T Campbell's Blog

Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

 

Quick Question:


Besides Peggy and Annie-- er, Penny and Aggie and Dromiceiomimus, what webcomics characters' names do you have the hardest time remembering?

It's just a "survey" kind of morning, I guess.

Comments:
That vegan girl from Diesel Sweeties. (The fact that I can't remember her name to mention it here speaks for itself.)

The girl who works the coffee shop in Wapsi Square (which is really sad given how frequently she's shown).

Any of the characters from Megatokyo who are not Piro, Largo, Seraphim, Kimiko, Erika, or Boo. This goes double for Japanese schoolgirls. =P Hell, who am I kidding. I can't keep track of anything about Megatokyo anymore.
 
I never had trouble remembering Aggie's name. There was a period near the beginning where I kept getting the two of them mixed up, but that resolved quickly.

I think secondary Megatokyo characters shouldn't count either. I'm willing to assume that Piro can keep track of them, but I don't know if anyone else can.

Other than that, not much. I have trouble remembering November from No Rest for the Wicked, because I keep wanting to use a different month.
 
Scary Go Round -- Tessa and Rachel. I only remember them right now because I just read the second book collection yesterday. And even while I was reading it, I kept reversing which was which.
 
I have no trouble remembering Pennie or Aggie or Dromiceiomimus (I had plenty of practice memorizing obscure dinosaur names when I was ten years old). That schoolgirl from Megatokyo would have been my answer. Yes, I know that there are about a dozen schoolgirls in Megatokyo -- I mean the main one, the one with the two ponytails, I think. She counts as a primary supporting character, doesn't she?
 
Cat and Girl from, um, Cat and Girl.

Okay, I'm being facetious.
 
I had trouble with Meaghan myself. And despite being a daily reader, I never could remember if it was Rumi, Rumy, Rummi or Rummy.

Aparently, "Rodger" is also a confusing name.

Maritza
CRFH.net
 
I wonder if I can score any points for having the most constantly mis-remembered names amongst my fanbase?

"It's About Girls" always becomes "About A Girl" which I think would be a good name if Nirvana didn't already take it.

And "Bang Barstal" is always written as either "Bang Berstel" or "Bang Barstle"

Oh well, at least they're reading.
 
Well, if we're going to talk about titles, "Picture Story Theatre" pretty consistently gets writting as "Picture Story Theater." But I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by that one.
 
I'd tell you what character names I have trouble remembering except... *shiftyeyes* I can't remember who they are.

*chuckle*

Comes from reading 100+ comics I suppose... I don't even remember which comics I have troubles remembering names about. Of course, that might also be because I stayed up 'til the mid-hours of the morning before staggering off to bed...
 
Umm, the parents in Penny and Aggie. Otherwise, basically incidental cast. I've got a reasonably good memory.
 
A significant portion of my readers are apparently locked into calling Binky "Blinky." I have no idea why.
 
Post a Comment



<< Home

Archives

January 2005   February 2005   March 2005   April 2005   May 2005   June 2005   July 2005   August 2005   September 2005   October 2005   November 2005   December 2005   January 2006   February 2006   March 2006   April 2006   May 2006   June 2006   July 2006   August 2006   September 2006   October 2006   November 2006  

This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?