Comments on: The Webcomic Overlook #77: Surfboards and Rayguns http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/ Webcomic reviews are serious business. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:05:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Irrevenant http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/#comment-1759 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:20:31 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=2604#comment-1759 Heh, I discovered “Surfboards and Rayguns” the same way.

I think you miss the point of the premise: It’s intended to be a genre mash, much like “Cowboys and Aliens” was. If it was just sci-fi + babes, it would hardly be bringing anything new to the table. IMO, the premise has a lot of potential.

Unfortunately, I agree that it wasn’t implemented as well as it could be. The art was awesome, but I found the pacing slow, and didn’t really feel compelled to care about any of the characters. I gave it a decent chance because I found the premise interesting, but stopped reading it after a while.

P.S. Surfers were (subjectively) appealing protagonists in “Point Break”.

]]> By: El Santo http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/#comment-1747 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:36:59 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=2604#comment-1747 Thanks for checking out the review, BradleyO! I like to review comics that interest me immediately. Consequently, it’s hard to not be interested in ads for comics that feature gals in space armor. It’s one of the major tenets of marketing!

]]> By: BradleyO http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/#comment-1746 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:21:51 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=2604#comment-1746 Hmmm!
I think what he’s trying to say is that he loves Surfboards and RayGuns. LOL!!
Seriously though, Thank you for that completely unbiased review.
For someone who clearly hates surfing themes or surfer protagonists I commend you for even attempting to read me comic.
Then again, for those very same reasons, I’m not sure why you bothered at all.

BTW the comic started a year ago, Pages were back dated to 2007 for archive uploading issues. (Which are fine now.) Still a poor number of pages for the time I admit, but life’s been busy.
Skullbie, Thanks for the support sister, but Plastic is the best looking webcomic around.
Thanks again for the awesome review.

]]> By: Digital Strips: The Webcomics Podcast : Links: Good things to read http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/#comment-1740 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:36:05 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=2604#comment-1740 [...] reviews and recommendations: Sean Kleefeld on Runners (Kleefeld on Comics) Larry Cruz on Surfboards and Rayguns (The Webcomic Overlook) You can leave a [...]

]]> By: Dahmer http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/#comment-1732 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:58:19 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=2604#comment-1732 Wasting your time, Skullbie. This review basically consisted of blind assertions of this or that, all based on a biased opinion and nothing substantive.

]]> By: Skullbie http://webcomicoverlook.com/2009/05/26/the-webcomic-overlook-77-surfboards-and-rayguns/#comment-1707 Tue, 26 May 2009 21:04:30 +0000 http://webcomicoverlook.com/?p=2604#comment-1707 Harsh rating, but you’ve got to give him credit for having one of the nicest drawn webcomics on the web. (i’m rooting for you brad! c: ) I’m pretty sure the story is meant to be fun eyecandy like danger girl even if it’s somewhat corny, and good comparison to megasXLR i thought that too.

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