Questions?
Since nobody seems to use our forums, are there any questions about Sandra and Woo you always wanted to ask but never bothered to register for?
Well, maybe you want to have at least a look at (and even contribute to) the thread about really funny or cool strips from other (web)comics.
I also wanted to let you know that I have already written all the strips until the second week of March. Since many readers voted in our poll that they prefer longer stories to single strips, most of you should be pleased that the next two story arcs will start almost immediately after the end of the current one.
And let’s not forget:
Happy new year!
Here are my – not too ambitious 😉 – resolutions for the new year regarding Sandra and Woo:
- Don’t get killed in a car crash so that I can continue writing Sandra and Woo.
- Don’t do something so stupid that Powree will <smeagol-voice>leave and never come back</smeagol-voice>.
Yes, that’s it pretty much since I believe that Sandra and Woo is already on a very good track and not much should be changed. Of course three updates a week would be neat, but that’s unrealistic considering the complexity of many strips that have been and will be published.
A welder’s mask, huh? Where’s the leather apron and machete?
Forums can be tricky things. While lots of people will read a comic and sometimes post on the instant message widgets, most people don’t seem to have a lot of time to hang on the forums. It’s a rather common complaint I’ve seen even with the webcomics I host on my own site.
I love reading Sandra and Woo, by the way. It’s one of those staples I’m glad has an RSS feed, so I don’t miss a strip.
I think twice a week is good, and pleasant, too. I’ve just realised “hey, it’s Monday! Sandra and Woo!” and this sense of joy would sort of fade out if it were more often. 🙂
the comic is geting really sad its a really good story line but it really depreses me
I’m new to this comic (Just archive binged the thing) but I have to say it’s pretty damn good. The art’s excellent, the characters are entertaining, and I hope to continue reading for a long time to come.
As for questions… I can’t remember. Do Larisa and Cloud know that Woo can talk?
No.
The last time I offered a constructive critique regarding the strip that was considered less than a superlative, the reaction was so critical that I figured you really don’t want to hear anything but what is known as “fluffy fives” on another site. That makes it dangerous asking questions about the storyline or the characters without sounding like you’re trying to hijack the story or its characters.
Cairn Destop says: The last time I offered a constructive critique regarding the strip that was considered less than a superlative, the reaction was so critical that I figured you really don’t want to hear anything but what is known as “fluffy fives” on another site.
I don’t recall the specific incident, but I have never asked for (constructive) critique about the general direction of my comic so it should not come with a surprise that certain pieces of critique, for example something like “I don’t like how character X behaves, he should be more like Y.”, are rejected on the spot.
Apart from that there are surprisingly few webcomics with equal or more readers than Sandra and Woo with a comment section directly beneath each comic which is also used by the author himself to answer questions or clarify certain things. On several occasions I have corrected slight mistakes in a strip after a reader has pointed them out.
In fact I’m only giving a thumb up for comments that are funny or that contain interesting information or questions, not for comments that just say “GREAT STRIP!”
Cairn Destop says: That makes it dangerous asking questions about the storyline or the characters without sounding like you’re trying to hijack the story or its characters.
If you think that then maybe you are trying it.
My comment referenced the layout of a specific strip, one where you asked if it worked. I said it wasn’t, as well as an example why.
Since the reader is not privelleged to the thinkings of the author, suggestions and/or comments on the characters, settings, or actions, can be perceived as an attempt to control another person’s creative efforts. Any comment is offered from an imperfect perspective and therefore, subject to error. You should consider such comments only to see if you have the reader going where you intended, not as a directive as to where they should go.
I hope one of the arcs involves the upcoming raccoon mating season. I also hope Woo gets a mate or at least a wet dream, which could be funny, if dangerous to the rating. “Sandra, why is my belly fur wet and sticky. It’s not pee, I never smelled what it is before.””Why do the world’s only talking raccoon and the only human who knows about him have to be of opposite sexes (Sandra)””You mean I can have all that fun without trekking miles through the snow and fighting bigger males? Woo-woo!” Of course, this is just an idea, and is thrown out as a suggestion. I will be happy if the strip doesn’t even mention the mating season (But happier if it does…after all, what is the point of having a talking raccoon if he doesn’t think like a raccoon?)
Tom Mazanec says: I hope one of the arcs involves the upcoming raccoon mating season.
Yes. And it will be even a quite long one. Compared to previous story arcs it will also most likely contain the highest amount of “funny” strips.
Tom Mazanec says: I also hope Woo gets a mate or at least a wet dream, which could be funny, if dangerous to the rating.
Let’s say I expect to lose some American readers. 😉
Tom Mazanec says: “Sandra, why is my belly fur wet and sticky. It’s not pee, I never smelled what it is before.””Why do the world’s only talking raccoon and the only human who knows about him have to be of opposite sexes (Sandra)””You mean I can have all that fun without trekking miles through the snow and fighting bigger males? Woo-woo!” Of course, this is just an idea, and is thrown out as a suggestion.
WORST! IDEA! EVER! 😉
Please…say it isn’t so! Our belovid Woo isn’t going to the vet over some dangerous rat virii…is he? 😕
Let him be alright…please.
As for mating season…can’t he just be forever “innocent”?
Well, I am an American. I hope you don’t show him masturbating. You would not lose me. But you would come close. Very close.
On second thought, based on your reaction to my earlier comment, it CANNOT be something sexual. Given our cartoonist, it has to be something in keeping with raccoon nature. It occurs in the mating season. And it will particularly bother Americans. Two ideas come to mind:
Woo gets in a mating fight, probably ending up scrambled. This might turn off the “left” side of the society and the ones who think Disney cartoons are documentaries.
Woo succeeds in his desire, has a family and abandons them. We have a problem with “deadbeat dads” here, and this might turn off a lot of Americans.
Guess we will just have to wait and see…
Compared to “Ready or not” that had characters of about the same age between childhood and teendom “Sandra and Woo” is very light-hearted. Is it meant to be that way? (For those who don’t know, that was a Canadian children’s series about growing up. Lots of bad stuff happened to the two protagonist girls – except sexual abuse. I think)
jup-reindeer says: Please…say it isn’t so! Our belovid Woo isn’t going to the vet over some dangerous rat virii…is he? 😕
There’s been enough strips about rabies (or something like that) lately. So: No.
jup-reindeer says: As for mating season…can’t he just be forever “innocent”?
No. Sandra and Woo is neither a comic for elementary school kids nor the subject of newspaper censorship, so an asexual male raccoon would be bizarre.
Tom Mazanec says: On second thought, based on your reaction to my earlier comment, it CANNOT be something sexual.
Why did you get that impression? Mating season = something sexual, in some way or the other.
Tom Mazanec says: Woo succeeds in his desire, has a family and abandons them.
Male raccoons usually don’t bother too much about raising their kits. Sometimes the females even chase them away. But Woo deliberately abandoning his mate and kits… well, making a complete asshole out of your main character is probably not a good idea.
Ambi says: Compared to “Ready or not” that had characters of about the same age between childhood and teendom “Sandra and Woo” is very light-hearted. Is it meant to be that way?
It’s a comedy strip so most story arcs will be comedic. But there is absolutely no taboo regarding any possible topic – except sexual abuse, I think. 😉
I figured if wet dreams are something so bad, then it had to be something “indirect”. You did not reject the idea of Woo losing a mating fight, so I guess that is still on the table. But Woo has already shown that discretion is the better part of valor when it comes to mating fights, so this is unlikely. I guess playing with himself is what you mean by losing American readers (most likely, unless there is something I did not think of). I will (just barely) tolerate this if you document that this is realistic behavior in real life raccoons, because I read S&W to read of a raccoon who is a “real” talking raccoon, and not a midget in a fursuit like so many other anthropomorphic characters, so I guess I will just have to take the bad with the good.
Tom Mazanec says: I figured if wet dreams are something so bad, then it had to be something “indirect”.
No. Your specific idea was terrible, not masturbation (or sex) jokes in general. “There’s Something About Mary” was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen.
OK. If you go that route, I will read it, if reluctantly, to get my biweekly S&W fix. Just keep the hits coming and keep coming up with raccoon facts to seed your imagination…the more real Woo is, the better the strip.
Saw the trailer to “Furry Vengence” on IMDB. Looks like a raccoon is in charge of the vengence. Could almost be Woo.