. One of the reasons artist make their piece of work is to express themeslves. and this is what Willis is doing.
Removing nuance and characterisation from a story in order to whine about your personal issues is also a waste of writing.
>>77683479
>Then the toe came. But we already had an utter shithole in the comic, so we wanted something more extreme than Joyce's parents, but still without going utterly off the deep end. We wanted nuance. And the nuance was easy to deliver. But Willis didn't want nuance, so we lambast him for that decision.
Amber's father relied on emotional abuse. Willis has actually sated he never relied on actual physical force.
Toedad is the other side of the coin. he rely on actual force to get thing the way he want.
>>77683575
Dumping money on a haircut while your ability to support your life is in question is very much unreasonable.
>And you seem to forget that just after a few days, she decided she needed to find a job and a real place to crash on, because she didn't actually want to be a leech.
She shouldve gone for that before going to haberdasher.
>>77683578
>They aren't significant characters in the comic.
Surprise surprise, you get more story telling out of drama and conflictual relationship than out of people getting along fine. It's like DoA is your first story.
I also forgot Danny's parent that we see quite a bit.
>Haven't seen his reaction here.
I am talking about when she anted to remain Dorothy's friend.
>Doing it again is a waste.
see>>77683588
>Removing nuance and characterisation from a story in order to whine about your personal issues is also a waste of writing.
No nuance was removed, there.
>>77683594
you expect someone out of highschool who has just found out she is gay and has to run away from her home to act in a perfectly responsible middle -aged adult when she is experiancing freedom for the first time.
Her not doing that would be unrealistic. As far as her whole attitude goes she has been overall reasonable. and the few free dip she took in her new situation, she intent to pay back.
I'd say she is acting more reasonably than most uni Fresh-men.
>>77683509
Well then, if this is what we want to talk about, it's really not his place to dictate to us otherwise.
If he wants to post Valiant. Fine. He can do it in it's own thread, not hijack some other comics thread. That's the beauty of this imageboard, you can start a new discussion thread
If he doesn't want to read a discussion on some comic, that's also fine. No one is forcing him to. He can just hide the thread or ignore it. That's a perfectly reasonable approach to handling it.
>>77683636
You're clearly just posting to be contrary.
It doesn't matter what Becky's doing, she's just an outright annoying dyke in how she lives her life.
>>77683480
>Her dad want to take her to some place to "rehabilit" gays,
Seeing as how homosexuality is a sexual perversion like pedophilia and bestiality, I see no problem with this
>>77683495
How about "Bea"?
>>77683645
I am not being contrarian, I am just stating, that for someone who has been through what she has, getting some haircut and a bit of moment oo breath and be herself, it's not too much of an abuse of the situation.
>she's just an outright annoying dyke in how she lives her life.
You mean, in how she is looking for a job and intend to pursue her studies? how? Because that's all we know she is going to do beside skishing some dinosaur girl.
>>77683575
>she didn't actually want to be a leech.
Well, a vag=leech
>>77683659
So, we all agree this is bait, right?
>>77683677
>You mean, in how she is looking for a job and intend to pursue her studies?
The most hilarious thing is you think Becky's actually going to do any of that.
>>77683687
If you want to construe it as "bait", there's nothing I can do to stop you
But then even "The sky is blue" and "Water is wet" can be seen in the eyes of some as bait
>>77683702
Yes? Why wouldn't she?
she was already looking for a job before Toedad came in.
>>77668516
He still can't draw dicks I see. At least the intact one was a little bit better looking than the weird backwards mutilated dicks he usually draws.
>>77683729
Becky is flaky, unreliable and socially obnoxious. That's her entire character.
Also being a lesbian and making sure people know it.
>>77683659
Homosexuality serve a s a way to regulate overpopulation, as well as providing childless siblings that will take care of their nephew, increasing the chance of passing down the gene of the family.
There exist n actual connection between Homosexuality and paedophilia not bestiality.
>>77683687
Yeah. I am about 60% on it being the same guy as "willis nothing wrong" posts switching gears to get a reaction.
>>77683743
>Becky is flaky, unreliable and socially obnoxious. That's her entire character.
How is she unreliable. I mean, for most of what we have seen her, she was in a situation of distress.
And she actually accpeted to follow her father to prevent him from being snipped.
>Also being a lesbian and making sure people know it.
Going all out after having been repressed her whole life is kind of a natural reaction.
I am not good at describing character, but I see more in her than just "The lesbian".
>>77683755
Anonymous, that is the dumbest thing you have ever said.
>>77683762
Except no. I am >>77683687
and>>77683336
And I definitely didn't post >>77683659
nor >>77683717
False flagging is not what I do.
>>77683774
This is a very valid explanation for homosexuality. Shared by most of the scientific community.
>>77683784
70%
>>77683807
I can assure you I am not.
>>77683814
And I can assure you this guy is correct.
>>77683819
>>77683814
>>77683825
Now thats just embarrasing.
>>77683861
Yeah, I hate when I mess up with the attached pic. Sorry about that.
Can anyone please photoshop some elements of gta in this picture. It's for my project!
>>77681764
>>77683213
It's just one generation of stubborn, stupid, sanctimonious, angry, paranoid, intellectually dishonest, socially retarded weirdos leading into the next. Frankly, I think Willis is beyond saving unless the insulated hugbox he's built for himself falls apart and he has to face the world without a bunch of Tumblr kiddies telling him how great he is. At the very least, I hope he has the decency not to dump all his emotional baggage on his kids and gives them the chance to break the cycle.
>>77683213
>>77684042
David Willis is neither dishonest nor an hypocrite.
What he is today is the result of the confrontation of the worldview he was taught with with the reality he later met.
His evolution stem from meeting tons of people he was told were awful, only to realize they were okay people and then having to deal with the hypocrisy of his family he couldn't delude himself to not see.
Joyce is simply going through the same process of having to reconcile her own worldview with the new reality she is meeting.
>>77683505
Actually I'm pretty sure the haircut was bought with money Billie bribed her with to go away.
>>77684100
Still money she needed for actual necessities.
>>77674639
you've never been gay with severly religious parents I take it.
>>77683412
I won't deny that Willis has improved, but of the last few years he seems to have plateaued. Did you see that drawing he did of the college where DoA is set? The perspective in that is kinda janky.
>>77683644
I can understand you being mad about me posting a good comic in a DoA thread.
>>77683798
Remember kids, mods don't respond unless a troll has at least 10 reports for their posts!
>>77684260
>Did you see that drawing he did of the college where DoA is set? The perspective in that is kinda janky.
I do not possess the skill nor the sensibility to tell.
>Remember kids, mods don't respond unless a troll has at least 10 reports for their posts!
Science is not trolling, you know.
>>77684117
Okay, I am one of the few (the only one?) who don't hate Willis and genuinely enjoy his stories. That being said, I am someone who never had to deal with any of the drama that happens to the characters in those stories, so I am curious, if you are talking here from a personalpoint of view (or have got a close enough friend to know about it), I'd really like to know what it is like. What is your story?
Don't be afraid of people calling you a fag or insulting you, one should never fear the the inevitable.
>>77684117
>>77684367
What I mean, is, how much do you relate to the characterisation of David Willis. Is it really pure fanfiction drama with shoehorned characterisation and over-reactions, like many seems to criticize it for, or is there actual soul in what DW tell?
>>77683644
Valiant-posting and Funky-posting are legitimate Willis thread traditions. They serve as necessary contrast to the style and content of the material being discussed and also highlight the storytelling excesses of Willis' work. Taking them to their own thread would be like reprinting Watchmen without the Black Freighter.
Did Willis plan this horrible shit plot ten years ago or is he just not aware that lesbians are so absolutely mainstream and overdone that it's impossible to believe anyone would get offended by that shit?
>>77684388
His intend is not to offend anyone. his intend was to feature how gays from the Christian belt tend to be treated.
I mean, there is been tons of story about people trying to explain avenge the death of a close relative. That doesn't mean this kind of story should stop. Same with gay. Just because there has been gay stories before doesn't mean it should stop being done now.
>>77684410
Can they at least be well-written stories, instead of badly-paced bullshit with chase scenes that defy physics, continuity and logic and denouements that make no fucking sense?
>>77684443
Nope!
Becky is going to become even more of a main character btw.
Willis had a bumper till February, and the toe-dad story was likely written and drawn in like August. The recent poll showing how desperate fans are for more Dina and Becky will have likely have lead him to finding some way for her to join the College and become a student.
She'll be the Robin Desanto of the comic, except much more hollow.
>>77684443
All the stunts see there are below Batgirl level, so I see no problem with them. There isn't any real continuity problem either.
And the story IS well written. It's just taking a direction you don't like for some reason. The denouement after Toedad's arrest make perfect sense. No one is acting out of character.
>>77684410
Could at least write a character that's not a two-dimensional stereotype or a plot that can't be summed up with "Lesbian girl good, Christian man bad!"?
>>77684461
I like Robin Desanto.
>>77684471
>No one is acting out of character.
Yeah, the aren't, the problem is that we consider having that character a waste of comic space.
>>77684471
>And the story IS well written.
Holy fuck Willis, get the fuck out of here!
>>77684473
But this is exactly what he is doing, thaugh. It seems it's all people are seeing in Becky, but what I see is a very cheerful person, who like to say things as they are.
>>77684471
>scenery flipping around
>laws of gravity, inertia and motion thrown out the window
>pet character barely getting a scratch after being in a vehicle that flipped over
>There isn't any real continuity problem either
Also, fuck you for comparing this shit to stuff that goes through an actual editor.
>>77684471
>All the stunts see there are below Batgirl level, so I see no problem with them
That's a shitty standard and you still don't reach it. Amber is fat, out of shape and untrained. To say that it's fine when Amber climbs onto a car during a high-speed chase is believable because it's less than you'd expect from a superhero is retarded.
>>77676966
Prince Valiant is really good.
>>77683367
>He is a real artist
If by "real artist" you mean "someone who it can be factually proved draws pictures" then yeah, he's a "real artist". He's still not a good artist. He's fucking terrible at perspective and distance, as well as conveying things like speed and angles and other very basic things an artist should learn very early on in their development.
>And a good story teller
Pic related. Has he ever written a story which isn't the comic strip equivalent of an angry blogpost about something that happened to him or a jab at groups of people he doesn't like? He's really only a step above Dobson in that he can at least distance himself SLIGHTLY from the obvious mouthpieces and stereotypes he populates his pages with.
If you consider DoA good story telling, you seriously need to broaden your horizons. People have been posting Funky Winkerbean in the earlier threads which is actually an example of how to do soap-opera style drama RIGHT without it getting preachy, and having characters who are actually likeable and who you hope DON'T die when terrible things happen to them, rather than wishing they would.
>>77684499
It's a good thing all this stupid nonsense takes place inside Willis' head, because no one would want to be friends with people who act even remotely similar to these characters in real life.
I also wish we didn't have to get this shit plugged here constantly, if people want to read it they can go to his home page. No need to advertise it here, too.
>>77676119
Wow, panel 3 is pretty great there.
>>77684482
I am not willis.
>>77684545
Prince Valiant has more likable gay characters than the entirety of the DoA cast.
>>77684501
>That's a shitty standard and you still don't reach it.
Batgirl is considered a normal human, that's actually quite the good standard.
>Amber is fat, out of shape and untrained
Wrong, completly wrong if you want to complain about a story, at least be accurate about it. Amber has been training herself since she was 13 and is in very good shape. She is just shortstacked.
> To say that it's fine when Amber climbs onto a car during a high-speed chase is believable because it's less than you'd expect from a superhero is retarded.
It's not retarded. BAtgirl is a normal humanbeing and Amber is doing less good than her.
>>77684499
>>scenery flipping around
What do you mean
>>laws of gravity, inertia and motion thrown out the window
Have seen none of that.
>>pet character barely getting a scratch after being in a vehicle that flipped over
There is a thing called seatbelt.
>>There isn't any real continuity problem either
Nope.
>Also, fuck you for comparing this shit to stuff that goes through an actual editor.
Cape comics Editors don't make reality check.
>>77681764
Dude's fucked in the head, especially when you consider he shares half his genes with this woman.
>>77683213
It's possible that his parents are evil AND he's a douche. But wait, that'd mean admitting he's right about something and the hatedom could never do that.
I admit, this comic isn't for me anymore. I'm not gay and I have a decent relationship with my atheist parents. I'm glad Willis is finally getting this shit out of his system but damn is it hard to read, and just because I liked his older stuff doesn't mean I'm obliged to slog through this for a payoff that won't come.
>>77684626
Amber spends her time beating up teenagers and playing mmos.
Batgirl spends her time fighting supervillains and being trained in martial arts by Batman.
There is a very vast gulf of difference between them.
>>77684548
>He's still not a good artist. He's fucking terrible at perspective and distance, as well as conveying things like speed and angles and other very basic things an artist should learn very early on in their development.
He does all this very well.
>Pic related. Has he ever written a story which isn't the comic strip equivalent of an angry blogpost about something that happened to him or a jab at groups of people he doesn't like?
Plenty. Also, keep in mind that DoA is meant to be semi-autobiogrphical, so of course it will feel like someone expressing his personal life. You know artists can you their work to express themelsves, right?
>. People have been posting Funky Winkerbean in the earlier threads which is actually an example of how to do soap-opera style drama RIGHT without it getting preachy, and having characters who are actually likeable and who you hope DON'T die when terrible things happen to them, rather than wishing they would.
Funky Winkerbean is in no way worst than DoA.
So is Prince Vaillant. I don't see what would brought more praise than what Willis is doing.
Including in your sotries some real-life issues doesn't make it bad.
>>77684676
>Amber spends her time beating up teenagers and playing mmos.
And training herself on a daily basis for her vigilante hobby. She has done that ever since her agression.
>>77684474
oh, you're the one.
>>77684548
>Has he ever written a story which isn't the comic strip equivalent of an angry blogpost about something that happened to him or a jab at groups of people he doesn't like?
His sci-fi stuff wasn't like that. But he doesn't write sci-fi anymore, it's not "real" enough.
>>77684551
I'd suggest we curtail these threads from a daily event to, perhaps, something for the weekend.
>>77684554
This whole sequence threw me for a loop; you're expecting Val and Arn to get captured and make a daring escape... instead, you get something beautifully unexpected.
>>77684626
>Batgirl is considered a normal human
I was under the impression that any member of the Bat Family had to be ABOVE average, but what do I know?
>>77684645
>I can't refute any of the points made, so I'll just pretend they don't count
>I'll also continue to compare a slice-of-life webcomic to superhero comics, as if that excuses this bullshit
>>77684687
>Including in your sotries some real-life issues doesn't make it bad
No, having shitty continuity/characterisation and including little gags at inappropriate moments makes them bad. Also, did you seriously try and say that DoA is as good as Prince Valiant?
Here's your reply, you deluded imbecile.
>>77684750
>I'd suggest we curtail these threads from a daily event to, perhaps, something for the weekend.
But I want the patreon previews!
>>77684750
>I was under the impression that any member of the Bat Family had to be ABOVE average, but what do I know?
And What amber did was Below what Batgirl does. Amber trained herself to do what she can, she might be slightly above average too.
>>I can't refute any of the points made, so I'll just pretend they don't count
You didn't prove any of your pints in the first place.
>>I'll also continue to compare a slice-of-life webcomic to superhero comics, as if that excuses this bullshit
I compare a normal human who train herself to an other human who also train herself.
Also, it's not like Realistic/Fantastic setting is a n on/off thing. There is a full spectrum between the two and a story can be set at any point in it.
>No, having shitty continuity/characterisation and including little gags at inappropriate moments makes them bad.
Which Willis doesn't do.
> Also, did you seriously try and say that DoA is as good as Prince Valiant?
Yes. And you are the only one being deluded by your uncalled for hate-boner for Willis.
Seriously, most of the people I see in this thread react as if what he does is a personal attack against them.
>>77684687
> he does all this very well
Real artist here, fuck you.
Any simple analysis of his work would show inconsistencies with perspective and fore shortening.
>>77684798
do you produce story-telling piece on a daily basis? The quality is not the same depending of the production output.
>>77684750
>Also, did you seriously try and say that DoA is as good as Prince Valiant?
It's called no perspective. People will defend DoA to death and excusing everything because they literally don't know any better.
The art is great and the story is fine! Until you look at Unsounded, or Gunnekrigg Court or even Blaster Nation, if I have to include a slice of life comic. Hell, blaster nation even did a whole chapter as backstory to an asshole jaded dad and made him sympathetic. You know, to give a reason to his behavior besides "he's a bigot"Confession time. A few years ago I was a huge Ctrl+Alt+Del fan. It was the first webcomic I ever read and I defended it the same way people are defending Willis right here. Looking back, I don't understand how I could ever read that piece of shit and its asshole of an author. I hope you can forgive me.
>>77684807
You're one of those people that say Fallout 4 looks fine because good graphics in an open world setting are impossible, aren't you?
>>77684829
Except I am european. My parent had a whole collection of Prince Vaillant and I read them all several time when I was a kid.
I know about it. I enjoyed those story, but if I am being honest, I don't see why I should praise them more than DoA. I am not a comic Critique. I put comic in tow category: those I like and those I don't. And Ilike both Prince Vaillant andDoA. It's a simple as that. Both tell me stories that entertain me and this is all I ask.
>Hell, blaster nation even did a whole chapter as backstory to an asshole jaded dad and made him sympathetic. You know, to give a reason to his behavior besides "he's a bigot"
Sometime, a asshole is just an asshole.there is no obligation to make all villain sympathetic.Sometime, a Villain can just be villainous. I don't need a sad backstory to enjoy Red Skull or Emperor palatine and i don't need a sad backstory to enjoy Toedad.
>>77684845
I have never played the fallout series.
>>77684796
There were several threads while that stupid chase sequence was going on, pointing out the various ways that at least most of the characters should've died due to their own stupidity, and how the bridge appeared and reappeared as if by magic. People with actual knowledge of how vehicles and physics work got pretty damn pissed off at how badly Willis was fucking things up.
>>77684829I used to like CAD as well. It took that stupid "Gamecube is dead" strip
>>77684906
>pointing out the various ways that at least most of the characters should've died
I was in there too, and they couldn't provide any convincing argument.
the most blaffing one was how Amber should have suffered whiplash because her hed still is under the effect of momentum, yet thy assumed the back had tobe freezed and not move and not be under the effect of momentum for that to work.
>>77684829
>>77684906
>spoilers
Hah.I read CAD for a while too. Also Penny Arcade and Goblins.
>>77684906*that stupid "Gamecube is dead" strip for to realise Bum Tickley had no taste
And yeah, this guy is just going to respond to every single one of our arguments with a "NUH-UH! Willis is as good as Hal Foster, and he did literally nothing wrong!" as shown in >>77684938
I'm convinced we're dealing with a troll here. Pretty good troll, but a troll nontheless.
>>77684948
I am not a Troll. I am simply seeing people complaining that a Villain is acting villainiously.
and people complaining that some parents in DoA are assholes because somehow that is not allowed and that somehow that make Willis hate all parents.
None of those critic make actual sense.
I told you faggots if you kept posting this comic you'd attract people who actually like it.
Jesus Christ look what you've done.
>>77684981
You're not reading the comic if you can't see that Willis has an enormous hate-boner for parental figures.
>>77685004
I am actually amused.
Would read the troll again.
>>77684692
>training herself
so she trains herself to chase cars down on skateboards and throw grappling hooks all the time? There is a big difference to a billionaire training themselves versus a poorfag training themselves,
Willis just wanted to take a joke and make it serious in his new universe and it's shit mate.
>>77685004
>you'd attract people who actually like it.
To be honest, I have been around from way before that.
I was there when Shortpacked was actally liked, I was there, when people strated to complain about the gay in it. I was there when people made a point of misunderstanding his Double stnadard Batman comic and see the the hateboner for Willis actually crystalize there. That day was the day Willis was considered redeemable and every opinion he formed had to be wrong.
I was there in every single thread were people made a point of not understanding what a strawman fallacy actually is while committing a fallacy fallacy themselves.
I have been there since the start. And I seem to be the only one remaining expressing a divergent opinion.
Fuck it, I'll post some screencaps and call it a day. To the dipshit who keeps arguing that up is down and Willis is good, I hope you're either a troll or somebody who can get some taste again.
>>77685060
Willis get therapy.
>>77684807
Yes.
It's your job as an artist to get that shit right, you can't NOT do that unless you don't want a job in the industry. Unless you're the chick who draws the unreadable squriel girl no idea how she gets work.
>>77683838
1st panel girl on the left is off and no in perspective
>>77682357
Once again, the forshortening is wrong here, the fountain is in more of a bird's eye view where as the character here seems to be at a different perspective.
>>77680505
this background here is incredibly flat for the last 3 panels
>>77668861
that second panel is bad, there's barely any movement to her here. mostly because her arm isn't foreshortened correctly so it looks stiff the rest of the action here is good though, especially that third panel.
It was worse on shortpacked back when that was posted on toy a lot. Basically, he lacks a few of the basics of understanding in art, but he is capable of doing it. He does however get it wrong a lot.
This reflects on his work as a whole though, he's capable of doing good work, but he does not improve significantly. It's because he doesn't take critcism well, and gets very defensive about his work, which is also the reason he gets a lot of hate from people.
>>77685013
He doesn't.
I am reading the commic and the majoritty of the parents are all right.
Actually all the parent figures in the comic are set on a varying scale of being asshole to being good people.
You can actually put them on a scale
Dina's parents
Dorothy's parents
Danny's parents
Joe's father
Amber's mother
Walkerton's parents
Joyce's father
Joyce's mother
Amber's dad
Becky's dad
It's like Willis is writing parents as set of different characters who all are different? What kind of writer does that?
>>77685099
Willis get therapy.
>>77685070
I am not Willis.
>>77685111
Willis get therapy.
>>77685108
Not Willis.
>>77685071
"sass and conflict"
Jesus christ, this whole post is why people don't like Walky. He's a self righteous prick whose shit doesn't stink.
>>77685125
Willis.Get therapy.
>>77685084
Heh, it's always funny to see myself screencapped.
>>77675760
>help HIM save me
bitch you rootin for the wrong dick
>>77685089
>since I'm not a walking hourglass
WHALE SPOTTED PORT-SIDE, MAN THE HARPOONS!
>>77676203
>>77676248
Nooooo
She'll come back, right?
Make their world gay again, Ilene please
And to finish things off, here's my latest edit of THOSE strips. I'm not happy about the last speech bubble, but that can always be fixed another dayunless somebody else wants to fix it.
>>77685060
I still think the Batman strip is defensible. Hell I see what Willis was going for in the "you came out whiter" strips - I think he botched it completely and made it ring false but maybe a better writer with real experience of these things could pull it off. But everyone on 4chan was all "THEY HAVE THE SAME SKIN COLOR WTF" and everyone on Willis's forums was all "SAL IS RIGHT AND YOU'RE A RACIST IF YOU DISAGREE" and I only read the strip out of morbid curiosity now.
I don't see how any fan from back then could still be around. He's not writing for us old-timers anymore.
>>77685176
Everytime I see images psoted of him, he comes across more and more liek a douchebag.
>"exactly whhat you said but without the sarcasm?"
You absolute fucknut, he was giving criticism not being snarky. You're right about the joke to break up the tension but a good storyteller knows when they're not appropriate or should be toned down. Funky winkerbean knows how to do this.
>>77685176
Willis doesn't understand pacing
>>77685129
>>77685071
>>77685189
He is right there.
Those edit remove all of Becky's personality, which peopl were compalining she hadn't in the first place.
And no, it's not Pathos, he is calling out, he is calling out making a character more bland being considered an "improvement"
And an artist is allowed to disagree with a critique. No one hold absolute truth.
>>77685204
>I think he botched it completely and made it ring false but maybe a better writer with real experience of these things could pull it off.
I think it's mean to come off a bit off, precisely because it fits Sal's characterisation. she is not the kind to clearly express he own thought and perception.
>>77685189
Eh, it does come across as a made for tv movie moment, but I feel like his version was pretty bad too. Needs to be a blanance.
She's a kid, right? She should be mad her dad tried to kill her or force her to go to a penitentiary like gay camp. She probably wouldn't be wordly enough to respond like that, but the way she responded in Walky's was too distant and too angry.
Also why isn't she banged up? seatbelt or not if you get in a car crash you're gonna get fucked up.
>>77685227
>>77685219
I am disagreeing, there. I actually think he altered the hiumor and the drama good.
It's a daily published comic and therfore has to have some sort of punchline at the end each day. with that parameter in mind, Willis pacing actually make sense.
I think that if you write a webcomic, you are legally required to be an crude, stupid and conceited manchild who's world-view is based around navel-gazing and pandering to whoever whines the loudest on whatever social media you attach yourself to.
>>77685243
HOLD UP!
The only edit is that the dad's not a jackass at the end of the first strip. That writing is entirely Willis with the exception of Becky's dad basically saying "Fuck you" and Becky saying "Fuck you" back. That is Willis's writing but with one character acting more human, numbnuts.
>>77685265
>Also why isn't she banged up? seatbelt or not if you get in a car crash you're gonna get fucked up.
Before the speed, the car was already rolling at low speed. Toedad had braked as soon as he had seen Amber.
Is there a worse webcomic artist than Willis?
I genuinely don't think so.
>>77685243
>And an artist is allowed to disagree with a critique. No one hold absolute truth.
Oh wow gee I never thought of that, hey can you pull your head outta that echochamber you call an ass for a minute?
It's how he responds to it, there's plenty of edits of the thing, while they may not be perfect it shows that people were unsatisfied with his story. Plenty of fans too, his response is to act like a whiny baby instead of being diplomatic, you don't do that on social media unless you wanna look like an assclown.
He could've said all that without being kingshitbird or douchebag island.
>>77663310
Every character is either a thinly veiled self-insert or a blatant caricature.
>>77685265
>>77685189
You understand the reason why it's so painful to read either way is because it's a stupid, completely unrealistic scenario, right?
There aren't any militant christian parents who kidnap their fag daughters at gunpoint to take them to anti-gay camp, or fat ugly social justice warriors who jumps around on cars during high-speed chases.
It's all ridiculous and idiotic, only to establish the father character as a really bad guy and the fag daughter as a strong independent womyn who needs no God.
Absolutely ridiculous strawmanning, you can't "fix" that.
>>77685281
Then how the fuck did he get so fucked up? Wasn't she in the car with him when it crashed.
>>77685060
wew kill yourself.
>>77685277
But that's the thing. Dad is being written as a generic dad who made a mistake he regret and the "I love you dad" is just as generic. Becky showed her love for her dad far more clearly when she expressed her worry for him being snipped and following him so thathe wouldn't get killed. That was far more speaking than "I love you dad".
And changing the characterisation of Ross doesn't make him better. it just make it different.
Eveything that express Becky's sorrow is already shown in the first strip. It make the edit of the second strip redundant.
Instead Willis does something unexpected that actually fit both characters. Making it the superior version.
>>77685161
I remember that, I found it hilarious that he seriously lashed on on Randy of all people, dude wouldn't hurt a fly.
>>77685252
The official line from Willis at the time was that what Sal said was 100% right and on point. And he lashed out at anyone who interpreted it as "Well, Sal isn't the most levelheaded person..."
>>77685285
Never been to Comicgenesis eh? At least Willis is literate.
>>77685310
Ross wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Becky put it on when she saw Amazigirl.
>>77666121
>Theoden's daughter stabbed him in the face.
ÉOWYN WAS THEODEN'S NIECE!
>>77685285
That Jaques guy is worse because he is so far up his own asshole about it that he's actually convinced himself his shit doesn't stink. AND he gets his cronies to advertise his awful abortion of a comic here.
>>77685345
>The official line from Willis at the time was that what Sal said was 100% right and on point.
No, he simply said that her parent actually were racist and That Sal at perceived it right. He didn't said Sal had experesed it in the most clear and explanatory way.
>And he lashed out at anyone who interpreted it as "Well, Sal isn't the most levelheaded person..."
No, he lashed on people who didn't believe mixed race family couldn't be racist.
20 years from now we'll be reading a webcomic written a douchebag Republican manchild who was kicked out of his house at 18 because his father was forcing him to take hormone replacement therapy.
>>77685277
>>77685325
Both you and Willis said it >>77685243 REMOVES ALL OF BECKY'S PERSONALITY
Don't fucking change what you said. That is what you said. Every time from this point on that Willis has a moment of pathos, or a moment where someone hugs another person and says they're sorry, or someone who acts like a normal human being I hope you compare it to a "Hallmark moment" like you did on Willis's Twitter account.
>>77685365
Yum yum Willis dick. Slurp it up.
>>77685204
>I don't see how any fan from back then could still be around. He's not writing for us old-timers anymore.
He has always been writing for himself. Like most story-teller does. They tell the story they want to tell.
His stories still entertain me, though I prefer his SF setting more.
>>77685348
He's gotta be retarded if he thinks seatbelts prevent damage like that. Even in low speed collisions you can get fucked up while wearing a seatbelt.
>>77685325
>Instead Willis does something unexpected that actually fit both characters. Making it the superior version.
No it doesn't because the last strip showed her flipping her dad the double bird and both of them saying fuck you like DMC was their favorite game.
I am not Willis but I will defend to the death his shitty webcomic.
>>77685371
But it does remove all of Becky's personality. You remove the middle fingers and all you get is a generic character dealing with her dad.
None of what you are pointing is wrong.
>>77681594
>Willis" but the fact of the matter is this IS therapeutic for him.
Not really.
A bullied 14 year old drawing comics about his bullies getting eaten by ass-demons from mega-hell might make him FEEL better for a bit, but it's hardly a productive way to deal with those feelings.
Willus needs actual help.
>>77685385
I have been in low speed collision and I can assure you seatbelt make that kind of difference.
>No it doesn't because the last strip showed her flipping her dad the double bird and both of them saying fuck you
And there is nothing wrong with that.
>>77685400
>but it does give Becky a better personality. You remove the middle fingers and all you get is a young woman growing up
ftfy
>>77685365
...do you think there are any flaws in this comic at all?
>>77685416
Who say he isn't getting it, though? Nothing indicate he isn't in therapy.
>>77685371
I think what makes Willis version so bad is that last fucking panel. Who the fuck does that, it just conradicts everything she just said. Like she went from grown up to toddler in a second. Woulda been better if she just left and said bye. She didn't need to say that she loved him if she saved him before, so the edit is bad too.
Basically, just take the last edit of the edited strip and put it over the abhorrent one in the real one and call it a day.
>>77683572
>literally defending acts of terrorism
If he were 20 years old instead of a middle aged dad would you be downplaying his violently insane behavior? He should be in jail for life.
Really sad to see /co/ get so irrational and childish in the face of such an easy target. You can criticize Willis without going full-retard.
>>77685348
This is so fucking stupid.
You can't ride behind a car like that while holding a rope, it's not like water skiing. The forward pull of the car would be so strong that even the tiniest bump on the road or the teeniest lean to the side would cause the skateboard and its rider to fall off and sustain possibly life-threatening injury on the asphalt.
Which is precisely what should have happened here.
Now THAT would have be a good comic, because it would be defying the utterly dull expectations.
>>77685310
The tiny cristion girl punched him and he flew a couple feet back.
>>77685400
Becky would not have flipped off her dad if he hadn't said "Look at me you've destroyed our family." I guess Becky's not a person so much as stock cutout.
But hey, I'm arguing with a brick-wall here. And I'm sure your counterpoint's going to consist of NUH-UH! If Willis had actually chosen to turn this one of his hundred or so generic drama strips (which there are no short supply of) you'd be lapping it up and defending it.
>>77685429
Nothing says he IS getting it either.
It's usually safer to assume that an event isn't happening unless you have a good reason to believe it is.
And he's certainly not getting better.
>>77685418
>I have been in low speed collision and I can assure you seatbelt make that kind of difference.
So have I, it doesn't always, and that certainly weren't a low speed hit.
>And there is nothing wrong with that.
Yeah there is, it's a character heel turn in .2 seconds, it's bad story telling. This is why you're not a writer.
I realise that this thread is going to autosage pretty soon, but can we not have a new thread right afterwards? Patreanon isn't coming back, this stupid story arc is winding down and all we're doing is arguing with some shitty troll.
>>77685431
>Like she went from grown up to toddler in a second
Kinda like Willis in any online argument he gets into.
>>77685436
Shhhhh! Don't put any logic or actual science into this thread, or you'll draw the wrath of the WIDF!
>>77685167
>Willis has stress shits like Chris-chan
HA HA HA, OH WOW
>>77685486
Willis IS Chris-Chan.
>>77685424
None that make me broke my suspension of disbelief.
There are a few time where I disagree with Willis Though.
He once said that commenting on how one prefer a black or mixed race girl to hvae stright hair instead of curled is strobly likely to be a racist comment. I disagree with that.I can see it as an actual racist comment, epecially if it coming from someone who tend to spout racist comments, but I don't consider it forcibly racist, because that would basically imply that black women aren't allowed to make their hair straight without being racist, or asking for "which hairdo do you prefer me to have" to be inevitably racist.
the other instance I disagree with him is when he used the muppet movie to illustrate and critic the recurring trope of a successful business women leaving her career to get in couple with the lead character. The whole point of that scene in the muppet was precisely to make fun of that trope in the first place. taking it to illustrate that trope would be like taking Hot Shot 2 to illustrate how people never reload their guns. then again, the punchline for that gag was Joe making a comment about how a frog and a pig fuck, so, in the context of the punchline, I at least understand that choice.
>>77685505
Willis is what Chris-Chan would've become if he'd gotten independence from his parents and fallen in with the SJW crowd
>>77685243
>Those edit remove all of Becky's personality
What you MEAN to say is that they show her as more than a 1-dimensional caricature.
>>77685454
>and that certainly weren't a low speed hit.
It was. He had slow down his vehicle ever since he had seen Amazigirl.
>>77685550
So then how did he get that fucked up?
>>77685450
>Becky would not have flipped off her dad if he hadn't said "Look at me you've destroyed our family." I guess Becky's not a person so much as stock cutout.
Except you are basing your logic on something that ddn't actually happen. You have no idea how willis would have drawn Becky had his father not rejected her. Her flipping the bird to his father for rejecting her mean that she might have hughed him if he had simply say "I am sorry". or "I miss your mom too". All I am seeing is, you removed a defining character reaction by a generic one, and change completely the characterisation of an other.
You have proven nothing
>>77685560
He wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
Becky was.
>>77685589
Post the original
>>77685548
Yea show her as more than a grinning idiot that she is now.
>>77685095
I am not art proficient and couldn't draw anything decent to save my life, but I see none of the stuff you are pointing out.
>the fountain is in more of a bird's eye view where as the character here seems to be at a different perspective.
Though I do industrial drawing (without tools, all with the hand, it's torture to me), and from what I get of perspective. It's seem to me the fountain isn't a simple cylinder with two different colors, but bigger cylinder of one colour above a smaller cylinder of a different color. Seen like that, the perspective match for both the character and the fountain.
>>77685614
Okay, but why would you need it?
>>77685614
>>77685713
>Seen like that, the perspective match for both the character and the fountain.
No it doesn't. She should have more forshortening in the torso toehrwise it looks like she's leaning back in an unnatrual way like she's falling over.
Forshortening peolpe with perspective is intuitave but hard to do by all accounts. Adam Kubert said as much.
>>77685725
>IMA GONNA LURN "REEL THINGS"
>IMA BE A WOMAN IN STEM
That's the joke, right?
It's a comedy strip, right?
>>77685747
>>77685725
Yeah, just had to make sure I was remembering it right, I tend to forget Willis comics easy because they're usually forgettable.
It's really just her last panel that is overly cartoonish. I get he was trying to break up tension, but it doesn't work there.
>>77685761
>She should have more forshortening in the torso toehrwise
Missing my point. I am saying that the view is actually not as close to a vertical birdview as you think.
The perspective of reference is the one set for the character and the fountain is seen by that angle too.
I you take the right perspective as the one being set by the character, then the fountain look right and follow the same perspective than the character as long as you don't take it as a single cylinder.
>>77685725
>>77685747
Honestly I don't see why Willis and his pet Nicaraguan get so angry over a few simple edits. It's not like they actually said/did anything offensive or really all that out of character. Becky just walked away instead of flipping him off.
>>77685773
>>77685779
It worked for me.
If anything it show becky isn't the kind to break down at mean words.
Now that I think about it, Willis has never denied to be a big asshole. And I think h is breaking down hs personality in two, there. Joyce is his more kindred, innocent side, trying to be a good person no matter what, while Becky might become his more assholish kick-to-reply snappy side.
Christ, no wonder everyone hate Becky.
>>77685795
There is no point because it's incorrect, the perspective doesn't work there no matter how you slice it.
Either he has to foreshorten her more, or he has to fix that bottom right leg so it's in perspective. Our right, not hers.
>>77685713
>I see none of the stuff you are pointing out
That doesn't mean it isn't there. Not the anon you're replying to, but to anyone who has actually studied art for any length of time Willis' basic errors are pretty glaring.
>>77685812
>Honestly I don't see why Willis and his pet Nicaraguan get so angry over a few simple edits
For what I seeing, I have seen a lot more people being angry at his original comic than people being angry at the edit. Even Willis said it was fine as long as it was kept to their community.
I think all artist ten to get upset when someone show their edited work while labelling it "better than what you have done".
>>77685725
I think this might have worked if, after backing out of the room and getting out of sight, Becky had stopped, sighed, maybe slid down the wall as the adrenaline wore off. She could have her cathartic "Fuck You Dad" moment, but it would also show that it took effort to do and that it did not come easily.
>>77685817
She doesn't have to break down, but her expression, attitude, actions. They contradict what she just said and did.
She could just walk away, no "i love you" just "bye dad" and nothing more.
If it works for you then fine, but it's still pretty damned jarring. I think the guy he bitched at was right, his comic style is a bit too preppy to tell tell this story. Funky did it better.
>>77684887
People latch on to the possibility of Ross not being a total ass because that's the part of the story with the most value.
Remember that Willis did the same thing with Amber and Blaine. Even the plot beats are similar
> Bad Dad shows up
> Bad Dad establishes his badness
> Bad Dad gets removes from premises somehow
> Bad Dad forces daughter into another confrontation and escalates things
> Bad Dad gets the crap beaten out of him by a self-trained vigilante
> Whole experience leads to the daughter getting closer to her paramour
The only other truly novel aspects are the chase scene (which, as we've already discussed in full, is sloppily staged) and the fact that Dina, unlike Danny, discovers the whole situation much earlier (which isn't capitalized on enough, never mind the issues with how Becky/Dina's being written). Besides that, Toedad brings nothing new to the table, and I have no interest in a retread of a story that has already been done better.
I have little issue with Willis working out his issues in his comic -- heck, I do the same thing in some of my writing -- but that doesn't excuse redundancy and it doesn't excuse sloppiness
>>77683668
Yeah, the twins Buzz and Bea. They'll get bullied something fierce for that, and still think its better than the truth getting out.
What little Ratbat does is a mystery.
>>77685854
>She doesn't have to break down, but her expression, attitude, actions. They contradict what she just said and did.
It's unusual, but I don't think it's contradicting. It at least define quite clearly her characterisation. I have seen the comments many people who have actually been kicked out of their house finding Becky's reaction to be quite cathartic and something they had actually wished they could do. So if any thing, it shows Becky is more in tune with her inner self and is more lenient to let out what's inside of her.
>She could just walk away, no "i love you" just "bye dad" and nothing more.
No see, that's what would made her generic. And she most definitely wouldn't say "i love you" to someone who has just said how she has destroyed her family.
>Artist draws things
>Artist puts words on those things
>Artist thinks these two things are even remotely the same skillset
>/co/ points out Artist's mistake
>Artist gets defensive
>/co/ complains about Artist nonstop all the time from then on
I'm not gonna say I don't find watching it unfold funny, but isn't it a little tiring after Dobson/Willis/Diaz/etc to deal with 'em?
>>77685875
The difference between Blain and Toedad is that Blain never relied on physical violence.
Toedad is the other side of the coin and actually relied on physycal threat. Not to mention, Blain had been at it for years and Amber really hate his guts.
Toedad just snapped. he might not have been perfect beofre and Becky still love indicating he actually had done at least several thing right while raising her.
Ironically out of the two, if one has a chance of being redeemable, it's Ross.
the two character are actually different and might follow a different path.
>>77685895
I said NOT to say I love you, because after what she was just put through why would she? Plus she already did that by showing concern.
But "imma go be a scientist!" *middle fingers out of the room* was just way too cartoonish it doesn't match the tone at all.
There's a better way to do it, but that definitely wasn't it, and niether was the edit.
>>77685875
Blain is an atheist/agnostic/don't car abut religious stuff asshole
Ross is a Christian asshole.
Maybe it was to feel a quota so people wouldn't complain that people wouldn't accuse Willis only making Christians evil.
I wonder how that worked out?
>>77685725
Wow, that's so childish.
What's the point of giving a soapbox speech like that and then finishing it off by flipping your hospitalized father a double bird?
>>77685959
At least the edit had people behaving in a way that human beings might possibly react. It's not perfect, but it's not like we've got a lot to work with.
>>77685959
>I said NOT to say I love you, because after what she was just put through why would she?
Sorry, I missread that.
>But "imma go be a scientist!" *middle fingers out of the room* was just way too cartoonish it doesn't match the tone at all.
from what I am getting What becky said was something many who were kicked out of their home wished they had said. So I thinkit actually kinda does. It does make Becky not your regular person, though, that's for sure.
That's totally how a real person would respond, yes. Maybe Becky's characterization is shit?
>>77685920
I guess i do it for my own reasons, I'm writing and drawing a book and it's fucking hard scripting everything, setting up camera angles, fitting word balloons making sure characters and thier actions match up.
This is like watching a huge psa of what NOT to do and seeing if my thoughts are justified. I trends toward the side that they are.
>>77685969
>At least the edit had people behaving in a way that human beings might possibly react
The way they act in the original are also behaviour real humans being actually have.
>>77685920
Nobody would be happier than me if any of those people turned around and said
>Shit, you know what, you're right. My art isn't the best it could be and I should strive to improve. I should stop making so many stories which are little more than lightly camouflaged political cartoons where I'm the hero and the people I disagree with are the villains. I should reign in my ego and admit when I'm wrong, if not publicly at least to myself and stop defending my own bad decisions.
But until then, we'll continue to point and laugh and hold them up as examples of what not to be.
There, we're now in autosage, Patreanon isn't coming and the story arc has wrapped up. Can we PLEASE stop making these threads every day? I don't want to see everyone banging their head against a brick wall by debating with this stupid cunt.
>>77685993
>flipping off somebody in a hospital bed is realistic
>but we can't criticise that stupid chase scene because BATGIRL COMIC
Sure thing, champ.
>>77685978
No you're right, and i's good to have that idea, but it wasn't expressed properly to the tone of the situation. The way it was written/said, her expression, and her action. I think that's where it fails. It's no a small joke to end on, it's a pretty big disjointed one that doesn't follow in the more realistic way the situation played out.
See what I mean?
>>77685963
>Wow, that's so childish.
Yeah, it's almost as if she had just been out of Highschool (and had gone through some big emotional rail coaster)
>hat's the point of giving a soapbox speech like that and then finishing it off by flipping your hospitalized father a double bird?
The speech was before Ross told her se had "destroyed their family". the double bird is in reaction to that statement.
>>77685980
WOw, what the fuck, give her a few scratches at least.
>>77686016
Mixing things up. Anon there >>77685969
was saying it's no real humans would behave like that. He is wrong because some actually do.
It say nothing about the car chase.
and about the car chase, you know that thre is a spectrum of realism, right? It's not everything is all real or isn't at all.
>>77685995
The critic isn't the holder of absolute truth either. The thing is David Willis actually answer to critic, sometimes in an assholish way but he does adress their point and the critics start to get asspain and go "How dare he disagreeing with me, how dare he say that I am the one being wrong?".
you say an artist should listen to critics, but in you greentext scenario, there is noplace for the critic actualy being wrong, there.
>>77685980
>ah
>yer
>fer
>pro'ly
I wish people wouldn't try to write accents. It's the lamest, most cringe-inducing crutch there is.
>>77685980
1: what is becky standing on at that angle? She's pointing directly upward while the car is tilting towards its roof
2: why hasn't the car tipped over at that angle yet?
3: that isn't how motorcycles work, but I guess that's unfair to expect. I'm not being sarcastic- not everyone knows about every subject. Just because I know this one doesn't mean I can put that on the artist.
4: That's not how a skid would work. That actually makes no sense. Did the bike start at 2 inches wide and hit it's mumbo button?
>>77686070
The perfect lesbian mouthpiece mustn't be harmed.
>>77686016
Since when is a story required to have the same level of realism in characterisation and in their action scene?
>>77686070
Seat belt. and the car was rolling at low speed.
>>77686101
>1: what is becky standing on at that angle? She's pointing directly upward while the car is tilting towards its roof
People tend to anturally put themselves straight. Even gay people.
>2: why hasn't the car tipped over at that angle yet?
Because its not angled enough.
>>77685980
That's how a pesron set in a semi-cartoonish setting would react for the punchline of a comic.
>>77686150
gonna agree here, I mean, it doesn't excuse what comes after, but I'm fine with her reaction.
>>77682984
STUPID FAT WILLIS, IT RUINS IT
>>77686122
Seat belts aren't fucking invincibility mode. They will (SOMETIMES) stop your head from cracking open like an egg against the window, but they also break your rips, dislocate your shoulder and cause severe burns. That is, when they DO tighten up, which often doesn't happen until after your face has met with the dashboard. Riding with a seat belt is only marginally safer than not, and you're just swapping some types of injuries for others.
>>77686101
>4: That's not how a skid would work. That actually makes no sense. Did the bike start at 2 inches wide and hit it's mumbo button?
What?
>>77686227
Have you never driven a bike before? Do you not know what a mumbo button is?
I guess people reacting to her flipping the bird is similar (but in reverse) to how people reacted to pic related.
You consider either the guy an hilarious hero defying the norm or an obnoxious faggot who was being unnecessary mean and "in your face".
Same with Becky, people either cheered for her double flipping the bird or found her whole reaction obnoxious and callous.
It all depend of what side they represent you ten to relate with.
>>77684098
Go away willis
>>77681764
>/pol/ for a parent
I'm uncertain how to respond to that except that /pol/ was right.
>>77686199
They were rolling a slow speed though. The car didn't had a sudden stop either. It spinned out of the road and then rolled over.
Most injuries are caused by sudden stop.
>>77686281
Not at all mate. It's more the tone of the situation doesn't match.
>>77686279
No.
And even then english is not my first language, so I can't tell what a skid is, nor what a mumbo button is, nor what starting at a certain wideness imply.
>>77686093
Name me one person who's ever flipped off their dad when their dad was in a fucking hospital bed.
Name me ONE person, you deluded dipshit. Name somebody, or just stop pretending that Willis' writing is realistic.
>>77686108
>over-the-top spy parody is same as slice-of-life
Sure thing, buddy.
>>77686333
Skid as in the bike is skidding, skiding out, skid marks.
I have no idea what the fuck a wumbo button is.
>>77686323
It match her characterisation. And it match the feeling of many gays who were kicked out of their house.
>>77686360
Her characterization is to be a bipolar retard?
Are you a gay who was kicked out of thier house? Fucking hell, if you were ever kicked out of your house or disowned by your family, you'd be mad and you'd act mad. If he wasn't going so realistic with the first strip and the majority of the second strip, it might've worked, as is it doesn't.
>>77686322
>car rolling over
>nuh no injuries cus it was slow rolling!!!
Get the fuck out of here.
>>77686347
If your father is denying your own identity and blaming you for "destroying their family" (and note his days aren't endangered anymore) most people will actually react with a "Fuck you dad" reaction.
>>77686347
>>over-the-top spy parody is same as slice-of-life
>Sure thing, buddy.
Exactly. It has over-the-top spy parody, yet they also have realistic characterisation and interaction. The point is, realism of the setting isn't bound to the realism of interaction. You an have some over-the top car chase and still feature attitudes and personality real humans would have.
>>77681517
>broadening her mind
College doesn't do this, the only people who think it does are people who believed /pol/ when they shopped KKK people into pictures of the University of Missouri to fool niggers into thinking the KKK was really coming after them
>>77686394
>Are you a gay who was kicked out of thier house?
Nope, straight gay living happily with his familly. But I read about he reaction of DW comic everywhere. I am always interest by the reaction of people in real life who have been through similar struggle either relate to DW's comic or feel outright insulted and used by his stories.
And to get all the point of view, I also get to see the reaction on 4chan. So I get everything.
>>77686395
>car slowly rolling+ seatbelt.
It's like you always try to forget one of the two.
>>77663997
Oh right I forgot her parents are evangelical Christians
I was defending them, but evangelical christians are crazy race traitors who worship Jews as the chosen ones and would see America destroyed if it meant Israel would survive
>>77686449
>Nope, straight gay
*Straight GUY
Holly shit, sorry. Guess, I am going to get rolled over for that one.
>>77683798
It's kind of a dumbass theory when you think about it. Homosexuals exist in such small numbers in the modern world that, assuming the population percentage was always like this, they would be nigh useless for adoption and shit prior to the 20th century-sized populations.
>>77686427
>You an have some over-the top car chase and still feature attitudes and personality real humans would have
Pity Willis can only write the first one
>>77686427
>wanting to fuck chicks is your identity
Faggots, everybody.
>>77686481
1% is not that low. and it does give enough an edge to be remnant thing.
>>77686519
It's PART of your identity. And something some make a point to shame you for having it.
>>77686481
Homosexuality is probably the result of chemical imbalances confusing a person's natural preferences, just like dogs will have buttsex because they can't tell females apart from males
>we could probably fix gays if we actually studied why they're gay
>we won't because they're happy being fuckups
>>77686547
>dancing naked in a parade wearing a suit made of dildos
>just "part" of identity
Fuck off faggot
>>77686578
This is not being gay is about.
It's about who you are attracted to.
The one you feel attraction for will define a big deal of you life.
>>77686564
>>we could probably fix gays if we actually studied why they're gay
gasy are being studied.
>>77686529
That would not have been nearly enough to keep up with the harsh environment of Ye Olden Times and nigh useless in the tribal era. Furthermore, it would be trading the chance to produce many children (in eras with high child mortality rates) with putting all your eggs in one basket.
>>77686610
And yet so many gays refuse to accept trans people as legit.
>>77685521
>none that broke my suspension of disbelief
Ok but what about the time where an 18 year old girl who looks like a 14 year old girl fucking tackled a 250 pound pissed off guy with a gun? She's not Diego Brando, she can't actually turn into a dinosaurbut that would be kind of awesome.Or when Sal jumped in front of an oncoming truck with her motorcycle and had another 18 year old girl catch ANOTHER 18 year old girl who was a lot heavier in mid air and land without eating shit. They're barely college kids, they're not Indiana Jones, I'd be willing to suspend disbelief myself if this were first and foremost an over the top action comic where this kind of shit is the norm, but in the middle of a largely comedichaslice of life, drama comic, it comes way the fuck out of left field. I mean yeah you have a superhero running around, but from what I've seen she mostly just punches people, nothing crazy there.
>>77686678
There are asshole everywhere.
>>77686692
>Ok but what about the time where an 18 year old girl who looks like a 14 year old girl fucking tackled a 250 pound pissed off guy with a gun?
She lost. Ross could easily deal with her and not even rely on his gun. All she had was the element of surprise and Ross not wanting to hurt anyone if not necessary.
>Or when Sal jumped in front of an oncoming truck with her motorcycle and had another 18 year old girl catch ANOTHER 18 year old girl who was a lot heavier in mid air and land without eating shit.
She is a skilled driver. and Amber might not be that heavy. She is rather short.
>I'd be willing to suspend disbelief myself if this were first and foremost an over the top action comic where this kind of shit is the norm, but in the middle of a largely comedic ha slice of life, drama comic, it comes way the fuck out of left field
I have been reading David willis's work since It's Walky. and for me, it fit the tone of his writing. Even with shortpacked, I have always knew it is a semi-realisitc kind of setting and the DoA verse is canonically part of that multiverse. I mean, I can get it take aback those who have only read DoA, but now you actually know the level of realism it work with. After all, both Sal and Amber had been since long established as badass. now know their power-level.
>>77686747
Agreed, anon. But when your entire movement espouses acceptance and paints people who don't agree as bigots, doing the same exact thing to your own "allies" is pretty damning. Especially when it's so pervasive.
>>77686858
>But when your entire movement
Being gay isn't a movement. it's something you are. Most gay associations themselves actually accept trans. It's from within or from smaller association you will heard people dishing on the trans. While notable it doesn't constitute the majority of gay's movement platform.
Heck, most gay don't event want to be part of a movement. They just want normal life and to not deal with that kind of BS.
>>77686936
And having something as part of your platform somehow constrains hypocrisy? It creates it. And the LGBTwhatever other letters activist community is plenty big. Say what you will about subgroups, but the fact is that its a dirty little secret that no one wants to acknowledge lest it hurt the movement.
>>77687022
>And having something as part of your platform somehow constrains hypocrisy?
Like I said, it's not preponderant in most gay movement, just dissonant voices you hear.
When you join a movement you agree with its official stance. it doesn't mean you agree to some of the subgroup within who do not actuall express opinions said by the movement.
Yes, there an non-negligible amount of gay saying stuff against trans, but the movmenet themselves doesn't posture those stance. and they are being called out when one shit on the trans.
>>77685176
This bothers me so much. That one person has been a fan day in and day out for a long time it seems so wrong to treat them like that...
>>77686281
I vaguely remember someone discovering that one of the protesters in front of that man did bestiality porn with horses.
>>77687442
He is not treated particularly mean. People get far worst on 4chan.
>>77687487
It's still really bitchy coming from somebody whose work you've followed for years.
>>77687703
I don't see how it is bitchy. It is a bit dry, but seeing Willis tend to be under shower of constant criticism, I can get the tone.
People are wrong when they say he is in a hug-box. He get to read the bad comments all the time.
and he has admitted being an asshole.
>>77687773
Admitting you have a problem isn't the same as dealing wit that problem.
Okay, we're on page 10. Can we PLEASE not make a new thread? I don't want to deal with the Willis apologist for a while yet.
>>77687812
Once again, I don't see how it is a mean answer. He actually answered to the question.
You can accept that someone taken on a bad day will be a bit dry, nothing to make an issue about.
Frankly, even how you read it, it could even been taken as a banter.
So some people actually say what Willis is writing is actually hitting home and that they can actually relate to the situation.
does that means that Willis's writing is actually nailing on something, or is it just some false and those people are telling bullshit?
>>77681758
what reaction?