Pff.

http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Critiques/

review time

art.- he abuses to much of the copy paste , it would not a problem if it was certain dinosaur comic but it is not, the actual drawing looks very amateur itself ,i dont bother the creators a lot, but he is using copy paste so there is no room for improvement.

story.- batman and master chief so much material to parody but you dont dare to use it (the best parody of batman i have seen in the internet its the shortpacket webcomic) , i didnt find funny not even a little i can change batman and master chief with two generic gamers and it does not affect the comic, and the way you deliver the jokes are bad its not like there is a written rule or something but sometimes following the steps
set up-action-gag helps a lot

Sorry to be so hard

Art in some areas is good.. Like the Ronald Mcdonald. Comic is really random.. it had something in the beginning.. Critiqueing and commenting about clips in movies ,but then just went all over the place...

Also notice looking at other comics... this auther has a huge obsession with batman. Come up with something origenal or plan things out better so they won't be so random.

I agree with alot of what totallyilladvised said about the comic, although I have to disagree with:

There's no continuity to the layout. Either do a full page, a single panel or a strip. You need a consistent layout.

While indeed, there is no continuity to the layout, the idea that you need a consistent layout is one that I don't agree with. If a comic requires a full page, do a full page. If it only requires a single panel or strip, then do it that way. Some comics are rigid with there layouts, but that doesn't mean all comics need to be - and I see no reason why this comic should be one of those, as the jumps in size fit the random humour quite well.

Also, although I don't usually comment on backgrounds and stuff like that (since, IMO, that sort of stuff is just superficial and can be divorved very easily from the comic itself), I have to say that I quite like the background being used, but it is indeed distracting. If the comments were 'boxed off' so that they had a flat colour background behind them, with the background behind the 'box' area, then it would be a lot less distracting.

Sorry, not too much variety in this review, either. But at first, this comic does seem like Mystery Science Theater 3000, except..not as funny.

Drawings are repetitive, as already stated. Perhaps there should be more critiquing being done in the comic? In fact, are they critiquing at all? It sounds more like they're complaining.

Gotta admit, the last comic with V amused me. Then again, I am a huge V fangirl..so...I'm biased. :)

i've never read this comic before, so i was glad to see it in the comic review thread. on with the review:

artwork - well, hey, i'm no da vinci so i tend to go easy on the artwork. i think it works for the feel of the comic. its not brilliant but its far from bad. its good enough to post but i'm sure will get better as you create more and more.

writing - ahhh, the part i really care about. for the most part (as in 99% of the strips) the writing is way too sparse. i felt like i was missing something in most of the strips. and relying on the comment section to explain the comic is a huge no-no for me. if i can't figure it out from the strip itself, it aint working. make sense? some of the one panel strips were a complete mystery for me as to what was going on. Now, having said that, i really liked this one: http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Critiques/index.php?p=7802 but that was about it. now i appreciate and agree with most of what coinilius wrote but i think this comic is in need of some structure. think of it like this: you have to know the rules in order to break them. that's true of everything in life, even comics.

layout - ugh. the background was really distracting to me. however, put a box around the comment section and problem solved. the current setup was just a put-off for me that i probably wouldn't leave a comment because it would hurt my eyes to then read it.

my advice is to take some of the great advice given here from the other posters and keep on making those comics. but never, ever put up one that is just so-so. only post your best. your art will keep getting better, as will your writing and before you know it, you've got a fan base. and then life is all good! best of luck!

It's Mystery Science Theatre with Batman and Mastercheif. Personally I suck at copy and pasting stuff, so this person looks like they did a pretty good job in that aspect. That's about it though. I don't get many of the jokes, the artwork is passable but not great, and the coloring is so-so (not bad though).

Still, I would work on your humor. It looks like you could have some funny stuff here if you thought it through a bit more. As it is though I don't find it entertaining.

That's my review. It's short.

Ok, I am going to do some reviewing too from now on...

I see that people complain about the art, but I like it. It's simple and clean, which goes well with the content of your comic. I have no problem, whatsoever, with copy-and paste myself and I think that the technique together with the art makes a rather original look.
I can't really complain about the character design since, well, it's Batman and MC. I think that there is more potential to unleash with these characters than you have done so far though, which I think is a shame.
And what I think about the jokes... Well, they aren't like "Hahaha!"-funny, but I myself enjoy the references to other "things" (e.g movies, games and "happenings") the most. HOWEVER, I dislike when people uses smileys in their dialogue. Expressions are meant to show in the character's face, not with a ":)" or "XD".
Yes, I enjoy "The Critiques", but I think that it can be improved by a better use of the characters and by removing the smileys in the dialogue and replace them with better expressions.

At least, that's my opinion...

Jakob

wow!
yeah i do copy paste to much I understand that!
I'll definately take all of your review comments and work on my stuff!
Drawing well its simple, cartoony, which is what i was aiming for! Believe
me If I could draw and Ps better I would.
Also one of my biggest problems is that i'm to impatient, I always want to post something with this comic, and I attend to rush and just copy paste. I'll definately take my time now...

---Thanks