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How Not To Start A Webcomic #37
Contributed by War of 
mcDuffies says:
I could start talking about how important it is to have your own style and not to copy anyone no matter how much of a fan you are.
But I think everybody already knows this so I'll mention something else that buggs me.
Too often we're reffering to various comics in order to find a support for our standpoint. Often when we see a comic, we'll most likely connect it to some well known comic at once.
The most often example I've seen is, relating every comic that uses thick line for inking in Flash, to Penny Arcade.
That was a peevee of Jim Jarmush. Once he became a popular director, he was flooded by offers from Hollywood. He often comments how those directors had urge to connect their project to something from Hollywood past that went well in public.
"This film is gonna look a lot like 'Graduate' once we work on the script." But, no matter how good of a film that was, do we need another 'Graduate'? Or is it better to make something that doesn't relay so heavily on something that's already been done.
Artists often make similar standpoints. "If you'd like to see a comic similar to Megatokyo, go *link* here *link*." Are readers really gonna be happy with a copy, once they've read original?
