Protoman X

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

I am starting a Megaman X style comic. It's about Protoman X, which is essentially the second X project. Partially inspired by SFF's After Zero. Starts with Character bios.

Character Bios
Chapter 1 Issue 1
Chapter 1 Issue 2
Chapter 1 Issue 3
Chapter 1 Issue 4
Chapter 1 Issue 5
Chapter 1 Issue 6
Chapter 1 Issue 7
Chapter 1 Issue 8
Chapter 1 Issue 9
Chapter 1 Issue 10
Chapter 1 Issue 11
Chapter 1 Issue 12
Chapter 1 Issue 13
Chapter 1 Issue 14
Chapter 1 Issue 15
Chapter 1 Issue 16
Chapter 1 Issue 17

Chapter 2 Issue 1
Chapter 2 Issue 2
Chapter 2 Issue 3
Chapter 2 Issue 4
Chapter 2 Issue 5
Chapter 2 Issue 6
Chapter 2 Issue 7
Chapter 2 Issue 8
Chapter 2 Issue 9
Chapter 2 Issue 10
Chapter 2 Issue 11
chapter 2 issue 12

Chapter 3 Issue 1
Chapter 3 Issue 2
Chapter 3 Issue 3
Chapter 3 Issue 4
Chapter 3 Issue 5
Chapter 3 Issue 6
Chapter 3 Issue 7
Chapter 3 Issue 8
Chapter 3 Issue 9
Chapter 3 Issue 10
Chapter 3 Issue 11
Chapter 3 Issue 12

More to come. Credit to Background HQ for the backgrounds. 32 bit vile sprites by Blackbelt dude. Some customs from Panel Monkey. Iris Sprites By Maverick Hunter Iris (http://www.mhiris.com/spritesiris.html)

[Vee]

I can't believe how many people have used this concept already.
HA! Asking for originality in a Mega Man comic. How silly of me!

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Originally Posted by Vee

I can't believe how many people have used this concept already.
HA! Asking for originality in a Mega Man comic. How silly of me!

Where have people made this. I have seen a little of Protoman in ZX style, but not in X style. Tell me where you can find a Protoman X comic. I haven't seen any. But, I could be wrong.

[Rags]

Check Drunkduck I'm sure it's not that hard.


So um


Are you going to give credit to any of the people that made the custom sprites?


Besides that, everything is horrible, the plot, the text bubbles. All of the characters are recolors. Or recolors with minor edits. Punctuation. Gammar isn't that off, few errors here and there.


At least it isn't JPEG.

All in all, it's not the worst sprite comic I've seen, but nowhere near great.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Originally Posted by Rags

Check Drunkduck I'm sure it's not that hard.


So um


Are you going to give credit to any of the people that made the custom sprites?


Besides that, everything is horrible, the plot, the text bubbles. All of the characters are recolors. Or recolors with minor edits. Punctuation. Gammar isn't that off, few errors here and there.


At least it isn't JPEG.

All in all, it's not the worst sprite comic I've seen, but nowhere near great.

Thanks for reminding me about the credit. I can't believe I forgot about that. It's fixed though. As for the plot, I put some thought into it (or tried to). I would like to know why you think the plot is so bad, though. And I could use some advice on how to improve the text bubbles for future issues. And Drunk duck has some Protoman AND X, but so far, I don't see any comics of Protoman X.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Introducing the villains
Henchmen battle
Finishing the Henchmen
Off to meet the main villain
Beginning of a rivalry

Here is issues 6-10. No more chapters. Hope there is someone out there who is at least mildly entertained by this.

[Heavy and Metal.]

Originally Posted by darkfire super sonic

Introducing the villains
Henchmen battle
Finishing the Henchmen
Off to meet the main villain
Beginning of a rivalry

Here is issues 6-10. No more chapters. Hope there is someone out there who is at least mildly entertained by this.

Ah, that would be me.

[Vee]

Also, why do you think that Mega Man characters need to swear every three seconds? It doesn't make it mature, it makes it stupid. The worst thing any one has ever said is 'Damn' in the Mega Man universe, and that makes it good that they don't need to go 'fuck bitch' every three seconds.
(Actually, thats a valid concern with a lot of fan fiction, especially it seems with MM and Sonic fanfics.)

And another thing is that the fights are really quite dumb. Characters floating in mid air, special effects everywhere so you can't tell what's going on, and when characters yell their special attacks the other characters just stand there and take it.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Originally Posted by Vee

Also, why do you think that Mega Man characters need to swear every three seconds? It doesn't make it mature, it makes it stupid. The worst thing any one has ever said is 'Damn' in the Mega Man universe, and that makes it good that they don't need to go 'fuck bitch' every three seconds.
(Actually, thats a valid concern with a lot of fan fiction, especially it seems with MM and Sonic fanfics.)

And another thing is that the fights are really quite dumb. Characters floating in mid air, special effects everywhere so you can't tell what's going on, and when characters yell their special attacks the other characters just stand there and take it.

Well, at least I can use this to improve. I admit I need to cut down on the swearing. You are right about that. I tried not to overdo it, but I must have. The only person who yells special attacks is Dragoon/Magmoor, and he does that as he is attacking. In the game, that was how dragoon fought, and even though he yells out his attacks, they always seemed to hit me, especially if I was Zero. Sorry, off-topic there. I only saw one instance of that, and that was when they forgot he was there. I must have missed something. I understand what you said about the special effects, and I will try to fix that in the future. It's not supposed to look like they are floating, but they're jumping. Sorry, a little hard in comics. I appreciate the criticism, and will try to improve it. And I am glad someone out there is enjoying this comic (even if it is only for a little while)

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Issue 11
Issue 12
Issue 13
Issue 14

Here is 11-14. *Sigh* I need a new hobby. Anyway, don't expect updates for the next week and a half. In the next few days, I will be going on vacation and probably won't be working on this at all. I'll try to work on it more when I get back. Of course, constructive criticism is appreciated. Just don't expect a response too soon.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Issue 15
Issue 16
Issue 17

Sorry for not updating lately. I have had other things on my priority list. But, expect more regular updates. This is the end of the first story arc. I think my humor is getting better. And without any swearing in the process. Enjoy.

[Hobo]

Originally Posted by Rags

Check Drunkduck I'm sure it's not that hard.


So um


Are you going to give credit to any of the people that made the custom sprites?


Besides that, everything is horrible, the plot, the text bubbles. All of the characters are recolors. Or recolors with minor edits. Punctuation. Gammar isn't that off, few errors here and there.


At least it isn't JPEG.

All in all, it's not the worst sprite comic I've seen, but nowhere near great.

Might as well told him to kill himself Rags, jeeze. Harsh much.

[lern]

Originally Posted by Hobo

Might as well told him to kill himself Rags, jeeze. Harsh much.

...I would've done that.

Anyways, I think rags had some pretty useful crits.
So um

I still see no credits...

Everything is just...No. The plot IS always used, slightly changed each time, I've seen tons of Protoman X, trust me, its easier to find than model PX. I can't read anything, the text is tiny. All of the characters are recolors. Or recolors with minor edits. and the humor isn't funny.
(If anyone even says anything about my comic like mikado did on the last comic I crited, I will seriously be pissed, as I repeat each time my comic is NOT about humor and still people say its not funny.)

All in all, I can't see why the guy liked it, but if someone did, go ahead, be my guest.

[Ukyo]

The text bubbles need serious reworking, the characters aren't original enough and rather static, and the overall plot and personalities of the charaters are lacking in creativity. This isn't too bad of series for a first try, but the whole thing needs alot of reworking.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Originally Posted by Ukyo

The text bubbles need serious reworking, the characters aren't original enough and rather static, and the overall plot and personalities of the charaters are lacking in creativity. This isn't too bad of series for a first try, but the whole thing needs alot of reworking.

Everyone keeps saying stuff like that, but no one tells me what exactly is wrong with the text bubbles, and what's wrong with the characters. I don't understand what you mean by static. Well, thanks for the constructive criticism nonetheless.

Originally Posted by Lern

I still see no credits...

They're at the top. But, since everything I took was PD, I technically don't have to give credit. I do out of courtesy. The recolors and the edits for protoman X were done by me. Every other custom is credited for in the first post.

Man, you guys have ridiculous standards. Why can't you guys just be entertained?

[lern]

No, if its PD you have to give credit but you're allowed to use it. Also, the textbubbles are too small and weird and annoying and its hard to see whos talking. Its also small text, and bad looking text bubbles. Whats wrong with the characters? They're completely unoriginal, thats what.

Also, for the last question- Because it's not entertaining. When you tell a bad joke, does anyone laugh? When you draw a bad picture, does anyone say "awesome"? That depends, because if you say its abstract you just won. That, or maybe it's a modern art masterpiece.
When you tell an uncreative and dull story, that sounds the exact same as thousands of other spin offs, doesn't it annoy you how repetitive it is?

It does, so why would that entertain us?

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Originally Posted by lern

No, if its PD you have to give credit but you're allowed to use it. Also, the textbubbles are too small and weird and annoying and its hard to see whos talking. Its also small text, and bad looking text bubbles. Whats wrong with the characters? They're completely unoriginal, thats what.

Also, for the last question- Because it's not entertaining. When you tell a bad joke, does anyone laugh? When you draw a bad picture, does anyone say "awesome"? That depends, because if you say its abstract you just won. That, or maybe it's a modern art masterpiece.
When you tell an uncreative and dull story, that sounds the exact same as thousands of other spin offs, doesn't it annoy you how repetitive it is?

It does, so why would that entertain us?

First off, there isn't much that isn't overdone anymore. I have seen a ton of comics or flashes which all tell similar stories to gaps in between the game series or just similar stories. There are about a thousand ZX web comics out there. At least this is something where I can make up my own story and not be bound by what the Megaman series have set in stone.

As for PD, yes I am right.

Originally Posted by Blackbeltdude

4- Make sure you realize that PD means Public Domain. And make sure you know that means, that people can use your sprites for whatever they want with out your premission.

5- We can't make the user of your sprites give you credit, but it is preferred and courteous.

I do believe that point is made.


As for the humor, everyone is different when it comes to humor. What you may not find funny, other people might laugh at. I have a wierd sense of humor. But, I have improved it a little bit in the newer issues. I took most of the swearing out of the comics because I tend to overdo it.

As for the story, I could do a Megaman X Elf wars comic, or a time travel where X and megaman meet but that's just as overdone. As I said before, at least I can create my own story, and not worry about what Capcom has set in stone. Although I do have plans for a few characters in the main storyline of the X series.

As for the text bubbles, thank you for clearing that up. Unfortunately, there's not much I can do, because it's the only thing that works right now. I will try to make the entire thing bigger and hopefully, that will help you all out.

And, here is my final question.

For people who aren't entertained at all by this, why do the same people keep coming back every time I make a new post here? It's the same two or three people who keep coming back, including you. Answer me that.

I'm sorry, but I am getting a little irritated with you people all coming in telling me I am so horrible.

That is all. I appreciate criticism, but I am tired of people saying that everything I do is horrible. So, if you people want to comment on how horrible I am, give me some advice on how to improve it.

I will not argue any further. From now on, I will read what everyone says, but I will not get into debate. Because this post is what results, and I am not going to waste my time on this kind of post again when I could be making more comics. ADVICE HELPS TO IMPROVE THIS! (usually)

[Ukyo]

Secondly, your supporting characters just stand in one spot and talk (static). You need to at least use emotive sprites so they don't seem like talking statues. Thirdly, the characters have no development or depth. Your supporting characters should add to the story, or foil the other characters, but all your characters seem to have the same generic personality and no motivation. You need to rework your characters to add the depth and personality that they are almost entirely lacking.

I'm not going to sit here and appease you, if I did that you would never improve.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

Originally Posted by Ukyo

Secondly, your supporting characters just stand in one spot and talk (static). You need to at least use emotive sprites so they don't seem like talking statues. Thirdly, the characters have no development or depth. Your supporting characters should add to the story, or foil the other characters, but all your characters seem to have the same generic personality and no motivation. You need to rework your characters to add the depth and personality that they are almost entirely lacking.

I'm not going to sit here and appease you, if I did that you would never improve.

I don't expect you too to appease anyone. I am just tired of people saying how horrible I am, and all I ask is that if you tell me something is horrible, I only expect you to tell me what is wrong, and give me a little advice on how to improve it (like what you did with the text bubble picture). I don't think that's too much to ask. I apologize if I came across as wanting everyone to say good things all the time. That wasn't the intention. Nothing is ever perfect, and I know there will always be something I need to improve.

I know there are at least a few people who are enjoying this.

Thank you. This is one of only two posts that actually gave me helpful advice to improve. This will go a long way to helping me make this better. What do you mean by foil other characters? I don't understand what that means. I think I found a way to make the comics bigger, so when I start chapter 2, the comics will be bigger and more readable without messing up the proportions.

Again, thank you Ukyo.

[Darkfire Super Sonic]

UPDATE!

EDIT!!! FIXED THE SIZE OF THIS ONE! IS THIS BETTER? SOMEONE NOTICE THIS!!!
Chapter 2 Issue 1

Okay. I think this one is an improvement. I reworked the Text bubbles, and increased the size. I do need to know if anything is out of proportion so I can try to fix it. So, some HELPFUL criticism is appreciated. I will continue to do it this way, but I will wait a little to make the next chapter just in case proportions get messed up.