Danetropolis
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Originally, the concept of using myself as model for characters grew out of necessity. Those bearded guys wearing shirts and ties were mere stick figures in my mind, but as time went on, the gimmick evolved and took on meanings never anticipated in the earliest strips. For instance, when characters are rude or short with one another, it symbolizes the fact that people frequently find themselves on both sides of that transaction. On any given day, we are all the annoy-er and the annoy-ee. My strips tend to be inspired by very simple things such as puns, aphorisms or ordinary objects and it is my hope that when you combine a philosophy of simplicity in writing with a heavily non-verbal style of storytelling, you'll get a strip that dances across language barriers.
Love the beards
This is really clever. I'd love to see more.
love this art style
This is really funny stuff, brilliant in its simplicity. Great art. I hope it continues somewhere.
This had some funny parts. I thought it was going to be a copy of Tom Goes to the Mayor, but it wasn't. Thank god, too! Keep up the good work, there's definitely more you can do with this.
Congrats, Rob, on you Kingship! Remember, lead well...
As far as Daneman's jokes, I rather enjoyed them, and the comics, too. If Danetropolis continues (elsewhere?), I will follow it.
They made me King!?!
Wow. I hadn't been told.
Imagine my contentment-Rob
i think what you'd consider heckling is completely consistent with my very valid critiques of daneman's humour and artistic style for his strip. but besides that, the artist who you accuse me of heckling decided to tell jokes in the comments. anytime a joke is told to a person, that person has the right to either reward the joke with a laugh or to shame the joketeller. i'm not obligated to leave the room if i don't want to laugh at bad jokes, even if rob berry - the king of zuda implies that i should.
Rudis,
What sort of people is it, do you think, who feel compelled to heckle a comedian doing stand-up when it's so much easier to just leave the room?
-Rob
Daneman, you looks like me!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Ok, that's a simple idea that works... Congrats!
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Ricardo Soathman
Enough with the bad jokes in the comments, daneman. they are almost as unfunny as your strip.
go white boy!
frankenstiencasenova makes me lol, seriously. i love this comic 2. please continue it!!
5th???
I owe Mr. Kris Wilson of Cyanide and Happiness a bit of thanks for that.
Anyhoo...
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So a Sadist and a Masochist are stuck together on a desert island.
The Masochist says to the Sadist, "Hurt me! Beat me, Whip me, do whatever you want!"
And the Sadist says, "No."
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Its been one hell of a weird trip, Zudists.
See you in the funny pages.
When I first saw this (on it's own site or wherever) I loved it. Totally appreciate why it's the same face. If you make the faces different you lose the joke completely in most cases. The reading the newspaper over the shoulder one in particular. It loses a little here for some reason I can't quite put my finger on. This site is a little noisy and the flash player I loved at the beginning is starting to irritate me. Some comics just need to sit quietly on their own to be fully appreciated. This is one of them.
To some extent this is why this site baffles me. Looking at this I'd have thought instant winner, along with Crooked Man and Maxy J last month and perhaps Untrue Tales this month. If I was looking for updates on a weekly basis for those comics I'd never be off this site. Ah well, I'm hoping this will rise up the ranks if nothing else and I'll be following it off site later I'm sure.
Now that someone's mentioned Buster Keaton I can't help but imagine the piano accompianist in the background!
If Frankenstein Casanova were as self obsessed as the Daneman then maybe he would make a comic about himself called Frankenstein Casanova which would contain thousands of Frankenstein Casanovas, all posing in various staged events, leading ultimately to some sort of gag or funny happening in the final panel, but Frankenstein Casanova is only self obsessed enough to refer to himself in the third person and and post lengthy and meaningless rants on people's comics' comments section. Plus Frankenstein Casanova has no discernible talent anyways and would be too afraid to attempt to create his own masterpiece for fear of rejection and/or public ridicule. What a shame...
Meh...Kansas City people can't make comics. They're all into barbeque and football...
...and comics.
Love the stuff, David. You have my vote.
T. Avery
Congrats for stepping on up, Daneman!
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And thanks for the footprint on my kidney.
Perfection! 5 star!
Wow this is amazing, my brother told me to check it out and vote for you..good luck it in the competition!
Brilliant. That's a funny joke.
Please hold all questions to the end of the presentation.
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A man confesses to his Doctor, "I think I may die of unhappiness."
The Doctor says,"Unhappiness is serious, but rarely fatal. What troubles you?"
"I seem to have lost my ability to sleep."
"I'm sorry."
"I've lost my appetite for food and women."
"That is terrible."
"...and there is something cold and heavy inside which is killing and devouring my very soul."
"My God and you've tried..."
"Medication, Meditation, Acupuncture, Massage, Diet and Exercise. I even went to a Mosque, a Church and a Synagogue. I am at my end."
The Doctor thinks to himself for a minute.
"I have an idea. I want you to go and buy yourself a ticket to see Pagliacci- The World's Funniest Clown. This man is so funny, that if he doen't make you feel one iota better, than you may already be dead."
The patient's gaze falls to the floor and without looking up he says," But I am Pagliacci."
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I will now answer any questions from the audience.
I really like this. You've really captured something truely organic and real, I was very amused by each theme represented and the visual style used. Beards are cool, I was certainly more entertained by this than the crap they give us in newspapers.
Actually, I'm just jealous because I've never been able to grow a beard. It's true. Just scragglies. It's really not fair.
Hi Daneman. Very enjoyable and interesting interview with the Knave. Many thanks for the plug, amigo!
Fans of all DaneMen, visit The Knave's Log (http://knaveofkrypton.blogspot.com) to read the Knave's revealing interview with David Daneman. He breaks down and cries and everything. It's really powerful stuff.
Hooray for 6th!
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On his fiftieth birthday, a man goes to his doctor for a check-up.
He says," Doc, I want to live for another fifty years."
The doctor asks, "Do you smoke?"
"Nope."
"And do you drink?"
"I enjoy a single glass of wine every year on my birthday."
"Do you eat much red meat or fried-foods?"
"I have been on a fruit and vegetable diet for the last decade."
"And how frequently do you and the misses...er...copulate?"
"I can't even remember the last time, to be honest."
The doctor scratches his head and says "And why is it that you want to live another fifty years???"
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Dear Dane,
I am sorry the internet is full of haters. Your comic rocks.
-Tony Trov
two fists up!
Actually I changed my opinion. if you could boil each page down to a single panel comic- that might be the ticket. Yeah. I like that better. Web animations are annoying. The rock, paper scissors thing you did was awesome. More like that. And what you just said. If that was one panel. Hilarious!
Seven(th)? Well that's my lucky number!
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So a guy walks into his best friend's apartment to find him sitting on the couch watching PBS, completely naked except for a tophat.
He says to his friend, "What the hell are you doing?! Naked and watching PBS."
His friend say," I didn't think anyone was coming over today."
"Why the tophat??"
"Well...maybe someone would come over."
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*Ba-doomp ching*
I don't know. There are a lot of things going for this comic. Super slick clean art is nice. I think what brings it down are the gags. I think gag strips used to be made for lazy people. Now crappily drawn Flash animations have taken over that place-- so there simply is no more audience for this anymore. You know what I mean? If this was an online animation every month I'd probably watch it. But reading it makes me work too hard for too little...wow, spoken like a true lazy bastard.
I for one think these comics are rather funny, while managing to send a message of some type each time. Bravo daneman! 10/10
Maybe you two should take this over to the Zuda on-line marriages thread???
stop flirting with me, daneman.
rudis,
i'll add some knuckles
TO YOUR FACE!
(he heh)
oh well, can't win 'em all.
neat-o!!!! that rudis person is mean
HaHa, nibbles - you summed up your opinion of his artwork quite nicely in one word - barf!
at first i liked the artwork, but the tracings of the hands are really horrible. hands and faces are the most important part of the equation when it comes to drawing people. the faces are fine, but the hands are not traced or drawn well. add some knuckles dude, and unless you have really pudgy fingers on your prosthetic hands, you really should do a better job tracing the photos of your hands.
Also, the backgrounds are not impressive, precisely because they look like photographic work that has been traced. This style of tracing is cool in animation, like waking life or scanner darkly, and it still looks pretty cool, but when the backgrounds are so obviously photos and everybody can tell exactly how you made this imagery it begs the question - why shouldn't we just dismiss your artwork as pretty good tracings, and why shouldn't we just call you a tracer?
there are plenty of tracers in comics, and no, i'm not talking about inkers. i'm talking about dudes like the guy who does the punisher covers, whose style of illustration is so cool, and who has redrawn his tracework to the point of being a badass style, that i'd be a jerk to dismiss his artwork as simple tracings. but he also goes through the trouble of adding knuckles and fine details to his hands.
i must say, compared to Bradstreet, Daneman is a two bit tracer.
Another photo manipulated strip. It seems to be the flavor of webcomics these days. The mirror strip was'nt bad, but I've seen a lot of this stuff before. Sorry, just doesnt work for me.
Barf. No real art talent, not even the paneling is imaginative.
I love no script stories. The photo modifications are sweet.
Not too shabby Bruh!
Its nice to see a really contemporary gag strip. I'm not sure I've seen one before. I imagine you'll be able to get lots of current events/social commentary stuff in.
Who needs words when the actions speak for themselves.
Marcel Marceau would be proud.
Enjoying the non-continuous narrative format. Clever works for me. Particularly enjoyed the Norman Rockwell take (even if it isn't obviously funny).
I give Danetropolis three stars for the art. The gags not so much. Page seven isn't populated by Danemans though. It it was it really wouldn't make any sense.
pfhor took the words right out of my mouth. The whole time I was just in awe of the emotion created from the expressions and poses. Not sure if it's my favorite, but I would definitely enjoy reading this.
this guy's sense of humor is incredible. the perfect blend of dry, witty, and slapstick. he's going to be published soon. mark my words.
It's the poses and expressions that make this. I could watch this dude react to anything and chuckle with glee.
this was nice, some pages more enjoyable than others but then i suppose that's the particular nature of this beast. i love the graphic design style
Funny. The one with the ipod made me laugh out loud.