If you say you are 12 years old, for me you are 12 years old. No one could have guessed, though. Never be discouraged by other people's harsh comments; what they are basically saying is that your comic strips have not tickled their funny-bone. Humor is not a science and not everyone is pleased by the same things. In the huge universe of readers, target those you want to please, and make your comics for your chosen people. Little by little, you will learn what they enjoy most.
Read about Charles M. Schulz (author of "Peanuts") and how his work was rejected during his early days. But he was not discouraged, he perfected his art and became one of the best.
By the way, you are not a newbie anymore. Now you are a Junior Comic Technician. Congratulations!

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Zzzzz

Homero, yo tenemos estado libelo "Junior Comic Technician " por casi un mes. ¡Pero grazias por el felicitación! ¿Piensa que si usted déme algunos aconsejar?

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First of all, I am not saying that you should be ashamed for not laughing! As a matter of fact, I hardly ever laugh at people's comics. Second of all, if you want to start a conflict with me, that's fine. But move it to "Fights Go Here" because I made this forum topic so people could read my comics. And what I was saying before about feeling sorry for those who don't like my comics just because I'm 12, I didn't mean you couldn't like them because they're not funny. If you don't like them, tell me something I need to change so you CAN like it okay? Even if your little statement WAS true.
PS I don't expect people to feel sorry for me, or give me a break just because I'm young. If my comics bite, that's your opinion Inflatableman.

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Zack, here's how I would have liked them to make them funnier for me, basically playing with the last panel punchlines. It's just IMHO.

09/18/03 Z1 The tooth fairy one. In the last panel you can add "...but I still have a tooth for you under my pillow."

(Notes: In Mexico we don't have a tooth fairy, we have "Ratón Pérez" (a mouse) to take care of fallen teeth. About two of the 09/19/03 ones, I don't have an opinion because we don't know too much about the Dixie Chicks or la fée verte. Same thing about the 09/24/03 one about Klarsh.)

09/19/03 The Info Show 1. In the last panel you can add the mother (an old lady) of the smelly stickman, to show he still lives with her. She can say something like "You are getting too thin. Eat your broccoli."

09/19/03 Z2 The one about fire. As it is, the message is more frightening than funny. I'd add "This is just a comic, so I'll be back."

09/24/03 Z3 The one about smoking. You can combine the first and second panels in one panel, and divide the third panel in two. This would build momentum for the smoking dinosaur.

09/25/03 "Woa. Way powerful!" To the victim's lines I would add "It was just a simple question, man!."

10/08/03 "The You-are-so-ugly show". The last dialogue implies that "Mr. Ugly" came to the show even if he already hated it. Better if he said "No wonder I was hating this show so much", which allows the possibility of him being surprised at the last minute, not really knowing what the show was about.

And about the most recent one, "The Info show: Zacarías". Here the happy face of the kid in the last panel doesn't help. It would be better to use "none" as a character, his dialogue coming from off-screen. Readers would think that he was dragged off the set against his will.

This is one possible way, IMHO.

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Zzzzz

Thank you very much Homero! I can tell you are gonna be a stripcreator legend in the future. Unfortunetly, I can't edit or delete my comics.

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