First Issue Time Limit

[Rock XIII]

Don't be fooled by the title, lads, for I'm giving you (and me) as much time as you need to complete your jobs. However, I would still like it if you would do it as fast and as best as you can, so I'll know how to set future deadlines.

EDIT: We will not start until I get a word of response from Savaril, and I've sent em' a PM at Smack Jeeves asking to notify me of his/ her's (gotta ask him/ her which one it is TT_TT) return.

[savaril]

Yo. Add me to your msn, guys, [e-mail]

I'm a guy. It's a little odd that you didn't pick it up when WarLin mentioned me in the application thread, you know, when he said 'him' which generally refers to a male.

[Rock XIII]

I sometimes not pay attention to little details or just forget about em'.
Didja' find a comic to review yet?

[savaril]

American007. The author gave me a PM requesting me to Review it.

[Rock XIII]

Oooooo...! Last time we had to find people to have their comic reviewed, I think. This time somebody actually requested to have their comic reviewed? Nice. BD

By the way, would you mind looking at the Cbox so we can have regular conversations, seeing that I don't have messenger nor can I actually get one without my sis's permission.

[DavynD]

Whoa. American007? Good catch there.

[Rock XIII]

I'm going to assume that this is better than I imagined? Well, I'mma go find it myself and read it. I'm still surprised that somebody actually requested their comic to be reviewed for the FIRST issue, and now I find out that Davyn know a lot more than what I do about the comic? Just. Sweet.

[savaril]

Is this good enough~?

[Rock XIII]

The answer lies within the face: (
The only problem I have is with the dick jokes. It might be because I'm still not sixteen (I'm not revealing my age), but I overall don't usually don't laugh at those things. :/
The stuff outside the review reminds me of stand-up comedy for some reason, but that's a good thing. I chuckled at some.
We'll need the link for easy access, though. But that won't be until we actually put up the first issue. If we all decide that the dick jokes ought not to be in the review, we can just cut out when Davyn makes the page, and it'll most likely be separated into two pages due to it's length.
But, to answer your question in words, yes, it's good enough.

Looks like I'mma go and look for an author to review now.

[boredomcomics]

Hi everyone.

Great job with getting the review done (I know laziness is much more fun ), but what program do you use to save stuff in? I ask because if I could get the original with the layers, it makes it a lot easier to edit. If you're using a program that doesn't use layers, could you just put the text in a word processing document so I can just edit that? Thanks.

I edited this first one in Photoshop. The link's right here. I know it looks like you just got a paper graded, but that's what I'm kinda here for. I wasn't a fan of the dick or gay jokes, but the review was fine. I think you could make it better by touching on its history briefly (or at least let people know what they're going to see for the first 50 or so comics, since I know he went a full 180 from there) and maybe bring up the ginormic image sizes on all of his comics and images on the site. I remember that being a big thing in his review on DD.

Soooooo, yeah.

[Rock XIII]

Impressive, BC. That's a mighty fine job you did there, if I say so myself. ^_^
Davyn and I made the right choice when we picked you.

[savaril]

The request for dick jokes was a joke and isn't supposed to be taken seriously :0

I used MS paint.

The review itself was written in notepad and then I pasted it in to MS paint along with visuals.

"So I was dicking around on the smackjeeves website one morning when something caught my eye, apparently I had 1 new message. I decided to investigate.

Valid Soul sent me a PM requesting that I review American 007. The name itself intrigued me, so much to the point where I got out of my seat in anticipation and began darting around my room humming the mission impossible theme, ending my odd ritual by jumping out the window. I expected James Bond, really. That's not what this was.

The comic begins in an interesting way that informs the reader of the plot and a few of the antagonists, as well as what I assume is a plot device.

The plot follows a group of heroes known as American 007 and their attempts to free their.. captain or.. damsel.. or.. I don't know I didn't read the backstory but I think she's the leiutenant or something.

It introduces the characters quite abruptly, by throwing them in to an enemy base with a lot of motion blurs and zoom going on as they fight hordes of robots and shout out ridiculous things.

Some of the scenes are set up very well- Particularly the ones that introduce Amy and Shadow. It's like a drama- except with furries.. Yeah.

I cant say I relate to any of the characters, they all seem kind of boring and only there to make action sequences start, although it might be because of the limited facial expressions. I mean, they're there but there's not a whole lot done with them, they're mostly the same throughout the entire comic.

The jokes feel watered down and sometimes just downright boring, but they can prove to be decent, though none of them are exceptionally funny, although that might be because this comic seems to revolve more around action than it does humor, and I suppose it does a good job at that. It needs more dick jokes.

The action is quite good if you're able to turn your head some of the confusing zooms or motion blurs, which you're probably going to make a habit of if you're reading this. Atleast this isn't animated, if it were the characters would probably move around so fast you'd have a seizure.

It's not really original, save for a couple of characters, although that doesn't mean it's not entertaining. The comic likes to borrow characters from the Sonic series such as Eggman or Amy. Although, Eggman..or his relative or something is in a yellow jumpsuit rather than his regular suit, which was kind of odd. Wearing yellow is almost as bad as holding a huge sign that says 'Im gay'.

If I had to sum this comic up in one word, it would be 'Potential'

The comic is decent, however far from perfect. Not the comic for me, but it'll probably be enjoyable for some of you guys. Check it out."

[Rock XIII]

There goes my on/ off sense of humor again. :/

[savaril]

When I review, I'll be giving a brief summary of the plot without giving too much information and focusing more on jokes and criticism. I want to tell them the quality of the comic, not give away spoilers.

If people really wanted to know what goes on in the comic, who the characters are, etc. they could either read the comic itself, or a summary or something. I didn't know who the character they were trying to rescue was because she was introduced in the backstory- which is pretty much just an entirely different comic but with an incredibly lesser quality.

[boredomcomics]

Look at it this way.

A professional film review gives you a gist of the plot. They don't say, "hey, there's this bad guy who does something and then there's this good guy who does something else." They give you names, they give you locations, and they give you an idea of what to expect. If you're recommending a movie to a friend and he asks what it's about, don't you give him something descriptive, but not spoiling?

I mean, if I read your review right now, I would just think the comic was entirely about Sonic characters. Considering how much of the cast is NOT part of the Sonic universe, how fair of a review is that?