I've started a new film-based comic. Comments are encouraged. Let me know what you think.

My comment is to read the FAQ and post some comics so I can (be)rate them.

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peddling the funny around since 09/24/2002

OK, here are the comics!

 

L.A. Flicks by larryta 4-13-08

Somewhere inside Charles Foster Kane's storage room at Xanadu, two Tylers discussed the topic du jour... The first rule of movie blogging is... There's no money in it? The second rule of movie blogging is... There's no money in it? The third rule of movie blogging is... There's no money in it, but look at the fabulous ways you can waste time?

L.A. Flicks on Summer Movies by larryta 4-15-08

Meanwhile, back in Xanadu's basement, the two Tylers are still talking cinema... I hate the summer movie season. More insipid comic book flicks for adolescent adults. Iron Man! Iron Man! Speed Racer! Speed Racer! Please. How much longer can we contribute to the infantalization of modern culture? So, this means you’ll be skipping the Spielberg? OMG! No way! Dude, I am so freakin’ there! Hey, do you think there’ll be tie-in toys? Memo to Indiana Jones: I think we’ve located the kingdom of the crystal numbskull.

 

L.A. Flicks: On Charlie Chaplin's Birthday by larryta 4-15-08

Suddenly, the two Tylers stopped their ceaseless cinematic one-upmanship when they realized that today, April 16, is Charlie Chaplin's birthday. I cry like a baby at the end of 'City Lights.' I weep like a child at the end of 'The Circus.' Writing, directing, acting, producing. He was the original multi-hyphenate. And he was perhaps the biggest star in the history of cinema. We tend to forget that, don't we? The Little Tramp. 'The Gold Rush.' 'Shoulder Arms.' 'Limelight.' 'Monsieur Verdoux.' 'Modern Times.' 'The Great Dictator.' 'A Dog's Life.' 'The Immigrant.' 'A Day's Pleasure.' 'The Kid.' Wow. There will never be another like him, huh? Except for maybe, you know, Judd Apatow.

I don't know who Charles Foster Kane is, who Judd Apatow is, or what Xanadu is.  Other than that, your comics seem to be all right, but consider this:

Too much narration.  Classic rookie mistake.  Imagine your comics just as they are, but without the yellow boxes.  They're a lot cleaner, and you get rid of information unnecessary to the jokes.  Unnecessary information, as a rule, is distracting and removes funny from comics in big chunks.  Maybe you could keep "Meanwhile, Charles Foster Kane's storage room at Xanadu..." in the first comic, but that's it.

Your dialog is also occasionally guilty of too much information.  Stick to just what you need for the jokes.

Beware of jokes that require knowledge of stuff that people don't know about.  For example, I know nothing of movie blogging, so I don't get your first comic at all.  Limiting the scope of who will get your jokes isn't necessarily bad, but it does... well... limit the scope of who will get your jokes.

Overall, though, I think you have potential.  Your comics had a flow from set-up to punchline which a lot of beginners miss entirely.  Keep trying!

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peddling the funny around since 09/24/2002

   I suppose if you were a pale, disfigured person whose horribly tormented existence made movies the only tiny escape from an otherwise hellish existence then these comics might be funny.

   Other than that I am less amused than if I was watching a Pauly Shore movie.

   Keep trying.

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Kill Whitey.

I liked them though. Probably because I heard them talking about Chaplain's birthday on "Writer's Almanac" this morning. So take that for what it's worth - only people who listen to NPR on their morning commute will think your comics are funny.

That being said, I do think your comics are funny.

And Garrison Keillor owns my morning from 9:00AM-9:10AM. So fook all'a y'all.

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"He was cursed with a horrorshow of a face, like Guiseppe Archbold doing a study of mollusk tumors."

I too listen to NPR. This doesn't, in any way, make these comics funny.

don't patronize, Z.

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Kill Whitey.

AngryAmerican

Well, duh. But I still got a chuckle out of them. And I swear I wasn't trying to be condescending.  I just like saying "Garrison Keillor".  It's a name that needs to be worked into more jokes.

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"He was cursed with a horrorshow of a face, like Guiseppe Archbold doing a study of mollusk tumors."