That's not a bad idea, actually. It introduces the character straightaway, and then as the camera zooms out and shows how many enemies she has to face, it creates this sense of doom, as a legend about a brave heroine against insurmountable odds. Plus it would have a better flow for action with her ff-sword swinging.
This is a great example. Zooming out shows the magnitude of what you're trying to convey. In Diaz's case, to show that the legendary warrior was a force to be reckoned with. Isn't the sequence he used, usually used to give the idea that "it's only the beginning"? I've seen shots in film (and some video games) that use it to give a sense of dread and/or hopelessness. That's the complete opposite sense you want your audience to have when you're trying to build a legend. Besides, in that page Diaz zoomed out to zoom in and to zoom back out again. The "camera" is moving way too much for almost nothing happening.
Checking out his patreon page, he hasn't gone past $4k, and his promises seem...lack luster (you call that a site redesign!? He did jack shit!). I noticed this little gem in his store page: All dem titties and cleavage! And he had the fucking gaw to call Frank Miller and Masamune Shirow creepy perverts!? This shit's worse than Dragon's Crown. What a fucking hypocrite.
Sudden monologue to tv-cat. Moar pretentious commentary on shallow societies. Kim's face keeps changing. Nothing is new.
Everything after the theme park comment can be scrapped. We get the idea, it's big, it's grandiose, but it's empty. You don't need to spend the next two paragraphs driving that into the ground. Or at least have something new to say.
First set of panels look as if she's getting it up the ass, also, I'm getting sick of these wavey word balloons, wtf is up with that shit?
I want to commission some smut artist to show Diaz's female characters being raped by frat house dudebros and watch him have a meltdown when he sees it.
I guess this is character growth? Third panel makes me think that she wanted to fuck her mom like her dad did, and that's the sort of development Freud would be proud of. Why does Miss Popular have such a big text bubble, but so little text? Did Diaz's self insert's face change from last time? I don't think it was so square. I like Kim's face in the last panel.
Was that last panel photoshopped in there? It looks like he's starting to take references now from squirrel girl.
Aaron's strips are just painful to read. Even if I was a History/Philosophy/Science buff, I'd still find these strips to be bland (I can't believe I liked Kate's shitty comics). Strips like these are what you see in those terrible college papers with the criminal activity/report section being the only good piece in the paper (you see pretentious shit like this or some fuck-awful comic with random access humor).
Comparing the style, it does come glaringly painful. Beaton is a ok with me, probably due to her artwork which I terribly found pleasing in my eyes. Even though her humor mostly fall flat. Aaron attempt at the guest comic on the other hand... *shudder*
