Webcomics Weekly Guide to Wordiness

One of my favorite lines of dialogue ever in 4komatose (which will update again, someday) is Ariake’s opening line in issue #5, “tie me up and rub me down,” not because of the perverse inference but because of the juxtaposition of the words up and down. It’s that kind of language geekery that makes me really appreciate the most recent podcast of Webcomics Weekly (#58), especially the first 10 minutes:

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In addition to the discussion of language and wordcraft, I can also identify with Brad and Dave’s categorization of jokes into slapstick and misdirection. As I once mentioned on 4komatose.com, Scott prefers physical comedy and I prefer textual comedy, and our different approaches create some marked contrasts in our comic. For example, the I would hold up the aforementioned 4komatose #5 as a prime example of Scott’s scripting work, while 4komatose #4, wherein Kyushu imagines himself in the place of Odin hanging from the World Tree only to be revealed as sitting through a particularly boring Calculus class is a good example of my humor.

Cross-posted at 4komatose.com.

Saturday Morning Watchmen and How to Succeed in Evil

Just a quick link roundup I found interesting:

• In honor of the Canadian superhero’s 35th anniversary (and no doubt as a way to promote “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” due out in May) here’s Wolverine Appreciation Month art.
• From the Onion, an Office Worker Suddenly Becomes Sentient.  As a former office drone myself, I can honestly say that an uprising of suddenly intelligent cubicle dwellers is a terrifying prospect.
• How to Succeed in Evil: The Novel went live on Monday the 16th.  Patrick E. McLean’s antihero Edwin brings some welcome common sense the supervillainy business.  McLean will be releasing one chapter each day until completion.
• I’m probably the only webcomic artist who hasn’t read the graphic novel and isn’t planning on seeing the movie, but even I know how enough about the story to see the wonderful satire in Saturday Morning Watchmen.

Update: Cross-posted at 4komatose.com.