Comments on: The Single Panel vs Multi-Panel Debate http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/ Tech Comics for Sys Admins, IT Professionals, Engineers and Computer Geeks! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Flick http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3214 Chris Flick Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:36:12 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3214 "Firmly in my check"??? Man, what have I been drinking??? Ugh! See what happens when you make your readers work so hard? they forget to spell! LOL! -Chris “Firmly in my check”???
Man, what have I been drinking???

Ugh! See what happens when you make your readers work so hard? they forget to spell! LOL!

-Chris

]]> By: Chris Flick http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3213 Chris Flick Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:33:46 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3213 Dear Krishna, You TASKMASTER! As a happily married man for over 10+ years, it has been my goal to try to actually do as little work as possible (ask my wife!)- and thus far, I was succeeding until you switched formats. Now, I actually have to move my eyes from one panel to the next. Why do you force your readers to work so hard??? You should be ASHAMED of yourself. Especially if you can't tell all of the above is written with my tongue FIRMLY in my check. ;-) But seriously, you know me. I prefer the flexibility of a multi-panel strip. You already stated all of the reasons why in your original blog post so I can't really top that. Too bad your lost reader couldn't tell you exactly what he/she felt was the difference between the two different kinds of strips. But for what it's worth, I bet there's a BUNCH more people (koff! koff!) that probably enjoy your strip a LOT more as a multi-panel strip. ;-) -Chris Dear Krishna,
You TASKMASTER!

As a happily married man for over 10+ years, it has been my goal to try to actually do as little work as possible (ask my wife!)- and thus far, I was succeeding until you switched formats. Now, I actually have to move my eyes from one panel to the next.

Why do you force your readers to work so hard??? You should be ASHAMED of yourself.

Especially if you can’t tell all of the above is written with my tongue FIRMLY in my check. ;-)

But seriously, you know me. I prefer the flexibility of a multi-panel strip. You already stated all of the reasons why in your original blog post so I can’t really top that.

Too bad your lost reader couldn’t tell you exactly what he/she felt was the difference between the two different kinds of strips. But for what it’s worth, I bet there’s a BUNCH more people (koff! koff!) that probably enjoy your strip a LOT more as a multi-panel strip.

;-)

-Chris

]]> By: Barry Buchanan http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3212 Barry Buchanan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:39:11 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3212 Single panel/multiple, funny is funny. I'll keep reading either way. To me the single greatest thing about web comics is the template can be static or it can change. Print media toons have to stay in the same format. The webcomic can be single panel one day, 3 panels the next, and if you want to an 8 panel. While a consistant look can be good the freedom do these change ups seperates "web art" from nearly every other medium I can think of. Single panel/multiple, funny is funny. I’ll keep reading either way. To me the single greatest thing about web comics is the template can be static or it can change. Print media toons have to stay in the same format. The webcomic can be single panel one day, 3 panels the next, and if you want to an 8 panel. While a consistant look can be good the freedom do these change ups seperates “web art” from nearly every other medium I can think of.

]]> By: Kiponeil http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3211 Kiponeil Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:01:05 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3211 I agree with everyone above. The single panels were good, but they were just jokes. With the multiplanel we get jokes with depth since they have time to build. I agree with everyone above. The single panels were good, but they were just jokes. With the multiplanel we get jokes with depth since they have time to build.

]]> By: Adam http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3210 Adam Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:14:43 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3210 I prefer the multi-panel format. Single panel comics aren't conducive to developing characters or stories above the basic level (I'm not saying it can't be done, but it is a lot harder). Contrast Dilbert with XKCD, for example, both funny, but Dilbert tells a better story. Bob, and his family have become a lot better when not just used as stereotypes. Despite that it's the quality of your jokes, and if you're better at one liners than punch liners that makes the difference. Thankfully you're great at both. I prefer the multi-panel format. Single panel comics aren’t conducive to developing characters or stories above the basic level (I’m not saying it can’t be done, but it is a lot harder). Contrast Dilbert with XKCD, for example, both funny, but Dilbert tells a better story.

Bob, and his family have become a lot better when not just used as stereotypes.

Despite that it’s the quality of your jokes, and if you’re better at one liners than punch liners that makes the difference. Thankfully you’re great at both.

]]> By: Rene van Belzen http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3209 Rene van Belzen Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:32:49 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3209 Well, reading is free, so stop reading should be free as well. As it is with PC Weenies. On the single panel versus multi-panel issue. I think a single panel comic (aka a cartoon) has no story, only a pun. This means the reader has to invest less time and effort into reading the piece. With a strip (or strips), you have story development, which means the reader has to do more thinking and reasoning, because something happens between the panels (something the author left for the reader's imagination). So a single panel comic has another look and feel to it, invites another type of reader, one who is after story and less after a visual pun and one-liners. If that is so, I would advice against switching formats too often, because my guess is that it will confuse your readers. Most people reading "funnies" seem to want a predictable format, with contemporary ideas and alternative views infused into it, preferably made so explicit and ludicrous beyond a mere joke that it can't but make you laugh. My 2 cents. Well, reading is free, so stop reading should be free as well. As it is with PC Weenies.

On the single panel versus multi-panel issue. I think a single panel comic (aka a cartoon) has no story, only a pun. This means the reader has to invest less time and effort into reading the piece. With a strip (or strips), you have story development, which means the reader has to do more thinking and reasoning, because something happens between the panels (something the author left for the reader’s imagination).

So a single panel comic has another look and feel to it, invites another type of reader, one who is after story and less after a visual pun and one-liners. If that is so, I would advice against switching formats too often, because my guess is that it will confuse your readers. Most people reading “funnies” seem to want a predictable format, with contemporary ideas and alternative views infused into it, preferably made so explicit and ludicrous beyond a mere joke that it can’t but make you laugh.

My 2 cents.

]]> By: GJB http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3208 GJB Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:25:01 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3208 I agree with Sam. I've been reading PC Weenies for years and it's always been good, whether it's been single panel or multi-panel. But I do enjoy the story telling of the multi-panel strips better. I agree with Sam. I’ve been reading PC Weenies for years and it’s always been good, whether it’s been single panel or multi-panel. But I do enjoy the story telling of the multi-panel strips better.

]]> By: Sam http://pcweenies.com/2009/11/08/the-single-panel-vs-multi-panel-debate/#comment-3207 Sam Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:09:34 +0000 http://www.pcweenies.com/?p=2720#comment-3207 Oh my goodness, I can't believe someone would seriously stop reading PC weenies because it is multi-panel. That is truly ridiculous. I enjoy the comic and read it consistently because I enjoy it, regardless of whether it is a single panel, or multi-panel. Keep the comics coming they're outstanding! Oh my goodness, I can’t believe someone would seriously stop reading PC weenies because it is multi-panel. That is truly ridiculous. I enjoy the comic and read it consistently because I enjoy it, regardless of whether it is a single panel, or multi-panel. Keep the comics coming they’re outstanding!

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