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Kaisho Ponbiki vs Res

3 Weeks + 1 Week
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Kaisho Ponbiki vs Res
By Knomer
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Res
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Final Score: 7.71
Kaisho Ponbiki vs Res
By PONBIKI
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Kaisho Ponbiki
Final Score: 7.28

Comments (23)

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Knomer
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15 years ago
Ponbiki - Your entry is what I was hoping for. Straight up old school fight comic. And you were on my top list for people I wanted to battle on void. I get you about the time restraints, when your looking back at a finished page days later you see other ways that you could've made it better. I had to resist because of the time restraint. Overall it was such a fun read and an honor, hope we can duke it out again another time. Johnny - haha thanks dude, I'm glad you caught the detail about the pupil, cause shits about to get real. Will - Thanks for the comment. You can't imagine how many times I held the page in front of me and said "Is this clear?", And while the answer was mostly "no", I've made little notes in my head to work on those problems in the future. MHarris - Plot is one of my weak points, and it hit me when I was lettering I said, " THIS BARELY MAKES ANY SENSE!!". Slowy but surely I'll be working with more plot driven art, until eventually all my characters will settle their disputes with words. Ang - I agree about that panel, even in black and white the panel is confusing. My original intention was to leave it in black and white, but some panels lacked depth without it. And I wasn't sure how things would look if I only gave some panels gray and leaving other the way they are and risk looking incomplete. So I applied gray to everything. Thanks and your inputs are always appreciated. thanks for the votes peoples.

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Angie
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15 years ago
Knomer-I liked the story overall, the intro was very strong and I felt like it got weaker as you got into the actiony parts but it was still entertaining throughout. Your inking was pretty good but your use of grays got confusing at times. Like the large middle panel of page 3 there I had a hard time figuring out what was going on because the grays weren't used in a way to separate objects from one another so everything kind of blended in. I think presentation wise this would have been a lot better and easier to read in just straight up black and white. Ponbiki-I think you had a better use of blacks this time around, but I'm still not a fan of the big thick ass marker you're using for closeups and large areas of black. It just kind of makes things look extremely rough and difficult to read like most of page 8. Story wise I think this could have used a bit more build up, the encounter with Pon and Res started super abruptly.

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michaelharris
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15 years ago
Knomer, I really liked the firdt psge and kinda wished the story would have continued in that direction after that it just go too complicated form me. I really loved the action though and enjoyed reading that. Ponbiki, I thought some of the harsh blacks conflicted with the thin out likes of your characters, I also thought a little more effort could have went into your backgrounds. The fight was easy to follow though.

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Monday
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15 years ago
W- WHAT IS THIS?? THIS IS AWESOME ! YOU TWO ARE SLUGGING IT OUT TOE TO TOE !

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PONBIKI
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15 years ago
William_Duel: Ah I was almost forgetting to mention this, Ponbiki, sorry, but frankly your dialogue is lousy. The numerous typos and such are really detrimental to the experience. If I remember correctly, your zuda entry really suffered in the same way. don't be sorry I know. Writing is my worst enemy, I could draw up a whole book without a single word but nobody likes that so i have to ruin it by adding dialogue. I can come up with wonderfull, creative and somewhat original ideas but my writing kills it. Don't worry about hurting my feelings man I've heard worst from the big wigs in the bussiness. Your critic is welcomed and appreciated no need to be sorry. thanks again.

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William_Duel
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15 years ago
Ah I was almost forgetting to mention this, Ponbiki, sorry, but frankly your dialogue is lousy. The numerous typos and such are really detrimental to the experience. If I remember correctly, your zuda entry really suffered in the same way.

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William_Duel
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15 years ago
It's interesting that both of you have rough styles that complement each other and yet remain unique and stylized for each one. And you both suffer from the same weaknesses. When it comes to action orientation, it's all cool, expressive and explosive but clarity really drops in comparison to the still scenes and it's really hard to tell what's going on sometimes except after several re-reads. Knomer I really like the direction you've taken Res in the last few comics like you're setting him up for some grand destiny. He has a real connection to the vets though and I guess I feel like those established links are supporting his story. I look forward to more. For ponbiki, I'm really curious as to what Ponbiki's connection to Estrella is, because it's merely hinted at in the characters' bio but no established canon. I'm hoping we'll see what that's about someday.

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Darius Corry
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15 years ago
Both were equally excellent! Like really, rough but well executed goodness.

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PONBIKI
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15 years ago
love what you did Knomer the whole fight was excellent. I would not have it any other way. I almost wished we had an extra week just so i could had finished my fight better. But life got in the way. how funny that we both decided to fight on a building and had Estrella in it,thats insane. great minds think alike.

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Nex in a Box
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15 years ago
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! coolest battles EVER

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Johnny Blaque
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15 years ago
Ok, I liked this. Alot. From both of you. It was really fun to see a clash between these two characters nowadays. Knomey, I loved that you addressed alot of Res' developments and some of his vague history. Really interested to see how this continues. The action was A++! Loved the german's and I see what you meant about the Hurricanrana, I would have been confused there if I didn't know what you were trying to achieve. OH! RES HAS PUPILS!! I've done seen it all now! Pon, maaannnnn. You took the cliche' "Hey You, let's fight" story and well did it by the numbers but did it well! Only problems for me were on page 8 where things just got alittle too hard to follow. Absolutely love your new version of *****on the last page btw.

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drawdan
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15 years ago
Very close race, I really liked both and you guys styles compliment one another well. You guys should collaborate on some stuff.



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Angie
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15 years ago
good luck guys! Awesome matchup


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Rtv!
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15 years ago
Can't believe i'm seeing this o_O This is fake, NOOBS!!!