Basic Instructions ([info]basic_inst) wrote,
@ 2007-08-24 09:06:00
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More Daily Tests
So, after last week the general consensus was that breaking up a single strip into four daily strips didn't work. Scott A. suggested two more things to try.

1. That I try one more time to fit my full four panel comics within a daily strip footprint.
And
2. That I try to actually produce one strip a day for awhile, just to see how that flows.

I was dubious of both ideas, but I swore to myself at the start of this project that I would keep an open mind.

I tried one, "How to answer the unanswerable" and it looked like legal fine print with some tiny drawings thrown in. Looking at it, it did occur to me that I wasn't entirely happy with the 3rd panel's joke anyway, so I cut it. The result is below.


Adams and I quickly agreed that this "Write four panels and drop the weakest" plan was worth exploring. Below are the next two day's comics.


 
Any comments? I'd welcome your opinions.



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(Anonymous)
2007-08-24 03:04 pm UTC (link)
The three-panel strip seemd to be the next best thing to your original format. The timing of three panels seems to work better with this layout. It is true that wordiness might lead people to skip the strip, but the humor would drop sharply, as Scott A. pointed out. In terms of marketability balanced with quality, I think the three-panel strip is the best format I've seen so far.
Joel H.

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