Sunday, February 05, 2006

Critiques of the comics from someone who can't draw or write

1. As webcomic fans already know, Kestrel from Queen of Wands is now a character in Something Positive [Warning: Something Positive isn't always worksafe. It's fine at this exact moment, but I can't guarantee it will be when you click on it.] In Queen of Wands, the characters' eyes have irises, but no pupils. In Something Positive, they have pupils but no irises. The problem is that Randy from Something Positive has decided to draw Kestrel just like she looked in Queen of Wands, with irises but no pupils. This makes her look like a zombie in the Something Positive universe. I think it would be better to draw Kestrel with Something Positive-style eyes as long as she's in that universe, unless the artist's intention is to actually make her look like a zombie.

2. Why wasn't Elly in For Better or For Worse inspired to have these thoughts about her own children? She wants her granddaughter to be all she can be and finish her education (which is strange seeing as how she hasn't started her education yet). But why didn't her own three children (or, if this is gender-centric, her own two daughters), one of whom still lives with her, "make her think" this way?

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