I concur with the other posters that the comics are indeed ‘not funny’. ‘Look at the newbie!’ cracks are fairly lame in any context, and generally will only be ‘got’ by folks that play your game. However, instead of slaying the comics entirely, perhaps there are ways they may be improved?

For example, currently we have comics that resemble a quick, punchline+rimshot joke. There’s alot of space for setup, but this is generally wasted with a cheap joke. I would suggest working on a more story-based comic form. For example, more character development into the currently faceless/nameless builder-guy, as well as the addition of other recurring characters based on SL stereotypes. For example, a Mafia-type guy, a fashion diva, an ‘escort’, a zealous Alliance-guy, various furries, nonhumanoid freaks, etc. By this, I don’t mean just stick different avatars into the picture, but to actually flesh out their backgrounds and motivations beyond the a one-sentence stereotype, then throw them into comedic situations together.

Another point of improvement could be on the background setting of the comic itself. We have a plain grassy plain with no features in the landscape. Perhaps a more appropriate environs for our nameless tinker could be a strangely decorated laboratory with all sorts of odd things occuring in the backround? Or even a sandbox area, where we can see newbies working on other projects in the background (which could make for background gags).

Finally, my last suggestion is very simple – Exaggeration.

Seeing a furry stuck on a Katamari ball, with the furry swearing to kill the creator: Cute.

Seeing a Katamari ball rolling throughout the world, with panels of the ball rolling over and picking up various SL landmarks that people recognize, love, and hate: Better.

Seeing a Katamari ball, with those landmarks still stuck to it, picking up that 5-story tall furry while rolling over the Furry Island: Hilarious (from my sick sense of humor, anyway).

Seeing same furries with pitchforks and torches beating a path through the apocalyptic landscape, Mad Max-style (complete with hockey masks, shotguns, and junker cars), on a quest to kill the builder of the Katamari: Icing on the cake.

Point being, it’s not the comic style is neccessarily bad, it just needs alot of work in the writing department.

- RB.

I also like them because they shed light on everyday life in SL.

I also like the fact that people bitch about them. That’s how I can tell they belong in the Herald!

But I’m not gonna say I die laughing when I read them.

And yeah, if you guys got better, show us yours, lol.