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By: The Webcomic Overlook #156: The Oatmeal | The Webcomic Overlook

The Webcomic Overlook #156: The Oatmeal | The Webcomic Overlook — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:02:14 +0000

[...] here) is more spontaneous and has better comic timing, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (reviewed here) is better at handling cynicism, and Cyanide & Happiness has better stick figures and is knows [...]

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The Webcomic Overlook #131: AmazingSuperPowers « The Webcomic Overlook — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:54:21 +0000

[...] value for humor. The difference? They do it well. Both Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (reviewed here) and Buttersafe (reviewed here) do a fantastic job setting up the reader to expect one kind of [...]

By: Brad C

Brad C — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:54:05 +0000

I’d like to say, I’m a fan of SMBC. I find gag-a-days usually aren’t that great, but like golf, there will always be one that keeps you coming back for more

As for shameless self promoter DRAGON … did you get your comic strip idea from qwantz.com?

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:15:27 +0000

MY WEBCOMIC IS BE HTTP://DRAGONANDTIGER.BLOGSPOT.COM THANK YOU SO MUCH

By: Dr. Haus

Dr. Haus — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:40:09 +0000

Hey, I ain’t a stuffy English major (hence the “ain’t”), and I could find the humor in Much Ado About Nothing. Then again, compared to being forced to read Wuthering Heights or the Great Gatsby in my high school English classes, I could appreciate The Bard’s work a little more.

But back on topic, how could you not give SMBC 5-stars? It’s a classic as far as gag-a-day strips go, combining a regular picture with the perfect non-sequitor almost every time that springs up and smacks you in the face like a loose rake in one of those Simpsons episodes with Sideshow Bob.

Bah, my extended similies are slipping. I gotta get back in the groove.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:45:26 +0000

Heh. I think that’s the same study where Dave Barry encouraged his readers to mail in jokes that had the punchline “A weasel is chomping on my privates.” I think those scientists ended up getting thousands of jokes with that punchline.

By: Bengo

Bengo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:46:17 +0000

Hey, thanks for the mention. After my wife read that post she brought to my attention the results of an ambitious attempt to define humor scientifically. Scientist brought in comedians, jokes were tested for funniness, the works.

In the end, the conclusion was that humor is the element of surprise.

It seems the element of surprise can extend beyond humor, but humor can’t extend beyond the element of surprise.

Ben Gordon

By: Sly Eagle

Sly Eagle — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:10:34 +0000

Ha, got you! I’m no English major. I majored in linguistics and Japanese literature. Genji up in your grill!

And if Jane Austen wasn’t witty…why the heck does everyone read her books? They’re boring as limbo – the only thing going for them is all the clever remarks. That’s it.

I think I’ve read or seen something or another by Shaw, but it’s not coming. Maybe I just think I have, as I’ve seen a lot by Oscar Wilde?

Now here’s a curiosity: I’m 120% more likely to find a joke funny if it’s on stage. TV or big screen do not tend to do any better than a comic or prose format, but the stage tends to just win. Especially if it’s a musical.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:24:22 +0000

English major spotted!

And Jane Austen … witty? Pfah! PFAH, I say! George Bernard Shaw, that’s where it’s at. “Arms and The Man” be all up in your grill!

I find, by the way, that it’s hardest to explain why I like one form of humor over another. Delos and Anthony (and quite possible Brad Guigar) will probably slam me for disrespecting the pun. Others will probably give me the evil eye if I mention that I thought “Fat Guy Stuck on Internet” was funny. (It appears I may be the only fan in the whole wide world.) And Tim & Eric fans make me wonder, sometimes, if I’m even watching the same show.

Humor may be the most subjective and least quantifiable aspect of anything ever — which is, incidentally, why I probably found those categorizations fascinating in the first place.

By: Sly Eagle

Sly Eagle — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:33:41 +0000

What do you mean Much Ado About Nothing isn’t funny? It’s friggin’ hilarious. Next you’ll say Pride and Prejudice isn’t witty.

I don’t really know about that list (other than the font made me want to choke someone). I couldn’t really define the kind of humor used in my own comic from it. Maybe it’s because I use a variety of these and they’re all just very low-key (although one of the characters is much in favor of the understatement). Of course, humor’s not the driving force of the comic. It’s a drama that happens to have humorous bits along the way. I guess that’s probably my favorite kind of humor.

I tend to find SMBC funny on occasion. I think I found 2-3 of the PBFs funny. For the most part, it’s just horrible and I blink at it. >.>