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Author:  DarkJedi [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:32 am ]
Post subject:  The Gutters takes on IDW's new Cobra Commander
http://www.the-gutters.com/
Author:  Viper [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Gutters takes on IDW's new Cobra Commander
That was really, really stupid.
Author:  Darko [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Gutters takes on IDW's new Cobra Commander
Yeah...I kept waiting for the joke...the art, however, is insane for a webcomic.
Author:  Scramble [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 12:02 pm ]
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Darko wrote:
Yeah...I kept waiting for the joke...the art, however, is insane for a webcomic.


The Gutters doesn't have a regular artist. Ryan Sohmer (Looking for Group, Least I Could Do) writes them all and he hires guest artists from the comics industry. He doesn't do GI Joe often, although issue #27 was pretty good.

The strip is unbelievably funny, apt, and gorgeous as often as it falls flat or confuses.
Author:  psychoviper [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:53 pm ]
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Aside from the last panel, it was kinda funny. Topical too.
Author:  chaosx [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:19 pm ]
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I read this late last night...I read it again...The art was fantastic but where they looking for a joke there? I thought it was just plain not creative whatsoever.
Author:  DarkJedi [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Gutters takes on IDW's new Cobra Commander
Well, Destro seems to be channeling Zartan with the different personalities and costume changes.

Maybe referencing the movie plot?
Author:  chaosx [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The Gutters takes on IDW's new Cobra Commander
DarkJedi wrote:
Well, Destro seems to be channeling Zartan with the different personalities and costume changes.

Maybe referencing the movie plot?


Actually I think was supposed to be a blow to the recent Iowa caucus. You know, all the same but with different views..
Author:  MJTanner [ Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:51 pm ]
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There were jokes but it's like joking about contractors on the Death Star... those jokes are a old as the show now.
Author:  zedhatch [ Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The Gutters takes on IDW's new Cobra Commander
chaosx wrote:
DarkJedi wrote:
Well, Destro seems to be channeling Zartan with the different personalities and costume changes.

Maybe referencing the movie plot?


Actually I think was supposed to be a blow to the recent Iowa caucus. You know, all the same but with different views..


That's what I think was supposed to be going on too, but was damned ineffectual.

Just saying this as a guy who has done the daily comic updates, (ok photos, but so what) you can't write a gem every time, but at the least you can see the potential after the fact and often even when the joke falls flat you can see the intent and often where the writer was trying to make something.

That's why I think this failed, there is on clear or even vauge point to be made to laugh at. It almost reads like a stoner conversation while watching CNN of, "Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the COBRA characters were the candiates, YEAH WOW!" to which the other stoner goes "Dude, you're high, shut up" except there wasn't an extra stoner in this case.
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