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MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Mar 19th 2013 at 7:04:04 PM

So, Sprite Comics have seen a huge decline in popularity over the last half-decade. For a while, it seems like Eight Bit Theater was the only thing keeping the genre afloat, and since that ended, I haven't seen any particularly recommended sprite comics, and when I actively look for new sprite comics, I mostly find the usual 90%.

So, there's the question: Are sprite comics a dead genre? Since they're relatively easy to produce (and the simplest option for people with limited drawing capabilities), I would have thought that there would be more sprite comics floating around - and by extension, at least a small handful of really good sprite comics still ongoing. If the main factor behind their reduced numbers isn't a high production difficulty, does it mean that they aren't being produced simply because there isn't a large enough audience to make them worth the effort anymore?

Zersk o-o from Columbia District, BNA Since: May, 2010
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#2: Mar 20th 2013 at 12:48:29 AM

Does A Path To Greater Good count?

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#3: Mar 20th 2013 at 4:21:02 AM

Eh, its probably a case of fad ending, they'll probably become more common at some point again.

Anyway, there is that problem with sprite comics that it is hard to portray action with them without animations or such. So they are good for comedy and non action scene plots and such.

Medinoc from France (Before Recorded History)
#4: Mar 20th 2013 at 4:41:40 AM

[up][up]For this discussion, I'd lump it with Pixel Art Comics since they too tend to use sprites, only original ones.

[up]I agree that animation is a great component of why sprites worked in the first place. If you look at existing non-animated sprite comics, you'll often see non-sprite stuff like Speed Echoes, Sword Lines or Motion Blur. Or you use animation instead like The Pocalypse.

edited 20th Mar '13 4:42:04 AM by Medinoc

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#5: Mar 20th 2013 at 4:53:56 AM

Yeah, and more common in sprite comics without animation is that action itself happens offscreen and we just see after effects. Of course, there are exceptions to that, but it is rather common since it is somewhat hard.

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