What draws you or turns you away from a comic/story?

@BoomerZ
Sat, 15 Jul 2023 16:52:34 +0000

@BoomerZ wrote:

turn offs:
Info dump of the worlds massive history means I stop reading immediately. How can I care about your world, it's an inanimate object. It's a setting not a story.

No story. The main characters are just milling around looking for a story to find them. This usually happens when a writer wants to write a fantasy/romance/whatever novel but doesn't actually have a story to tell. Then call it slice of life to cover why you don't have a story.

Lots of medium shots of characters from the waist up talking to one another. This shows the artist hasn't looked into framing and composition. Makes for a boring read.

Characters talking in monologues of word vomit. The dialogue should be tight and to the point.

Things I love:
A good black and white art style that is clean. Bonus point for tones.

Normal people being put in extraordinary circumstances. Easier to wonder what they are going to do if they just can't punch/fight/etc their way out of it.

Cell shaded, simple but effective.