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I'm sorry, if I go a little off-topic here, but does LOST make any sense?
I don't know the show very well, but it's so incredibly confusing!
For example this button-pressing every whatever minute.
What is this freaking show about?

Oh, ok, let's see.
Thank you.

Oh, let's see.
I think, I can do fine without it.
But why do you say "once again"?

Yeah, I might consider it.
You know, it would be fitting, 'cause they are in fact going to the movie theater in one of the following comics.
But then again, I want to introduce them first, so in the context of the story it might be better.
And people obviously find it funny, too.

Alright, thank you! 
However, I originally wanted the punchline to stretch over the bottom line, but somehow, I thought, it would be better, to have the lines in panels 3 and 4 seperated.
Probably because of his face.
Well, I'm going to rework it and then we'll see, what the result will be.
However, I think I'll let hear from me again, when I finishied that arc.
It's going to be a little long, so there is a lot to look forward!

You are probably right about the eye-test charts.
I just said, how I see it.
But I apparently remebered wrong.
However, it was just a little side-gag, anyway.

Okay, about Borat:
I haven't seen Ali G.
And I only saw the Ali G. show on one or to occasions an wasn't thrilled by it.
So, when I went to watch Borat, my expectations weren't very high, either, but when I saw it, I nearly crapped my pants! 
So, if you'd give it chance, you might like it.
By the way, I don't mind, that you say your opinions on it.

I think the details in the JC picture really make it - you HAVE to have the bandages in there or the episode doesn't make sense, and including his order pad appeals to my pedantic fanboy side.

My thoughts exactly.

However, about the new comic:
It is based on those romantic films, in wich a guy and a gal would approach each other on a field.
One day I thought: "How the hell does that happen? I mean, do they make a date for that?"
So, I put this gag in.
But I will consider your suggestions, when I redraw it.

(Mh, I meant to post this much earlier, but it didn't work.)

Ah, Ghost, you know how to boost someone's self-esteem! 
I have to agree, though.
However, I hope you don't mind, when I post another comic.

This is going to be the first one of a whole arc.
I'm afraid, it turned out a little sloppy, except for the last panel.
I probably will draw it again.
But it has one of my favourite punchlines, so I want you to see it and give me feedback.
Nothing political this time, sorry.

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RE: the cartoon: I don't think it's hilarious, but it is good satire.

Good, because that is, how I stated before, what I wanted to do.

Your rendition of JC is good. Perhaps a little too well researched - the bandages are nice but what is he carrying in his left hand?

Yeah, I have a soft spot for details.
What he is carrying is the notepad and the pen, he used to take the orders, earlier.
But it's good to hear, you think the caricature is good.

I would make his right leg much longer even though I can see that short legs are part of your style.

Yeah, plus my lack of abillity to picture the human anatomy.

Well, no, but I don't know anybody who laughs at Borat...

I was in a theater full of them. If you mean personally, then wow. Tough crowd.

Yeah, I have to agree.
But it doesn't matter, because the people in the cinema, in wich there students were, did laugh.

@Ashen:
As far as I know, those vision test do have different widths for each line.
And I thought, the last line would be small enough.
But if you say so...
Well, I don't know, if you're right about the regular people in Khazakhstan, their obviously are regular Khazakhstans, who think it's offensive and take actions against it, and I don't care for this kind of behaviour.
Well, you obviously don't like the film, either.
I have to admit, I laughed about it.
Apart from the film not being quite pc, I don't see what's wrong with it.
And even if one doesn't think, that a film is funny, it's no reason for such a reaction.

Why is the 'of Khazakhstan' line so much smaller that the others?

Oh, that's just a little side-gag I came up with, while I was drawing.
Since the title is so long, I made every line smaller, to make it look like one of those vision-testing posters.
It's probably not a very good gag, but you knOOOooow...

The joke was a bit, well, obvious...

Well, I wanted to have a little fore-shadowing in the second panel, if this is, what you meant. But I think, it's good, you actually see, how they see the episode and even hypocritical blame the germans of being humorless.
And this one is not supposed to be necessarily hilarious, but mark a point in a humorous fashion.

Anyway, I can see you're going somewhere, and it looks like the right direction. Keep it up!

Thank you, I'll try! 

I couldn't say how well the message (as I see it) works, as I don't know what the average Khazakh thinks of the Borat flm (I know the governemt and various anti-defamation groups are agaist it).

Well, I read an article about khazakh students in germany, who watched the film, (the Khazakhs in the comic are, in fact, charicatures of two of those students) and they said, they couldn't believe, that people laughed about the shots on their country.
But you can't blame anybody for laughing!
If it was another country, they would have laughed as well.
And that's one of those things, I'm trying to say with this comic.
The other thing is, that Khazakhstan should stop whining.
They aren't the only country, somebody pokes fun at.
German-bashing, for example, is so regulary, it got it's own term to describe it.
Many germans don't think, this episode of Fawlty Towers is funny, but they don't try to ban it or to sue John Cleese.
One of the reasons is, that it would support the cliché of the humorless german.

And personally, I don't think the joke is that funny anyway.

Do you mean the joke in my comic?

Apologies to Thomas for drifting slightly off-topic there.

Oh, no problem, it wasn't so much off-topic.
I wanted to talk about the political background and things.
And the Scientology one seems to be actually gone.
I might re-up it.
However, thank you for your opinions, I'm glad you are mainly positive.

However, I'm pretty happy, how I managed to draw John Cleese. What do you think about it?

Okay, nobody?
Not even a sympathy-post?
You could at least tell me, what you think about the joke and the overall message.

...please? 

I know, it's been a while, but here is my newest creation:
It's my comment on Kazakhstan's reaction on Borat.
I think, it's artistically the best thing I've done so far.


Well, what do you think?

Looks good, but what is the matter with those low-quality screenshots?

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Oh c'mon, don't start like that! I know her since a couple of months!
And keep in mind, that I was trying to meet her, dammit!
And I never assumed it was a date.
The point is, that she said, she wouldn't have a boyfriend and that she didn't come to the meeting twice.

[boyfriend]

So, this girl in ICQ complained because noone loved her and I took pity for her and tried to solace her.
So, it came, that we chatted every now and then and she seemed to be really nice and sweet.
She lives in my vicinity and one day she asked: "Do you want to go to the Schützenfest?", (please don't ask me what this is) and I said "Sure!"
So I went there but she didn't show up.
She later told me she couldn't come, because she had a car accident and specified her injuries.
And trustful how I am, I believed her.
Today she asked me: "Do you want to go to the Brückenfest with me?" (please don't ask me what this is) and I said "Sure!"
When I arrived there, she called me on my cell phone and asked: "Where are you?"
- "Well, I'm at the bus stop."
- "Alright, I'm there in a minute!"
But she wasn't.
This is when I got suspicious, so I called her and now guess, who answered!
Yes, you are right!
It was her boyfriend!!!
And franky, I wasn't surprised!
However, I had to wait one more hour until my bus home arrived.
And here I am!
Slut! 

I'm not sure, if this is Firefox's fault.
I once had a similar problem, when CD-icons were mixed-up.

He means the frames.
And I'm still comming up with something, a little patience, please.

I can't believe it! I won again!
Well, time to come up with something new.

...that might take some time.

About the front view of you character walking: When the legs get into the forground, they should get thicker and when they get into the background they should get thinner. Otherwise, it looks like his walking on the spot.
I hope you understand, what I mean.

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Ah, a scientologist. I couldn't have guessed from his looks. This should be made clear, I'd say.

Yeah, I meant to draw a painting of L Ron Hubbard in the background, but I didn't have any space left. But I thought, you'd have to know that scientologists get their members with scientology tests to get it, anyway.
I could use the word "scientology" in the comic, but I think that would spoil the punchline.

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This and then the upcoming (atleast so I think) Simon 4, very good news .

Yes, you are right, there is an upcoming part 4!