The Banality of Water
on May 19, 2017
at 12:00 am
Don’t know if I overdid it, but without the falling lines, action lines, and the word “spill,” the bug in panel four just looked like he was pointing at a glass instead of being the one who grumpily knocked it over.
Ummm…was that wine list kept on a scroll by where Bug was sipping his wine the other day? If that was it, I have some slightly disturbing news for you.
Beverage week! \o/
There’s something extra funny about using onomatopoeia where they don’t apply.
I find myself inclined to agree with you, Adam. The linework makes it realizeable, but the #UnsoundEffect gives it the instant “this is what’s happening” that works so much better.
Pretty impressive. The opponent had a warhammer yet you slayed them anyway.
Huh. Didn’t realize till just now that that sentence could be read that way. Guess I should’ve said “your war hammer.” Oh well.
Oh, nah, it’s WAY better that way. And that means you should act like it was your idea all along.
This.
Your interest and love of water are inversely proportional to the time since you last had it.
To be fair, in one movie doctor Jones got a cup of water after escaping a ton of ancient traps, and used it to save his father’s life, too. And that movie was nowhere near as boring as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which had [spoiler alert] nukes and aliens.
But it was the cup that was the object of the trials, not the water. He could have used canteen water to achieve the same healing.
Hmmm… I think the “spill” is funny, and does its job well. If you wanted an alternative though, I might say keep the motion lines and put a few little “poking” lines or half-starburst shape where his finger would have tapped the glass. Basically a smaller, less-energetic “POW!” star.
About panel 3
Can’t we just get beyond Thunderdome?
… dammit, you beat me to it.
I dislike water. Not sure why, but it never tastes right.
On a semi-related note, I don’t like the name of this comic because it sounds like a drink make of insects. Might want to switch the words around LOL
You might have bad tap water where you are. If your tap water is reasonably pure, you might want to sprinkle just a tiny, tiny pinch of salt into it — the best spring water has just a tiny bit of dissolved minerals in it; putting a tiny pinch of salt in can make a difference.
Like the old saying, in wine there is truth, in beer there is happiness, in water…there is bacteria.
You can have fun making water by burning hydrazine.
Woah, new theme!