WoW Insider's Weekly Webcomic: Safe Passage
by Kelly Aarons 
Sep 28th 2010 at 9:00PM
Don't you hate it when you just get home and someone throws chores in your face? "Go do this! Go do that! Go check out this fire!" Jeez. Some people.
Check out the full version right here, and tune in next Tuesday morning for a new page. You can also see all the previous pages in the gallery below.
Filed under: WoW Insider's Weekly Comic
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Barthaes Sep 28th 2010 9:10PM
Glare
Harvoc Sep 28th 2010 9:20PM
Glare
Crimson Sep 29th 2010 1:26AM
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*Glare*
Drakkenfyre Sep 28th 2010 9:22PM
I see a cameo.
Amaxe Sep 28th 2010 10:12PM
Yeah I wondered if that was Cady in the tower...
Donhorn Sep 29th 2010 2:29AM
I'm pretty sure it was. I squee'd a little. XD
Cadychan Oct 4th 2010 5:30AM
Ha ha! Nah, that wasn't Cadistra. She wears her hair in...well, I don't know what they're called, but this guard has braids. And feathers. ;)
Dreyja Sep 28th 2010 9:22PM
EEEeeEEEEeee... Orc kidlette is adorable! XD I bet he's actually a big softie.
Weiss Sep 28th 2010 9:43PM
Hey Isn't that Cadistra in the watch tower?
North Sep 28th 2010 10:16PM
My theory is that it is Byron, the tauren rogue.
Drakkenfyre Sep 28th 2010 10:22PM
Snout is too feminine. As is the hair. Byron doesn't have long hair like that. While Cadistra does.
Dreyja Sep 28th 2010 10:30PM
Byron is there though, in the shadows.
Xid Sep 28th 2010 10:31PM
I feel out of the loop... Who's Cadistra/Cady?
Dreyja Sep 28th 2010 10:36PM
@ Xid - check out: http://woweh.com/ and you'll get to know that character.
Xid Sep 28th 2010 10:58PM
Ahh, I'd heard of WoW, Eh? but hadn't sat down and read it, so I wasn't aware that it's by the same author/artist as Byron. Hooray for more WoW webcomic goodness! =)
ISA Sep 28th 2010 9:55PM
I'm having trouble understanding what exactly this comic is going to be about. The first page was just shots of the barrens, the second was a troll and orc talking about alliance taking horde territory, and the third is the troll and orc having more small talk?
My biggest problem with the last comic, and I see it trickle into the new one, is that a lot of nothing is going on, and too much is spread apart. Im trying to find the intro, body, and conclusion to each page, and all three can be summed up in one sentence.
I care more about the story than the art itself really, and the comic feels like it's lacking meat.
With the third page for example, it starts off with a medium sized shot of a camp. I think that could have been excluded or cropped, with the tauren lookout speaking in this panel. The first page of the comic already has overviews of the land. So this is a bit redundant.
The largest shot is of the orc and troll. The second largest shot is 3 panels of a boy running in to the orc. This is the most interesting part of the page and I think that would have worked much better as a large shot, with all three standing there with the boy about to run into the orc. Assuming the boy is going to be an important character, cutting up the action takes away its importance.
The "Death Glare" although looks cool, takes up a rather large portion of the page, and feels like filler. The boy's reaction, or something else could have happened after the glare, the "cliffhanger" here feels forced.
To TLDR it up, I feel that the comic has too much filler, and 3 weeks into it, not much has happened. I believe it would hold more weight if some action were emphasized instead of cut, and "boring" over head shots and small talk kept to a minimum.
My review will probably be hated or called trolling, and that's ok. In my classes I go through a lot of peer reviews for art and english. Some of reviews are harsh, but all were amazingly helpful. They didnt cater to my ego and told be point blank what I can do to improve specific parts. Even if someone says "Its boring" I ask what was it that was boring to you?
My opinion is sincere, and only mean for the best. For me, I take all criticisms to heart and they help me improve my writing and art. Didnt mean to give an emo bio on myself, I just wanted to explain why Im giving a negative review.
Amaxe Sep 28th 2010 10:17PM
I think its mood building.
Whether this is good or bad will depend on how long it takes to build the mood and move on to the story.
I'm going to wait awhile before passing judgment.
Dreyja Sep 28th 2010 10:33PM
No problem, I'd just say that you need to give it time. Really, each page is a small taste, one that, for me, builds my appetite for the next page. I'm not a trained artist but I've consumed more than my fair share of comics and I think this one is building nicely.
Cadychan Sep 29th 2010 12:15AM
Hi ISA,
First off, don't at all worry about what others think. I appreciate all well-worded and well-meaning constructive criticisms. :)
Amaxe's got the right idea - I am trying to build the mood. I'm actually getting a lot of help from a good friend of mine to help with story and pacing. Granted, I do tend to write/draw stories that are a bit long-winded, but that's just the kind of stories I like to write. While that may not be the absolute best for a once-a-week comic, sadly that's just how I roll. XD
I'll gladly take what you say to heart, and try and improve, but if the story's already paced out, there's not much I can do.
Xid Sep 28th 2010 10:29PM
I really hope you didn't have to sit there and spend an hour drawing all those little shade lines in the last panel by hand... =P