Comments on: Shortpacked VS Lil Formers?

By: DitzyMusicLover

DitzyMusicLover — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:31:31 +0000

oh, btw, I’d never heard of shortpacked until now. I think I’ll check it out. (I’m still staying faithful to this one though, I love it too much ). Just so you know, I’m not taking sides.

Two things were said in comments above. 1, Armada Hot Shot is not Bumblebee, he’s Hot Rod. The fact that he took over the Autobots when Optimus dies proves it, though Hot Shot didn’t take The Matrix like Hot Rod did. (Heh, Shotimus Prime.) Not to mention, watch the 2nd to last episode of TF:Cybertron. He wants to help Optimus fight Galvatron, and someone else tells him “That’s Prime’s fight, kid.” (Just like Kup told Hot Rod in 86 movie.)

Also: “When LF isn’t funny, it’s sharp and thoughtful- and still good.”

The Superman one, I showed my brother, and he was reading out loud Lois’s dialogue. In the middle of her monologue, he went into geek-mode, and what he said totally complimented your strip. I wish I remembered what he said though. It was priceless.

By: DitzyMusicLover

DitzyMusicLover — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:08:54 +0000

okay, I admit, I thought that strip was funny. And your strips do have a habit of doing just that. But I don’t see why he got offended over your strips. I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I have a few friends that dis Animated and rave about how good G1 is. Heck, even I dis it at times, and I LIKE Animated. But he shouldn’t have gone out and attacked your work. Best thing I can say is let it be. It might be a one-time thing.

By: rabbits

rabbits — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:30:17 +0000

well I have no problem with you angering the mighty willis, He seems to exist to force his opinions and will on others and can’t stand it when anyone doesn’t agree with him..

Shortpacked is his soapbox, where he can gripe about Transformer Fans who just don’t understand how he is right and they are wrong for not likeing the exact same things he does..

The best thing to do is just ignore him.

By: AmyG

AmyG — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:14:39 +0000

Hiya Matt
The stip looks good; think SNL, when they make fun of something it’s actually a form of flattery. Ie; He’s noticed your work. And you ARE the better artist, in my opinon, smoother lines, more attention to detail and shading. But knowing you, I wouldn’t think you were offended, just being comical about vengence, right?
P.S You should do Jem again! ha

By: Messenger

Messenger — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:02:09 +0000

I’d take SP’s jab with a grain of salt. It doesn’t come off so much as an insult, but as a critique, since Matt does repeat his jokes a bit.

But does that mean Lil Formers isn’t funny? Hell, no. That’s why as soon as I discovered LF, it got a bookmark from me from my home and from my office.

I think David Willis of SP, in trying to mine humor from LF, missed one of LF’s biggest strengths: the humor of LF is based on criticizing the the TF cartoons and toys, as well as other popular cartoons, comics and toys and even video games. If a joke gets repeated, it’s because the scenario depicted has happened several times in that world. Even then, Matt still gets a lot humor mileage from it because he can manage to vary the jokes and point them in a different direction.

At the same time, when I read LF, I sometimes feel like I’m reading an editorial on the state of the world of cartoons, toys, and video games. When LF isn’t funny, it’s sharp and thoughtful- and still good.

My own critique of SP: thanks to this topic, I’ve been going through SP and… it’s just not funny. I’ve been reading onward from the strip where SP hits LF to the latest one, and I’ve only smiled or chuckled once or twice. Storyline-wise, SP isn’t going anywhere (neither does LF, but that’s because LF doesn’t have a storyline, so that’s OK), and the characters seem most defined either by their character quirks, flaws or by being stereotypes rather than by having any real personality. Again, LF has no standard cast of characters to critique on that, so it’s OK.

LF’s bookmarked on my browser, SP won’t be anytime soon.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:43:16 +0000

Dude, my opinion is easy to figure out: I only knew he wrote this strip because it was mentioned here. I gave up reading SP over a year ago.

Personally, I wonder what his issue is that he has to dedicate a whole strip to insulting someone else. Amazing how common decency goes out the window when people get a monitor and keyboard to hide behind.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:53:06 +0000

I have to say, I can’t see anything wrong in that shortpacked strip… I come here for the cute art and the occasional snigger. I try to ignore all the OMG IT’S NOT BEEST WARZ or else I’d put my foot through my monitor and send Matt the bill.

By: 1337W422102

1337W422102 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:15:50 +0000

How ironic: the character’s reactions in the last panel is how I react to Wallis’ pitiful attempt at a comic. I can’t believe I read the entire archive before I realized how slagawful it is.

By: Matt Moylan

Matt Moylan — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:17:20 +0000

@LX: I do like new stuff when it’s done well. the original Clone Wars (by Genndy Tartakovsky) was AMAZING. The new show is so not even close to that. As for unreleased stuff… c’mon heh, the whole world knows the Dragonball and Steet Fighter movies will be garbage. GIJoe has a chance at being mediocre, but from what I have seen I’m betting garbage as well.

Plenty of things I thing I great, bu if they are great I have nothing to make fun of

By: Lx

Lx — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:40:20 +0000

as superior as Matt’s comic strips are the shortpacked comic was kinda right about one thing. He (Matt) does hate alot on newer “revamped” things ie. GI. Joe Movie, Transformers Movie, Transformers Animated, Dragonball Z Movie, Street Fighter Movie, Star Wars: Clone Wars etc. I’m all for voicing opinions and poking fun of stuff but seriously some of those haven’t even been released yet.