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Dume review
By Merc | February 24, 2008
The 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 or not.
The artwork in Dume is the strongest point. Each character looks different, and the designs are all appealing. The expressions are good, both facial expressions and body language, and the interactions between the characters seem natural rather than staged.
The writing for me did not work as well. And unfortunately, the writing is always more important than the artwork. Any poorly-drawn feature can be won over with writing, but it does not work the other way.
Dume himself I found to be very annoying. I think it’s because he’s too much of a goofball. Rand, while less annoying, didn’t make that much sense to me. I keep waiting for him to beat Dume for being a pest. It could just be that grew I tired with the formula—Dume would do something to annoy Rand, Rand would be annoyed. Rinse and repeat. It did get more interesting when there was a longer storyline and more characters came in. I would have liked to see more of Sylmar and his sister. The comic also was more interesting when it became really bizarre, such as Dume bringing a whole surfing wave into the apartment.
Overall, I’d have to give it 5/10. It has great artwork and great potential, it just needs to stop being so repetitious.
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