Archive for February, 2008
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008It’s a middle of the week update! Why? Well, I wanted to be sure that the next comic coming up would actually update on time, and not have you reviewers ending on a cliffhanger. On that note…
Our next comic is:
Kukuburi
Again we have another just budding comic, but at least for once the comments related to [...]
Dume review
Sunday, February 24th, 2008The goofball and the straight man is a duo that has been played over and over, in movies, cartoons, and yes—webcomics. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
In the case of Dume, the title character is the goofball and the straight man is his roommate, Rand. Dume is always under Rand’s skin, whether it’s intentional [...]
I fear Dume’s cooking.
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Dume is a comic that belongs to a very wide genre in webcomics: the roommate sitcom. It could be called a comedy, but many of these comics have a sitcom sensibility about them-improbable events are only dwelled upon as long as they’re actually occurring, and odd combinations are only remarked upon when there’s a joke [...]
Next Review: Dume
Monday, February 18th, 2008Welcome to another week of Caught Stealing Brains! It seems SGVY took two weeks to review, but that is okay. Our first review in the weekly race for posts was won by our newest contributer, Merc! We hope that she will continue to enjoy her time here, and update with more speed than the rest [...]
The glitter, it blinds me!
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki-which is a mouthful, by the way-is one of a number of webcomics that explicitly model themselves on Japanese manga. Of all the webcomics I’ve read, I think Yuuki has done the best job of emulating a particular kind of manga-the “magical girl” manga. But unfortunately, I think it’s taken on many [...]
SGVY Review-desu!
Sunday, February 17th, 2008I have been following Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki for some time, and in rereading I think one of the most important things to keep in mind when reading the archives is that this comic is a parody. Without that in mind, things seems a bit out of whack. But the heart of Yuuki is to [...]
Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki Review.
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki is a comic I’ve seen before and wanted to read, but I could never remember its name! So now I’ve finally seen it again and read the whole thing through. For the most part, I enjoy it.
The story both pokes fun at the magical girl genre and [...]
Next Review: Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki
Monday, February 4th, 2008Welcome to another Monday! Fortunately, at Caught Stealing Brains we do not take up a Garfield-esque attitude towards that. In fact, I am particularly excited this week as I may have a new reviewer announce to you all. Perhaps we will see them show up and introduce themselves. :) In the meantime…
Our next review is:
Sparkling [...]
Review of Ark the Improbable
Monday, February 4th, 2008Ark the Improbable is one of those comics that I came across in what might be considered an odd way, but at the same time is somewhat expected. How did I find it? Well, it was from clicking on a banner ad, of all things. I know, you aren’t supposed to pay attention to those, but [...]
Ark the Improbable review.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Ark the Improbable is not a long comic right now-and most of what we’ve seen so far are action scenes. As such, there isn’t a lot to go on in terms of plot, or character development. That’s fine for now, but it does limit how much can be said in those categories.
The art for [...]