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Title: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Helm on Sat 17/03/2007 18:37:05
Yes yes, you know how this works! There's no longer a winner or anything, and I will try to comment on all of them, and at the end show the original text version. You can edit bubble shapes and whatever else about the comic, but try to do only text versions before it all degenerates into slapping penises on grandpa's face or whatnot.

(http://www.locustleaves.com/denialclean.gif)

Funny is appreciated. Well-done is appreciated. Well-done and funny will make me hug my cat!

(http://www.locustleaves.com/Iloveyou.png)

Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Fuzzpilz on Sat 17/03/2007 19:45:54
Let's begin with obvious text and clumsy hand (well, mouse) lettering.

(http://www.bicycle-for-slugs.org/denialm.jpg)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Sat 17/03/2007 21:42:00
I missed this activity, I really did! :D
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Vespr on Sun 18/03/2007 10:43:17
Here's my go!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/superc/base.gif)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Pesty on Sun 18/03/2007 12:12:46
(http://froghaslipstick.com/art/thetruemeaningoffaith.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: esper on Sun 18/03/2007 13:51:34
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Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Helm on Sun 18/03/2007 14:41:13
Hehe I'm glad you're all enjoying the fifth panel fast-retort-mode. Fuzz I really like yours, and it sets a trend of people making the child into an ASSHOLE. Pesty's probably the most assholeish so far. The panel 7 closeup in hers is just creepy!

I liked how Vesper used the santa claus thing, he'll find the original text funny when I post it.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Ghormak on Sun 18/03/2007 16:46:04
(http://www.achtungfranz.com/denial.jpg)

Sorry about the heavy modification. Maybe I'll do a proper one later.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Kweepa on Sun 18/03/2007 17:10:28
(http://www.steporg.com/step/ags/comp/HelmFlight.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Mr Flibble on Sun 18/03/2007 18:11:40
How could I resist?  ;D

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/Indy_Comic.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Squinky on Sun 18/03/2007 19:28:19
My attempt:

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/squinkydenial.gif)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Kweepa on Sun 18/03/2007 21:01:26
This comp. won't be the same without biothlebop.

(http://www.steporg.com/step/ags/comp/HelmFlight2.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: LimpingFish on Sun 18/03/2007 22:29:20
(http://homepage.eircom.net/~limpingfish/HelmComic.gif)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens on Mon 19/03/2007 03:37:53
I decided to buck the trend from the kid being an asshole to just stupid.


(http://members.cox.net/progzmax/munchausen.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Play_Pretend on Mon 19/03/2007 04:02:40
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Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: LGM on Mon 19/03/2007 04:18:26
(http://www.aedmark.com/temp/helmcomic.png)

Strange comic to work with. I went for the mysterious, melodramatic approach. it really doesn't make any sense, but shhh! You don't know that!
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Helm on Mon 19/03/2007 04:27:27
Gore, I really like your entry! For panel manipulation, it's subtle and works well.

Steve, your first one didn't do much for me, but the second was one of my favourites so far. The meta-humour thing is a bit overdone on the internets, but that panel where the ship parts talk about themselves is hilarious. Generally, great entries so far!

MrFibble: I'm sorry you couldn't resist a movie reference.

Squinky: hehe when you see the original, you'll be surprised too. I enjoy it mostly, though I stronly object to stuff like 'WTF' or 'LOL' making it in comics. Internetspeak needs to die, much less sneak into art.

Steve, I agree biothlebop better start making appearances!

Limpingfish, nice entry, again close to the original as you'll eventually see. I see a lot of people interpret the very last bubble as being the words of the evaporating grandpa, whereas it was supposed to be the child screaming out something.

Also if some of you people have problems with the grandpa dissapearing in the second to last panel, just edit it out. I know it fucks up with a lot of could-be scripts, so don't be afraid to alter stuff to make it work.

Progz, enjoyable entry. The subjectivity of existence is the actual theme from the original comic, so I guess it carries through a bit even without the text.

Strange Visitor: nice visual-textual play on the 'watch your mouth panel'.

[lgm], it reads well but it doesn't make sense.

Thank you everybody that has participated so far! This is a great turnout.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Play_Pretend on Mon 19/03/2007 04:31:23
I just want to apologize to everyone, everywhere for this-

But...

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/SVEntry2.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: LGM on Mon 19/03/2007 04:36:03
Helm, I edited some panels. It makes a bit more sense if you think about it.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Vince Twelve on Mon 19/03/2007 05:51:38
(http://www.thexiis.com/media/helm.png)

In panel six, I have no idea in which order the bubbles are supposed to be read.  I think I got it the wrong way around.  Oh well.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: biothlebop on Mon 19/03/2007 11:15:42
(http://content.imagesocket.com/images/back_by_popular_demandde6.jpg) (http://imagesocket.com/view/back_by_popular_demandde6.jpg)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Stupot on Mon 19/03/2007 12:14:53
Fun comp.
Heres my bash.
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/Captain_Stu/AGS/airplane.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Chicky on Mon 19/03/2007 13:21:01
heh, nice one stupot
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: on Mon 19/03/2007 13:59:55
Plane crazy!! LOL. Nice comic Helm! Nice rendition Fuzzpilz :D I wanted a go too, a lot of funny ideas have been used. So I just did a boring one :D Why the hell does he morph half way through? hehehe :) Definitely a competition I'll enter more often!!

(http://screen7.co.uk/junc/denialclean.gif)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Tuomas on Mon 19/03/2007 14:20:53
I feel ashamed for not having any humour in this, but at least I took the time in starting to spoil the great art that it was :)

(http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1227/comicnu5.png)

Got bored though on the way.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Kweepa on Mon 19/03/2007 17:32:06
(http://www.steporg.com/step/ags/comp/HelmFlight3.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Ubel on Mon 19/03/2007 20:22:16
(http://koti.mbnet.fi/paapeli/denialclean.jpg)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Stupot on Mon 19/03/2007 22:32:48
Hahahaha... beautiful Pablo... beautiful.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: SmootH on Mon 19/03/2007 23:00:02
Not funny, but I think it's fitting...

(http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i217/DannySmooth/HelmContest.jpg174344749)

Is there anything that Star Wars doesn't apply to?
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Kweepa on Tue 20/03/2007 01:03:04
(http://www.steporg.com/step/ags/comp/HelmFlight4.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Vince Twelve on Tue 20/03/2007 01:57:25
(http://www.thexiis.com/media/helm2.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Squinky on Tue 20/03/2007 04:54:04
Awesome.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Tue 20/03/2007 09:21:49
Vince Twelve just shows how a large number of panels can be left without text, and without anything special happening, to enhance the humourous effect when minimal text finally appears at the very very end. Bravo!

Great entries everyone, truly AWSMOE!!!ONE!
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: R4L on Wed 21/03/2007 01:33:40
Old and worn:

(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/buttermargerine.PNG)

I got lazy... *yawn*
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: SmootH on Wed 21/03/2007 02:08:29
This is a great comic to do the captions for but I have a couple of questions about it.

First, in the last frame, the old man has vapourized, so that speech bubble should be coming from the kid or is it?

Next, the question that has plagued many a scholar, why do the old man's hat and goggles fade away but not his jacket of scarf?

Finally, what is actually going on in this scene?  I'm sure that this is part of some series of strips but how do we get to the point of one guy turning into the ghost of Xmas past or revealing he's a hologram or whatever?
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Kweepa on Wed 21/03/2007 05:53:58
(http://www.steporg.com/step/ags/comp/HelmFlight5.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Helm on Wed 21/03/2007 07:45:44
Ahaha Steve, oh man! I like that one probably more than the original. It's funny, sad, and well-done. You make me hug my cat.

SmootH: yes, the bubble is coming from the kid.

About the goggles, they're more closely linked to one's prime physical plane presense, both due to how tight they're on the skin and also because they much people connect with their goggles. A scarf is a scarf, but goggles are forever.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: PsychicHeart on Wed 21/03/2007 08:47:16
(http://2dadventure.com/ags/MGS4.gif)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Wed 21/03/2007 09:09:36
Steve, steve, steve, love that last comic of yours. Loveitloveitloveit.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Jon on Wed 21/03/2007 12:29:09
Nice one Vince Twelve, that made me laugh!
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Andail on Wed 21/03/2007 12:41:21
I concur. Steve, that was a masterpiece of storytelling.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Da_Elf on Wed 21/03/2007 13:36:09
here is my try i wish i had the time to paint the whole thing. But work caught up with me and told me i didnt have the time
(http://www.elfpro3d.com/Asterix/denialclean.jpg)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Wed 21/03/2007 13:37:06
A red cross? It's original, I'll give you that.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Stupot on Wed 21/03/2007 18:15:48
Here's my second attempt.
Dunno why I bothered really, hehe
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f349/Captain_Stu/AGS/airplane2.png)
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Helm on Wed 21/03/2007 18:31:30
When it's down to knock-knock jokes it's pretty clear that the thread has exhausted itself. Here's the original.

(http://www.locustleaves.com/denial.png)

"I'm glad to see you again grandpa!"

"Me too son." "Your grandma okay?"

"At first she was really sad, but now she's feeling better... kinda."

"Good. Are you doing well in school? "Yes grandpa." "Do you eat your food?" "Yes gradpa." "Do you love grandpa?" "Yes!"

"Good..." "Good."

"Grandpa, where did you get the airplane?"

"I stole it from the military museum!"

"But.. these aren't supposed to even work?! Is this loaded? With what fuel?"

"It's running on the power of denial!"

"But grandpa... this is impossible."


"Grandpaaaaaa!"
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Stupot on Wed 21/03/2007 18:34:03
Sorry for killing the thread  :-[

You gonna announce a winner Helm?
Or give us another one to work on?
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Tuomas on Wed 21/03/2007 18:35:26
Quote from: Helm on Sat 17/03/2007 18:37:05
There's no longer a winner or anything, and I will try to comment on all of them, and at the end show the original text version.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Helm on Wed 21/03/2007 18:43:16
Steve's the only one who made me hug my cat. But yes, there's no winner.

Next Fill In The Comic activity (at least, Helm's  ) in 6 months or so.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Da_Elf on Wed 21/03/2007 19:15:21
im still having fun coloring it bit by bit hehehe
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Wed 21/03/2007 21:43:39
Could you give us a version with english text in the balloons, please? Reading the text separate from the images rather kills the whole thing.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Da_Elf on Wed 21/03/2007 22:09:27
Quote from: Rui "Trovatore" Pires on Wed 21/03/2007 13:37:06
A red cross? It's original, I'll give you that.

are you still having trouble seeing mine? im wondering if my sites working properly
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Rui 'Trovatore' Pires on Wed 21/03/2007 22:16:38
No, I can see it now. But I'll leave the message for posterity and prosperity.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Kweepa on Thu 22/03/2007 02:29:16
Quote from: Helm on Wed 21/03/2007 18:43:16
Steve's the only one who made me hug my cat.
Yesss! I cracked your carapace of irony and scorn!

Quote
But yes, there's no winner.
Aah, bugger.
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Haddas on Fri 23/03/2007 12:50:25
I know i'm too late for the party but I don't care.

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Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Buckethead on Fri 23/03/2007 14:21:50
I wish this activity would be held every week or so. But I understand that drawing these comics is much work, but it's just so much fun!  :D
Title: Re: Helm's Fill in the Comic Activity!
Post by: Tuomas on Fri 23/03/2007 14:25:29
I'm sure it would lose most of the fun if it was weekly.