Re:Randall Munroe, XKCD Creator, Goes Back to High School
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @02:58PM
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> artful?
Not the goal. The word 'comic' does not imply it. It's like asking confusedly why your posts are not in haiku form.
> Theres not a huge difference between a bunch of stick figures with walls of text crammed into each frame and simple text prose.
They help delineate conversation, but you're right. There's not a big difference between those. Note that a lot of what he does is just text. (Also note that many of the comics are not just stick figures with text.)
But your implication that there should be a difference, I don't understand that. The format serves the contents well.
Not the goal. The word 'comic' does not imply it. It's like asking confusedly why your posts are not in haiku form.
> Theres not a huge difference between a bunch of stick figures with walls of text crammed into each frame and simple text prose.
They help delineate conversation, but you're right. There's not a big difference between those. Note that a lot of what he does is just text. (Also note that many of the comics are not just stick figures with text.)
But your implication that there should be a difference, I don't understand that. The format serves the contents well.