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The Riolu

How's the comic?

  • Awesome!

    Votes: 23 69.7%

  • Good.

    Votes: 8 24.2%

  • Bad. :(

    Votes: 2 6.1%
  • Total voters
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joeyhugg said:
Honestly, there wasn't much character development for us to vote, but...

I think I'll pick Darkrai.
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PM me. Do not comment. I wanna keep it secret.
 
Here's Issue 14 finally!
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Sorry I haven't been active lately. I am totally addicted to Pokemon X! It's so awesome!

I also wanna ask if someone can do a project of doing Pokemon X and Y overworld sprites so I can get Mega evolution in my comic later on.

I'm probably gonna post the awards sometime tomorrow. You still have time to PM me and vote!
 
F-Fan meh!
I really like this kind of Comic. Keep making, so this where Rizon get the idea.
 
rockscolbs said:
Here's Issue 14 finally!
Spoiler:


Sorry I haven't been active lately. I am totally addicted to Pokemon X! It's so awesome!

I also wanna ask if someone can do a project of doing Pokemon X and Y overworld sprites so I can get Mega evolution in my comic later on.

I'm probably gonna post the awards sometime tomorrow. You still have time to PM me and vote!
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That Riolu sure is strong. He hit Gengar with an Aura Sphere and visible damage was seen. Woo~
 
rockscolbs said:
Here's Issue 14 finally!
Spoiler:


Sorry I haven't been active lately. I am totally addicted to Pokemon X! It's so awesome!

I also wanna ask if someone can do a project of doing Pokemon X and Y overworld sprites so I can get Mega evolution in my comic later on.

I'm probably gonna post the awards sometime tomorrow. You still have time to PM me and vote!
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You could always check Resource Requests. I know there was a Charizard X in there.
 
Guy guys and gals, sorry the R Awards is late. I've been busy lately. But here it is!
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I also got to do another Issue!
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YAY Jynx is baack!
Woo, that's nice. No sweat, I'm sure Jynx was the most loved character so far XD
 
YAAAAAY JINX IS ALIVE ♥ Highlight of my day seeing this! I'm slightly curious as to how she beat that beast so easily but I sure am happy to see it. I can't wait to hear what she has to say about it all, I bet it'll be a great tale. I'm disappointed in Absol and Riolu though for not being emotional about her return!
 
Here's Issue 16!
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I actually made this pretty late in my timezone. So I'm tired and probably gonna fall asleep soon after I post this.
Hopefully soon I'll be able to fit in a Comic Issue contest. It's practically you guys making the next Issue and I decide which one I like is the best. But that'll be later.
 
Can I just say that I love your comic! I'm so glad Jynx is alive and well! Ooh, I wonder whats going to happen at the snowy top of Mt. Silver. :'D
 
Wow! Jynx starts her big story... I wonder what happened to the peak of Mt. Silver until then...
 
Can;t wait to discover the sparkley!
 
Once again, haven't been realy active latley.

But I did get Issue 18 done!
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Btw, it's harder than I thought it would be trying to fit in a Contest Issue in. I'll probably do Issue 20 as the contest Issue. (Which is pretty much people making that Issue and I choose the one I like and makes more sense in the story.)

That's all for now!
 
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Totally forgot to comment on the last comic. So that was Jynx's story! My god, I just hope her family is OK...
 
Wow it has been too long. I know, I know I took a long break. But finally here's Issue 19.
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Oh no! That's probably not good...
 
I'd just like to THANK GAWD that there is at least one consistent sprite comic up on Pokecommunity these days. I've been disappointed these last couple years coming here and finding that no one was even bothering to make them as often, especially considering when I came here back in 2005 there was flood of 'em. It was genuinely refreshing to see.

On the matter of sprites and set-up, obviously the pokemon are from Mystery Dungeon- but I'm especially curious as to where you're finding all your environments. They're all quite lovely and well-placed. And back when I did comics I was a big fan of having the text under the panel too, but you may want to try your hand at speech bubbles. I found myself sometimes forgetting to look at the image above after reading the dialogue. Also, just as a thought: Don't forget that you don't have to stick with just one size of image panel. You can create much more economically spaced and dynamic imagery by having, say, boxes that are half the size of the one you have now, splitting boxes to contain two images, etc. Look at real comic books or the comic PokeChow for reference to what I'm referring to.

As far as story goes, it's fairly fanfiction-y and rudimentary. I'd love to see you experiment with more interesting plot points or characters, since I feel like most of your characters are interchangeable. Give them more substance and reason- they're doing everything because something is driving them. Whether it be something from their past, an ideal, etc. Why are Rilou and Absol, two commoner pokemon, going out of their way to stop the ruler of the Dark World, who is obviously much more powerful than them and not above attacking their innocent families back home? What rationale would they have for them to be willing to purposely mess with Darkrai by hording key items necessary for the completion of his plan, travel to a city entirely under water (where they can't bloody breathe), and risk their hides against horrible world-destroying behemoths?
Strong convictions and traits create strong characters that we can recognize and sympathize with. For instance, say that Absol was suddenly struck by a meteorite. I would say "oh, well, that sucks" and move on. It would have no effect on me, personally. Find a way for the character to be interesting- so that if a meteorite did come by, I'd be in shambles.

I'd also like to know about how you're handling the plot of these comics. I know when I did these, I would sit down and just start making them without any prior direction on where the plot was going. I was making it up as I went along. Are you doing the same? Because thinking about plot beforehand is usually better, since you have more direction.

One final note of criticism: Grammar! You may want to put your dialogue into Microsoft Word and spell check before you put it in your comic. Also be aware of using the right kind of "there," (There = place, their = possession, they're = "they are") and things of that nature.

Overall though? This comic has the right spirit. I found myself genuinely laughing at Darkrai's "WHAAAAAATTTTT?!"s, most prominently in the first panel of Comic 16. Spot-on timing there. Hopefully you'll consider what I've said and keep making these comics. I'd love to see more from you, and I hope you inspire others to start filling this place with more sprite comics.
 
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