History Main / CutAndPasteComic

* ''[[http://revfitz.com Mr. Square Comics]]'' is based around apathy and randomness, so this was inevitable. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampShadeHanging Lampshaded]] here: [[http://revfitz.com/issue193 issue 193]]

* ''[[http://revfitz.com Mr. Square Comics]]'' is based around apathy and randomness, so this was inevitable. [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampShadeHanging Lampshaded]] here: [[http://revfitz.com/msi193.html issue 193]]

* An early example is DavidLynch's ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angriest_Dog_in_the_World The Angriest Dog in the World]]''. It also consisted almost entirely of [[BeatPanel Beat Panels]]. For nearly ten years, it appeared weekly, always with the same art.

* Non-webcomic examples are ''DSBTInsaniT'' and ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'', all the human characters use the same general model.

* Parodied in a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin is talking with Hobbes about his grandfather ranting about how comics were better when they weren't just a bunch of xeroxed talking heads, the joke being that [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/11/11 that particular strip]] is just the same pose of Calvin and Hobbes copied four times.

->''Cut-and-Paste, Cut-and-Paste, ''

->''What a waste is Cut-And-Paste!''
->-- '''Phalanx''', ''Webcomic/HowNotToRunAWebcomic''

* ''Webcomic/LeAvventureDelGrandeDarthVader'' (in English: ''The Adventures of the great Darth Vader'') is an Italian [[StylisticSuck joke webcomic]], allegedly drawn by and about a dyslexic emulation nerd who goes by the nickname "[[Franchise/StarWars DARTH VADER]]" (all capitals), wears a Darth Vader costume and owns a real lightsaber, interacting with other emulation fans mainly by means of slapstick and scatological humor.

** This subclass - fixed-art strips - has seen a fair number of variations: for example, [[http://www.birdsworth.com/index.php Birdsworth]] (which [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] the premise [[http://birdsworth.com/daily.php?date=060519 early on]]) and [[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/ericburns/stark/series.php?name=stark&view=current The Adventures of Brigadier General John Stark]] by [[{{Websnark}} Eric Burns-White]] (nee Burns).

Welcome to the world of cut-and-paste. If you manage to get these pictures onto your computer (or create them there in the first place), you can pop 'em into any decent graphics program (including something as simple as MSPaint) and make your comic. You can create panels, either by hand or in [[http://plasq.com/comiclife/ Comic Life]], and put your characters into them, even ''[[AmbidextrousSprite flip]]'' your characters to make it look like you drew twice as many poses. Out comes your comic, ready to publish on your homepage.

* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable'' is drawn this way, although the art has been getting slightly more nuanced overtime.

* ''[[http://hamstard.com/ Hamstard]]'', a [[StylisticSuck joke webcomic]] allegedly by the main character of ''{{Erfworld}}'', has a grand total of five different panels in its entire run.

* ''Webcomic/LeAvventureDelGrandeDarthVader'' (in English: ''The Adventures of the great Darth Vader'') is an Italian [[StylisticSuck joke webcomic]], allegedly drawn by and about a dyslexic emulation nerd who goes by the nickname "[[StarWars DARTH VADER]]" (all capitals), wears a Darth Vader costume and owns a real lightsaber, interacting with other emulation fans mainly by means of slapstick and scatological humor.

* ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' relies on this, particularly in regards to faces. This often leads to errors such as faces being lit from the wrong direction.

* A non-webcomic example is ''DSBTInsaniT'', all the human characters use the same general model.

Welcome to the world of cut-and-paste. If you manage to get these pictures onto your computer (or create them there in the first place), you can pop 'em into any decent graphics program (including something as simple as MSPaint) and make your comic. You can create panels, either by hand or in [[http://plasq.com/comiclife/ Comic Life]], and put your characters into them, even ''flip'' your characters to make it look like you drew twice as many poses. Out comes your comic, ready to publish on your homepage.

* ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' relies on this, particularly in regards to faces. This often leads to errors such as faces being lit from the wrong direction.

* ''Webcomic/GetYourWarOn'', ''My Filing Technique is Unstoppable'' and ''My Fighting Technique is Unstoppable'', all by, David Rees, are all created with black-and-white office clip art.

* ''[[http://wondermark.com Wondermark]]'' is a comic made using art culled from the author's collection of 19th century publications.

* ''[[http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html Get Your War On]]'', ''My Filing Technique is Unstoppable'' and ''My Fighting Technique is Unstoppable'', all by, David Rees, are all created with black-and-white office clip art.

Of course, without the skills to pull off those awesome Marvel graphics, you'll need to make up for it with an interesting premise, a well chosen setting and plenty of good jokes. (Or drama, but that's a bit harder to pull off. Then again, maybe a SoapOpera....) Believe it or not, [[TropesAreNotBad many do just that]].

->-- '''Phalanx''', ''HowNotToRunAWebcomic''

* ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' does it in a very bad way. [[StylisticSuck But that's the point]].

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