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"Can we at least poll the audi-" "No." [ADHDinos] (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Stamets@startrek.website to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] b00m@kbin.social 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

that white on yellow is no bueno

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

Stop attacking me!

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 years ago

White on yellow is my nemesis.

[–] TeamDman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

[+] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social -13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These are like dinosanscomics except with a less readable font. So much like it that the format/theme seems lifted entirely. 😕

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The format and theme of being a comic that has dinosaurs in it? That is literally the only thing that they have in common. That's it. Dinos and Comics covers a wide variety of stuff but typically sticks to friendship (with a dash of social awkwardness) and puns. ADHDinos specifically talks about ADHD and living with it. Also that 'less readable font' is called OpenDyslexic which was specifically designed to be readable to people with Dyslexia. While they should have put a border around the words to make it easier to see, the font is pretty legible and I'm gonna openly support them for using an accessibility font.

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Also that ‘less readable font’ is called OpenDyslexic which was specifically designed to be readable to people with Dyslexia.

Neat, TIL. To my eyes, it looks like the font was rendered at a specific point size and then scaled up unevenly, like on an old LCD screen with a mismatched resolution. I found myself trying to zoom in to clear it up. If others find it more readable, that's awesome.

As for thematics, Dinos and comics started off with a heavy slant on neurodivergency (and navigating it) in general, ADHD included. Later ones skewed heavily towards "I am happy with my partner" type stuff. Which is cute and all, but doesn't hit the same.

[+] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org -9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Format, theme, art style, colors...

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Format

Dinos and Comics does not have an exclusive or unique claim to being a webcomic.

Theme

As stated above, it does not share a theme. Dinos and Comics focuses on friendship and puns. ADHDinos focuses on ADHD and living with it. In fact it exclusively revolves around ADHD itself and uses that as the entire core concept of the comic, using each comic itself to specifically talk about one issue of having ADHD.

Art style

There's a similarity but, again, Dinos and Comics does not have an exclusive or unique claim on that art style. That same art style has existed for many years and will continue to exist. Moreover, ADHDinos puts genuinely more work into the art. There's more shading, the characters actually move, and the panels frequently are different instead of just a zoomed in version of what came before it.

Colors

No. Dinos and Comics uses pastel colors of a large variety. ADHDinos uses darker colors and the same ones repeatedly.

So let me rephrase something from earlier.

The format and theme of being a comic that has vaguely similar dinosaurs in it? That is literally the only thing that they have in common. They cover different topics and have their own visual distinctions. It is not a 'rip off' simply because they look kind of similar, especially when the entire core concept of the comics are different themselves.

I'm not continuing this conversation.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I 100% agree with you, you are completely right, but I also think you're being unnecessarily... defensive?

[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I was laughing about this irony before I even read your comment lol

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

I'm just realising it may have been intentional