Oh and thanks for saying you like it. It means a lot to me considering the only other feedback I got was "That's not funny" in reference to the Dukes of Hazzard one.
Were they too young to get it or had they just not seen Dukes of Hazzard? [If it's the second one, then it funny because I've never watched it either and I still got it.
4 years younger then me. Which might be enough. Dukes of Hazzard started in 79 and ended in 85. I mostly saw the show in reruns. This guy would have 1 when the show ended. So more then likely yeah he was too young.
What kinda sucks is most of his friends are from school, but he waited a few years before going to school. So most of his friends that are following this comic at like 4-6 years our Junior. And I'm writing it for people between the ages of 28-40. So must of his buddies are outside my target audience.
And "Lacks Character development"
Hahaha, seriously?
And I'm mad at myself cause the artist was worried about this (cause it was one of his friends that said it) and I caved and am in the middle of writing a huge story arc that tells the story of how Simon and Liz met. BAH!
Cheat and write it short somehow so it can be done with. Let me tell you--and this is a general, all-encompassing statement and not against your comic in any way--I don't like "character development" that's shoved in my face. Backstories and such are for when you already care about the characters. You've barely started this comic. I nor any one else who reads it have any reason to care how Simon and Liz met. There should be more gags and things like #3 so we can actually get to like the characters and have a feel for them as people. I think it actually said a great deal about Simon and Liz already. In fact, the jokes you use could write the backstory themselves i.e. "Well, you didn't complain about tentacles when we first met." or "Is that why you brought a pony on our second date?" I think showing the backstory will blow opportunities like that.
Well I wanted to drop people in it. You just kinda have to accept these characters as they are out of the box. I just don't like going point A to point B to point C. If you were to just read 20 of these things you'd get an idea about these people's characters. (and reading 20 would be easy as I've already written 52 of these) But I chose only to chronicle their first meeting and first date and then just leave it at that. I really do think it's more important to get funny things out there and get people to chuckle and then tell their friends "Hey look at this?" and that's what I need to do at this point.
But there is actually a lot of character development in the first three. The first one shows that Simon isn't a guy that gets his way a lot and he knows it. And in not getting his way you could also say that things don't GO his way very often either. Also it show that Liz is a woman that doesn't like to told what to do and isn't going to be one of those 1950s get me a Sam-itch kinds of women and that she is actually going to be the stronger of the two characters and also the one that's going to be over the top. I always pictured her as the Randall to Simon's Dante. I also had the idea that they are kinda based on Gracie Allen and George Burns too.
The 2nd one shows that Simon is kinda stuck in the past since has has all this old stuff laying around his house. And the panties thing, I mean you can just see him giving her crap about that constantly and that he is like constantly wanting her to wear thongs and she just thinks they are for "Special Occasions" and that they've had this fight a million times already before this and he just isn't going to let it go.
the 3rd shows that Simon is prone to flights of fantasy in his own mind (which happens a lot in this comic, or will when Dwyane draws them) and that he is kinda living in these two worlds.
maybe I should have wrote all that and told him to tell that guy that instead of caving.
It's not bad. Put a character modeled after me in there. Instant comedy gold.
Actually thinking about adding two more characters now that I'm done with "Season 1" (52 comics is enough for one a Sunday for a year) But I haven't written any yet and nothing is set in stone. I'm considering having Liz's younger sister coming and living with them to be an antagonist against Simon since he doesn't really have one at the moment.
But I don't think you'd like what I'd do with a character based on you. It would be a one off thing for a joke, or if he was a reoccuring he'd end up being the joke. Since he'd be so the opposite of Simon and Liz that it would just a be a lot of their reacting to the absurd things the guy is saying.
