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.

There are ...






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FEATURED COMIC --> Hard Luck Comics

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2014



Hard Luck Comics is a porthole that gives a pretty accurate view of life as a twenty-something living at home during a subpar, post-recession job market. Devon is a college graduate with an associate's degree, his own young-adult man cave, and parental pressure from his mother to get a ...

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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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FEATURED COMIC --> The Rat

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 1, 2014
tags: by, COMIC, E, FEATURED, pao, Rat, rated, The


It's a Bird. It's a Plane! No, wait, is it The Rat?!

In the same vein as other comic heroes that name themselves after creatures, the Rat is a bit unique.

Danny is a high school student from North Side Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood and living with ...




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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic Book Idols

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 29, 2014
tags: comic, idols, jack, kirby



Yesterday, August 28th, was the anniversary of Jack Kirby's birthday. This has prompted some people to talk about how his work affected them, and made me think a bit about comic book influences and artists we look up to. Although I wasn't actively a huge fan of Kirby ...

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FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Comic Book Movies

HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 8, 2014



Apparently the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is coming out right about now. While the explosion-filled trailer I saw for it (before the equally explodey Transformers 4) made up my mind that I won't be seeing this particular movie, comics have been the inspiration for some great films.

Because ...



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Featured comic -> Twenty Four Seven

skoolmunkee at 12:01AM, Feb. 18, 2013



Cass and her daughters Kat and Caitlin have just moved to a new city for a fresh start. Kat seems to be having a little trouble fitting in on her first day of school though- plenty of people are nice enough, and the boys are smitten, but there's a ...

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QUACKCAST Episode 72 - comedy soap omnibus two, you're totally looking at my boobs!

Ozoneocean at 10:45AM, April 10, 2012

LISTEN!

Summary:
A super special epic saga soap special! We have ALL stories ALL the time here with a pseudo-comedy overdose of silliness! Over an hour of stupidity and nonsense held together by the soap character versions of Ironscarf, Macattack Kroatz, Harkovast, “the Narrator”, and two strange teenage “girls” who ...


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Monday Feature -> Do It Yourself

skoolmunkee at 12:01AM, Jan. 16, 2012



The story on this one is definitely for those who like a litle romance between their delicately-featured teenage boys. Lucas has been sent off to stay with his cousin Noelle and his aunt Lola, and part of his little trip is to help renovate his aunt's workspace. Helping with ...

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THURSDAY FEATURE --> Joseph

Ozoneocean at 10:00AM, Dec. 1, 2011



Jesus is a stroppy teenager who likes the things other teens do- girls, zombie movies and hanging out with his friends… His best friend just happens to be Lil'D, Satan's boy. Jesus' adoptive family consists of papa Joseph, little sister Ruthie and an unseen mother Mary and they ...

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