SUPER MEGA FORUMS

autocrat · and sometimes Y Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 643

Maybe it's just me, but it's seemed Super Mega had it's really bright period, and it seems to be dying down. The forums aren't as alive as before, Johnny is getting very behind on everything, and the comics seem to of lost their unique touch.

Maybe it's just going through a lousy period, which I hope it is, but it seems to be going down in the dumps.

CyberLemon1313 · Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 282 Location: ftw

Lies. All lies.

I deny everything.

Classy

OneHitWonder · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject:

Ally.
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RexManningDay · Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 10:57 pm Post subject:

Your face!

Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

it's the winter

the winter always makes things feel like they're not as good and/or slower.

Maximus · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:12 am Post subject:

:horpse:

Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

I'm thinking of getting rid of most of the Ally comics and closing down Super Mega for a while

Maximus · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:50 am Post subject:

Xhero · Not actually a moderator Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 369

I think that is a good decision.

Maximus · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:06 am Post subject:

since my opinion on the future of SM doesn't matter i'd just like to say that that's the best use of Noooo

thus far

Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

CyberLemon1313 · Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 282 Location: ftw

omg wtf im fr3kin ot lolz

Maximus · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:50 pm Post subject:

i noticed that several days ago

i wept softly

Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

Here's the rough draft of the rest of the series... I wrote this up in like 15 minutes a week or two ago, and I usually change a bunch of things when I actually make the comics. The punchlines don't work as well when you are reading straight through it, since you just go right from the punchline to the next comic a centimeter below... kinda like comics 3-5 weren't as good when they were one comic, but anyways:

8

(ALLY)SO SAMUEL, THIS IS TEN POUND PLANET
(SAMUEL)(OR IS IT SPACE MONSTER, IN DISGUISE?)
(ALLY)TEN POUND PLANET, THIS IS SAMUEL
(SAMUEL)(OR IS IT SPACE MONSTER, IN DISGUISE?)
(ALLY)OKAY GUYS, WE HAVE TO FIND A GOOD COMET TO RIDE HOME
(A COMET)OH HEY RIDE ME
(ALLY)ARE YOU A GOOD COMET
(A COMET)NO :D

9

(ALLY)WHOO WHOO HERE WE GO
(ALLY)GOING THROUGH SPACE LOOKIN' FOR A GOOD COMET
(space monster shows up)(SPACE MONSTER) AHA, I FOUND YOU!
(SAMUEL)AHA, I KNEW YOU WERE SPACE MONSTER THE WHOLE TIME (pointing at ten pound planet)
(SAMUEL)GOOD THING MY HOOVES SHOOT BULLETS
(space monster's face)
(SAMUEL)LIKE A GUN
(space monster's face is shocked and scared)

10

(bang bang bang bang bang)
(space monster is running)
(ALLY)WHOA, THANKS FOR GETTING RID OF SPACE MONSTER, SAMUEL
(SAMUEL)NO PROBLEMS
(TEN POUND PLANET)I'M NOT SPACE MONSTER, YOU SAID I WAS SPACE MONSTER
(samuel with suspicious look)
(ALLY)IF YOU'RE NOT SPACE MONSTER, THEN...
(ALLY)IT'S ME!
(ALLY)NOO D:

11

(SAMUEL)IF ALLY'S SPACE MONSTER THEN THAT MEANS...
(SAMUEL)I'M TEN POUND PLANET?
(TEN POUND PLANET)THEN WHO AM I
(SAMUEL)A SPY!
(ALLY)HOW COULD YOU

12

(ALLY)NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ALL SORTED OUT, WE NEED A GOOD COMET
(ANOTHER COMET)WHOA HEY GUYS I AM THE BEST COMET
(ALLY)ARE YOU SURE, WE NEED A COMET THAT WOULD GET A TEN OUT OF TEN RATING
(ANOTHER COMET)TOTALLY (smiling comet)
(everyone is smiling)

Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

oh man, those actually sound pretty good. Especially number 10.

and the ending is pretty good for the series. Maybe just make them real quick or something and release them all then move on. That's kind of a lot of work but it's better than stopping completely.

OneHitWonder · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject:

After comic ten Samuel should shoot Ally with his hooves that shoot bullets like guns. Since she is a space monster, after all.
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Maximus · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 3:28 pm Post subject:

number ten is good because it contains noooo

OneHitWonder · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:22 pm Post subject:

Nothing can top the original.

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DemonHobo · Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 158

9-12 were funny!
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OneHitWonder · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:46 pm Post subject:

If you dropped the comet in the 8th comic, you could combine the 8th and 9th comic and avoid a lame joke in the process.
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Oddballout · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 6:44 pm Post subject:

If you close Super Mega I'll just have to read all your comics from my hard drive.

Dissapointed

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RexManningDay · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:46 pm Post subject:

If I were Johnny, I would've put the last one as 12/48.

I think that would've been a good joke, on everyone that hates Ally.

Loki · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:58 am Post subject:

The undone episodes seemed like they would have been good. Oh well. Confused

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Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

I am trying to figure out the problem with Ally

I think the problem is she is bossy and self-centered, which I thought would be interesting for a girl character, but it just makes her seem annoying... But thinking about this again she kinda is supposed to be annoying... but not in the way people are reacting to her right now

Like the whole point of the Float Far Remote series was that the kid and the mouse are floating in the house with Ally, and that there wasn't really a hero character like Charlie. It's three people with no idea what they're doing, and since Ally is the adult she is supposed to take charge, but she is just crazy and doesn't do anything productive. But she's not supposed to be the bad guy or really annoying or anything

I don't know, maybe not everyone is supposed to like Ally, or something... Or maybe people just don't like her because most of the first Ally comics were not very good or were long and boring, which wasn't because Ally was in it... all the comics I was making at that time were like that....

I don't know Confused

OneHitWonder · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:49 am Post subject:

The problem is that she isn't just a recurring character, she's the main character of pretty much every comic since she debuted. Super Mega doesn't tailor well to such an omnipresent character.

Also, the fact that she is constantly hungry is negative funny. She's just not a compelling character, especially when put next to cool characters like Samuel. I find the frames with Ally in them to be pointless and they detract from the funny panels.

Compare the Ally moments you find funniest with these classics:

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OneHitWonder · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:08 am Post subject:

I mean, hair sandwich? Come on now.
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parksmudge · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:41 am Post subject:

I liked all of them! so sweet!
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Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

The hair sandwich thing was great, it might not have been as good as those two comics and it might not be useable as an emoticon, but I liked the hair sandwich thing

edit: and she's not constantly hungry, that was just in the 4th and 5th comics in the series

Gym · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:19 pm Post subject:

Johnny, if you do those comics, they'll definetly make up for the couple of crappy Ally comics. Plus I want to see Samuel use his hooves like guns.
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Loki · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject:

Gym has an extremely valid point.

Hoof guns, man.
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:) · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject:

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Keith · Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Philadelphia

don't close down super mega until you make shirts

and then when you do close down i'll take over
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Mr. Suave · **i love poo** Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 43

hey, it's okay if not everyone likes Ally. Lots of people don't like the Cardboard Tube Samurai but that doesnt stop Gabe and Tycho from using him in a comic every once in a while
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Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

Took the Out In Space series and the "Ally Uses Tactics" comics off the site... the series might return someday in someway or something but right now I just didn't like it there

Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

I still think Ally's a good character, I just made mistakes with her

Keith · Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 838 Location: Philadelphia

:O

They're going to become collectors items, just like the Everybody and Dave strip without the orange dots that I have.
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Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

you can sell them on Ebay

RexManningDay · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject:

Gym · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:51 pm Post subject:

:shock:

:winky:

Not always in that order.
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autocrat · and sometimes Y Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 643

I think the main problem, is that Johnny sits there and plans his comics, (Don't get me wrong, he was the original creator, and the way he does it is the actual, authentic super mega way) but I seem to think comics are a lot more funny when you just start with one idea, and draw what comes to mind, instead of writing dialouge and having all these ideas.

Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

I think he just plans it mostly when he has a series like this

so, going back to the old, one emosewa comic at a time thing would make everything better again

parksmudge · Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject:

this thread has stayed on topic for a very, very long time
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Gym · Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject:

LOL HI PARKSMUDGE
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parksmudge · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject:

LOL HI GUSY~

i like cats? do you guys like cats? theres this cat that lives on my front porch, and follows me around the neighborhood when i walk. sometimes when i open the front door, he walks in and stairs at the fridge until i give him milk. i wish it was my cat Confused

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Maximus · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:02 pm Post subject:

i quit supermega

Dissapointed

CyberLemon1313 · Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 282 Location: ftw

No, Supermega quits you. Shocked

Maximus · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 6:18 pm Post subject:

parksmudge · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:13 pm Post subject:

someone explain that to me plz
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Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

one is a young Finnius McCummigan from other forums. Both are obvious homosexuals.

Johnny Smash · Admin Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 3527 Location: Tucson, AZ

Yelllow Fever · The Crushin' Russian Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 2651

this thread stayed on topic for so long because it was a serious thread.
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Maximus · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:26 pm Post subject:

seriously gay maybe

RexManningDay · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:18 pm Post subject:

Hey look, it's Negative Nancy.

Maximus is Negative Nancy.

Old Man · Richard Laser Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5427

Really Ugly Rhonda