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From Dave
Nice job everyone.
Thanks, Dave. I am in complete agreement.

Neilencio, I liked what you did with the little yellow lettering on the cover. Is that a font, or did you play with point sizes to get that big/little effect?

Uschi, if you're still here, I liked your comic. The story was more focused than the first one, but I still like the first one a little better because of its utter strangeness. Interesting panel transition between the "this is the interstate" and "here is the liquor store" panels. I must agree with Mxy that I wanted to know what happened to the other baby. When you work in a more conventional story form, then all the stupid usual criticisms apply, unfortunately.

The young'ns looked not unlike Pokemon -- was this some hidden subtext, perhaps unintended? Maybe your comic was a meditation on the frustrations of Pokemon collecting.

Disco, Four-Color Garbage forces me to relive high school. Your stuff has a really sophisticated poignant quality. I liked what you did with the reflection in the glasses that went away. Congrats also on getting the cover spot this ish.

Mxy, Max Adventure hasn't disappointed yet. I was incredibly pleased to see Max in the world of wizards and dragons. The death of Winged Justice was a shock, but nothing could prepare me for the walking penis. With a sword, no less. How much more Freudian can you get? I don't know what your comic is trying to tell me on a symbolic level, but it sure is fun.

Neilencio, I liked Sequential Farce. You opted for grayscale this time, I see. I don't know if my comment last time infuenced your decision, but...I still prefer SF in line art only! I don't know why. Maybe it reminds me of a daily newspaper strip, and that's what my eye expects to see. But anyway a fine extension of the SF brand.

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From Mxy
Marc's thing is the kinda thing I'd like to steal. Maybe I should call it comic instead of "thing" from now on to avoid confusion. After all, I did steal Franta's penis. So, back on the comic, is it series or just one comic? Is the guy you? Have you ever done that?
Thanks, Mxy! The thing's working title was "Bird the Bug," but the title was dropped for lack of actual birds and bugs in the script. It was a one-shot.

The writer is me in the sense that he is All Writers, the Everyman Writer. He sort of looks like me, although I don't wear glasses and my hair is shorter. But the character design was all Neilencio. I didn't describe the writer at all in the script. Neilencio supplied 100% of the visuals.

I have received many rejection letters in my day for manuscripts submitted to publishers, but I never tried sending a publisher a rejection letter to see if they would send me a manuscript.

Let me take this opportunity to thank comrade Neilencio for a job well done. He cranked out twelve quality panels in about twelve hours. That must be some kind of record. Neilencio, it was great working with you. Let's do it again sometime, eh?

TK, if you're out there, I still have to write out that horror one-pager for you. You're on break now, right? I'll have to get the script to you before the spring semester starts.