Comments on: Crabcake Confidential: The Prisoner Online Graphic Novel

By: Crabcake Confidential: The Cape Online Graphic Novel | The Webcomic Overlook

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:02:30 +0000

[...] motion comics I actually like. I thought AMC’s The Prisoner actually did a creative job with their motion comic tie-in despite the thudding dullness of the source material. There was come creative effects using layers [...]

By: THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 11/24/09

THE BEAT » Blog Archive » Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 11/24/09 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:55:57 +0000

[...] El Santo examines that Prisoner remake webcomic we were all talking about last week: Let’s get the good stuff out of the way. The Prisoner is one of the very few webcomics that [...]

By: Left to our own devices | Paperless Comics

Left to our own devices | Paperless Comics — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:20:02 +0000

[...] you haven’t read El Santo’s takedown of The Prisoner, the motion comic that accompanies AMC’s remake of the classic TV show, then go do so now. Not [...]

By: El Santo

El Santo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:40 +0000

That’s true. The last episode implies that it’s a seaside locale, but frankly everything in “Fall Out” was so insane that you could take nothing at face value. (Then again… Britain IS an island… so you could make a legit claim that “The Prisoner” took place on an island after all?) I guess the “island” thing is one of those items that entered popular culture even though it wasn’t ever 100% verified. Like how “The Prisoner” shows up on a lot of lists entitled “Best TV Shows Set on an Island.”

By: Leela

Leela — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:46:47 +0000

Just a loyal reader who wants to correct you about The Village. It’s never stated definitively island, just that sea is at one side to it and in the other directions are forest and mountains. Why they changed it to a desert is beyond me.

By: El Santo

El Santo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:56 +0000

To be fair, though, that is a bit of a flawed analogy. “Hammerman” didn’t have word balloons or a “Next” button (the combination of words and visuals and the control over time being the top two parts of the definition of “sequential art” as laid down by Scott McCloud). Also, “Hammerman” had rapping shoes, playing it beyond animation and into the realm of epic mythology.

By: News and complaints | Paperless Comics

News and complaints | Paperless Comics — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:00 +0000

[...] My review of the day is El Santo’s look at The Prisoner, an online motion comic that’s really a tie-in to the TV [...]

By: Strip News 11-20-9 | Strip News | ArtPatient.com | ArtPatient.com

Strip News 11-20-9 | Strip News | ArtPatient.com | ArtPatient.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:23:25 +0000

[...] of the Sewer. Webcomic Overlook hit its 100th (plus) review by looking over xkcd and then reviewed The Prisoner while Digital Strips reviewed Road Crew. ♦ High Low covered Like A Dog and Optical Sloth reviewed [...]

By: William George

William George — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:41:08 +0000

Motion comics aren’t comics. They’re animation. It’s like saying Hammerman was a motion comic.

No.

By: Angelina F

Angelina F — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:14:37 +0000

Ugh I hate motion in webcomics. I mean it’s smooth but it’s so distracting…not to mention slow. If I wanted motion I’d watch a movie. Fail for AMC. The art is gorgeous…but you’re right. Story is boring and…bland? I have no idea what’s going on…I don’t care about seriousface chick…. Laaaame!