Indeed. This is exactly the sort of strip that Kurtz should draw every day. He's at his best when joking throughout a strip, rather than an elaborate build-up to a fourth panel hyuk-hyuk. The art's great too: Kurtz is getting the hang of realistic-ish backgrounds which don't clash with the foreground art, and of mixing up perspective to keep things fresh. (Here's hoping he doesn't go early-90s-Trudeau.)
One nitpick: In the third panel, Brent's positioning is weird. He's not really looking at Francis, even though he's asking a question. The positioning would make sense if he were disinterestedly going through the motions of questioning, but that doesn't really work with the joke. (It makes more sense for him to be looking away in the fourth panel.)
With the glasses it could be perceived as hard to tell, but the way I see it and the way I think it's meant to be taken is that while Brent is facing one way, his eyes, behind the glasses, are looking at Francis.
Achewood
In my opinion, there is no finer web comic than Achewood. You want subtlety of art and a one-of-a-kind worldview? This is it.
Penny Arcade
The classic. Gabe and Tycho are true pioneers in the world of web comics, and few have done more to expand the reach and influence of the medium. Plus they're funny.
Diesel Sweeties
Like PVP, DS has been coasting for some time. But it is worth reading, nonetheless.
PVP
Yes, I do recommend it; its very popularity is what recommends it. It is the ultimate example that web comics can have mainstream appeal, and shouldn't be disregarded by the industry just because they're web comics.
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Indeed. This is exactly the sort of strip that Kurtz should draw every day. He's at his best when joking throughout a strip, rather than an elaborate build-up to a fourth panel hyuk-hyuk. The art's great too: Kurtz is getting the hang of realistic-ish backgrounds which don't clash with the foreground art, and of mixing up perspective to keep things fresh. (Here's hoping he doesn't go early-90s-Trudeau.)
One nitpick: In the third panel, Brent's positioning is weird. He's not really looking at Francis, even though he's asking a question. The positioning would make sense if he were disinterestedly going through the motions of questioning, but that doesn't really work with the joke. (It makes more sense for him to be looking away in the fourth panel.)
@ben
With the glasses it could be perceived as hard to tell, but the way I see it and the way I think it's meant to be taken is that while Brent is facing one way, his eyes, behind the glasses, are looking at Francis.
Anyway, I enjoyed this strip a lot. Wewt.
Given the events of the strip, shouldn't the title be Art imitates Life imitates Game?
Yeah, that was my thought as well, Vardulon.
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