Not that my score is high enough to give ANYBODY an account, but what
the hell, figured you might like some feedback ...

Andrew Alberg wrote:
> The monkeydyne site said to post some new comics here and maybe I
> could get approved for an account at rmcs. Here goes...
>
> My Cartoons:
>
> http://monkeydyne.com/rmcs/opencomic.phtml?rowid=96978

Political humor does not mix will with Red Meat. A number of voters
here get their feathers ruffled about anything that smacks of
topicality, and Max himself rarely does anything political. In CAN
work, but you need a much better joke; this one takes an awful long time
to not go anywhere in particular. I'd probably give this strip a 3, and
I'd expect the other voters to torch it, too.

> http://monkeydyne.com/rmcs/opencomic.phtml?rowid=96997

Re-defining characters is another very, very tough sell. That's not
X-Man Cyclops and syndicated radio schmuck Mancow; that's Milkman Dan in
the exo-suit and Milkman Dan as McMoo. The joke isn't all that great;
I'd probably give a 4, and this with a bonus point for originality.
Again, I'd expect the other voters to be equally if not more displeased.

> http://monkeydyne.com/rmcs/opencomic.phtml?rowid=97001

Linking the Padre into the Catholic Church's pedophile priest scandals
is another one where the degree of difficulty is way, way up there;
trust me, I've tried. The joke that Padre is a pedophile is simply too
obvious, and needs some extra zip in order work. I'd vote 4, including
the +1 for sympathy with the gag you're shooting for.

> http://monkeydyne.com/rmcs/opencomic.phtml?rowid=97009

Oh, my. That's four out of four comics where the concept alone is going
to draw voter wrath; tradition states that The Cowboy Works Alone, and
that damn fence makes any attempt to give him a partner visually
jarring. (Some folks will even ding you if you give a set of lines to
"nobody," while still others hate him on principle, even if he's just
monologuing; Cowboy may be the hardest character on the site.) That,
and there's really no joke here; just some pop-culture references and a
gay guy. This one would earn a 2 from me.



As my overall score demonstrates very clearly, I don't know a lot about
writing successful comics, but I know a thing or two about writing ones
that tank, and trust me, these would tank. Aside from trampling on RMCS
taboos, I think you're suffering from two basic problems:

1) The jokes aren't that funny
2) The jokes aren't Red Meat

http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/

Read it. If it tickles your creativity, try again.

And if not, well, we're a bunch of snarky heartless bastards anyway; you
probably didn't want to play with us to begin with. :)

-- Pete B