| The Dvorak Method? |
Mr. Giant |
TV Guidance |
Teeth Salvation |
Missing Slide |
| A Business Plan |
Time To Go |
Can't Sleep |
Car vs. Shark |
Germination |
| Gross Foot |
We Are In Love |
Lucky Day |
No Kites in Art Gallery |
Taking Place over Millions of Years |
| Marriage Miracle |
Bowling Lesson, Life Lesson |
Baseball Mitten |
No Fraternizing |
Rush |
| Romeo & Juliet |
Snowflake |
Spaceship |
Not OK. |
Toilet & God & You |
| Eggs Dinner |
Don't Look Up |
Easter Island |
Faeries' Affair |
Cactus Problem |
| Secret Continent |
A Miracle! |
Time Ghost! |
HITTING |
New to the Ocean |
| Cherish Every Day |
Bleak Experiment? |
Totally Melted |
Empty Relationships |
Wait, that's backwards. |
| What to do with fruits |
Blah Blah. |
Justice |
Obedience Training |
Gravity Explained |
| ¡Moscas de Amor! |
Desert Meeting |
They're Opposed |
The Relationship Between Police and Firemen |
Which Dog? |
| Environmental Chemistry |
Spider Eater |
oh no |
out |
of comics. |
About this site
This site seeks to catalogue the comics strips produced by the originators of the comics game. Not all of the strips, though; we don't have that kind of space. So, mostly my favourites are posted here, but also some that are other people's favourites. This site also seeks to encourage the playure of the comics game by others outside of the original Comics Game Committee, and hopefully the formation of new Committees.
How to play
- First, take a sheet of paper.
- Next, continue to take a sheet of paper until the number of sheets of paper is equal to the number of players playing.
- Wait, before you take a sheet of paper, decide how many people are playing the game.
- A good number of players will be between 4 and 7.
- Once a number of sheets of paper are taken which is equalling to the number of players who are playing, distribute the sheets of paper in such a manner that each player is in possession of one sheet of the sheets of paper. The players sit in a mutually circular fashion.
- Let each player draw the first panel of his comic.
- Oh yeah, you also need a number of pens that equals the number of players and the number of papers, so that each player can draw at the same time. Distribute these before the game begins, as well.
- Upon finishment of this first panel, the player should pass his newly begun comic to the player on his right, or maybe to his left.
- Wait, wait. Before you do any of this, decide on whether you will be passing to the right or the left.
- Upon having passed, wait for the player before you to pass his comic to you. Or, if he is faster than you, he will leave it near you for you to begin as soon as you're ready, which is now.
- Draw the second panel of the comic which you have just received. It is your responsibility to continue the story, so just do your own thing.
- Continue adding panels on to the comics passed to you by he who comes before you, until you have received the comic which you founded.
- Draw the final panel of this comic. When you are finished, wait for everyone else to do the same.
- Everyone having had been being finished, it is time to pass the comics around for everyone to read. Enjoy them, please.
Two examples
Perhaps you are one to learn better by example. Two step-by-step examples have been prepared for your ilk. The first, Example S shows a simple, straightforward round, in which all the borders were drawn beforehand, and in which the story turned out basically straightforwardly.
Example B shows a more convoluted example; it is perhaps my favourite. It shows how the transfer of the idea of a story between players can cause unexpected results, and how easily one can lose control of the direction after having made one's contribution. Still, if you can follow it, it is a very rewarding example of one of the most fun comics to come out of the comics game.