Critical Miss: #5

[Jared]

Hilarious! I am sure a few people would enjoy see him eat his own words...I know im one of them!

 

[JediMB]

Best. Superhero costume. Ever.

 

[hamster mk 4]

Great commic, but where is the hamster in the top right frame?

 

[soapyshooter]

"The hard way ************" hahaha

yay for violence

 

[Mr. Grey]

Hehe... I love the irony in this strip. Well done.

Also, the Ultrajoe cameo has me still laughing. Great job.

 

[Blind0bserver]

I love all the little details in the newspaper, especially the part describing Erin as "being crazier than a box of ferrets on meth". The wit put into even minor little things like that is just priceless.

 

[pumasuit]

i really enjoy this character. excellent!

 

[Gigaguy64]

Haha.
That was clever.

But i honestly laughed at Ultrajoe more.

Still a good comic, keep it up.

 

[Exterminas]

Ohhh, come on, movies aren't THAT bad as an art form :/

 

[DN83]

Since Ebert hated Kick Ass anyway, he probably wouldn't change his mind.

 

[Gaderael]

Man, a lot of party poopers in the comments. I loved the comic. It was quite entertaining.

 

[Tolerant Fanboy]

This was horrible and far funnier than it should be. I am both amused and ashamed. You should be proud.

 

[Tirnor]

Yeah, the hamster saves the comic again. Still waiting for the pretense of the "main story" to be dropped.

Focus on the hamster and the side jokes.. it'll be golden.

- Tir

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

"The hard way, ************!"

Best quote I've heard in a while. Violence for the win.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Ebert, I am going to give you an offer you can't refuse. Either the words "games are art" or your brains on the computer screen...

You know, I wonder....are we going to be getting any badges for reading Critical Miss? I mean, I don't care about badges, but it seems like almost every other show/weekly column (ironically, except for ZP) has them.

 

[V Gray]

oh ya that would help, gamers are already seen in a negative view. all we need is some one to attack a man with no bottom jaw, to kill the industry.

can we please drop the Ebert thing, the man probably hasn't played a game past mario, or tetras.

 

[Formica Archonis]

I would have probably used the svaerdstave the Hitgirl had in her first encounter with Kick Ass. But that's just me.

I think Erin's motif is a little too "junkyard chic" for a proper has-a-name weapon (never heard of that particular one you mentioned). Weapons fall into two classes:
1) Weapons identifiable as weapons. A sword on the ground is still a weapon.
2) Weapons that are weapons because the crazy person keeps hitting people with them. A rock on the ground isn't a weapon.

Here, Erin's quite safely in the #2 category.

I feel this was a bit... It could be quite offensive to Ebert. It's a bit in bad taste.

It's not that bad, really. Critics have been threatened in various ways since the beginning of time. I'm sure the first caveman told the second caveman he was using too much ochre and not enough charcoal in his depiction of the large meat-beast, and probably got a club upside the head in response.

There's a lot of ways this could've been far worse. If Ebert were a 20 year old in perfect health (though an incredibly curmudgeonly 20 year old) the strip would play out the same way. Which given Ebert's history, is remarkable restraint. I can think of at least three ways Erin's intro lines could've been really uncomfortable, and I'm not even trying hard.

Edit: Is it wrong that I want to draw Plank's face on the bucket?

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

That was funny

keep 'em coming

That will be all