Conveying sarcasm

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Jan. 30, 2015



I spotted a forum thread yesterday on this topic, and I thought some of you might have some interesting input - how do you convey sarcasm in a comic?

From irrevenant:
“In normal life sarcasm is conveyed by tone of voice which obviously isn't available in a comic.

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Searching for Printed Comics

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 24, 2014


Sometime after the events of 9/11, my family signed up for our first printed newspaper subscription to keep up with the world headlines. I was a high school sophomore at the time and in order to take my mind off of the United State's imminent involvement in an ...

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Quackcast 183 - Work Life balance

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Sept. 9, 2014

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- Art by Kawaiidaigakusei

Content:
This Quackcast topic was inspired by a newspost by Kawaiidaigakusei who described a short autobiographical account of her own experiences managing the difficult work/life balance of doing webcomics online and at the same time having a normal life otherwise. How do you balance those ...




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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Representation in comics

HippieVan at 12:00AM, July 11, 2014



I've written about Archie comics before - it seems every time I go searching for comic news they've got some new gimmick. (See my “jumping the shark” newspost, about Archie being killed off)

This time, they've added yet another character to the Archie comics line up in an ...



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FEATURED COMIC --> Master the Tiger

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 20, 2013



Summary:
Cats are funny creatures; impulsive, silly, primal, and curious. Gundula has a giant one for a pet, a tiger to be precise! For most people having a pet tiger would be pretty dangerous, especially in the heart of urban Bremen (Germany), but Gundula is not a normal woman… she ...


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QUACKCAST Episode 130 - The art of comicbook movies

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 25, 2013

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Summary:
Banes and I talk about some of our fave comic book movies! That is, comics that have made the creative transition to the medium of film. We missed out a LOT but what can you do? It's a popular field. We discuss many modern superhero comicbook films ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> Blitz

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, April 17, 2013



There's this funky new comic shop called Blitz! It has Manga, hentai, normal western comics, card game things and all the rest of the stuff people like to go to such places for. The owners are Ruby and her husband Xander. These two are competitive, funny, fun-loving people. On ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> Clockwork Atrium

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 6, 2013



Poor stupid, under-performing Dietrich, attending the prestigious University Riedstadt, he's going to have to do something extra special if he's to continue there. Chess is normally a non-contact sport played through inanimate pieces, not in this place. With students representing the pieces, Dietrich is about to learn for ...

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QUACKCAST Episode 115 - A New Order

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 5, 2013



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Summary:
Skool has temporarily reformed from her evil ways to come onto the Quackcast with Banes and Ozoneocean to talk about some changes to the newsposting and feature schedule.
*Wednesday features - With slightly less traffic to the site we think it’s better to give one feature an entire ...





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THURSDAY FEATURE --> Typical Strange

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Dec. 20, 2012



There's A LOT going on in Typical Strange, many story threads, because Banes is an author's author who loves his stories! The twists, turns and very strange side tracks are the best part of typical strange, you really never know where things are going next, but you do ...

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