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]]>Not so with Lackadaisy. The art is so beautiful and the story is so vivid that each time a new page comes out there is literally squee-ing in our household as me and my roommate gather around the glowing screen of life (re: our computers) and fully enjoy each installment. Each page has massive re-reading value, simply because the art is so detailed and each panel is so fantastic that you can still find new hilarity hiding in the background after three or four re-reads. It’s something to be digested, not skimmed.
]]>Most of the comics we have reviewed have seemed sloppily drawn, poorly written and in many cases, were simply vulgar. This one was a cut far above the rest, and so I drew that comparison, as I have done for others. I also used the word “most,” when dealing with webcomics, as I recall, which by definition cannot be said to be all inclusive. Generalization, in many instances, is preferable to drawing specifics, i.e, “this comic makes XYZ comic look like JUNK!” It’s also much less tedious than wading through 10,000 examples.
]]>I just feel you might have a bit of contempt for (others) webcomics. (i.e: “I refuse to call it a “webcomic” as it doesn’t deserve to be in the same category as most of the hatchet jobs […]out there”)
I know that now everybody and their grandmother can come up with a webcomic but I disagree that webcomics should be a derogatory word. It’s a comic you publish new panels on the web at a certain rate, it’s a webcomic.
Some are better, some are worst, but no need to generalize.
Also, Lackadaisy as the most gorgeous art of all the webcomics I simply know of. It has a wonderful cast, a lot of research and the story seems well thought.
BUT there is the factor of …time? Between each update of lackadaisy, months can easily pass. And some of them are actually updates telling the author/artist has redone some older panels as they weren’t to her liking anymore.
Now, I understand she has a life, that her work is an incredible piece of art, and I am also an artist so I understand why she is redoing panels and the such.
But, speaking of webcomics, it is a down factor.
Like in newspaper comic, the artists must come with a new cartoon everyday, you’d expect of webcomics to be updated on a certain basis.
I really like Lackadaisy but I am more compelled to, let’s say… a webcomic such as “The Order of the Stick” -which is made of stickmen! (but nice stickmen)- as it updates on a quite regular basis and often enough to keep track with it’s storyline.
Lackadaisy takes a bit too much time and arduous, precise work to be done to have a regular updating pattern, and it takes so much time you might lose track. Of course it’s always a pleasure to re-read the gorgeous past panels before reading the new ones but it’s not that convenient, if truth be told.
Sincerly, I’d be almost more happy to have the artist work on it and publish it as a comic book than be fed updates so seldom… but I know I’d have a hard time finding the book, and it’s actually nice to see, let’s say, the difference between the old panels and the new, see her Lackadaisy artworks…
But you get my point (I hope).
Now I’m really sorry to hear me writing “complaints” about her work, I certainly wouldn’t be able to do the same. But I agree with all the praises you said, no need to repeat, but I think that little bit of critisism.
Lackadaisy is a webcomic- don’t be so glum about them!- and probably the most gorgeous there is, but maybe not the best webcomic-wise. It IS an exerience though, as you said; a work of art that should be appreciated for what it is.
But you ARE reviewing webcomics- so you might want to see some other, more technical points such as the regularity: it’s important for the readers that choose to follow one!
xoxoxoxo!