Emma, Comic #2, Scott's Delema, Page 57 to 62

[Mirage]

I hope everyone is liking COMIC #2?

[Devil]

Indeed, keep em coming!

[DukeNukem 2417]

I hope everyone is liking COMIC #2?

With all due respect.....

...no. I don't like Comic #2, nor have I liked any of your previous comics that you've put out over the past few weeks. That's part of the problem right there---oversaturation. Each of your comics has at least seven or so topics for it, with all the images in just one or two posts; my advice to conquer this is to make .cbr files out of each "issue", and then post links to them so that forum members can download them and read them at their leisure.

Now, my other big complaint is that---and this is CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, by the way---every comic you've done tends to feel...really, really similar. Hell, if I didn't know any better, I might even think you were recycling plot elements from your previous work and just changing one or two words. Yes, the art is good, but pretty pictures don't mean jack shit without a halfway-decent story. Again, I'm not saying this to be Mr. Mean or anything like that---your artwork is superb, and that's definitely a good thing, but the writing needs to evolve.

My advice: Take some time to come up with some fresh ideas once Comic #2 is finished, and maybe take a month-long break to fully flesh out an original story. Churning out the same thing with a new coat of paint may keep you from getting writer's block, but after a while, it WILL get stale.

(once again, I have to say that this is CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM---note that nowhere in this reply have I said "lol this suXXorz u are crap" or anything like that.)

[DukeNukem 2417]

I really like Mirage's art, and I'm always happy to see that more of his work has been posted. It's no problem at all for me to view these as individual images.

As individual images, they're good.

As a collective story...well, go read any of Mirage's other comics, and you'll see why I said what I did about the writing. There's very little other than the art to differentiate between one story and the next; I'm just trying to offer a bit of advice.

[DukeNukem 2417]

BTW, .cbr files can't be uploaded to FembotWiki.

But they CAN be uploaded to the FTP.

[Mirage]

Wow, Duke, all this after you asked me be friends on Facebook a few days ago. WTF?

Anyway, let's see.

Yes, some story points and art peice are actually recycled from past work I drew in the last year. As I Iearned to draw more and more on my 3DS, I evolved my skills and learned to add colors, doing digital art for the first time. Please do see how my skills got much better from my first drawings I started with the 3DS last year. But if look at most of all my last 50 pages, 99% is all new stuff. And story wise, I am really like where I went, as teacher explaining androids can't love to Emma, as where Scott's past played into the story, and Emma's character being well defined in my opinion. And the story is not done yet too, I just introduce a new important character too, that will bring things in full circle.

AND, If you don't like my stuff, simply don't read it then. I am very proud of the EMMA comics actually. It as romance, robots, story and sexyness to it (in my opinion). Sorry if it's not your cup of tea, but that's your prob, not mine. Many times I see stories that are not my thing, but I never went on a rant like Duke went on today. Touchy touchy!

Also, if you don't realise, I post this comics on other sites other than here too, and I have hundreds of followers from them, due to that comic specific.
So, too have soo many followers on various sites, I must be doing something right.

Another point, is, I am glad I can post and bring new content to this site often lately, as sometimes, nothing get's post for weeks! Maybe you guys don't realise also, I draw new pages almost daily, and I wait a few weeks to post them here in batches, as It's quite time consumming for me, as I need to save them one by one from my 3DS to FembotWIKI, then, post them here again, it easily taked me a few hours each time I do this. If I could post them direclty here, I would. But I can't. But I am glad also, that ROBOTMAN also put them in my gallery too, and I am so glad to have someone like him here. Without him, I think this community would not be what it is today.

So, to anyone who is complaining about my posting, OMG, please, next time, simply move your cursor a few inch above my posts and click to the next post if you wish. It's not hard! :/

What else... of right.. a big FU to anyone is not happy with my stuff and bitching about it. I have been posting for manyyy years here, and yes, some of my work can be so-so (with all my stories I did in the past, don'd be surprised, sheesh), but I think I still can draw and write some good stuff. Emma's comics are in my opinion, some of my best stuff I wrote and drew in years.

If you think you can do better than me, good for you. do it, I love seeing new content! I always encourage everyone to always post new content, even if it's not my thing!

So, Duke, I am sorry if I am not UP to your standards, and I am sadly not going follow your advice and continue posting the shit out of my comic!

The one and only, MIRAGE

[Devil]

I agree, Music Groups have similar songs and music, car companies have a similar thread of style. Mirage has a style and that's great.

Carpe Diem!

[Spaz]

While I personally miss the stories that you used to write, Mirage, I have come to like your comics.

My only criticism with your work is the general grammar and spelling discrepancies that crop up, but that is a personal pet peeve of mine. Another is that you sometimes employ, what I think are, excessive twists that seem to happen a bit abruptly.

Anyway, keep up the good work!