http://deathbychibi.comicgenesis.com/

This is not a sprite comic. Those are rips of the images that video game systems render from ROM data. This is made of art that is designed to look like video game sprites, hence a faux sprite comic. Although this is not a new idea. Those who've read Kid Radd know what I mean. Those who haven't should read it anyway. It's awesome.

Now I admit this comic originally was a mix of ripped sprites, modified sprites, and original images*, but once I was told comic genesis wasn't going to turn a blind eye to copyright violation (and they shouldn't), I moved on to all original images.

Some of you might think I'm just throwing it together. I'm not. This is not as easy at it looks. It's not as intensive as actually making video game sprites, but it's not something I can slap together. I can use cut & paste, but that's to be consitent with looking like a video game (which are limited animation by definition, unless it's a cut scene). Making the images require making sure all the colors look right, and that the pictures look good being zoomed in between 2x to 4x, and that the backgrounds tile correctly, and that the characters look good from different angles or movements.

In short, it's a lot of the things to work with when making visual art. It's just that I'm focusing on a stylistic choice.

Also, it isn't just pictures. I'm telling stories with these, so the writing is just as important as the pictures. I admit it has some kinks, and that most of my punchlines aren't really laugh-out-loud.

As for the part about gaming, that's what the current story is. It's a direct parody of shoot-em-up games like R-Type and Gradius. I've seen plenty of other genres mocked in webcomics, particularly RPGs, but not this genre. So that's what I'm going for. Also, the high score names are based on my most commonly played games in my collection. Some might be obvious, some not.

* Heck, it originally started out as an Evangelion story before a couple reboots, but that's something I'll save for later.

I stopped reading when you used an author avatar. That's unforgivable.

Kid Radd was awesome though.

What? It's not as thought he intruded on the stories. He was in side strips.

I think you're confusing that with a Mary Sue.

Breaking the fourth wall in your first few comics is not a good sign.

Last I checked, the fourth wall was a tool, not an absolute rule to follow. And it doesn't actually affect the story strips. Note those are separate.

You don't have to like this, but the fourth wall is not a good reason to dislike it. At least read the whole damn thing, and comment on that, instead of making snap judgements. If you still don't like it, then let me know.

I can tell you invested a lot of effort in the comic but honestly it's pretty terrible, maybe you should find a new way to spend your creative energies.

While more detailed criticim would be nice, I admit the flow of the first story isn't that good. I was making a lot of the plot up as I went, and I didn't set up a lot of the characters well. But the entire point of the comic is to hone my writing and drawing, and the space shooter story is where I try to step that up.

Hopefully that turns out to your liking.

To be fair I only read the first 15 or so, seems like it was a rough early stage where you were ironing things out. So for all I know you got more streamlined and much better.

Okay, that's a different matter. I would be very pleased if you read and commented on the rest, just when you have the time to do so.

I will at some point. And for the record I did like the artwork/art style, I just wasn't impressed with the writing.