by Bear » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:53 am
Hehe, thanks for the feedback again guys! As far as comments go, I thought about having it on the main site but I think I will save that for the forums section of the site (which more and more I am liking the idea of converting the FT forums into the CS forums as a way to keep this forum active and hopefully over time introducing new participants to it).
Regarding the floor copy meaning, the joke is supposed to have two meanings - a copy of the game that is obviously on the floor but also the term floor copy. I'm sure you realized already Neraid, but in America it is any product used for display purposes that a store turns around and sells - USUALLY when they are out of stock or trying to clear out a model for a newer version. The joke has more meaning after reading my post about it, but I want to try to aim for the comics to be funny and stand on their own without having to read into it - such as limiting inside jokes and what not.
Funny thing is about the first comic being inside jokes....they weren't actually - they were just supposed to be random fantasies that I was kinda hoping readers would be like "WTF?! What kinda weird fantasy is that lol"
Oh oh! Also, happy you guys like the little details - there are a lot of them. Making the comic is really fun because we get to add small details that we find funny and hope that some others will catch also. In comic 2, Mario and Yoshi are a display statue which I'm not sure how obvious that is considering Link and Prinny are fighting in the background. The store name GameMop is rather blatently mocking GameStop (known in some places still as EBGames). The tag line is basically what they do - wipe up and absorb competition. Locally many mom and pop game stores have gone under because of GameStop's practice of opening up right next to their competitors - and of course mom and pop stores could never match their pricing, launch availability OR pre-order bonuses. Also, the long history of acquisitions they have had includes Babbages to Funcoland to Electronics Boutique\EB Games to Software Etc. to finally GameStop.
The managers tie is the (expanded upon) design of the heartless from Kingdom Hearts. The manager IS smoking TWO cigars, QUITE large (7-foot?), has yellow teeth and messy and greasy slicked back hair. The Santa beard is half off as he can't be bothered fixing up his Santa suit and he has some incredible strength (look how he shattered a disk by throwing it on the ground)!
Also, as I said to Mel, Bear in the next to last panel is shivering because it was, in my mind, supposed to represent him being traumatized by perhaps being molested or something equally wrong. After all, what kinda freak would meet up with someone in a disheveled Santa outfit at midnight and pat his lap wanting Bear to sit on his knee. Then the last panel is like, "Oh, he's traumatized because of the broken floor copy of SMG2". Also, Bear is using his trusty "lucky bear blankie" to find comfort - cutely adorned with childlike bears and four-leaf clovers.
Anyways, sorry for the lack of an update on Friday!! I'll explain why in my post when we release Monday's comic which will hopefully be out early Monday morning.
congrats!
