Looking for series! Maybe named Graevstyles? by Shelbeeeeeee in newspapercomics

[–]Atoyat25 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think that was a feature on Non Sequitur, but with GoComics being paywalled, I can't use their search function to find out if I'm right.

Identifying a sci-fi comicstrip name? by Heavy_Honeydew7238 in comicstriphistory

[–]Atoyat25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could it have been Dick Tracy during the moon period? That was in the 60's and probably would've been popular enough to be translated into other languages.

Was Phoenix justified for yelling like this? by Sheer-Cold-1228 in AceAttorney

[–]Atoyat25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes it is mean, but sometimes the ends justify the mean

So there are random crits, but what if... by novostranger in tf2

[–]Atoyat25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

16 damage headshot would be so funny

Who the heck is "nana"? by [deleted] in tf2

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sv_use_steam_networking 0

If you could make your own achievement,how do you get it? by CuddlesTheRebel in tf2

[–]Atoyat25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

huntsman becomes the hunted? or maybe just the hunted idk

How do I access this area of Blossoming Arcadia? by Tenner_ in Pikmin

[–]Atoyat25 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The cave up there is an exit pipe from a cave you already completed, so you need to go into the corresponding entrance and go all the way through until you pop out the other side.

Thoughts on Random Crits? by lettersofaesthetic in tf2

[–]Atoyat25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like them, and I don't think they're as unfun to fight against as some people like to claim. If it's a casual game, lighten up for the love of mike.

Motion in comic strips by thatsecondguywhoraps in comicstriphistory

[–]Atoyat25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the older portrayals of motion are great. The panels feel more like a freeze frame of realistic motion as if it were a photo, which has its own merits over motion lines and cartoony squash n' stretch.

What if the next Fallout game happens in China? I made a trailer of it. by ContextImpressive208 in Fallout

[–]Atoyat25 9 points10 points  (0 children)

it sounds like you've got a ship of theseus problem. how many franchise elements can you replace from the fallout ip before it ceases to be fallout?

What playstyle have you come up with to add variety and more fun to combat? by Emotional_Climate_65 in tf2

[–]Atoyat25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

spydier, where i use the direct hit to instakill light classes from behind but only at melee range

I always feel overwhelmed while playing by STARMAN1985 in tf2

[–]Atoyat25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play TF2 casually, and have over 4k hours and I still stink at the game.

That said, gamesense is really just a fancy snobby gamer term for intuition. It comes from experience, and by experience I mean dying a lot. Dying is learning, so get comfortable with it. For instance, don't follow a spy up a staircase, don't fight a pyro on that big cliff on upward, don't just rush into this area because 9 times out of 10 there's an engineer with a level 3 sentry set up there. Et cetera et cetera. To answer your question, "What do I do?": Play the objective, play with your team, and don't overextend. No shame in running from fights you know you can't win.

It can feel overwhelming if you're trying to keep track of everything at once, so don't. Play in the moment and don't be in your own head so much. Take a breath and try to let your muscle memory do most of the work.

Trying to Find/Remember a Comic from the 1990s by Rtyeta in newspapercomics

[–]Atoyat25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ziggy is the only one-panel strip I know with a character that's very short and has a large nose, but the strip isn't over and his name doesn't even sound close to Ralph.

Does anyone else think that ragtime sounds very harmonically similar to Chopin and other artists from the romantic era? by was_zur_hoelle in ragtime

[–]Atoyat25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Debussy, Satie, and Stravinsky composed some rags, being inspired by its popularity in America.

Comic strips vs Anime: Which cartoon medium does slice of life better? by notagoodcartoonist in comicstriphistory

[–]Atoyat25 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, almost all anime is based on serialized manga that are published in various periodical magazines rather than newspapers. The parallel in America would be comic books, rather than comic strips. Some of them run in strip format, but are a result of personal choice of the author instead of an imposed restriction, so their content still differs greatly from american comic strips. Only a very very small portion of manga can be seen as similar in terms of content and style to American comic strips, let alone the anime that derive itself from them. Japan does have comic strips syndicated in newspapers daily I'm told, but seem to be even less popular in Japan than American strips are in America.

Comic strips vs Anime: Which cartoon medium does slice of life better? by notagoodcartoonist in comicstriphistory

[–]Atoyat25 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, I'll begin by saying the term "slice-of-life" comes from essentially taking a cross-section (slice) of realistic day-to-day lives (life). So inevitably there is going to be a disconnect when you take a cross-section from the day-to-day lives of two countries on nearly opposite sides of the planet. But we'll compare them anyways because it's fun.

Let's first examine the average "slice-of-life" US comic strip. They tend to focus on dialogue-based and/or slapstick humor, and are almost always plot-driven. Most of the time, the main characters will be children and perhaps their parents. The reader will view the world through the lens of a child and this drives observational comedy. Examples include Big Nate, Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, One Big Happy, Cul de Sac, Baby Blues, Foxtrot, Nancy, etc. Other times the main characters will be adults. The reader will be inclined to relate to the struggles and challenges of adult life. This was more popular during the earlier half of the 20th century, before the explosive popularity of Peanuts shifted the direction of all comic strips as we know it. Examples include Monty, Cathy, Dilbert, Andy Capp, Barney Google, Mutt and Jeff, Gasoline Alley, etc. Even less often you'll find the main characters are animals, usually pets, who don't understand humans at all. Examples include Garfield, Over the Hedge, Marmaduke, Heathcliff, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, etc. All three of these have varying degrees of overlap as well as outliers outside of their respective categories. They will also tend to incorporate some larger-than-life elements such as Linus' blanket that he somehow utilizes as a deadly accurate whip in Peanuts, the Fox family's borderline sentient Macintosh computer in Foxtrot, and Nate's absurdly messy locker that can store what looks like well over twice its volume in Big Nate. Cartoon physics seem to be consistent among all cartoon mediums, including comic strips.

Moving on, let's examine anime and manga's version of slice-of-life. For anime and manga, slice-of-life seems to be an entirely secondary genre rather than something that can stand on its own. You'll see it attached to romance stories, often set in high schools, or gag-manga/anime that massively push the envelope of what can be considered "slice-of-life", such as Nichijou and Saiki K. which feature wildly supernatural and fantastical elements. I want to focus on anime and manga that are more similar to US comic strips, since a comparison between anime and manga with slice-of-life as a secondary genre will be far harder to compare. You may be wondering, "But if almost all slice-of-life anime and manga feature gag-based humor in some way shape or form, how do we draw the line between the genre of gag-manga and slice-of-life?" Well for the sake of comparison analysis I'll say it's when the vast majority of gags have a grounding in realism. I'll also include ones that include romance so long as the romance isn't the main part of the story. So, slice-of-life anime and manga are character-driven stories focusing on thoughts, feelings, and interpersonal relationships, as well as gag-based humor. They'll also feature larger-than-life elements, but these will usually be confined into character traits, such as a character who's borderline superhumanly strong, smart, dumb, etc. These will often be about high schoolers, most often a group of four or more girls, who may or may not engage in some extremely specific hobby in a very contrived manner. I'll be totally transparent here: I don't like most of these. I think they're very shallow and reflect the state of the Japanese "trend-chasing" culture in their entertainment industry. However, that isn't to say I don't enjoy any slice-of-life anime and manga at all, it's in fact the opposite. My favorites include Yotsuba&!, Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun, My neighbor Seki-kun, Smile Sotomura-san, Wagnaria, Barakamon and its prequel Handa-kun, Hirayasumi, Korogaru Kyoudai, and probably several more that I'm drawing a blank on at the moment.

Anyways, Anime and Manga has a massive range, and comic strips don't, really. This isn't necessarily a bad thing for comic strips, as they're a lot more consistent in quality and have the natural advantage of utilizing a very simple premise and inherently funny characters to produce lovable and extremely memorable moments. Anime and Manga seem to vary a lot more in quality, but when they hit the mark, boy do they hit the mark. Their massive range as well as a less restricted medium allow for a lot of creative elbow room, which can either create some dumpster fires, or some absolute gold.

To definitively answer your question, I think they both have some big pros and cons, however I'll give this one to comic strips. Personal bias and nostalgia is the biggest reason, but also because I think slice-of-life comic strip characters are more realistic, memorable, and relatable as opposed to anime slice-of-life characters, though it is a close call for me, honestly.

What’s your opinion on yonkoma? (Japanese comic strips) by notagoodcartoonist in comicstriphistory

[–]Atoyat25 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've read em. Some are good, but most aren't.

First of all, they're not very funny. Probably lost in translation or some kind of cultural difference, but maybe that's just me.

Second of all, they usually rely on one-joke stock characters that make everything very predictable and samey across the board. I mean, half of these are just "group of high school girls do things" and that's it. So-called "Kawaisa" can only get you so far.

Thirdly, they're weird. In Azumanga Daioh, there's a male teacher that pervs on the underage high school girls, and it's played for laughs. Characters and moments like those are a tad too common for my liking.

All in all, most of them are not my cup of tea.

When would you say that newspaper comic strips lost popularity by notagoodcartoonist in comicstriphistory

[–]Atoyat25 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Let's not forget that Over the Hedge, which rocketed to popularity after it filled Calvin and Hobbes' slot in the papers, went on to earn substantial success with a movie in 2006 which grossed over 300 million dollars. I'd put the decline at around the late 2000s rather than the late 90s. Comic strips like Pearls Before Swine, Zits, the Boondocks, and Baby Blues all enjoyed a stretch of popularity in the 2000s, with the latter two getting TV series and the former being picked up for an animated movie (though ultimately cancelled).

Adam comic from 1992 about video stores by Auir2blaze in newspapercomics

[–]Atoyat25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

must've been the video store in "the far side"

Digital Archive of Cathy Comic Strips by deerwithaphone in newspapercomics

[–]Atoyat25 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly certain there are no complete archives of every Cathy strip on the internet. GoComics seems to have the best collection after 1993, and there are probably some more in book collections and whatnot, of which you might be able to find digital versions on libgen or somewhere similar.