How Not To Run A Comic - Thursday, May 12, 1994

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How Not To Introduce Your Characters #12

Contributed by Srdjan of

mcDuffies says:

A little explanation:
WAIDH is short for What am I doing here; WTHIGO -What the hell is going on; WITP - What is this place; WRY - Who are you.
There's everything your average sprite comic has: MS background; Characters complaining about MS background; Characters complaining about author's ability; Forced quest; Deus ex machina - author who sends help for character causing countless paradoxes; Cramming pointless text all over the panel; No punchline although one is expected; Sprite hero saying *uh-oh*, etc...
Notice the sarcasm in using the word "artist".
By the way, GlupKoDupe actually means "Stupid as ass". And I don't mean donkey.

Phalanx says:

Sprite comics.... brrr.

The disclaimer is a scream, though. If the sprites are Nitendo's and the speech is Microsoft's and the idea is a friend's: What property?

Terotrous says:

Super bonus points on image size. It's just barely big enough to
make you have to scroll at 1024x768 resolution. If you're going to
make a big comic horizontally, don't make it 1040 pixels wide.