Yeah I was also thinking something either AI, or a whole bunch of filters/photo collage. The girl doesn’t really look rendered by a human (although I know there are artists who can do that, it takes a lot of work). Either way, it could be an autonomous work, but I doubt it.

Honestly, it’s actually the rise of AI art that’s making me eager to go back to my art roots, less as a creator but more as a researcher. I think it’s becoming more and more important we get a more thorough understanding of what art is to us, what entices us about it, and whether we want that to be replaced by something a machine can think of.

lol same!

“Major cause found; Becky is at it again!”

And now I cant unsee it :')

Gota be said; these seagulls are of way more peacefull breed than the one’s by Franquin. They seem almost pleasant

I really like how you describe that… schoolboy-schoolgirl admiration stage! Although I’d say its rather one sided for Geanny, as Gaston seems more occupied with himself… But maby that is typical for that fase/age as well…

And again well put; being a free spirit is too much of a character trait for both Asterix and Obelix to take it away.

Ah cool! Do you have a page online where I can check your work? because I’m really into that kinda stuff.

ah too bad

Every sizeable company gets one ;)

Good stuff. The 2nd panel is such a typical gag it had me wondering if franquin didn’t actually do that joke before.

Also, the ‘musician’ looking closely like Jules-de-chez-Smith-ect-ect is a really nice touch

The Aztec Lizardmen. One of the more aesthetically pleasing fantasy races. Last thing I would have expected to find here :')

Although for me the rocket trough the roof takes it!

Find the French version of these strips and you might have your answer ^^’

Difficult to pinpoint exactly why it feels political. I think the little guy trying to get things done from the bigger creatures in a quote repetitive manner already kinda hints at it for me (the ostrich represents x, they other creature represents Y, and so on)

But especially near the end there’s a lot of imagery that I feel could as well be used in the working class revolts for example.

I really adore this art style. The vibrant watercolours with those sketchy but clear defined lines are a dream.

Edit; between the media limited palette and how they’re used, it’s precisely on this line between concept and rendering where and illustration of discovering a non-existent continent should be. The artist might as well have been there, sketching what he saw .

I really like this query… It’s something I never even considered withing the context of Franco comics. I do agree that tone Is probably a part of it, although I also feel that comedy can leave plenty of space for love interest. (It does n’t always have to be dark, mysterious and full of tensions. Look at Gaston’s M’oiselle Jeanne for example)

I think more than tone, function is reason to include someone or rather not include them. M’oiselle Jeanne for example, really only is dragged out when certain sides of Gaston’s character need highlighting. As well as to complement the offices reactions to his inventions, being a lot more unconditional in her admiration than for example Lebrac.

So no matter how adorable Obelix gets when he has a crush, something Underzo does grant him on occasion, what would really be the point of him having a girlfriend from a narrative perspective? What kind of girlfriend could even survive being with this bachelor-type force of nature without just becoming another face in the village that gets to whoop his ass at the beginning of the book for leaving his menhirs all over the house, and kiss him on the nose when he gets back? It would be adorable, but I’m not sure if there’d be a point to it other than fan service.

Now I don’t know a bunch about Tintin or lucky Luke. But what I do know about lucky is 2 things;

1. he shoots faster than his own shadow
2. he’s a poor lonesome cowboy and a long way from home.

A poor lonesome couple doesn’t quite have the same ring to it…

Edit; I’ve yet to give Franka a serious chance… After this, I might just do that

Almost seems political… Athoug my french isn’t quite good enough to follow. Eithe way, I love it when they break with regular strip formats.

:') i wasn’t very accurate i guess. I browse trough wefwef.app Was looking for an alternative to 9gag… so glad I found… whatever lemmy is.

Havn’t even read the article, am not even part of this group. just want tot say that lemmy.world/all is a wierd thing to wake up to in the morning.

When I used our dial in modem for the first time, I never would have guessed id be drinking my coffee casually wondering about alpaca sex.

But here we are

Listen.

When I just wake up I need sustenance but my motor skills are as low as my brain fog is high. I -am- however functional enough to press the “make coffee button” and slap a spoon in a container of yogurt.

Yogurt and decaf* coffee are nice, but not enough to keep my 100+KG of pure overthinking going for long. Luckily, while sipping on my coffee I can knead dough, so by lunchtime I should have fresh bread. (or stale bread from the day before)** What goes on the bread has been decided mostly in my youth, has been altered when I moved on my own, and these days only gets tweaked… it works, why fuck with it.

Dinner has been planned over the weekend so when evening starts and my brain is all cooked out, but my motor skills are at its peak, cooking up some pasta/rice/potato dish with veggies should be easy. Anything more involved is for occasions where I have time to be invested in cooking. On weekends I cook bulk for the days where I don’t function, so my freezer is stuffed with all sort of 1 pan dishes.

Within these variables I eat fairly varied, but you really don’t want to be around when I am forced to change them on short notice. EG; when I forgot to get yoghurt, it might take me untill mid afternoon untill ive recovered ^^"

it took me about 15 years to work this system out, but by george I have finally mastered eating 3 meals a day.

*Don’t give me regular, apocalypses have been started over less.

**Im working on baguette dough so I can make it the day before so i can portion better and don’t have to knead in the morning)

I think I understand? Thanks for claring things up, and sorry if I accidentally distracted from the actual topic (although mentioning the bad faith trolling has probably done that more effectively… but whatever)

if even after asking for an explanation your explanation is " try googling it" I’m going to assume you dont want to be understood.

If I’m trolling I’m definitely not doing it consciously. I know “I’m not a troll” is about the most suspicious thing on the internet, especially from a baby account, but sadly I cant be fucked to make a better point

There’s this interesting balance within my MTG group where some guys are happy to devote a fair part of their life to learning all the individual cards by heart. They can go on tangents that are just rows of card names describing a turn (think if the F6 to G8 takes rook babble of chess people). I can’t be fucked, but I still love the hobby, so when we get together its trying to find the middle between all these levels of expertise that works. Overall that went well but there was one guy who flat out told me: “Maby if you would just dedicate a bigger part of your life to the game, we wouldn’t have to bother talking around you so much.” Yeah right. Not everyone makes their hobby into their profession.

That being said, its kinda heartbreaking so many people struggle with just letting their enthusiasm about a certain topic flow. If you’d rather not talk about something because you’re afraid you can’t reel it in, that sucks :(