Some of you might know me and how I've always disliked how longform comics are presented online. I've been thinking about it A LOT lately and after following Mark Waid's progress with Thrillbent, I started thinking more about how digital comics are presented and why they're presented that way. I totally dig what Mark is doing over there and thought about applying some of the same things to my own comic.
Here is the way my comic is viewed now. It's pretty straightforward webcomic stuff with a slight twist. Still, it's a static page, like you'd read in print.
http://variables.sel...riables-2002-1/
Here is a revised version with more comic "motion" (though not motion comics, ugh). Don't mind the site design, it's a test site. This covers the first 1 1/2 pages of that same issue. It's rough around the edges because this is more of a working prototype than an actual comic I'd release on my site. It definitely needs some polish.
http://ftgotp.selfce....com/?page_id=2
Which would you rather read and why? What do you like or dislike about each format? I could release a 6-8 slide page every week, which translates to about 2 pages of comic.
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Posted 21 May 2012 - 01:18 PM
To be honest, from my perspective the second version is just more clicks. At first interesting, but could get annoying after a while.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 06:10 AM
Biram Ba, on 21 May 2012 - 01:18 PM, said:
To be honest, from my perspective the second version is just more clicks. At first interesting, but could get annoying after a while.
That's why I'm trying to keep the chapters short and keyboard shortcuts are enabled. You can right arrow through the comic on a computer or you can swipe it on a tablet.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 06:18 AM
I like the second option very much. It actually feels like it's aware of the medium, rather than just reproducing a printed page on screen.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 07:15 AM
drdestiny, on 22 May 2012 - 06:18 AM, said:
I like the second option very much. It actually feels like it's aware of the medium, rather than just reproducing a printed page on screen.
That's what I'm going for. Glad you like it. I have a second, more polished version done now. Check it out and let me know if you think it looks nicer!
http://variables.sel...02-chapter-1-1/
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 02:29 PM
The first. Definitely. The third one doesn't work for me for some reason.
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