For those commenting on the alleged deficiencies of the drawing:
As already stated, the guy in black has his forearm on the table. Because he is dressed in black, it blends in with the shirt behind it. The guy is leaning on the table like the other two.
The apparent narrowing of the table is a matter of perspective, as the POV drops lower. Please note that this also makes the head of the GIB go higher up towards the same level as the tops of the other two heads. Surely you don’t also believe that the artist has unwittingly made him grow taller?
What happened to the window? Are you serious? It’s out of the frame in the second picture.
Bung has definitely moved (and picked up his glass to do so). I don’t know why he is moving away from the guy he’s having the conversation with, but I don’t care. Except for one, the other differences between the two panels are a shifting of the angle with which the scene is viewed. The ONE exception is the sudden appearance of ribs on the fellow’s cup, but I am willing to give the artist the benefit of the doubt on that and say the ribs are not noticeable in the first panel due to lighting.
gocomicsmember well like you say if the POV drops which causes the room to elongate which make the bar look closer to the wall which would/should mean the window would remain in the same place but it hasn’t. And now that it looks to be a even longer view of the room why isn’t the window still there?
Before you respond I wanted to add only that: Auguing about comic rules of reality is like wrestling with a pig in the mud after awhile you realize the pig likes it and I don’t…
If consistency from panel to panel is what you want you should read Dick Tracy. The artist there goes to great pains to make sure each panel is drawn exactly right.
pouncingtiger over 14 years ago
I didn’t know that ID was in France! Just call it a hunch.
Llewellenbruce over 14 years ago
What’s those two specks on his nose?
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
I didn’t know that either pouncingtiger.
Trisha_Evenstar over 14 years ago
hmm, what’ll happen when dung sees esmeralda?
mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
Maybe the booze is making us see that.
artybee over 14 years ago
Somebody has to say it: He’s not a real modo; he’s just a quasi modo.
Yukoner over 14 years ago
Those french bars are always weird.
ksoskins over 14 years ago
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.
Coyoty Premium Member over 14 years ago
That’s the guy’s arm on the bar. I think some of you have had too much already.
bookwrm88 over 14 years ago
hairy warts, Llewellenbruce
rshive over 14 years ago
I think the camera man is moving constantly to his right.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
I think somebody just needs to pay a little closer attention to what he’s drawing. How hard can that be?
(this coming from someone for whom “close enough for government work” seems to be an ingrained motto)
Trainwreck_1 over 14 years ago
The kettle calling the pot black…
And what happened to the window?
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
once you squeeze him into that cockpit, that is
gocomicsmember over 14 years ago
For those commenting on the alleged deficiencies of the drawing:
As already stated, the guy in black has his forearm on the table. Because he is dressed in black, it blends in with the shirt behind it. The guy is leaning on the table like the other two. The apparent narrowing of the table is a matter of perspective, as the POV drops lower. Please note that this also makes the head of the GIB go higher up towards the same level as the tops of the other two heads. Surely you don’t also believe that the artist has unwittingly made him grow taller? What happened to the window? Are you serious? It’s out of the frame in the second picture.Bung has definitely moved (and picked up his glass to do so). I don’t know why he is moving away from the guy he’s having the conversation with, but I don’t care. Except for one, the other differences between the two panels are a shifting of the angle with which the scene is viewed. The ONE exception is the sudden appearance of ribs on the fellow’s cup, but I am willing to give the artist the benefit of the doubt on that and say the ribs are not noticeable in the first panel due to lighting.
attyush over 14 years ago
@Sheik: Dar*n you. Snorting coffee out of your nose is messy and painful.
Trainwreck_1 over 14 years ago
gocomicsmember well like you say if the POV drops which causes the room to elongate which make the bar look closer to the wall which would/should mean the window would remain in the same place but it hasn’t. And now that it looks to be a even longer view of the room why isn’t the window still there?
Before you respond I wanted to add only that: Auguing about comic rules of reality is like wrestling with a pig in the mud after awhile you realize the pig likes it and I don’t…
quanticobaby over 14 years ago
You all are funnier than the comic!! Thanks for the laughs.
BanderaKen over 14 years ago
If consistency from panel to panel is what you want you should read Dick Tracy. The artist there goes to great pains to make sure each panel is drawn exactly right.
Brother_James437 over 14 years ago
Hairy Warts? I knew that guy. He was an ok guy, just a bit diffrent.
runar over 14 years ago
He may be a quasimodo, but I’m a real modo.