IMO the original comic shouldn’t be altered. I like the caption being in the title of the post though, but I also like it having the publication date. I guess my ideal would be unaltered image, plus a post title of “<Frame Caption> | <Publication Date>”, but that might be too much for you to bother with
Reading the caption before seeing the image definitely weakened today’s comics for me.
Captions of Far Side comics are often effectively punchlines, clarifying whatever weirdness was drawn in the comic. Reading the words and then seeing the image feels disjointed, and loses a lot of the “punch.”
Don’t like it either. The way I browse, I often click on images directly which doesn’t show the title text.
I see Farside comics and I expect to either see the caption under the drawing, or see the lack of a caption and know the joke is in the image. I thought this one didn’t have a caption, and was frankly confused a little.
I think having the text caption makes sense from a searchability perspective, though I side more with the comment that worries about weakening the impact of the punchline by putting it above the comic. Compromise and put the caption in the post body, maybe behind spoiler tags?
Trying out a new posting style today, with the caption as the post title instead of in the screenshot. Let me know what you think!
Don’t crop the original comic. It can’t be shared from here without taking a screenshot to include the title.
IMO the original comic shouldn’t be altered. I like the caption being in the title of the post though, but I also like it having the publication date. I guess my ideal would be unaltered image, plus a post title of “<Frame Caption> | <Publication Date>”, but that might be too much for you to bother with
No me gusta. The caption and its placement is part of the comic, and for some this style can weaken the punchline impact.
Agreed, mostly for this reason.
No
Reading the caption before seeing the image definitely weakened today’s comics for me.
Captions of Far Side comics are often effectively punchlines, clarifying whatever weirdness was drawn in the comic. Reading the words and then seeing the image feels disjointed, and loses a lot of the “punch.”
Don’t like it either. The way I browse, I often click on images directly which doesn’t show the title text.
I see Farside comics and I expect to either see the caption under the drawing, or see the lack of a caption and know the joke is in the image. I thought this one didn’t have a caption, and was frankly confused a little.
Please don’t do this.
Please don’t. Knowing the caption ahead of the picture often spoils the joke.
Putting the punchline in the title can kill a comic
I’d rather you didn’t.
I think having the text caption makes sense from a searchability perspective, though I side more with the comment that worries about weakening the impact of the punchline by putting it above the comic. Compromise and put the caption in the post body, maybe behind spoiler tags?
No.