Comments on: #266 – Ostentatious

By: Drama lover

Drama lover — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:53:59 +0000

Rene, I like how your comic inspires people to be honest about themselves. Literally.

Excellent outlet for passive-aggressives, eh?

By: Randall Drew

Randall Drew — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:58:18 +0000

I feel a lot like Maria here far too often!

Cat Garza is a good example of a web cartoonist who is balancing a crazy life (child, divorce, moving etc) and still be able to keep a regularly updated schedule for his now IGNATS nominated comic. He creates for himself a buffer of sorts so that if he has family/life issues he’s far enough ahead to let it all blow over. Not sure if that’s a way you could work to satisfy readers like Molly, but it’s just from one cartoonist to another here! Continued luck with the strip!

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:24:01 +0000

I don’t think you are getting the point of what I was saying and maybe that is my fault. I am an advertising consultant and what I meant by “successful” is that more people would frequent the webpage, and therefore that the advertisers on said webpage would find more people clicking their links which equals more money for the artist. What I meant by empty and frustrated is more of a feeling of asking myself “why do I keep coming back here” the answer to that question is that I love the story line, I’m addicted to it, and I want to see more but I only get to once or twice a week (on average).
My comments were constructive if you look at them from the point of view of someone who is giving perhaps, tough love, to someone that they feel could increase their potential.
There is so much potential in this comic! It should be printed and distributed all over the world. Indie kids and hipsters would blow their load over this gold and advertisers would flock to this webpage. Thus the artist Rene would find a great deal of success and an influx of money to fund her art.
Really Opuli, I think you need to step off of your high horse. You are protecting this web comic like it is your cub and that just isn’t necessary. Take a chill pill chica.

By: Opuli Populi

Opuli Populi — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:08:59 +0000

Well, Molly, it comes off as someone who feels an outrageous sense of entitlement about something they are getting for free. I can think of no way that your comments could be considered constructive. If you feel so empty and frustrated quit reading and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

By: Molly

Molly — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:02:20 +0000

Woh, sorry if I offended you Mel. I don’t normally read the comments on the comic since I’m not much for gushing about the latest story line (I do that with my own giddy giggles in my office). There is no need to be defensive, I was trying to be constructive and I have been reading this comic long enough to see when it updates and when it does not. If I did offend you or Rene then understand I am sorry, that was not my intention.
I will repeat this once more: No need to be defensive.

By: Xejn

Xejn — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:29:08 +0000

Anders just morphed into Martin as he got older.

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:26:17 +0000

Molly, we’ve gone through this a few pages back. The comic will update when it updates. I’m sorry your supposed friends are fickle enough to stop checking a website for five seconds for their free comic update every few days. The updates have also been coming in Monday, Wednesday, and Friday since Rene’s return, which is not only the three day update a week as promised, but the old schedule for you extra ornery anal retentives. (NO, that does not mean expect in MWF forever). Where have you been this past week?

By: beck

beck — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:46:15 +0000

I love this comic, but I really don’t like Maria’s accent. I hear only a Scottish accent in my head when I read her bubbles now (not to mention, I have to read them over and over. I don’t like to think of a comic I need to “read out loud”, as one member suggested, to enjoy it.)

I think experimenting with it was interesting, but please consider going back to non-phonetic English.

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:51:27 +0000

I love Anders Loves Maria. I just get so annoyed that this webcomic updates so unreliably. I understand family issues etc, I just know that this comic would be infinitely more successful if it were only updated on a regular basis. The story line is amazing and all but I know so many people who have simply stopped reading out of frustration that none of the story lines get really resolved and that is simply because it takes months to get through part of a story. You are a wonderful artist and writer. I check this page often to see if there are any updates but I always leave feeling…empty, frustrated.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:49:05 +0000

p.s. vikki, you are jaw-droppingly angry at the world.