Shortpacked! by David Willis

Discussion (13) ¬

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   Noble Bear

   May 8, 2010 at 4:44 am | # | Reply

   He who has ears to hear, let him hear…

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     M

     January 26, 2012 at 7:21 pm | # | Reply

     BIBLE REFERENCE! Atheists converge!

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       Narf

       March 5, 2013 at 2:46 pm | # | Reply

       No.
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   Thoughtwanderer

   October 11, 2010 at 3:43 pm | # | Reply

   Fool! Even now Gabe and Tycho are flying a rocketship made of money to the moon, which they own.
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   Ragnal

   October 18, 2010 at 11:46 pm | # | Reply

   I never did get this comic. Is there an inside joke I’m missing out on?

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     Boristus

     October 31, 2010 at 4:05 pm | # | Reply

     Yeah. The joke is that Is how Willis makes a living off of these comics; ads, t-shirts, miniatures and the works.
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     waytoomanyusernames

     December 14, 2010 at 7:41 pm | # | Reply

     If I remember correctly this was around the time a lot of newpapers slashed their funnies and the syndicates and cartoonists sneered when it was suggested that maybe the cartoonists could switch to a webcomic format.
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     BOB

     June 5, 2011 at 7:57 am | # | Reply

     I believe this was inspired by Ted Rall’s ranting on the Daily Cartoonist site and other forums.
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   SamClemensRIGL

   December 21, 2010 at 8:11 pm | # | Reply

   And considering how much of comic books today are actually ads, it adds another layer of ugh-that-guy to it.
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   DannKast

   December 24, 2010 at 4:24 am | # | Reply

   nice hanna montana poster
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   farrower

   December 10, 2011 at 2:19 pm | # | Reply

   Advertising dollars pay for newspapers, same as for television, radio, etc. All media ultimately exists as a way of tricking people into experiencing advertising. Don’t believe me on account of channels like HBO and Showtime? How many people have bought boxed sets of The Sopranos? And videos are just a means of advertising for all the merchandise.

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     Aita

     December 19, 2011 at 12:38 am | # | Reply

     Yeah, the only real difference is that a webcomic is a little more direct in it’s advertising (i.e. the artists usually know about the ads… which makes it better regardless, if you ask me). People who don’t know where the money that buys there stuff comes from have always bothered me.
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   FakeAccount3000

   August 10, 2012 at 5:01 pm | # | Reply

   I still have one of those Roomies! T-shirts. I got it back when Roomies! was running and being hosted by..a different website.