Bummer's Art Shack - Smog #27 art - Page 15

Zachilles · Jul 15th, 2011, 2:53:10 PM

Anything with Mythbusters is awesome, and that is no exception.

Aerrow · Jul 15th, 2011, 3:06:41 PM

Brilliant.

V0x · Jul 15th, 2011, 3:35:07 PM

XD That is awesome

nitpick back the first page w/ Alakazam and the cube:
7 minutes is slow. ~7 times too slow. But the comic was hilarious nonetheless

**Arcticblast** · Jul 15th, 2011, 5:39:24 PM

Poor Ponyta.

TEA_DEMON · Jul 15th, 2011, 6:10:41 PM

ouch, poor ponyta. wonderfully done yet again.

Fulgrate · Jul 15th, 2011, 10:11:27 PM

LOL @ the Shedinja myth. XD

**Bummer** · Jul 17th, 2011, 4:25:34 PM

Thanks guys!

For the next subject: Is this a good idea for a strip, or will it only result in people complaining about how I don't understand economics?

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Originally Posted by Fat V0x

nitpick back the first page w/ Alakazam and the cube:
7 minutes is slow. ~7 times too slow. But the comic was hilarious nonetheless

Yeah, people kept pointing thgat out, so I changed it to 78 seconds on my site. The one in the first post must be the old one.

Aura Guardian · Jul 17th, 2011, 4:56:42 PM

From my layman's viewpoint, I see no problem with it.

EDIT: vonFiedler, I think part of the point is he's exaggerating how much can be found.

vonFiedler · Jul 17th, 2011, 5:16:54 PM

It's not an economy thing so much as a gold thing. I get the joke is that you find a lot of gold in Pokemon, but that stuff is still mined irl. Yet the gold standard remains stable (or something like that). Point is finding a few nuggets in Pokemon isn't equivalent to building a Philosopher's Stone. If someone sold crates full of gold irl it would do nothing to the price of gold at all, at most you'd just be suspected of selling blood gold.

TEA_DEMON · Jul 17th, 2011, 6:31:35 PM

lol "lemonade more expensive than ever".

and from a supply/demand point of view the reverse is actually true; more supply pushes up the price.

supermarth64 · Jul 17th, 2011, 6:32:40 PM

Unfortunately, I have to say I don't understand the lemonade bit of that strip (unless it's just filler text).

Also TEA_DEMON, you're thinking about quantity supplied. Since the main character's a new supplier, it would push the supply graph to the right instead of traveling along the line, decreasing equilibrium price.

***Mekkah***** · Jul 17th, 2011, 6:45:11 PM

My guess was that as Gold becomes worthless, other more directly useful things become more expensive. I didn't really think into it any deeper.

Bynine · Jul 17th, 2011, 7:03:16 PM

Lemonade is ridiculously expensive in vending machines. It costs more than a Poke Ball, iirc, which doesn't make much sense.

**Bummer** · Jul 18th, 2011, 12:39:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat vonFiedler

I get the joke is that you find a lot of gold in Pokemon

Nope.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat supermarth64

Since the main character's a new supplier, it would push the supply graph to the right instead of traveling along the line, decreasing equilibrium price.

Bingo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat vonFiedler

Yet the gold standard remains stable (or something like that).

If someone sold crates full of gold irl it would do nothing to the price of gold at all, at most you'd just be suspected of selling blood gold.

This is what essentially kills the joke. Even though the game world is much, much smaller in comparison to our own, and therefore easier to affect, that point is difficult to come across or ellaborate in three mere panels, so that's the limitation of it. Or at least judging by the response here.

I have a Plan B where the third panel can be subsituted with something different, along with a changed dialogue. That way the two former panels won't be in vain. I just might end up posting both versions close to each other though, I'll see how much time I have available. Especially so since my bike decided to blow up the back tire this weekend!

**Bummer** · Jul 21st, 2011, 4:47:54 PM

You encountered an over-used joke!

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gg next strip

Rackham · Jul 21st, 2011, 5:42:08 PM

Brilliant <3: These are priceless (pun somewhat intended)! Luvdisc'd

GlassAbsol · Jul 21st, 2011, 6:13:00 PM

I adore the fact that in the last strip everything has a smiley face. I think that the comic could have been improved if there were 4 panels, the 3rd being the bike whizzing past an old man then 4th showing it to be the president of the Pokefanclub holding the Bike Token looking depressed. However the way you've done it is still very good, and the majority of the joke is in the 2nd panel anyway. Good strip :)

~~Crafty Scrafty~~ · Jul 21st, 2011, 7:10:25 PM

Great stuff, keep up the good work!

**Bummer** · Jul 27th, 2011, 2:04:23 PM

Thanks for liking the edit, guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat GlassAbsol

I think that the comic could have been improved if there were 4 panels, the 3rd being the bike whizzing past an old man then 4th showing it to be the president of the Pokefanclub holding the Bike Token looking depressed.

It's usually for the best to focus on one aspect of a joke at a time. Trying to squeeze several punches into one packet makes for messy comics, in my experience.

also

Ah, to be fabulous

Xaqwais · Jul 28th, 2011, 8:53:11 AM

I've never looked at Masquerain's wings as eyes...

Woah.

**Bummer** · Jul 28th, 2011, 11:30:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Xaqwais

I've never looked at Masquerain's wings as eyes...

Antennae. And yeah, took a while for me too when Gen III was released, although that sure explains its given ability!

Mr. Munchlax · Jul 28th, 2011, 2:07:43 PM

I just added your site to my Favorites. Awesome comics.

aXl · Jul 28th, 2011, 2:28:00 PM

Dang. And here I thought it was called "Entertainment"...

HR. · Jul 28th, 2011, 4:42:48 PM

These are brilliant, I love how you have extracted all the ridiculous concepts in the games and put them into the comics. Keep it up!

TEA_DEMON · Jul 28th, 2011, 8:44:04 PM

anything with masquerain is instantly awesome.

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vonFiedler Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,159	It's not an economy thing so much as a gold thing. I get the joke is that you find a lot of gold in Pokemon, but that stuff is still mined irl. Yet the gold standard remains stable (or something like that). Point is finding a few nuggets in Pokemon isn't equivalent to building a Philosopher's Stone. If someone sold crates full of gold irl it would do nothing to the price of gold at all, at most you'd just be suspected of selling blood gold. __________________ I will always go to sleep, even in a house where I just murdered a couple of cops. - Lightwolf

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