Re: Nerd Boy, episode 257

"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> In article <ai34uh$10nshl$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim
> G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:
> >"Anonymous" <gue...@anonymous.com> skrev i meddelandet
> >news:ai2vtb$4rr$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk
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> >> I also like the way he sort of slinks back when he tells NB that
> >> Mandy is behind him...
> >
> >Yeah, I'm pretty proud of that one myself. :)
>
> Yes, very good action here.
>
> Unfortunately, for me, the timing is off.
>
> Suggestion:
>
> Move Fanboy over a little so that his "um" doesn't seem like part of
> Nerdboy's words.

It's meant to look as if he's interrupting him. However, I wasn't very
satisfied with it either.

> Add "She's standing right behind you." to the first frame. Leave the
> second frame wordless (but retain Fanboy's wonderful pointing gesture)
> and Nerdboy's freeze
>
>                           ,,,
>          OO               ..'
>         .||.              -)).
>   ______ bb _____________ /( _________

That seems odd. The point of the strip is that Nerd Boy tries to "think
on his feet" and fails miserably. Your suggestion adds a pause... :\

> Remove the extraneous *laugh* *point* from above Fanboy. His
> expression says it all
>
>                                      OK, don't
>                                     answer that.
>                                               `                      ,,,
>                                                OO                    ~~'
>                                               .||.                  -||.
>   jg__________________________________________ dd __________________ ||

But it was Popeye-stylee!

>        ____
>       /| OO|
>      | |.|||    ,^^%---  oh oh... I believe that this is
>      |_|_bb|  _/>\  \ another instance of the converse of being
>        ---  ==  > \  "notoriously bad at explaining what I like"
>      [_____]  __>,^
> ejm   |   |  //| |

Probably. :)

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I heard you the first time. :P

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