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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

Rules

  1. πŸ˜‡ Be Nice!

    • Treat others with respect and dignity. Friendly banter is okay, as long as it is mutual; keyword: friendly.

  2. 🏘️ Community Standards

    • Comics should be a full story, from start to finish, in one post.
    • Posts should be safe and enjoyable by the majority of community members, both here on lemmy.world and other instances.
    • Any comic that would qualify as raunchy, lewd, or otherwise draw unwanted attention by nosy coworkers, spouses, or family members should be tagged as NSFW.
    • Moderators have final say on what and what does not qualify as appropriate. Use common sense, and if need be, err on the side of caution.

  3. 🧬 Keep it Real

    • Comics should be made and posted by real human beans, not by automated means like bots or AI. This is not the community for that sort of thing.

  4. πŸ“½οΈ Credit Where Credit is Due

    • Comics should include the original attribution to the artist(s) involved, and be unmodified. Bonus points if you include a link back to their website. When in doubt, use a reverse image search to try to find the original version. Repeat offenders will have their posts removed, be temporarily banned from posting, or if all else fails, be permanently banned from posting.
    • Attributions include, but are not limited to, watermarks, links, or other text or imagery that artists add to their comics to use for identification purposes. If you find a comic without any such markings, it would be a good idea to see if you can find an original version. If one cannot be found, say so and ask the community for help!

  5. πŸ“‹ Post Formatting

    • Post an image, gallery, or link to a specific comic hosted on another site; e.g., the author's website.
    • Meta posts about the community should be tagged with [Meta] either at the beginning or the end of the post title.
    • When linking to a comic hosted on another site, ensure the link is to the comic itself and not just to the website; e.g.,
      βœ… Correct: https://xkcd.com/386/
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  6. πŸ“¬ Post Frequency/SPAM

    • Each user (regardless of instance) may post up to five (5 πŸ–) comics a day. This can be any combination of personal comics you have written yourself, or other author's comics. Any comics exceeding five (5 πŸ–) will be removed.

  7. πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ Internationalization (i18n)

    • Non-English posts are welcome. Please tag the post title with the original language, and include an English translation in the body of the post; e.g.,
      SΓ­, por favor [Spanish/EspaΓ±ol]

  8. 🍿 Moderation

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    • When reporting posts and/or comments, quote which rule is being broken, and why you feel it broke the rules.
Banned Artists

The following artists are banned from the community.

  1. Jago
  2. Stonetoss
  3. GPrime85

It should be noted that when you make reports, it is your responsibility to provide rational reasoning why something should be removed. Saying it simply breaks community rules is not always good enough.

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When posting images, you should strive to add alt-text for screen readers to use to describe the image you're posting:

Another helpful thing to do is to provide a transcription of the text in your images, as well as brief descriptions of what's going on. (example)

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

personally hate it when a character is made to be gay after being established.

good example is Dumbledore. I raged about how ridiculous it was to make him retroactively gay and that it was just a way for the author to stir up interest in a dying series.

I guess history kind of proved me right on that one.

if a character is gay, make them gay. but don't just say they're gay and use it as a cheap character plot point. that destroys real influence of real characters developed with love and care. show what a real gay relationship is...you know...a regular relationship.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call Mac coming out as gay in Always Sunny as a cheap character plot point. The dude made a whole ballet dance in the rain about it.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with that. but the fact that they built cause and effect around him coming out is what made it believable.

unlike some shows they're just like, "this person is gay. want proof? here they are making out with a person of the same gender! wowza!" and then they never bring it up again. or worse, they bring it up in the most obtuse situations that have zero plot or character development.

I get it, being represented in art is important. but my opinion is still valid. if you can't swap out heterosexual or homosexual relationships within a storyline, it's a bad story.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 hours ago

if you can't swap out heterosexual or homosexual relationships within a storyline, it's a bad story.

I agree with that. Too many times, it gets added just as an afterthought. Maybe to sell more tickets to the movie.