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Post by warrl on Jul 2, 2015 2:16:40 GMT
Just one last thing on this topic: SSSS has virtually nothing in common with GC, apart from being a long-form webcomic, so it is not surprising when GC fans don't enjoy SSSS. Most distinguishing characteristic: GC is a story for dog lovers, SSSS is for cat lovers  One of my other favorite comics has three cats that are recurring characters, and I think it has shown dogs in passing maybe twice. Another, the only nonhuman animal I can recall seeing in it is a rabbit. (Note: I'm excluding furry comics for obvious reasons.) |
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Post by eyemyself on Jul 2, 2015 15:22:42 GMT
Just one last thing on this topic: SSSS has virtually nothing in common with GC, apart from being a long-form webcomic, so it is not surprising when GC fans don't enjoy SSSS. Most distinguishing characteristic: GC is a story for dog lovers, SSSS is for cat lovers ;) Amazing art, solid writing, strong female characters, somewhat otherwolrdly but linked to reality setting, mysterious challenges. I do think the pacing is a bit slow in SSSS but I enjoy both. Been reading GKC longer and I've got more emotional investment in it. Also, our fan forums are better. |
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Post by Lightice on Jul 3, 2015 13:06:02 GMT
I know, but it's hard not to because it's there. What it ended up doing is coloring my perception of the author and his writing (and I wasn't all that engaged by his writing to begin with, so that didn't help). That would be "her", actually. I'd recommend reading past the prologue before issuing a final verdict on the comic. There's too much whimsy and too little depth. It reminds me of Hollywood movies that deal with a disaster, but you can tell the author has never had to struggle through that level of hardship. Because the characters don't react in believable ways. I'd actually say that it's conveying the Nordic mindset very convincingly, which is quite different from the insta-panic mode of the Hollywood disaster flicks. |
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Post by Rasselas on Jul 3, 2015 13:50:35 GMT
There's too much whimsy and too little depth. It reminds me of Hollywood movies that deal with a disaster, but you can tell the author has never had to struggle through that level of hardship. Because the characters don't react in believable ways. I'd actually say that it's conveying the Nordic mindset very convincingly, which is quite different from the insta-panic mode of the Hollywood disaster flicks. I was actually thinking more of Czech/Slavic movies. They often deal with terrible situations with dark humor, but it never feels whimsical or cheap. I agree that it conveys the Nordic mindset, it just feels without substance. |
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Post by Bill on Jul 5, 2015 20:18:54 GMT
I started reading both SSSS and GKC 3-4 weeks ago, SSSS first. Archive binge-first exposure is a very different experience to reading as they update.
Minna has explicitly said that SSSS is more about the interactions of the six main characters as they grow from strangers to friends, than about the post-apocalyptic setting. I am enjoying it, but it doesn't really grab you as a story; it would be easy to drop and walk away, at the least until several more chapters are up. Also chapter 4 is nearly over and it feels like SSSS has *finally* finished setting up so the story can really begin.
As for the mindset, you have to remember that the story takes pace 90 years after almost all of civilization collapsed. Everyone living was born to it.
In contrast, GKC was up and running full steam on page 2, and never stopped. Perhaps dozens of times over the first 4 chapters I was thinking, "What the heck am I reading?! I MUST FIND OUT!" After that, strange was normal, expected, and accepted. And part of the identity of a comic in which I am emotionally invested. Speaking of which, there had better be some serious character growth in the coming chapters, because it hurts to see a strong protagonist we love broken.
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Post by anisky on Jul 5, 2015 22:16:58 GMT
I read SSSS up to whenever it is that they break the bridge, and it just still hadn't really fully engaged my interest. That was about when I decided I'd read enough of it that I'd given it a full chance.  |
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Post by keef on Jul 5, 2015 22:53:14 GMT
GKC was up and running full steam on page 2, and never stopped. Perhaps dozens of times over the first 4 chapters I was thinking, "What the heck am I reading?! I MUST FIND OUT!" After that, strange was normal, expected, and accepted. Excellent description of GC. Well character development of sorts. The last two pages of Sneak suggest she is as strong as she ever was, but tries to please and appease her father by showing a more childish side of herself in public. |
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