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Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: Berserk Berserker on August 06, 2010, 10:21:11 AM
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It's another unbeleivably funny (http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/) web comic.
Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: DWARFINATORclock on August 06, 2010, 01:06:12 PM
Wow this is absolutely terrible. It's actually so bad I'm considering banning you.
Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: peyoteclock on August 06, 2010, 01:07:38 PM
dude, rittz is crazy
Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: MonsterMunch on August 06, 2010, 01:39:29 PM
Weak attempt at shock humour combined with faggy art.

Booooooo.
Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: Berserk Berserker on August 06, 2010, 02:03:28 PM
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HILARIOUS...?
Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: DWARFINATORclock on August 06, 2010, 02:12:29 PM
Strike 2.
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Post by: screwdriver_clock on August 06, 2010, 02:41:31 PM
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Love these comics.
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Post by: TequilaClock on August 06, 2010, 03:18:46 PM
Haters gonna hate
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Post by: Berserk Berserker on August 06, 2010, 03:21:41 PM
Quote from: ScrewdriverClock;1775217image

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Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: Slurpee on August 06, 2010, 04:06:55 PM
boxer hockey is weird
the guy has gotten really good at drawing, and he's done some interesting things with panel layouts without falling into the common webcomic pitfalls of confusing visual continuity, and he has decent timing and knows how to deliver a joke, but for some reason a lot of the time it's bad and not funny, like he just didn't feel like pounding out a proper joke, and the humor is never really subversive or subtle, even when it wants to be.

a lot of the humor is kind of character-derived or continuity-based, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the comics kind of get worse and more poorly drawn the further back you go, so to get to know the characters and better ensconce yourself in the mindset required to properly enjoy it, you have to read through the weird, uninteresting, manga-inspired and more-than-occasionally-racist early stuff. it's also in the middle of a drama arc, which, while not as hamfisted as you might expect from a webcomic (http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=137), does make the current updates a little impenetrable.

boxer hockey also exercises the peculiar webcomic trait of having one of the characters be a happy well-meaning retard as best friend and foil to a gruff cynic with low moral fibre- you know who I'm talking about. their names are rittz and skip, and you've (http://fanboys-online.com/) seen (http://bonusstage.keenspot.com/) them (http://www.vgcats.com/) before (http://www.penny-arcade.com/). rittz is even going through the exact same characterization process lemmy from fanboys went through a while back, where the big secret of his past is he had a shitty childhood and for some reason it made him the jason bourne of emotionally stunted manchildren.

it's not awful, though. in fact as far as webcomics go, it's well above-average.

these are the two strips with the best clear and accessible humor imo:
http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=90
http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/?id=131
they're funnier with some backstory but they stand on their own pretty well

here's a thing the guy made
it's pretty good
I added it to my youtube favorites
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Title: Boxer Hockey.
Post by: WrenchClock on August 06, 2010, 04:07:14 PM
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Post by: Thor on August 06, 2010, 07:34:53 PM
Boxer Hockey is a good example of how good art doesn't make a webcomic good.
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Post by: RenegadeClock on August 06, 2010, 08:29:38 PM
Quote from: dill weed;1775393Boxer Hockey is a good example of how good art doesn't make a webcomic good.

It's not even good art. It's fag, anime, done-a-thousand-times-before art. I second Dwarfinator's motion to ban.
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Post by: Thor on August 06, 2010, 09:36:00 PM
Quote from: Conjoined SBC;1775447It's not even good art. It's fag, anime, done-a-thousand-times-before art. I second Dwarfinator's motion to ban.

If you think BH has bad art you must have an unrealistically high standard for webcomics. I can think of few that look better, and many that are much, much worse.
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Post by: Topcatyo on August 06, 2010, 09:41:58 PM
Quote from: Slurpee;1775315things
Slurpee once again manages to say pretty much exactly what I think on the subject better than I possibly could have.
Quote from: Conjoined SBC;1775447It's not even good art. It's fag, anime, done-a-thousand-times-before art.
Actually recently the artist has really improved the art of the comic and managed to get away from the shitty manga-inspired look from the beginning of the series.
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Post by: I1I1I1I1I1I1I11111I1I1I1IIIIIII1I1I1I1I11I on August 07, 2010, 08:20:53 AM
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