Are there any things you're tired of seeing in comics?

[Cielle]

no kidding. I saw this yesterday and decided to think about it a bit before replying. I came back today, and it was like...

Back to the topic at hand, though....for me, there aren't too many things I'm sick of. I'd like to think I'm pretty genre savvy, (mostly because of the disgusting amount of time I've spent on TV tropes and Idioms...), and I've come to see that (almost) any trope can be used well and surprise me, even if I've seen it a thousand times.

That being said, I'm tired of seeing sexual harassment played off as a joke, or worse, as flattery. If I never see another panty shot again, I'll be happy.

[MoiAri]

Im really tired of seeing...YO MAMA!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHITZUILFRITZ!

[elixiadragmire]

OK.

I'll be blunt having a 'what I don't like about comics thread' in comics community is toxic. Believe me.

2 years ago I was on a wedding planning forum when a 'what don't you like about weddings thread' popped up and ooooooooh booooooooy. The flames! Hell itself rose up and claimed the forums. Its a toxic idea, it maybe of been for fun to start with BUT someone WILL take offence, feelings WILL be hurt and sh*t will go down.

At this point, I think this thread needs a lock down because its no longer fun nor constructive.

[abbastudios]

I agreee with you. It's time to lock it.

[Aspie_Gamer]

Things I'm tired of seeing in webcomics:

All these webcomics on Tapastic that are "featured" or are "trending" which are just plain self insert slice of life webcomics more or less.

Webcomics that have walls of text

"gaming" webcomics for the most part because of their dime a dozen status

[jackieuy127]

So I started this forum a few days ago and I didn't think it would get... Intense. My intent was just to point out some stuff that is overdone in comics, and how we could FIX THEM. For example, I am a sucker for love triangles which are found in almost every story nowadays, but I like seeing people's unique twists on them. I'm extremely upset that people want this forum shut down. I just wanted everyone to come together as a community and help each other out. : (

If you have been hurt by anyone's opinion on this forum, I just wanted to say that you are a precious human being and your opinion is important. Don't let anyone deter you from making comics.

[elixiadragmire]

no no no no not the forum just 'flamey' threads. I used to be an admin on another site. if a thread got rather to heated we'd 'close it down and hose it down' and people would disperse and make new thread about different things.

And yeah I know your intentions were pure and i could see what you were trying to dicuss but sometimes it can get super heated on a public forum when it comes to personal opnions and before long it starts to look like 2 politicains slinging mud at a debate. Ideal it would be nice if people would agree to disagree and continue a nice formal debate but alas ...

[eagle1]

For example, I am a sucker for love triangles which are found in almost every story nowadays, but I like seeing people's unique twists on them

There's a question. A lot of people listed love triangles (which one person pointed out were actually Love V's), but you're stating you like them. I've got a love V that turns into a love triangle coming in one of my titles. How have you seen them used that worked?

Eagle
(I've got a plan)

[keii4ii]

My intent was just to point out some stuff that is overdone in comics, and how we could FIX THEM.

This. We can do this! How about we start a new thread that goes like: "what are some examples of comics using an overdone trope in a GOOD way?"

[SuperRazz]

^
Amen. Yes!

This would be a great topic! I've read a few tapastic comics that are great examples for this.

[AffectedMind]

Happy endings, apocalypse is on the way but at the end you know everyone will be safe =A= And last moment rescue.

[Zanreo]

That being said, I'm tired of seeing sexual harassment played off as a joke, or worse, as flattery. If I never see another panty shot again, I'll be happy.

Oh god, yes... can't stand that. On that note, can we please kill off the joke where "girl is worried she might get harassed/groped/ect, nothing happens, at first she's relieved but then starts getting self-conscious about if she isn't "good enough" for that" ugggh

As for what I'm tired of seeing... I can't think of a lot of stuff, really. Some stuff might be a bit overdone but it's all about whether it's written good or bad.

[eagle1]

Been binge reading a few comics today. Please, when you post filler art, such as "On vacation", Guest art that is not part of the continuity, or "Thank you 100th subscriber", please move it after you get the next page or so up. It breaks up the story, and throws me smack out of it.

Eagle
(Ran into that at least a half a dozen times in 15 minutes)

[asheskyler]

"This comic is on indefinite hiatus."

How I so hate seeing that line. But I guess it's better than the comic suddenly not updating any more with no indication of what's going on.

[anakarenina]

I don't like to see on comics:

-Fanservice: characters dressed with sexualized costumes, or exagerating body parts to sexualize the characters

[apocryphagraphics]

The hyper-sexualization of female characters in the comics world in general gets on my nerves. One of my favorite comic artists of all time was Arthur Adams and I can't even look at most of his recent work because it just looks like porn stars in superhero costumes. Sad, and juvenile. As for the Splash page thing, I use a lot of them and I also have a pretty low panel count per page. Why? Because a webcomic is NOT a 22 page traditional American comic, it has an infinite "page count" and you can do comics very differently in this medium without those traditional restrictions. I love the pretty art! To each his own!

[scottwuming]

I'll go with something simple to say. Uh... nipple-less men.
It may be to lessen "maturity" so they had to lessen details but an outline should be safe enough. It just gets to me when even in a closer view, men are missing their nipples. This applies to manga, anime, etc. too.

[Kamikaze]

Written in stone. Put to print. Sent into space for the benefit of the universe. THIS. THIS. THIS.

[Kamikaze]

I needed that laugh!

[Kamikaze]

One of the things that drives me nuts personally is hamhanded exposition. You know the stuff. Where the writer feels like you have to know every single detail of a character past as they talk with someone they just met, or you see the vingette of their flashback as voice over comes in. Or worse, it's just the character themselves talking, and talking, and talking, about how they feel that moment, or how this happened or that. Case in point: Attack on Titan.

How do you fix this?
1. Hold back.
2. Listen to conversations and think about the times people have told you about their past.
3. UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T SAY HAS MORE WEIGHT THAN SPELLING IT OUT.

Outside of that...hyper-sexualization OR the blatant excuses people use for hypersexualizing characters. I read a comic recently that had one female character defending another's distaste for any clothing at all as a "Well clothes make it harder for her to fight in..." NO. No. No. I'm sorry but gymnastics without a bra on hurts, and prolonged running in heels will screw up your back and feet beyond repair.