Re: Nerd Boy, episode 256

In article <ahuatq$106muf$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim
G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:

>llizard is notoriously bad at explaining what she likes. The converse
>however... :)

Joaquim, I will try to remedy that. (I had thought that "excellent" or
"you made me laugh out loud" with no extra editorial comment was
enough explanation for what I like.)


And in article <ahub53$vpjdi$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim
G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:

>"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
>news:rih...@4ax.com...
>> In article <ahs3eg$vk7nd$1...@ID-54909.news.dfncis.de>, "Rainer
>> Rosenthal" <r.r...@web.de> wrote:
>> >                            ======================
>> >                             This is what we are
>> >                             longing for !!!
>> >                             "MISERY" depicted with
>> >                             nearly nothing - sort
>> >                             of hiku ... Great work!
>> >                            ======================
>>
>> Joaquim, I really like the drawing of Fanboy's meltdown too. (...even
>> though #256 wasn't my absolute favourite Nerdboy strip. I think that
>> #254 has been the best part of this particular story)
>
>You mean the planned one? :) Still, that's interesting information. You
>seem to subscribe to Aiko's opinion that the total lack of social skills
>is Nerd Boy's funniest attribute. Non?

I mean #254. Whether it is planned or not makes no difference to the
reader (as long as the planning can't be seen)

It has good timing. There aren't too many words to read. There is
subtext (in the first frame, we have no idea why Mandy is laughing but
it is clearly at Nerdboy's expense) There is movement - Nerdboy's
slump of defeat in the first frame, then in the second frame his arms
out in emphasis as he explains to Fanboy yet again why he's so
demoralized and the brilliant blank look in the 4th frame. (I would
have liked to see a little bit of impatience on Fanboy's part in the
third frame as Nerdboy seems not to be responding but it didn't seem
worth mentioning) The punchline is short and to the point.

As I said before "#254 is brilliant. (I smiled broadly.)"


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