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Dec28

Webcomic Review: Dodgy Comics

by tonyd on December 28, 2015 at 12:01 am

Webcomic: Dodgy Comics

Creators: Ruy Platt and Phou Camvan

Format: various, mostly black and white and multi-panel

Updates: Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Genre: Comedy, science fiction, superhero

Themes: Video games, movies, humor, comics

Characters: Many, many characters

Archive: Begins here.

Lots of different comics here, which I like a lot for obvious reasons. It’s a great way to go because if fans don’t like one concept, they can check out another. Plus it’s easier to end stories and start something new. I read through Space Enablers. It’s funny. Makes light of video games and comics using aliens and I liked the look of it. The Assorted was good too. One panel gags. There’s lots to check out here.

Guess the issue I have with the site is the navigation, which is something we’ve struggled with on both my sites. Once you get a few different titles, you gotta be able to see them all. The guys could use some buttons on the front page for each comic. They have three, which is like the three major divisions. I wouldn’t mind seeing text links of everything on the side. I mean, the navigation’s not bad, but the archive page is a little too spread out. Again, I’ve struggled with the same exact issues, so I’m not exactly sure of the answer. Individual page links are useless for a narrative unless you bookmark where you left off. But for gag-a-day stuff, it might make sense because each one is it’s own story.

That all being said, I don’t have the answers, but I do have the links and this is one you should check out. Lots of different stuff.

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Dec27

Your Last Fratoscope of 2015

by tonyd on December 27, 2015 at 12:01 am

If your birthday is this week: No one has any money to buy you birthday gifts, so enjoy those hug coupons.

Aries: You will fly fish inappropriately.

Taurus: The stars say, keep drinking that egg nog. It won’t last the week.

Gemini: Your genie takes the week off and your Katy Perry clone takes the opportunity to break up with you.

Lemini: Your animal spirit will, sadly, have to be put down.

Cancer: You subscription to Playboy will be canceled as the girls in the magazine don’t like the idea of you looking at them.

Leo: This week, you won’t go into 2016 without a kiss because the dog will be licking your face as you’re passed out drunk.

Virgo: Will you please just go see Star Wars so the rest of us can talk about it?!

Libra: You’ll find out that stripper didn’t love you, just your various passwords and pin numbers.

Scorpio: You will replace your mattress again, but lucky you, the tenth replacement is free!

Sagittarius: Get your hands out of your pants, this is a comedy site and not sexy at all you weirdo.

Capricorn: Your Facebook picture will be used in an ad as the “before” person.

Aquarius: You will eat an extremely unhealthy amount of mustard this week.

Pisces: All your hard work finally pays off, unfortunately you put all that hard work into video games again, so your imagined gains are just virtual nothing. However, Mario seems really happy.

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Dec26

Movies You Missed: Equilibrium

by tonyd on December 26, 2015 at 12:01 am

This early Christian Bale movie (made in 2002) also stars Taye Diggs and Sean Bean. It’s a dystopian future where feelings have been outlawed. The government decides that feelings eventually lead to war, so the entire population takes drugs to even them out.

Bale is a cleric in charge of find the people that are hording books, art, music, etc. because these things evoke feelings. It’s a tough plot to make work because the actors still have to act, even though they’re supposed to be emotionless. But one of the great things about this flick is the unique gun-fu martial arts taught to the clerics.

So while the plot is a bit derivative and the whole emotion thing doesn’t really hold up if you pick it apart, the action, pacing and acting make it really work. Director Kurt Wimmer really put something neat together. It’s on Netflix and you should check it out.