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Title: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: JayFantastico on April 05, 2010, 02:44:55 AM
Louder Than Bombs is a comic done by a duo of brothers.  It's kinda funny and (appearently) kinda shocking but it's about the way we see humour in everyday things mostly.  Check it out!

Louder Than Bombs (http://www.louderbombs.com)
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: Rob on April 05, 2010, 11:14:11 AM
Bear mace is way more powerful than regular mace.  ;D
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: NoahRodenbeek on April 05, 2010, 12:41:04 PM
I like your drawing style.  A lot.  The juxtaposition of the panels with the captions kind of slows down my reading and comprehension though.  Have you tried putting them left-to-right instead of stacked?
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: JayFantastico on April 05, 2010, 01:00:35 PM
that's been a common criticism about the comic.  It's something that (I feel) gets easier the more you read.  But maybe we should change it up.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: NoahRodenbeek on April 05, 2010, 02:16:34 PM
I like your enthusiasm for experimenting, the not-typical layout totally jives with your drawing style.  ...but it does kind of stall out the reading flow.  Also, your name is awesome.
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: amanda on April 05, 2010, 03:27:52 PM
Quote from: NoahRodenbeekAlso, your name is awesome fantastic.
Fixed =D
I've had the pleasure of seeing LTB around the web previously, and I agree that the artwork is singular and easily recognizable ^.^  The comic itself is nice to look at - while I do agree that a horizontal layout would be better in terms of first impressions, you're right to say that the readers get used to it after a while.
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: NoahRodenbeek on April 05, 2010, 03:33:15 PM
Quote from: amanda on April 05, 2010, 03:27:52 PM
you're right to say that the readers get used to it after a while.

I read through more of the archive and I now agree.
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: Gar on April 06, 2010, 05:15:56 AM
Quote from: amanda on April 05, 2010, 03:27:52 PM
Quote from: NoahRodenbeekAlso, your name is awesome fantastic fantastico.

Even fixededer  ;D
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: JayFantastico on April 06, 2010, 03:18:21 PM
I am pretty Fantastico, aren't I? :D
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: mcfadyn on May 21, 2010, 05:56:01 PM
Here's the story about the format.  A few years ago Jay was working on long night shifts with nothing to do.  At this point we had left our previous comic a year earlier so we weren't really thinking about comics at all.  But he became writing his own comics called 'Irony' in which every comic was... ironic.  I got ahold of a couple of his strips that I thought were great and drew up his comic (but with a little more pizzaz) cause the poor boy can draw worth a crap.  I didn't want to mess around with it so I kept his crappy format and it's been that way ever since.  It's really all because Jay can't design worth a damn.  For the most part I really like how it irritates most people because they are too used to reading left to right.  It's the little things that make life worth it :) 
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: Rob on May 21, 2010, 06:28:29 PM
LOL. Open hostility to your readers is an awesome marketing tool.

;D

Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: mcfadyn on May 21, 2010, 06:33:01 PM
Hahah, I meant nothing by it
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: Rob on May 21, 2010, 06:49:35 PM
Congrats on your 100th comic!  :o
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: mcfadyn on May 22, 2010, 01:51:33 AM
Oh.  Yeah, thanks man.  It's not a HUGE deal for us, but we're still pretty stoked about the whole thing.  I'll be impressed when we get to 3oo or 5oo.  Won't that be something?!
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: Funderbunk on May 25, 2010, 02:40:40 PM
Hah! This comic is pretty funny.
Title: Re: Louder Than Bombs
Post by: mcfadyn on May 25, 2010, 08:57:37 PM
@funderbunk  And we get better with age!