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Eric: Man, pretentious much?
This is the day I rectify the things I have not read. The day I update. The day I break through the barriers of habit and expose myself to the things everyone is reading.
Everyone but me.
I have consumed all of A Lesson is Learned but the Damage is Irreversible. People I trust said I would adore it, and so I have. It runs through my head now. It's too large. I can't encapsulate it. I can't make it have appropriate size or meaning.
Not yet. But I will. At least, enough meaning for me.
I have read all of Perry Bible Fellowship now. I had sworn I never would, for reasons that weren't very good. But that vow proved weak and untenable, and now I have read it. I have sampled its glory. I have laughed my fucking ass off. And now I pass it to you, to keep.
I have started Alpha Shade. I have not gotten far in it yet. But I will. Work is slow, and this is the day I rectify the things I have not read. And after that there is Dicebox, and after Dicebox there is Killroy and Tina.
I know both Applegeeks and Mac Hall have adherents who praise them to the stars. I know Little Gamers is considered by some to be sublime and brilliant. But I do not know these things for myself. I have started all three before. Now, I will read them through.
There are forty comic strips I have queued up, in all. I won't tell you all of them. Many will make you say "wait -- you don't read that?" Others will make you say "why on Earth are you giving that a chance?" Some are famous, some obscure.
I have read two. There are forty that remain. I have started the third.
Today is the day I rectify the things I have not read.
Pray for Bobo.
Posted by Eric Burns-White at December 29, 2005 12:08 PM
Comments
Comment from: Alex Jeffries posted at December 29, 2005 12:10 PM
That's quite an endeavour, but you started off with two high quality pieces, so best of luck.
Happy Holidays.
Comment from: 32_footsteps posted at December 29, 2005 12:17 PM
Man, and I wanted to see the list. If nothing else, it might be interesting to try out some things I haven't seen yet.
Comment from: Eric Burns posted at December 29, 2005 12:17 PM
High quality? Absolutely.
But my brain feels like I've set a munition off in it.
*pause*
This is so freaking cool!
Comment from: DarkStar posted at December 29, 2005 12:21 PM
If I could but set aside the time to do this. My backlog is reaching unmanageable proportions. I need to clear some of it so that I can take on new things. Even so, I am getting behind on my current readings. Too much to absorb, and the holiday season has been unkind.
Good luck.
Comment from: Benor posted at December 29, 2005 1:13 PM
So much to recommend, so little time to read it.
Comment from: Tangent posted at December 29, 2005 2:22 PM
That reminds me of my list of comics I need to review and haven't gotten to yet.
But then again, I'm still halfway done with a Meta-review for OotS that just isn't gelling... and I'm halfway tempted to abandon it as one comic that just doesn't need a Meta-review.
Rob H.
Comment from: Polychrome posted at December 29, 2005 2:23 PM
I hope Dominic Deegan is also on your list. Though that one will take you a while.
Comment from: LurkerWithout posted at December 29, 2005 2:27 PM
You weren't already reading Killroy & Tina? Hunh. Coulda sworn that was the Graphic Smash comic you reviewed that got me hooked on the site...
Maybe it was Reckless Life...
Comment from: Robert Hutchinson posted at December 29, 2005 3:45 PM
A Lesson Is Learned remains a no go for me. Even when I can wrap my brain around the writing (as with the current one), the artwork gives me a migraine.
It took me two PBFs, just now, to remove ass from self via laughing. I need to read that one, for sure.
Me, I just got caught up on The Green Avenger. Hopefully I can get through at least a couple more archives before 1/2/06.
Comment from: A.G. Hopkins posted at December 29, 2005 3:59 PM
*Rubs hands gleefully*
I can hardly wait til you're done, so I can recommend a big huge new stack for you!
Actually, I'm so far behind it's just not funny. I was just thinking last night that I need to go devote a couple days to finish Demonology 101 now that Ms Hicks has finished it (2 years ago or so??? omg.)
I am so screwed. I really need a job doing nothing again.
Comment from: Plaid Phantom posted at December 29, 2005 4:20 PM
Only you could take a post that says "Hey, I'm gonna read through a bunch of webcomics today" and turn it into a page-long mini-essay.
Also, you only have 40 to read!? My list has got to be like fifty or so.
Comment from: Alexis Christoforides posted at December 29, 2005 4:24 PM
Man, the PBF guy has like a billion art styles and he switches through them ALT-TAB style!
I second Polychrome's suggestion of Dominic Deegan. The manga-ish style might put you off, but it's an very strong comic, with excellent pacing and characters.
Mac Hall is often imitated, so it might actually feel unoriginal if you read it now. I read Applegeeks, but I'm not sure why; the art is cool, and the writing's okay, but there were waaay to many comics where the two did not mix at all, all awkward speech baloon positioning and messed-up punchlines.
Fleen (I'm already a huge fan of it) reminded me of the existence of the HL2 comic "Concerned". So funny!
Comment from: lucastds posted at December 29, 2005 4:30 PM
Fleen is pretty neat. They're always posting about obscure comics I've never heard of. Even though they don't ALWAYS say nice things.
Comment from: Eric Burns posted at December 29, 2005 5:00 PM
Fleen's mention of Concerned put it on that 40 comic list for me, too. ;)
Plaid -- I have 40 on today's docket to try out. This is on top of the.... hm. 250? 300? ...that I read anyhow.
Comment from: LessThanKate posted at December 29, 2005 5:59 PM
You're reading Little Gamers? Oh you poor man you. Just don't speak ill of it or Madson will link your site and insult and your layout.
Comment from: Ardaniel posted at December 29, 2005 6:32 PM
Perry Bible Fellowship has great color sense. Everything about the use of color and the palette selection and so on just flows beautifully for me. That it's also hysterically, wrongly, absurdly hilarious is almost a bonus.
Comment from: timdemeter posted at December 29, 2005 7:39 PM
"You weren't already reading Killroy & Tina? Hunh. Coulda sworn that was the Graphic Smash comic you reviewed that got me hooked on the site...
Maybe it was Reckless Life..."
Must be. (Thanks either way, that's my comic.)
Eric, you will love Killroy and Tina. My fave comic on the 'net and not just because Justin Pierce is my boy.
Comment from: Nate posted at December 29, 2005 8:04 PM
Hmm. This could save me the effort of bothering to do a review on KnT over on Snarkoleptics.
Also, another plug for Reckless Life. And not just because Tim is watching. It's actually good, too.
Comment from: timdemeter posted at December 29, 2005 8:31 PM
And I'm TOTALLY watching.
Comment from: larksilver posted at December 30, 2005 1:17 AM
I read Applegeeks. When it's all working, the art is way cool and it's pretty stinkin' funny. When it's not at its finest, oh well, it's still a solid comic.
Perry Bible Fellowship is so, so wrong. Incredible. And funny. And wrong!
The others marked there? Dammit, now I have more things to do when I should be working.
Comment from: gwalla posted at December 30, 2005 2:34 AM
I wonder when Eric will get to Pokey the Penguin... ;)
Comment from: Meagen Image posted at December 30, 2005 6:10 AM
I also toss in my vote for Dominic Deegan. I think I even e-mailed you about it once. :) If it's not among those 40, please consider adding it in slot 41.
Comment from: Abby L. posted at December 31, 2005 9:03 AM
My, my. Someone's quite busy.
Comment from: Zeke posted at January 5, 2006 8:50 AM
You know, it's been almost a year now since I pointed out that it's Mojo, not Bobo, one prays for. Yeah, that's right. The information was right there in an obscure comment several pages down on a minor post behind a sign labeled "Beware of the Leopard."
I'm sorry, but if you can't be troubled to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.
...I need some demolition beams.
- Z
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