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RE[2]: Always the doors

by Thom_Holwerda on Tue 11th Mar 2008 15:15 UTC in reply to "RE: Always the doors"

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2005-06-29

The doors are a sort of signature style of his. Eventually you'll see a comic of a behind-closed-office-doors conversation, and you'll invariably think "Focus Shift". Just as seeing a stick-figure brings up memories of xkcd.com, or bug-eyed round faces reminds one of Garfield, so too Thom has his own style that is consistent and getting better with each comic.

That is kind of the idea, yeah. Whether you're staring at the same stick (Xkcd) or blob (C&H) figures, or at a door with a different logo each time - more or less the same to me. I guess what bothers some is not the doors in and of itself, but the simple fact that I haven't yet shown anything even remotely resembling a human or an animal. I guess that unnerves people or something.

I don't find his work the best or funniest on the net by far, but it's a great effort and he's doing it for the fun of it. I think it's just fine.

Hah, I don't have any illusions on this front myself. I wouldn't even want to put Focus Shift in the same sentence as xkcd, C&H, or UserFriendly (wait, I just did), let alone compare myself to them. I do think that for someone who drew his first ever comic just 2.5 months ago, I'm doing relatively fine.

Thanks, though

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Edited 2008-03-11 15:16 UTC

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RE[3]: Always the doors

by hangman on Wed 12th Mar 2008 12:01 in reply to "RE[2]: Always the doors"

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2007-09-05

So Thom Holwerda, what about the fact that Opera never sued Microsoft?

What Opera did was to ask the EU to investigate Microsoft. It was an antitrust complaint, not a lawsuit. Opera isn't going to make any money from this or anything like that.

And besides, it was this antitrust complaint which caused Microsoft to change its mind and default to standards mode in IE8.

So I don't get the drawing. It's pointless. And it's very old news by now anyway.

And finally, Opera is doing well financially. It's profitable, has a large pile of cash, and desktop revenue alone grew from between 50 to more than 100% last year. So again, I don't get it. Your drawing is basically failing on all levels...

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RE[4]: Always the doors

by Soulbender on Wed 12th Mar 2008 15:16 in reply to "RE[3]: Always the doors"

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2005-08-18

Your drawing is basically failing on all levels...

If it was a total failure it wouldn't have made you so defensive.

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RE[3]: Always the doors

by Laurence on Wed 12th Mar 2008 14:40 in reply to "RE[2]: Always the doors"

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2007-03-26

That is kind of the idea [the doors], yeah. Whether you're staring at the same stick (Xkcd) or blob (C&H) figures, or at a door with a different logo each time - more or less the same to me. I guess what bothers some is not the doors in and of itself, but the simple fact that I haven't yet shown anything even remotely resembling a human or an animal. I guess that unnerves people or something.

It doesn't unnerve me. I just think it looks rubbish and kills the joke somewhat.

Everyones humour is different though, so perhaps I'm just in the minorety on this one

Edited 2008-03-12 14:43 UTC

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