Talk:Jack (webcomic)
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[edit] Overanalyzation?
A lot of this seems like it's trying to dissect a fairly unimpressive comic strip and reconstruct it into a great work of art. The "symbolism" section seems to include a lot of speculation, and the character lists are unnecessarily detailed for the average reader. This comic isn't that important. I'm going to size this down. --Krishva 09:03, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
I don't know, there's no such thing as too much information... Sippan 09:41, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Why'd you cut it down? It seemed to be better before. I agree though, that there is no such thing as too much info. (On certain topics of course.) Ian Rubin 02:29, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It could do with a trivia section, JACK features a lot of seemingly pointless or inexplicible elements. For example; all the comics end in "TTFN", meaning Ta-Ta For Now. Also, the rapist dolphins of hell confuse a lot of people, and some think there is hidden signifigance in them. They're actually there to annoy a former boyfriend of D. Hopkins' spouse, who was fond of dolphins. -Anonymous
I disagree with Krishva; you may find that it is a fairly unimpressive comic strip but this is only your personal oppinion, and wikipedia articles arent based on personal oppinions. This webcomic is very popular and i, for one, consider it a work of art. This article is obviously just a beginning. instead of sizing it down, information should be added to this article, as there is much more to Jack then what is shown here. --Anonymous 22:40, 14 Sep 2006
Do you think there should be any mention of Drip's illegitimate daughter Lina in his article? --Anonymous, Unknown Date
Well. sofar only 1 single strip feautured her so i do not think she is (sofar) relevant to the story. she will probably/possibly become more relevant in the future, but nobody knows what david has planned --anonymous 02:00, 18 Sep 2006
Actually she appears in two, "Father" and "Falling Angels" (although she has a completely different personality "Falling Angels", possibly because she did not know Drip was her father and she was concieved of rape at the time). -- Anonymous, Unknown Date
I don't see why opinions from someone who has little interest in the comic are relevant, nor why the same person should edit the page at all. Much of this page was written by members of the artist's forum, some of which are in direct contact with him, so the "speculation" the OP is speaking of is often the truth. The TWF 05:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Recurring/Minor characters
I've been toying with this idea, maybe a "Minor and recurring characters in Jack" article could be made, it could include characters like SilverBlue, Dr. Thalmus, Arloest, Satan, Jatter, just to name a few. -- Lord Crayak
I think that would work better as a seperate page. Depends on how large the main page gets. It's already pretty large as it is. The TWF 05:09, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bangsian fantasy?
Jack is not a Bangsian fantasy. A huge portion of the narrative does not take place in the afterlife. Moreover, it lacks the other famous characteristics of Bangsian fantasy, such as an absence of fictional characters. Is there a source for this description, or is it original research? -Silence 22:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Story Arcs
I see that someone has been making summaries of several of Jack's story-arcs and shorts, perhaps since these summaries are pretty large and take up alot of space the should be moved to their own, perhaps "Jack shorts and story-arcs" or something. -- Lord Crayak
- Possibly, but I think we should hold off splitting the Article for now. CharonX/talk 23:59, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Numbering on the Arcs/Shorts
How about we change the numbering on the Shorts from Roman numberals to normal digits or have the titles in italics? Things are becoming hard to keep apart. CharonX/talk 01:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] too much summary
From just casually coming across this wikipedia article, and subsequently viewing the comic's webpage, I think that the summaries of each individual arc should be removed. It's more information than is needed in a Wikipedia article and is uninteresting to someone who is not a fan. A fan can easily access this kind of information through the archives on the Jack site, and reread the strips if necessary. Also, a lot of the information contained in the blow-by-blow summaries is contained in the character summaries. Ettiesniffs 23:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it would be a better idea of moving the summaries from the main article into a sub-article, such as Story arcs in Jack. ISD 08:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
I, as well, agree that the plot summaries take a lot of space and have very little purpoce. There are probably some other things that could be put in the place, like information about the printed versions. Maybe, instead of summareies, we could have a list of arcs with a description no longer than a few paragrapsh topped with a link to the beginnig of the arc. Pirtu 16:39, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
