Comments on: Hot Mess Episode 73 – “The Nice One”

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:52:18 +0000

Hi Pan, that’s a great question, and the answer is that everything is drawn by the irreplaceable Emily Chan. If you haven’t seen her other work – like StupidFox – I highly recommend it. We intentionally did the two styles to separate what’s in Anna’s head and what’s in Anna’s reality. That’s for checking out the strip!

By: Pan

Pan — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:41:58 +0000

Are the people and the creatures/animals drawn by different people in this comic? Because they look quite different styles… the creatures look very varied and cartoonish (in a good way), and the people all kind of look like barbie dolls… I’m not trying to complain, each to his own, and I’m not a fantastic artist myself, I’m just curious.

By: BabyDaisy

BabyDaisy — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:30:57 +0000

Just started reading – this is really interesting, can’t wait to see the next update!

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The Webcomic Factory - Friday on the Network… — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:41:03 +0000

[...] And our friends at Hot Mess have a new strip called The Nice One! [...]

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:48:55 +0000

Yes, I agree, Mr. thelastnerd! We tried another approach, and I don’t think anyone here (or out there) liked it — so now that comic has been replaced! I am going to link to the old one in the update, just in case people want to see what could have been… Also, I’m working on redoing #72 as well, which I hope to replace soon.

By: thelastnerd

thelastnerd — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:20:08 +0000

Ok, I wasn’t going to say anything, as it is *your* comic and you’re free to do as you like with it, but it’s driving me nuts so I have to ask: Why did you change the font? Do you actually *like* the universally italicized look and periods that look like underscores?

Not to have only bad things to say, I particularly like the Slumper dialog today; it’s good to see more specific negativity than just, “You’re lame and nobody likes you.” And I think this is a pretty interesting conversation you’ve got going on here, as well a nice way to tell us all a bit about the characters’ personalities.

By: Liou

Liou — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:48:25 +0000

Also, this gives me the impression that Zoey has either an age difference or a different cultural background from the rest of the students, that would help her become detached.

By: Liou

Liou — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:46:42 +0000

I don’t think I knew any Zoeys in high school, even the people who were nice to me were quite gossipy about others, they seemed stable but I caught them being Hot Messes quite often.
However, I think I’ve taken a Zoey attitude. It feels great =D Negative thoughts about other people only poison you…

By: DropDeadPoet

DropDeadPoet — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:05:55 +0000

Hot Messes. Haha I can’t say I’m that sure of myself, but I definitely don’t let others’ negativity get to me. So I’m almost at Zoey’s level. Of course, I’m not in high school anymore, and its a lot harder to not be a mess in that place.

By: Kebechet

Kebechet — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:25:36 +0000

It would be interesting to see what little voices Zoey has in her head. I imagine she listens to her equivalents of Scooziecat, Momur and Rafella quite a bit.