Curse

Dashface · Oct 13, 2007, 04:52 AM // 04:52

Since around the time of the founding of the Official Wiki, c-dy and I have been making a series of Guild Wars comic strips. We're not the fastest out there—we only have six strips at the moment—but hopefully the pretty colours make up for it. Despite the advantage of colours, it's no Healbot Blues. Still, I would love to hear what you think of it.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/User:Dashface/WBD
Comments welcome, especially if you like them!

Mistical miss · Oct 13, 2007, 06:35 AM // 06:35

Some are a bit hard to understand for me, I do really like the texttype, drawstyle and "Interface" though.

Smilin' Assassin · Oct 13, 2007, 07:47 AM // 07:47

amusing concepts + perfectly matching graphics, a winning combo :}

Nian · Oct 13, 2007, 12:06 PM // 12:06

Wow! Nice artworks. Love the way you can make the characters come alive with strong expressions.

BUT aren't you at all worried to put your images on the wiki? Since wiki is a format where all content becomes free for anyone to take and use. You should probably at least slap some kind of copyright texts onto every image page and state that they are NOT released under the CreativeCommons licence imho. Especially images on wiki tend to be troublesome like that. Currently it says at the bottom of the page that the content is released under CC licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Just a bit worried here.

But great artworks! Love your style. I'll have to spend some time to read all those comics. :]

Dashface · Oct 13, 2007, 01:45 PM // 13:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nian

BUT aren't you at all worried to put your images on the wiki? Since wiki is a format where all content becomes free for anyone to take and use.

The only difference the current licensing introduces is that there is technically a legal avenue for others to do other things with the strips. If somebody was going to take them and remove the attribution from the image, I doubt that they'd have the scruples to restrain themselves from doing the same thing if the image had a different license.

Besides, this is fanart. I would much rather read feedback than be credited. And it is for entertainment only, not for profit. I'm not going to set up a CafePress shop with "Xunlai, the Great Destroyer" t-shirts.

Senrath · Oct 13, 2007, 04:51 PM // 16:51

I really like the comics. Keep up the good work.

*snickers at what Gwen's been doing*

Cherng Butter · Oct 13, 2007, 04:52 PM // 16:52

I don't get some of them, but they sure are very nicely drawn!

Nkah Sennyt · Oct 13, 2007, 06:34 PM // 18:34

Awesome stuff, and fabulous art.

hlc617 · Oct 14, 2007, 04:33 AM // 04:33

Ohh fantastic comics!!

Love your style

Lili Frog · Oct 17, 2007, 10:12 AM // 10:12

Very very nice ^^
I didn't understand all of them, but they're great.

notLurker · Oct 17, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59

so that's what caused Shiro to go mad

Luv it!

Yakuza Yuki · Oct 17, 2007, 10:49 PM // 22:49

I love the GWEN one, awesome job!

Sectus · Oct 18, 2007, 12:26 AM // 00:26

Nice comics, and the artwork looks great too. I really like the Gwen one, I've always been wondering why she wants so many red iris flowers :P

Dashface · Oct 19, 2007, 01:07 PM // 13:07

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Originally Posted by Mistical miss

Some are a bit hard to understand for me, I do really like the texttype, drawstyle and "Interface" though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherng Butter

I don't get some of them, but they sure are very nicely drawn!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lili Frog

Very very nice ^^
I didn't understand all of them, but they're great.

There seems to be a theme here!

I wonder if I should have a page with explanations, but I worry that that would spoil the jokes. It also doesn't help that the first one is so opaque—that first strip might be making people resign themselves to not understanding. (The first strip is an allegory for the migrating from Guildwiki to GWW, by the way.)

Dashface · Jan 11, 2008, 11:44 AM // 11:44

There is now a seventh strip.

Arachnephobia · Jan 13, 2008, 07:48 AM // 07:48

I love mini comics, they're amazing. I cannot wait to see the next strip.

Operative 14 · Jan 13, 2008, 07:42 PM // 19:42

Very nicely drawn, and I love the subtle humor.

Do you hand draw those or do you use some sort of software?

Dashface · Mar 13, 2008, 12:04 PM // 12:04

There is now an eighth strip!