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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#226: Jan 9th 2010 at 4:00:05 AM

Anyone else really want this page as a poster?

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#228: Feb 4th 2010 at 2:20:05 AM

This strip was funny, but it's the warning below the strip that really sells the joke.

...

So, am I just talking to myself in this thread, or ...?

edited 4th Feb '10 2:20:31 AM by Raven Wilder

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#229: Feb 4th 2010 at 1:34:13 PM

I'll start posting once we hit an interesting arc.

Alkthash Was? Since: Jan, 2001
Was?
#230: Feb 4th 2010 at 11:59:55 PM

Eh that was a funny sight gag, but until we do something interesting like the Villains Island arc or see Riff again, I'm just gonna be lurking.

Treblain Not An Avatar Since: Nov, 2012
Not An Avatar
#231: Feb 5th 2010 at 2:32:18 PM

Pete has apparently noticed his pacing problems, so hopefully something interesting will happen soon.

It's not like I want Sluggy to end, but the plot is moving way too slowly and inconsequentially, especially considering the way Abrams has already raised the stakes. He can't expect his audience to take the jokey, silly comics well after kicking the plot through the roof last year.

We're not just men of science, we're men of TROPE!
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#232: Feb 5th 2010 at 2:38:13 PM

But that's what Sluggy's always done. I mean, right after the "That Which Redeems" arc ended, we went to a strip with Kiki in a Santa hat playing in giant piles of salt.

SomeNewGuy Since: Jun, 2009
#233: Feb 5th 2010 at 3:20:52 PM

^"That Which Redeems" didn't have an ending of pure, absolute hopelessness though. I still enjoy the comic, of course, but even I admit that Zoe's apparent death, Hereti Corp's total victory over the heroes, Riff willingly being "enslaved" by 4U because of Wangst, and Torg's deteriorating mental condition being immediatly followed by a hilarious "working for a wannabe supervillain" arc is a bit jarring.

Geostomp In the name of the POWER, I will punish you! from Arkansas, USA Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
In the name of the POWER, I will punish you!
#234: Mar 2nd 2010 at 4:01:38 AM

Looks like things are getting heavy again.

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" Futurama, Godfellas
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#235: Mar 2nd 2010 at 4:45:35 AM

And just as Pete's home is getting hit with another plague, too.

Before I remembered that the spaceship doesn't have any weapons, I was half-expecting Torg to pull out a Kill Sat feature and remove Hereti-Corp right then and there.

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#236: Mar 3rd 2010 at 1:06:53 AM

Okay, I know it's almost certainly been done before, but can anyone else think of time when characters have weaponized Murphy's Law like this?

edited 3rd Mar '10 1:11:59 AM by Raven Wilder

Geostomp In the name of the POWER, I will punish you! from Arkansas, USA Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
In the name of the POWER, I will punish you!
#237: Mar 5th 2010 at 5:49:50 AM

Looks like Heriti Corp is back to its old dog-butchering ways. Poor little dig-bots.

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" Futurama, Godfellas
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#238: Mar 21st 2010 at 10:02:50 PM

Okay, I just had to add this "larger wetnap" comment to the Crowning Moment Of Funny section.

Geostomp In the name of the POWER, I will punish you! from Arkansas, USA Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
In the name of the POWER, I will punish you!
#239: Mar 26th 2010 at 4:07:01 AM

Good to see things finally coming together.

"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all" Futurama, Godfellas
Neep Revolution of Ruin from Booooooooomblastandruin Since: Jan, 2001
Revolution of Ruin
#240: Apr 11th 2010 at 8:52:18 PM

Well duh. I called alt-Schlock being His Masterness back in October.

edited 11th Apr '10 8:54:42 PM by Neep

You've lost. You're the Bomb Squad after the bomb's gone off. I'm the blast ongoing.
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#241: Apr 11th 2010 at 9:01:22 PM

I still maintain that His Masterness is actually Roberts, who's going from dimension to dimension, trying out various world domination plans so Hereti-Corp can see what works and what doesn't.

I mean, the guy's got to be doing something since we last saw him, and that helmet on his head looks vaguely like the posters of His Masterness.

ninjaclown Since: May, 2009
#242: Apr 13th 2010 at 5:43:06 PM

I want to try reading this webcomic, but after learning about the massive cerebus syndrome it has undergone, is it still worth reading? I genuinely want to know what other people think.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#243: Apr 13th 2010 at 6:02:11 PM

I really enjoyed it. Just try and take it slow, an Archive Binge can wreck an entire week.

Fight smart, not fair.
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#244: Apr 14th 2010 at 3:18:06 AM

The Cerebus Syndrome is really overstated. With the exception of the "Fire And Rain" Story Arc, going more than one or two strips without a punchline is pretty darn rare, even in the middle of the most dramatic storylines. And said dramatic storylines will usually be interspersed with plenty of light, comedic, wacky stuff.

To give an example that doesn't spoil much of anything: this strip is (not counting a very brief epilogue) the ending of one of the most dramatic storylines in the strip's history; this strip is the beginning of the Story Arc that begins immediately after that.

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#245: May 12th 2010 at 3:23:37 AM

So, does this count as subverting The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified?

edited 12th May '10 3:23:47 AM by RavenWilder

Rebochan from Kalevala (Y2K) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#246: May 12th 2010 at 10:04:36 AM

My issue is less the Cerebus Syndrome and more the fact that it just stops being funny after awhile. "Light hearted" plots intended to break up the complex material still get bogged down with needless exposition and just aren't funny. The serious plots drag out for weeks or months and these days, they rarely resolve.

I personally feel it started going downhill with That Which Redeems, which took entirely took long, pushed the comic into pure melodrama, and also hit the point where jokes just weren't funny anymore.

Rebochan from Kalevala (Y2K) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#247: May 12th 2010 at 10:04:41 AM

double post syndrome

edited 12th May '10 10:04:58 AM by Rebochan

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#249: May 14th 2010 at 5:26:59 AM

On another note, am I the only one bothered somewhat by how dickish Torg seems be of late?

If it were any other setting, I'd be fine with it, being somewhat inclined towards combat pragmatism. But from Torg? Even knowing he's not 'Torg Prime' (so to speak), that kind of ruthlessness seems, to me, to be out of character for him.

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#250: May 14th 2010 at 9:41:54 AM

Yeah, this one's giving Dimension of Jerks Torg from "That Which Redeems" a run for his money.


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