Does Not Illustrate: Free Wheel

This is not Free Wheel. It's one guy crashing into another guy. This YKTTW is a better place for it: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=q09d96ip0p21sumpol8hfc2f

I think the image is an example and illustrative. There's an obvious Offscreen Crash and a wheel rolling away. That said, a page image should probably have more focus on the wheel, while still showing the crash, so basically an image with the wreckage in the background and a wheel in the fore, I guess.

Not sure about copyright - if this is a daily strip of Garfield, that would make this the entire strip, and so not usable. I'll try to find the original.

Keep Until Better Image Suggested for me if it isn't copyrighted.

edited 21st Sep '12 4:48:43 AM by bananasloth

The fact that it's two and one makes me think that it's three of four panels from a daily strip. And the trope is there. But I agree that the free wheel should be more obvious. I'd say keep it, until we find a better one.

Daily strips are always 3-panels AFAIK. Might be a Sunday strip though.

It's a Sunday strip (9-panel), so it's OK to use. [1]

edited 21st Sep '12 4:58:50 AM by bananasloth

Previous thread. Voting Keep Until Better Image Suggested...actually, I'm perfectly fine with the current, so a suggestion's gonna have to wow me.

I don't even think this image fits the suggested YKTTW very well; isn't that about ice-skating? Evidently not. Still, it'd probably be better to find an example that's that instead.

edited 21st Sep '12 7:45:23 AM by ShadowHog

Current is good but not great. It's small (the wheel), and I'd prefer fewer panels, but it works well as it is.

edited 21st Sep '12 9:18:24 AM by AnotherDuck

[1]◊ [2]◊

Sorry, this was the best I could do on my tab, but hopefully I can do a better job later, especially if I can find a higher res original. These are just ideas.

edited 21st Sep '12 9:44:33 AM by bananasloth

I like both ideas, but the image seems kinda blurry/pixelated...

Looks fine to me. Keep in mind that newspaper comics just tend to look like that.

If you can fix the quality issues, both of them are definite improvements.

Newspaper comics don't typically look like they were resized from a smaller source.

Don't get me wrong, I understand why the quality issues are there (AFAIK the small version's the best source we have at the moment)...

edited 21st Sep '12 9:21:12 AM by ShadowHog

I re-did them on my PC from the source image I linked to earlier, which is probably the best one available. Here are the two with original res: [1]◊ [2]◊. Kinda small, but best possible quality (note that the weirdly pixelated lines of the clapboards and the front step are like that in the original).

Unfortunately I couldn't find a better version, and I doubt that there is one around.

edited 21st Sep '12 9:45:49 AM by bananasloth

I honestly think the first two are better.

Much better.

I like the first one in #13 better, solely because the text is easier to read, and not coincidentally shorter.

edited 21st Sep '12 10:56:07 AM by AnotherDuck

No (@8 and 13). Removing the crash makes it appear that a rollerskate wheel rolled from offscreen for no reason. They removed the lead-up, and thus the reason.

I suggest this one from Top Gear (@ 6:00). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwoUxeTWsA

edited 21st Sep '12 2:08:17 PM by spacemarine50

Seriously? Someone off-screen saying that they are going to skate and then "HONK!" / "CRASH" is not enough to indicate a roller skating accident?

Hilarious pair of videos (watch the first part too!) but I'm not sure getting a screen or two from it will be better than #13.1.

edited 21st Sep '12 3:26:41 PM by AnotherDuck

13 is the same, but worse version of the current image. Also, I don't want this trope's picture to be an Offscreen Crash.

edited 22nd Sep '12 1:36:37 AM by spacemarine50

Free Wheel is almost invariably preceded by an Offscreen Crash.

The suggestions aren't demonstrably better than the current IMO, especially with the lesser image quality. The Top Gear video's amusing, but I don't really think we can get a good screencap from it.

[1]◊?

Although the car appears to be in pretty good nick, it's just the wheel that's come off. Then again, I'm not sure we want to use a picture of a real-life car wreck...

edited 27th Sep '12 5:08:58 PM by johnnye

No Offscreen Crash. Already better.

The car doesn't look wrecked, though...

Here's some other options...not sure how well they fit but I figured I'd mention them:

• Headed toward windshield
• Old school stock car◊
• Motorcycle◊
• Just a wheel

edited 27th Sep '12 8:55:29 PM by Willbyr