Comments on: Characters versus Gimmicks http://www.creatingacomic.com/2009/characters-vs-gimmicks/ Bombing, killing, and other occupational hazards Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:36:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How to write a joke: Joke Structure | Creating a Comic http://www.creatingacomic.com/2009/characters-vs-gimmicks/comment-page-1/#comment-197 How to write a joke: Joke Structure | Creating a Comic Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:34:24 +0000 http://www.creatingacomic.com/?p=941#comment-197 [...] Characters versus Gimmicks [...] [...] Characters versus Gimmicks [...]

]]> By: Andrew J Rivers http://www.creatingacomic.com/2009/characters-vs-gimmicks/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Andrew J Rivers Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:06:43 +0000 http://www.creatingacomic.com/?p=941#comment-121 The main difference is how the back of the room feels about each act. Other "purist" comics would look down upon a gimmick. But at the end of the day, if your goal is to get money and a gimmicky hacky act does that for you. All the more power. Just don't expect a lot of praise from your peers. :) But that's why you never play to the back of the room(1) and do what makes you happy and make the people paying you happy. (1) playing to the back of the room is a reference made in regard to comics trying to impress the other comics who are in the back of the room watching. The main difference is how the back of the room feels about each act. Other “purist” comics would look down upon a gimmick. But at the end of the day, if your goal is to get money and a gimmicky hacky act does that for you. All the more power. Just don’t expect a lot of praise from your peers. :)

But that’s why you never play to the back of the room(1) and do what makes you happy and make the people paying you happy.

(1) playing to the back of the room is a reference made in regard to comics trying to impress the other comics who are in the back of the room watching.

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