aaaaaaaaaa! overthinking!To be more exact, the decline in quality, in particular that of the storyline, began declining around the time 'I Drew This' started.
I think that what made Ozy and Millie interesting for me was the use of political humour in a comic which is otherwise character driven. This is something which I still find to be unique. Never in my voyages through the interwebs have I come across another webcomic which does the same thing. When 'I Drew This' was created, many of the political overtones in Ozy and Millie disappeared, leaving an ordinary character driven comic. That would be fine normally but character driven humour does tend to get old very quickly unless there is significant character development within the comic. This is opposed to political humour which, thanks to the ever changing nature of politics, remains fresher. Ozy and Millie was already many years old when this change occured, the characters were already familiar and thus, it became predictable very quickly.
This being my opinion, one may wonder why I didn't start following 'I Drew This' when it came out. While it is true that the humour of it is fresher, it is also essencially the same has the myriad of other political comics out there.
What made Ozy and Millie special was the combination of average political/social humour mixed with average character driven humour.
In my opinion at least.
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Yet true in most aspects.aaaaaaaaaa! overthinking!To be more exact, the decline in quality, in particular that of the storyline, began declining around the time 'I Drew This' started.
I think that what made Ozy and Millie interesting for me was the use of political humour in a comic which is otherwise character driven. This is something which I still find to be unique. Never in my voyages through the interwebs have I come across another webcomic which does the same thing. When 'I Drew This' was created, many of the political overtones in Ozy and Millie disappeared, leaving an ordinary character driven comic. That would be fine normally but character driven humour does tend to get old very quickly unless there is significant character development within the comic. This is opposed to political humour which, thanks to the ever changing nature of politics, remains fresher. Ozy and Millie was already many years old when this change occured, the characters were already familiar and thus, it became predictable very quickly.
This being my opinion, one may wonder why I didn't start following 'I Drew This' when it came out. While it is true that the humour of it is fresher, it is also essencially the same has the myriad of other political comics out there.
What made Ozy and Millie special was the combination of average political/social humour mixed with average character driven humour.
In my opinion at least.
-Squeak ("The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts")
Astro> gforce's smiles can cure cancer in kittensgforce422 is awesome because:
-He made the absolute nicest comments about me in the other topic. I didn't respond to them yet, because I suck, but they are greatly appreciated! =D
-I would say he would also be a good runner up as one of the nicest people alive.
-He joined the IRC sometimes. But not enough, I say! Chat moar =D
-He is evidently only 18 year old but he could easily pass for 25. =D
-He is a drummer like *I* am and this in itself is cool.
Astro> the happiness radiating from your person is enough to solve tensor calculus
<mib_4do271>everything you touch explodes in pillows of happiness
Re: hmmm...
Yet his avatar is cool... lawl... I dunno why I like it so much.Yet true in most aspects.aaaaaaaaaa! overthinking!Once upon a time there was a cake that lived with a pie. There were many happies until one day the evil baker took a knife to the pie, cutting it into 8 pieces. Then many people came and stuck forks and knives into the cake and devoured its corpse. It was a very delicious day.
Re: hmmm...
The names and dates may change but a hundred years from now satirists and comedians will still do jokes that don't deviate too much from the tried and tested "boy, those politicians sure are corrupt" line.This is opposed to political humour which, thanks to the ever changing nature of politics, remains fresher.
Not trying to be a jerk, just saying that sometimes what looks like change is just the same basic thing in a new skin.
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If you really have nothing better to do, then go for it.*sigh*
I discovered the comic less than a week ago, read the entire archive in the course of 3 days, then when I finally reached the "current" page, I read the bottom...
Time to start rereading, I guess.
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True, but then again, I'm not sure what's better. Reading hundreds of O&M pages or studying.Studying for finals is overrated!If you really have nothing better to do, then go for it.*sigh*
I discovered the comic less than a week ago, read the entire archive in the course of 3 days, then when I finally reached the "current" page, I read the bottom...
Time to start rereading, I guess.
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Each sounds kinda boring.
If you put peanutbutter anywhere on your body, I'll lick it off...
ANYWHERE.
My deviantart... though it does suck.
My FA... nothing's on it right now, so there's no point to click it.
ANYWHERE.
My deviantart... though it does suck.
My FA... nothing's on it right now, so there's no point to click it.
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