2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 38: BLUE MILK SPECIAL

WEB COMIC: BLUE MILK SPECIAL

CREATOR: ROB HANNNAH AND LEANNA HANNAH.
UPDATES: ONCE A WEEK
ARCHIVE: THEY DON'T SAY
GENRE: STAR WARS PARODY

It's been a long time I should not have left you....(by Eric B and Rockhm) Old school rappers. You young bucks won't remember that. Oh well I was locked out of my accounts for a time. I was a bit too clever with my passwords! Well I'm back with web comic review of... Blue Milk Special (Clever title).

PROS: Star Wars duh? This comic is allot like a Family Guy episode, witty and funny. The web site is colorful and and can easy navigate.

CONS: Updates once a week. Not many links or much else to see on the site. The followers of this comic hail from inkoutbreak.com My antivirus would not let me go there?  they ( Antivirus)claim that the closed that page to protect my computer? Not sure if it's safe or not. I already have headaches from other virus trojans ect.. from other sites I have visted. Visit at your own risk!

LAST WORD: If you  like or don't care for Star Wars this spoof is is sure to tickle your funny bone. I don't like all parodies but this one was pretty good. It's nice to see a husband and wife share in a artistic endeavor. I would take a look at this one if I was you. All links may not be safe!

OVERALL SCORE: 7.5 CONCEPT: 7.5 To sum it up this a Star Wars parody. Not original. Robot Chicken and Family Guy did this idea to death, but still entertaining. ART: 9.5 Very good. I like the cartoony "character look" the characters have. On top of that the backgrounds look great! Good job you two. COLORING OR SHADING: 8.5  Well done as well. The colors fit this comic to a tee. The use of shadows are not really well used however. WRITTING AND SPELLING: 8.5 This comic is written well and the story is never confusing from what I read. I saw no misspells. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 8.5 Very colorful and the page is pretty straight forward. There are not too many links or pages to browse. The "About Page" answers all questions in detail. The page download lags at times. One the links may not be safe, I'm still not sure... so let me know how it goes.  ENTERTAINMENT: 8.5 Not the funniest comic I've read in awhile but it did keep my attention. I didn't read the whole archive so this comic could be more funny then I thought. POST FREQUENCY: 5.5 Once a week in full color is barely passable. Hey, I should update more then I do! I put in more work then this 4 panel comic on average. I do see that at times they do update twice  week, and that is more acceptable. A half point for that yaaaaaay! POPULARITY: 4.0 A "Page rank of 3" and 32 followers on inkoutbreak.com(never heard of them) is pretty cool.

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 37: CAPRIPHONA

WEB COMIC: CAPRICONA
CREATOR: SHILIN HUANG

UPDATES: EVERY MONDAY

ARCHIVE: 105 PAGES.
GENRE: FANTASY MANGA

Happy Labor Day! Still can't believe I am off to day but I will be working through out the week. Don't worry my own Manga Splice will be updating a little later today. Today's web comic is one I starting reading and found interesting... it's called Caphriphona!

PROS: A great looking website with comments enabled! The art is very good with a classic manga style combined with chi bi forms when at a distance. There is "About " info and character bios you can easily find from the home page. A nice good size archive for new readers. A whole volume is now on sale!

CONS: I noticed some page load problems when there seemed to be 15 users on line. I'm not sure if that was the source of the problem. At times the pages can be a little confusing to read. This is from ether the cell shading or the artist trying to cram to much on one page.

LAST WORD: This manga has good story behind. Doesn't most manga? If you love manga you should like this one! This comic does have a following so you won't be alone. One thing I will say for most manga is that their stories are gripping and almost always original. My only knock on this art form as you can't tell one artist from the next.

OVERALL SCORE: 8.0 CONCEPT: 10 Carciphona takes place in Maelstrom, a spirit-entwined world. Although magic has allowed Maelstrom to grow and prosper, it has been prohibited in recent history due to the appearance of a demonic assassin. Quite Original.  ART: 9.0 This manga art style is very good and polished but looks like it was done by the same artist in some other recent manga I read. COLORING OR SHADING: 9.0 When this artist decides to color the work is on another level. The cell shading isn't as good as a manga like Wayrift. WRITTING AND SPELLING: 9.0 The story is easy to follow... most times. I found some pages hard to read because they appeared to be ether crammed or the cell shading was to light to tell easily what was going on. Spelling and grammar looked okay to me. WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.0 This one of the more original web comic websites I've seen. I was surprised Shilin, doesn't use comicpress as well. The only real knock was some pages loaded real slow. Almost all info a new reader would need was at the finger tips except... what page number you are on. It's there but it is small print at the foremost left and right corners ENTERTAINMENT: 8.5 More interesting then entertaining but the story will make you want to see what happens next. This just wasn't one of those "I can't stop reading" comics for me. POST FREQUENCY: 4.0 Once week in black and white just isn't impressive. I will say that it is better then myself at the moment. I do my webcomic in color however. POPULARITY: 4.5 A page rank of 3 is cool and from recent reader comment counts, I can tell this comic has a decent following.