How Not To Run A Comic - Thursday, January 27, 1994

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How Not To Start A Webcomic #27

Contributed by Rian Q. Fox of

Phalanx says:

Arrgh! My eyes!

If your text is handwritten. at least make sure it is legible. I gave up reading Bruno the Bandit because Ian McDonald started switching to very illegible handwriting.

Even though Ian switched back later, I haven't felt the urge to go back since. So take a lesson, and make sure your text can be read.

Saving Graces: Ert and Bernie... Heh.

Terotrous says:

This has some real WTH factor going on with it.
Notice that the name is a blatent copyright violation
even though it has nothing to do with the original source.

mcDuffies says:

This thing with yellow paper and sketchy style can be funny (for a while) if done properly. But he should be sure that 1. Letters are readable, 2. It goes with story; Well, there's no story here, actually.
What is banana and other objects doing there? Why is he leaving so much space empty while panels remain so small that you can hardly see what's going on.
Without a story, thrilling third row looks even more pointless. And, at last, one to three weeks later, he changes styles from stick-figure vegetables to manga. Real way to get readers accustomed.