Comments on: Dresden Codak review by Anthony Cardno

By: Kevin Gamm

Kevin Gamm — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:18:01 +0000

Even though DC is probably my favorite comic, I must agree with the review. It just isn’t for everyone. It takes a certain amount of tenacity to read the strip, and wanting to understand why Aaron Diaz is so excited. I found myself going to wikipedia a lot to figure out what the hell he was going on about (Especially with Dungeons & Discourse and the Zhuangzi one).

But the thing is, the strip got me fascinated with science and philosophy, and the beautiful artwork and page design only served to increase my interest. The self contained comics are incredible to look at, and it isn’t like any other comic I know of. Plus, the HOB storyline is amazing.

By: Anthony Cardno

Anthony Cardno — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:54:37 +0000

I always wait to read my fellow reviewers’ comments until after my review has posted, because I don’t want to be influenced. It was interesting to see that pretty much the other reviewers agreed with me in this instance.

I also try hard not to judge what I think the author’s reasoning is behind the strip — while it is possible that he’s just trying to show us how much he knows, it’s also possible that he just finds this stuff far more amusing in his own head than he’s managing to get across to us on the page. Like I said, I love both “xkcd” and “wondermark” and both of those are pretty intelligent strips that play on big topics but still manage to be humorous to the general public.

Thanks for agreeing with me, Nick!

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:12:20 +0000

I’m gonna have to agree with your review. Codak is dang pretty to look at, but that’s about it. I am by no means an idiot, and all I got out of that comic was someone trying desperately to tell us how smart he is; entertaining a readership was seemingly a secondary consideration. I’ll pass, thanks.