<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post1046009805075852380..comments</id><updated>2009-04-29T14:38:07.137Z</updated><category term='Place of Interest'/><category term='Obituaries'/><category term='Commentary'/><category term='Tourist Trap'/><category term='Print'/><category term='Ping in RL'/><category term='Golden'/><category term='Review'/><category term='Tutorial'/><category term='What A Find'/><category term='Under Development'/><category term='Idea'/><category term='North of The Equator'/><category term='Pinging Art'/><category term='Plug'/><category term='Theory'/><category term='Lost in Transit'/><category term='Hotspots'/><category term='Postcard'/><category term='Journey Leg'/><category term='Stopover'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='Weekend Day Trip'/><category term='Crossover'/><category term='Writing'/><category term='Rant'/><category term='Diving'/><category term='Anti-Review'/><category term='News'/><title type='text'>Comments on Lonely Panel: Exploring Comics and Beyond (Formerly Webcomic Finds): Hotspot #18:And This Is Why I Review.</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/feeds/1046009805075852380/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html'/><author><name>Ping @ Phalanx</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxBxR1OXRko/SL1eUdfgngI/AAAAAAAAACw/u1_2P8tWpG0/S220/PingArc.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-7460215814649516479</id><published>2009-04-29T14:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-29T14:38:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>@ Mos: Muahaha! I'm going diving again next fortni...</title><summary type='text'>@ Mos: Muahaha! I'm going diving again next fortnight! It's a live-on-boat to boot! Crossing my fingers for a manta or whale shark sighting. I've drawn TLS pages in record time, and for once the story flows faster than I can draw it. Sure beats being stuck with the empty panel wondering where I'm going next. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn't help that half of my good ideas are for future comic projects </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/7460215814649516479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/7460215814649516479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1241015880000#c7460215814649516479' title=''/><author><name>Ping @ Phalanx</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxBxR1OXRko/SL1eUdfgngI/AAAAAAAAACw/u1_2P8tWpG0/S220/PingArc.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1271335630'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-6236728640381901514</id><published>2009-04-27T00:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-27T00:37:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Always great to hear anything you have to share, P...</title><summary type='text'>Always great to hear anything you have to share, Ping! Your reviews are so detailed and thoughtful it makes it worth any wait. Good to hear you're getting into the scuba too, it's always a nice to have something to do that doesn't involve a drawing board or computer.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/6236728640381901514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/6236728640381901514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240792620000#c6236728640381901514' title=''/><author><name>xmung</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13601569405989886643</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09933520369350918526'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.graphicsmash.com/memberimages/xmung50x50.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-2068916202'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-103671480247032260</id><published>2009-04-25T00:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-25T00:29:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>You may have put your finger on why many people ta...</title><summary type='text'>You may have put your finger on why many people take a stab at reviewing and quit, because it is rather thankless work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Almost any serious blogger gets a lot better over their first year. Something is being learned.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/103671480247032260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/103671480247032260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240619340000#c103671480247032260' title=''/><author><name>Bengo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02653883373974641753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_mfkjDVJsaKo/SAlnazKAkQI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/C4jCXENRzjA/S220/Katrinka+Icon.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1865362493'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-4557472712739940262</id><published>2009-04-24T23:28:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-04-24T23:28:00.001Z</updated><title type='text'>Yay! Love to hear that ideas are flooding in! Can'...</title><summary type='text'>Yay! Love to hear that ideas are flooding in! Can't wait to see what's coming up as usual. And contrary to what you said about not reviewing so much lately, I beg to differ. It seems that you have churned out quite a few!&lt;br /&gt;Remember to pace yourself and don't bite off more that you can chew (hahaha, so says the idiot over the other side of the world... you can throw that advice back into my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/4557472712739940262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/4557472712739940262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240615680001#c4557472712739940262' title=''/><author><name>Moshunter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07527434789896004553</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05707193867704817107'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/moshunter/Culiseta/Culiseta.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-872154793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-3145899231493498016</id><published>2009-04-24T23:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-24T23:28:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Yay! Love to hear that ideas are flooding in! Can'...</title><summary type='text'>Yay! Love to hear that ideas are flooding in! Can't wait to see what's coming up as usual. And contrary to what you said about not reviewing so much lately, I beg to differ. It seems that you have churned out quite a few!&lt;br /&gt;Remember to pace yourself and don't bite off more that you can chew (hahaha, so says the idiot over the other side of the world... you can throw that advice back into my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/3145899231493498016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/3145899231493498016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240615680000#c3145899231493498016' title=''/><author><name>Moshunter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07527434789896004553</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05707193867704817107'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/moshunter/Culiseta/Culiseta.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-872154793'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-5203199671370760952</id><published>2009-04-24T13:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-24T13:39:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Oh and I haven't quite come up with a scuba diving...</title><summary type='text'>Oh and I haven't quite come up with a scuba diving comic yet, since I only took up scuba diving comparatively recently (compared to comics, which borders on 10 years ago). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have thought of one though, but it's being saved for another time after I complete my existing projects.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/5203199671370760952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/5203199671370760952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240580340000#c5203199671370760952' title=''/><author><name>Ping @ Phalanx</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxBxR1OXRko/SL1eUdfgngI/AAAAAAAAACw/u1_2P8tWpG0/S220/PingArc.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1271335630'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-4170751038931455101</id><published>2009-04-24T13:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-24T13:37:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Hi Theorah :)

Cool! It would be interesting to re...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Theorah :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cool! It would be interesting to read some of your reviews. Do you have a link?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the compliments *blush* I don't subscribe to the judgmental kind of comic reviewing myself, although I don't flinch from giving the occasional negative review. Reviewers should be honest. But everyone to his/her own style, and I do feel it's important one sticks to what </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/4170751038931455101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/4170751038931455101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240580220000#c4170751038931455101' title=''/><author><name>Ping @ Phalanx</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03685142741575879139</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZxBxR1OXRko/SL1eUdfgngI/AAAAAAAAACw/u1_2P8tWpG0/S220/PingArc.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1271335630'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-2409860194325269698</id><published>2009-04-23T22:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-04-23T22:26:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>well said, thats a nice reason to review comics! I...</title><summary type='text'>well said, thats a nice reason to review comics! I have read a few review websites where the writer seems to just be an arse who wants to feel like they are right all the time :S Some people do it because they are passionate about the comic medium...Ive reviewed some comics before, I think I do it because of that reason too, I kind of write reviews more like a discussion point rather then what is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/2409860194325269698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/1046009805075852380/comments/default/2409860194325269698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html?showComment=1240525560000#c2409860194325269698' title=''/><author><name>theorah</name><uri>http://theorah.livejournal.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/openid16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lonelypanel.com/2009/04/hotspot-18and-this-is-why-i-review.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7934033.post-1046009805075852380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7934033/posts/default/1046009805075852380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1307721228'/></entry></feed>
