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« on: March 04, 2009, 11:15:40 AM » |
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So I'm starting to do conventions this year and when filling out the application forms they ask for a description of the comic. Here's what I currently have from years ago, I actually can't remember if I wrote this or if it was from a review:
"The Book of Biff is a single panel comic following the life of Biff, a persistent but naive character living in a world of his own."
Can you do better?
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chaoticag
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« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2009, 11:27:15 AM » |
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The book of Biff is a one panel comic following the everyday wackey life of Biff.
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While this is true, pointing it out makes you a douche; pointing it out and failing to also point out that he used "form" instead of "forum" makes you a douche-wibbler.
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Torg
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« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2009, 01:08:03 PM » |
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The Book of Biff is a single-panel comic about a creature named Biff who does things. Some strips are about ninja throwing pizza and the destruction of North America due to clockwise-flushing Australian toilets being incompatible with counterclockwise American plumbing. Then it gets weird. (Warning: contains graphic depictions of paper cuts.)
Or something along those lines.
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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Orangey
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« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2009, 01:23:36 PM » |
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What kind of space constraints are you working with?
For something short, maybe something like: The Book of Biff is a single-panel gag-a-day strip following the screwball antics of the titular character, Biff.
For longer: Eh, I'll get to it when I'm not on my lunch-break.
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-Stan, American Dad
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MagicParakeet
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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2009, 02:05:50 PM » |
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You pretty much got it. One panel comic about Biff and his odd life, or something like it. I say it's good the way you got it.
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Pieman
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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 03:25:41 PM » |
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A daily, one-panel comic about Biff - a regenerative character who is greatly intelligent, but appears to lack any form of common sense - in a universe where physics (and most likely, logic) do not exist.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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Drakey
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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 03:37:45 PM » |
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The Book of Biff is a single panel gag-a-day comic which updates every weekday.
It follows the title character, Biff, a bald man with distinctively large eyebrows, through a generally story-free format. He encounters various problems which are solved by means of inventions or outright violation of physics and meets with frequent accidents, generally not shown as much as implied. Although Biff lives in a world which is populated, other characters are never shown unless they are not sentient.
Beware the gungerlock.
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Wow. I am so full of bull.  Gre sprite courtesy of Spritemeister (all rights reserved) Oh, that's just Marvin. He's dead, so he kinda smells a little bad. |
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Ziggy Stardust
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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 09:52:21 PM » |
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Definitely mention his eyebrows. Any reader new to the comic will be caught off-guard by them, as they are most likely Biff's most prominent feature.
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Yo dawg, I heard you like being ridiculous on the internet, so I put memes in your thread so you can lol while you lol. Your mum was a Tyrannosaur. |
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juneloveslotr
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 11:26:19 PM » |
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But they don't have a lot to do with what happens, there just there... and long... and zig-zaggy...  |
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Torg
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« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2009, 05:18:14 AM » |
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But they throw a lot of people off. Now that I think about it, I agree with Ziggy.
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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the Scarf
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2009, 08:34:22 PM » |
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Hmm....Can't do better than what's already been said really...
Biffs awesome?
There.
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Ziggy Stardust
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« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 10:47:40 PM » |
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I agree with Ziggy.
Oh, but I love it when that happens!  How are them forms comin', Chris? Also, since when is Biff 'naive'? I never thought he was very naive, just a little confused by the world. Hell, I would be too, had I an infestation of the blue designer phone bug. |
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Yo dawg, I heard you like being ridiculous on the internet, so I put memes in your thread so you can lol while you lol. Your mum was a Tyrannosaur. |
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Torg
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« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2009, 10:57:27 PM » |
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Is Biff confused by the world, or is the world confused by Biff?
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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Pieman
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« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2009, 03:06:41 AM » |
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Yes.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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Torg
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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2009, 01:06:12 PM » |
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Which one?
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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Pieman
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2009, 01:08:30 PM » |
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Both.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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juneloveslotr
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« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2009, 02:29:51 PM » |
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Biff's an odd guy in an even odder world, Biff and the world would be use to each other by now. Now Biff's just trying to live his odd life in this odd world, with hilarious repercussions.
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Sorry, I'm Dyslexic and can't spell. Please don't bug me about it.
My Stuff:
Angus Ghost in Jar
4 Fir Trees
Pets: Otter, Dragon
Sword and Shield
Scarf, Sentient Straightjacket
Sleeping Orangey painting
20 Spiderman Comic Books
Tree house
ShyMiester Mask
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Torg
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2009, 04:53:42 PM » |
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Biff and the world would be use to each other by now.
Not necessarily. Familiarity doesn't automatically mean understanding. |
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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juneloveslotr
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« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2009, 06:27:41 PM » |
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I didn't say they understood each other, just that they would no longer be surprised by odd occurrences.
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Sorry, I'm Dyslexic and can't spell. Please don't bug me about it.
My Stuff:
Angus Ghost in Jar
4 Fir Trees
Pets: Otter, Dragon
Sword and Shield
Scarf, Sentient Straightjacket
Sleeping Orangey painting
20 Spiderman Comic Books
Tree house
ShyMiester Mask
925 Battle Pastries left
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Ziggy Stardust
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« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2009, 01:04:37 PM » |
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That would explain why Biff wears the same expression every day now, instead of the dismayed look he used to wear in earlier comics.
Damn, Chris, got it all figured out, don't you?
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Yo dawg, I heard you like being ridiculous on the internet, so I put memes in your thread so you can lol while you lol. Your mum was a Tyrannosaur. |
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juneloveslotr
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« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2009, 01:30:32 PM » |
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Wouldn't supplies me.
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Sorry, I'm Dyslexic and can't spell. Please don't bug me about it.
My Stuff:
Angus Ghost in Jar
4 Fir Trees
Pets: Otter, Dragon
Sword and Shield
Scarf, Sentient Straightjacket
Sleeping Orangey painting
20 Spiderman Comic Books
Tree house
ShyMiester Mask
925 Battle Pastries left
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Chris Hallbeck
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« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2009, 02:30:42 PM » |
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That would explain why Biff wears the same expression every day now, instead of the dismayed look he used to wear in earlier comics.
Damn, Chris, got it all figured out, don't you?
I think his expression is constantly open to interpretation. You are seeing what you want to see. |
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Ziggy Stardust
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« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2009, 04:28:53 PM » |
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So, the secret ingredient is... whatever my imagination wants it to be? ^Shining eyes^
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Yo dawg, I heard you like being ridiculous on the internet, so I put memes in your thread so you can lol while you lol. Your mum was a Tyrannosaur. |
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Drakey
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« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2009, 10:46:53 AM » |
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The secret ingedient is perfectly ordinary water.
Laced with a generous dose of LSD.
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Wow. I am so full of bull. Gre sprite courtesy of Spritemeister (all rights reserved) Oh, that's just Marvin. He's dead, so he kinda smells a little bad. |
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Pieman
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« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2009, 10:49:06 AM » |
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Futurama.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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the Scarf
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« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2009, 01:24:41 PM » |
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Instant water: Just add water!!
I should market that....
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Pieman
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« Reply #27 on: March 12, 2009, 03:22:03 PM » |
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It's been done.
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That is because you are the bestest and the awesomenest.
You become incredibly well-muscled and accidentally crush Pel's head. |
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Torg
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« Reply #28 on: March 12, 2009, 08:04:40 PM » |
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Instant water: Just add water!!
Watch as this ordinary plastic bottle is transformed into a water bottle right before your eyes! Bifftastic! Simply put the Instant Water beneath a water faucet and turn the handle. Wait five seconds, and when you're done, a full liter of water will have grown inside the bottle! It's really that simple! |
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As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero. The idea of you with a tank brings fear like I've never known.
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the Scarf
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« Reply #29 on: March 12, 2009, 11:24:20 PM » |
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Oh, mine was just gonna be a blue plastic cup. A plastic bottle is much better.
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