Now, because I like Plasma, I've changed my avatar just for him. Better?

Now, because I like Plasma, I've changed my avatar just for him. Better?

No It's worse, it's Changing to fast for my eyeballs to register it as an image.

You have clearly been working on Speed of light/quantum physics.

I think the next Forum News should be done like these new avatars so it rotates and inverts.

How am i supposed to zoom in?

Normally you just click on it.

I've moved all of them to my DA account now, and changed all of the links, so you can now see a sexy gallery containing them all here (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/gallery/#Forum-News), if you can't be bothered to look through the thread for all of them.

And yes, you zoom in on the DA version by clicking on it.

no, I don't want you to send me your ideas
I promise you, however, that they are still going to.
I think the next Forum News should be done like these new avatars so it rotates and inverts.

Excellent comic, it was very funny when i overloaded the forum with my stupid threads. You are a good artist, and your funny. Thats all i can say. Brilliant comics, please carry on the forum news;)

Excellent comic, it was very funny when i overloaded the forum with my stupid threads. You are a good artist, and your funny. Thats all i can say. Brilliant comics, please carry on the forum news;)

Somehow, I think we are not going to see forum news until melon feels like it.

However, I could try to make a comic. If I had instructions.

Somehow, I think we are not going to see forum news until melon feels like it.


NO KIDDING? What gave that out? Maybe the fact that Melon did (basically) said that he will only make them when he feels like it?:rolleyes:

I think he should try to add colour, if thats possible. And CJH here are some instructions for making a comic http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18398

However, I could try to make a comic. If I had instructions. 3-step instructions:

1. don't
2. delete any and all art programs
3. don't

However, I could try to make a comic. If I had instructions.Comic-making is more of a common sense thing, really.

OOH! I know! Make a comic on what I have done to destroy the un-randomness of the forum! ( Like actually using good grammer!)

3-step instructions:

1. don't
2. delete any and all art programs
3. don't

I just gave him some useful instructions. Paulpower comics are not a common sense thing, they are fun to create. And Akuryou i don't see how they could help him.

I just gave him some useful instructions. Paulpower comics are not a common sense thing, they are fun to create. And Akuryou i don't see how they could help him.
But they help us. Kinda like putting you in being watched also helped us, that type of help.

Paulpower comics are not a common sense thing, they are fun to create.*sigh*

I meant, there are no hard and fast rules for making a good comic. (Although there are admittedly a few for not making a bad one, like speech bubble order).

I just gave him some useful instructions. Paulpower comics are not a common sense thing, they are fun to create. And Akuryou i don't see how they could help him.just saying, but: EXACTLY!

Comics: Good at drawing in real life with good jokes.

Bad at drawing on computer, and jokes are not liked as much on internet.

Comics: Good at drawing in real life with good jokes.

Bad at drawing on computer, and jokes are not liked as much on internet.
Melons: good at wetness in real life

Bad at walking dogs, putting out cigarrettes isn't really as useful in shopping carts.

Hopefully there will be a forum news next tuesday.

Instructions on learning how to draw comics:

Buy all Futurama comic books twice (currently 30 issues plus the 2 Simpsons crossover issues)
Read through all of them
Take a good look on how the artists did draw them
Send all the duplicate comic books to me

I create comics nearly every day and boy is it fun. Before creating a comic, think about the story. what will it be about? and think of the characters you will use. Plan it out on a piece of paper and Draw the characters you will use, if you can be bothered. Then set out the comic, and then start drawing it. After scan your comic with a scanner, colour it in with whatever paint progam you have, and pop it on here! Colours are nice to add, but most people on here don't use them i've seen. A comic is simple to make. After creating your comic, think about what you can do to improve the next one.

Or you can start from the right or left side of your page, depending on wether you want to do Japanese or English style.
Draw a square.
Put a character in it.
You know how to make panels.
Change the panel by changing the size, adding or removing speech bubbles, changing expression, characters, poses.
Make them make a story.
You have just graduated from Kelster's probablynotthewaytodoit comic making course.

Instructions on learning how to draw comics:

Buy all Futurama comic books twice (currently 30 issues plus the 2 Simpsons crossover issues)
Read through all of them
Take a good look on how the artists did draw them
Send all the duplicate comic books to me


Way ahead of you.

and by the way, there were two crossovers, 1 of them was split over two issues, in futurama comics. the other was split into the first bit on simpsons comics #103, and the second bit on futurama comics #17.

It's not particauly drawing comics thats the problem, it's sending them onto the internet on this forum.

I create comics nearly every day and boy is it fun. Before creating a comic, think about the story. what will it be about? and think of the characters you will use. Plan it out on a piece of paper and Draw the characters you will use, if you can be bothered. Then set out the comic, and then start drawing it. After scan your comic with a scanner, colour it in with whatever paint progam you have, and pop it on here! Colours are nice to add, but most people on here don't use them i've seen. A comic is simple to make. After creating your comic, think about what you can do to improve the next one.

Slow down, roadrunner. I don't [I]have a scanner.

at least not that I know of. Pehaps i'll go check. what does a scanner look like anyway?

Big flat thing with a glass screen inside. And a light that goes across when it is scanning.

what does a scanner look like anyway?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_scanner

Thanks, I can can certainly confirm that I do not own one of these.

What am I to do then?

Option 1: Buy one

Option 2: Borrow one.

Option 3: DON'T DO A COMIC.

Option 4: ...

Option 5: PROFIT!

Option 6: Be good enough (and coherent enough) at writing that no-one cares if your art is a bunch of blobs in Paint.

I've done opinion one several times, opinions 3 and 6 might interest me. I think Ill do opinion 3, because Paint blobs might not be interesting. I might just write scripts for forum news. or send in my own ideas on here, not that anyone would be interested, but because I am bored. I also Don't care if they don't get used.

I've done opinion one several times, opinions 3 and 6 might interest me. I think Ill do opinion 3, because Paint blobs might not be interesting. I might just write scripts for forum news. or send in my own ideas on here, not that anyone would be interested, but because I am bored. I also Don't care if they don't get used.

It would seem you have many opinions but have run out of options.

Anyway, I'd work on 6 if I was you rather than do that. If you're going to spew stuff out of boredom it might as well be creating something rather than just pestering people with ideas.

I might just write scripts for forum news. or send in my own ideas on here, not that anyone would be interested, but because I am bored. I also Don't care if they don't get used. Hmm? no, I don't want you to send me your ideas
Yeah. If you're not good at reading, then it's generally presumed that you're not good at writing either.

I've done opinion one several times, opinions 3 and 6 might interest me. I think Ill do opinion 3, because Paint blobs might not be interesting. I might just write scripts for forum news. or send in my own ideas on here, not that anyone would be interested, but because I am bored. I also Don't care if they don't get used.you realize of course that no one's going to use completely pre-made scripts for any comics on this forum, right? suggestions are sometimes usable, but complete scripts are almost never used by anyone.

Hmm?
Yeah. If you're not good at reading, then it's generally presumed that you're not good at writing either.

No, I choose to disobey melons orders. I was going to say that, but my messages are boring engouth already.

Option 4: ...

Option 5: PROFIT!
Underpants Gnomes?
Hehehe! :D

Underpants Gnomes?
Hehehe! :D

? There an idea...[a bad one, at that.]

? There an idea...[a bad one, at that.]you're quite a long way behind on the use of that idea....

I'm sorry, are we building a list of options for someone who wants to make a comic?

Hey faraz, your sigworm is facing the wrong way in your av. Just a heads up.

Hey faraz, your sigworm is facing the wrong way in your av. Just a heads up.
Well played sir. I tip my bandanna to you.

Also, it's not doing what you thing it's doing. Basically, I couldn't get my sigworm to face forward.

Something that just has to be made fun of, despite its oldness, is shadowmoon's competitive attitude towards threads. See the two avatar fad threads for examples.

I've been making fun of him since the very beginning... :p

Something that just has to be made fun of, despite its oldness, is shadowmoon's competitive attitude towards threads. See the two avatar fad threads for examples.

I admit this is funny :(

Forum News, it's like going on holiday and losing all your luggage.

20th Jan 2008

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/forumnewsthumb.png (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/art/Forum-News-Survey-75118409)

I wrote this one all the way back in November and never finished it, but found it again recently and decided to finish it off. As a result, some of you may have forgotten the references.

Oh, and I'm aware that the way Melon's holding the pad and pencil is totally wrong, but I only noticed after I'd inked it the first time and so decided to keep it that way for continuity's sake. Well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

I'm sure I know that crazy bearded guy from somewhere...

... no, it's gone. I dunno, I'll forget my own head next.

But yeah, good stuff. Pity it's from several months ago, but still, good stuff.

(you have to do Leisure Suit Larry next...)

as per usual, that was friggin amazing!! :D

I'm sure I know that crazy bearded guy from somewhere...

... no, it's gone. I dunno, I'll forget my own head next.let me know if you figure it out. its bugging me too cause I also recognize him.

AHAHAH! Excellent!


Oh, and that face really does look familiar. Just a sec.
Hmm... P... P... Pu... Pau...
Of course! It's Philby! How could I forget

Made of pure WIN. You are almost a hero now. Also, is that face really Philby? It's also familiar to me.

Also, is that face really Philby? It's also familiar to me.
Nope. It's the face of someone who is quite clearly a terrible poster and if I made a forum I'd never want him posting on it. No way.

Also, is that face really Philby? It's also familiar to me.

And here was me thinking that my joke would be too obvious.

Lol that is hilarious! Very well done.

Nope. It's the face of someone who is quite clearly a terrible poster and if I made a forum I'd never want him posting on it. No way.
*checks mirror*
Nope, it's not me for once. (aw, but I like cameos...)

And here was me thinking that my joke would be too obvious.

No such thing.

And here was me thinking that my joke would be too obvious.

I swear that I was thinking that it was familiar somehow before reading your post...

oh wait, reading your post again...

EDIT: And the idiot of the year award goes to... METAL ALEX! no need to wait for the rest of the year.

Nope. It's the face of someone who is quite clearly a terrible poster and if I made a forum I'd never want him posting on it. No way.
Too bad. He has. [On this one anyway...]

I've no-idea how you got that photo of me, but from now on, i'm going to quit writing internet blogs with my pictures in them, and put a Squadripplesuperzillion more padlocks on my photo album.

I'm sure I know that crazy bearded guy from somewhere...

... no, it's gone. I dunno, I'll forget my own head next.

Baddum-tsh!
Yes, I got the joke. :p

Haha nice comic! I have a DA too.
http://syrrano.deviantart.com/

Hey great comic strip, though one thing error 404's bandanna smiley changes to his feeling so it should be like uhhm... informative. Maybe?
Well yes, but I didn't know this at the time. I only found out it changes expression about a week ago, and he hasn't appeared for 3 months.

Forum news is great.

Forum news is great.

Duh. :-/:-/:-/

I did that on purpose, just like when there's a long silence in real life (Real life?? Never heard of such a stupid thing) and some gay MSNer says "lol".

I did that on purpose, just like when there's a long silence in real life (Real life?? Never heard of such a stupid thing) and some gay MSNer says "lol".
MSNer? .....MSNer? I may start using that word...

MSNer? .....MSNer? I may start using that word...

You already have.

hey melon ya bast! it's been forever! I demand MOAR! :mad:

hey melon ya bast! it's been forever! I demand MOAR! :mad:

I was thinking about this the other day!
YES MELON, YOU SEXY THING, WE NEED MOAR!

I had forgotten about this thread.

MOAR MOAR MOAR.

I had no idea this thread existed... but MOAR MOAR MOAR!

You'll all be glad to know that I finished my last exam yesterday, so I've got time spare for the first time in ages.

I'll see what I can do.

Ok I've just read this entire thread through because it is probably one of the greatest comic series this forum has ever seen. You get a well deserved pat on the butt back.

More please :)

I had no idea this thread existed... but MOAR MOAR MOAR!

You want MOAR? What is this MOAR You speak of?:-/ do you mean Boar? :-/

You want MOAR? What is this MOAR You speak of?:-/ do you mean Boar? :-/

Yes thats right! run away from the evil boar! it will eat your souls!:D

You'll all be glad to know that I finished my last exam yesterday, so I've got time spare for the first time in ages.

I'll see what I can do.

Really... for the 15-20 year olds this month is the busiest yet with Exams and stuff and revising and... meh.

I look forward to seeing your next comic if there is one.

Really... for the 15-20 year olds this month is the busiest yet with Exams and stuff and revising and... meh.

KS3 SATs
Mock GCSEs
GCSEs
AS Level
A2 Level
First Year Uni Exams
Second Year Uni Exams
Third Year Unit Exams
and quite possibly Fourth Year Uni Exams

It's a rollercoaster ride.

KS3 SATs
Mock GCSEs
GCSEs
AS Level
A2 Level
First Year Uni Exams
Second Year Uni Exams
Third Year Unit Exams
and quite possibly Fourth Year Uni Exams

It's a rollercoaster ride.

What are you going in for?! D:

He's sitting his lazy ass home. :p

What are you going in for?! D:
A job, hopefully. He finished college some time ago (with a BA in Astronomy and a Masters in Maths).

Moar !

A job, hopefully. He finished college some time ago (with a BA in Astronomy and a Masters in Maths).

So is he in University now?

So is he in University now?
When I said he finished college, I meant that he finished his higher level education. Aka, university.

MoreMoreMORE!!!

(starts singing) MOACACHOCALATTAYAYA!!! MOCHACHOCALATTAYA! DUMEFUFUSHEALEFA SETA!

Me!



Oh wait, sorry, I mistook this for another thread...

Me!



Oh wait, sorry, I mistook this for another thread...


Please, Don't do that.

A job, hopefully. He finished college some time ago (with a BA in Astronomy and a Masters in Maths).
Communicating Science, not Maths (and while I'm at it, Astrophysics, not Astronomy).

Currently I'm applying for teacher training.

perhaps forum news has stopped because its hard to find something funny every week?

I'd find it hard to find a good story.

But you're here Shadowmoon...

perhaps forum news has stopped because its hard to find something funny every week?

I'd find it hard to find a good story.
No, dude, it's because he's lazy. Really, that's it. No conspiracy involved, no trickery used.

No, dude, it's because he's lazy. Really, that's it. No conspiracy involved, no trickery used.

... orrr he's been revising for his exams, which admittedly makes him more responsible than the two of us put together.

... orrr he's been revising for his exams, which admittedly makes him more responsible than the two of us put together.
....
His exams finished a while ago.

....
His exams finished a while ago.
I by "a while ago", you mean "Thursday", then, yes, my exams did finish a while ago. I've also had to move all of my stuff back home, and I'm now looking for a job, so I'm sorry if my free time isn't maximal.

I actually have the idea for the next edition ready, all I need to do is draw it, but it'll probably take a few days or even a few weeks because this one's going to be a bit longer than usual (I've got things to catch up on that happened in Forum News' absence.)

So stop spammin' up my thread y'all. Just because Slick has gone doesn't mean you need to find some other awesome thread to spam in.

it'll probably take a few days or even a few weeks because this one's going to be a bit longer than usual (I've got things to catch up on that happened in Forum News' absence.)

Remember, the longer you wait, the more things will have happened in Forum News' absence.

No, dude, it's because he's lazy. Really, that's it. No conspiracy involved, no trickery used.

I dunno where you got that quote, because I can't seem to find where I actually said that stuff.

Unless you're just bugging me about that shadowmoon shadowman thing.

EDIT
Oh. You were.

Remember, the longer you wait, the more things will have happened in Forum News' absence.

Yes, and the less you wait, the less things will have happened in forum new's absence...

is there only 9? you should make more :P

is there only 9? you should make more :PGAH!

DAMN IT MELON! YOU PROMISED AN UPDATE! :mad:

GAH!

DAMN IT MELON! YOU PROMISED AN UPDATE! :mad:

He didn't.


But he should have :(

I think to get Melon to do something, you need a girl to say "Please, Melon, the Sexiest Sexy Sexy". Go find a girl to volunteer to say it.


Wait. Forgot. This is Melon.
Which of you guys wants to volunteer to say it?

Please, Melon, the Sexiest Sexy Sexy.

He didn't.


But he should have :(

I actually have the idea for the next edition ready, all I need to do is draw it, but it'll probably take a few days or even a few weeks because this one's going to be a bit longer than usual (I've got things to catch up on that happened in Forum News' absence.) :mad: he promised :mad:

OK, OK, OK, seeing as Andrew asked so nicely, here's the deal:

Months and months and months and months ago, I wrote a script for the next edition of Forum News. I started to draw it and then I upgraded my computer. My scanner no longer works as a result. So, I started to draw it using my funky new graphics tablet. Then I got a summer job and pretty much had no free time.

Anyway, since then, and before you bumped this thread, I've actually continued to draw it, but it's slow going. It's mostly done, but of course now I realise that I can use the Uni scanners for free, but I might as well finish drawing it up on the tablet because I changed one or two bits to make it MORE AWESOME.

Are the jokes now woefully out of date? Probably. But I still think it's gut-bustingly hilarious*, so it shouldn't matter.

Just to prove to you that I'm not lying, here's a sneak preview of a non-spoilery and unfinished panel :

Melon, you are awesome for continuing this. So Mr. Awesome, keep it up for more than 1 comic.

When I first saw the sketchlined Durian there, I thought it was an old woman.

Gah!

This comic is genius!
Even if I don't get all the jokes
*waits patiently for more*

Wait. Forgot. This is Melon.

Woah?! I thought this was Sparta! :confused:

Anyway, Nice work Mr. Melon Head!:D (A.K.A.: Melon. Sorry if you don't like being called Melon head...)

I would write comics, but i'm lazy, so I just feature in other peoples comics.

Forum News - It's as fun as having your crotch catch on fire.

1st Feb 2009

http://www.kieranmillar.com/art/forumnewsthumb.png (http://h2o-melon.deviantart.com/art/Forum-News-Modernisation-111388522)

OK, about this one. This episode has in been "in production" for an ENTIRE YEAR, if we consider when the script was first written (just over a year ago). This is mostly due to my laziness. What this means is that nobody may get the jokes anymore. I don't care, I think this is hilarious. Also, even if this was on time, I'm not sure how many people would get some of the jokes anyway. Again, I don't care.

Seeing how long it took and how these comics normally look like ass anyway, I decided to try out some new things, including doing the entire thing on computer. I'm sorry the style in each panel keeps changing, that's mainly a result of how many times I only drew a small part and then left it for months.

So... uh.... yeah. Surprised?

This is good
Didn't even noticed any of those defects you mentioned
It have a good quality and it's funny and amuzing, and that's enough for me
Nice work

My worm thingy is in a comic i had no idea about... and he grew a mustache... and some weird spots on his bandana!... nice! :eek:

Funny stuff, i must say. The old ones were funnier but that's probably cause the forum was alive. There isn't much to moc... talk about lately for what i can tell.

It's a shame i've missed this on my past annual visits. Good work.

I love the satellite gag. nicely done :D

I'm with error, not quite as funny but only because you didn't have anyone to mock.

as for the art? looks fine enough to me. sure, discrepancies are there, but who really cares to nit pick this sort of thing?

Great, as always. Now make another one. :mad:

I agree, not quite as funny, but definitely still good stuff (Though I have to admit the speech bubbles/text kind of irk me).

*Bambi eyes* More?

My worm thingy is in a comic i had no idea about... and he grew a mustache... and some weird spots on his bandana!... nice! :eek:

Funny stuff, i must say. The old ones were funnier but that's probably cause the forum was alive. There isn't much to moc... talk about lately for what i can tell.

It's a shame i've missed this on my past annual visits. Good work.
You were originally included as the cameraman because you'd just left, and I wanted someone with a recognisable sigworm who wasn't going to become a subject of mockery himself, so you seemed perfect for the job. Never actually did bother to look up what your sigworm looked like though, so sorry I've been drawing you wrong all this time.
(Though I have to admit the speech bubbles/text kind of irk me).
Yeah, they irk me a bit too. This was the first time I've ever tried to do speech bubbles in GIMP and afterwards I was thinking that maybe I made it too big. I'll definitely shrink it down in size the next time.

I'm wondering if people are even getting what I'm mocking here. The events that happened around the time I started making his script were:

Team17 announcing they're doing a Leisure Suit Larry game (hence them being replaced for a show about boobs).
Yuahui setting up the "Unofficial Team17 Forum", although half of those jokes will go way over your head if you never read that forum.
A Space Odyssey having it's on-line mode dropped.


I'm not going to rule out making any more of these, but I'll only do it if there's something I can do that's funny, which there hasn't really been lately :(

Team17 announcing they're doing a Leisure Suit Larry game (hence them being replaced for a show about boobs).
Yuahui setting up the "Unofficial Team17 Forum", although half of those jokes will go way over your head if you never read that forum.
A Space Odyssey having it's on-line mode dropped.


I got the last two. The first one completely evaded me, I forget about the LSL thing.


Yeah, this place is dull.

Melon, I don't know how you managed it, but you have successfully become even suckier at drawing Lemmings than before.
I seriously can't understand what made you think giving a lemming a round human face was a good idea. With eyebrows, no less!

Lol at the jokes about Team17.tk, especially the HaK jokes.

Most of those jokes did go over my head, it has to be said. But upon my realisation of what you were actually mocking, I realised that is was actually very funny! Good job.
I wish my macbook would stop telling me to spell realised/realisation with a 'Z' D:<

I wish my macbook would stop telling me to spell realised/realisation with a 'Z' D:<
Turn it to British...

Turn it to British...
Exactly what I just did.

I wish my macbook would stop telling me to spell realised/realisation with a 'Z' D:<

It is supposed to be a 'z' as far as I know. The suffix is correctly spelt -'ize'.
For strange reasons though, Commenwealth countries use an 's' instead.

I think either is generally excepted worldwide, so long as you are consistent with either variation. The English rule has always traditionally used "ise" and I think that is still largely used throughout, especially in the Oxford English Dictionary. Hence my annoyance at being told I am spelling it wrong. American usage - was that words derived from classical Greek with the letter zeta in their suffix were rendered ‘ize' in English.

I think either is generally excepted worldwide, so long as you are consistent with either variation. The English rule has always traditionally used "ise" and I think that is still largely used throughout, especially in the Oxford English Dictionary. Hence my annoyance at being told I am spelling it wrong. American usage - was that words derived from classical Greek with the letter zeta in their suffix were rendered ‘ize' in English.


The OED used to only contain the ize variant. The variant with an s has only recently been included as an accepted variant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ise#-ise.2C_-ize - that entire article can be interesting to read though.

I still use it with an 's' though. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-ise#-ise.2C_-ize - that entire article can be interesting to read though.

That's very interesting actually. I had always regarded "ize" as an Americanism.

I still use it with an 's' though. :D
Good lad. :p

Melon, I don't know how you managed it, but you have successfully become even suckier at drawing Lemmings than before.
I seriously can't understand what made you think giving a lemming a round human face was a good idea. With eyebrows, no less!
You don't think it's better to how I used to draw them (and my previous drawing of them was appalling)? I've tried a couple of times to draw them as they're "officially" drawn, but I can't seem to ever get it right. As it stands at the moment I'm much much happier making them look like munchkins or something similar, although that's probably because I find it easier to draw human faces.

They're likely going to stay as they are now, unless I have a brainwave on how to improve them. I actually don't enjoy drawing worms that much compared to more human figures as I seem to be missing something that always makes it look wrong (it might be the mouths actually, I only seem to be capable of drawing them in a specific way on a worm and I'm worried it'll turn into Ctrl-Alt-Del with they're single slack-jawed expressions) and I much prefer drawing the lemmings how I draw them, even if it's "wrong".

<imagine that this post has an exciting conclusion here>

You were originally included as the cameraman because you'd just left, and I wanted someone with a recognisable sigworm who wasn't going to become a subject of mockery himself, so you seemed perfect for the job. Never actually did bother to look up what your sigworm looked like though, so sorry I've been drawing you wrong all this time.
It's not like i ever made a post myself on that sigworm thread, so i'm the one to blame. I don't mind, really. It is/was a fairly good comic and that's all that matters. ;)

I didn't analise the situation long enough but i might take the risk to state that this forum is no longer alive due to the inability of the whole t17 forum to attract new people.

The forums that use to hold the W:A leagues, for example, had way more people than this one back on the days i use to play it. So maybe it's not our (actually your - since i'm only back for a short period) fault afterall. If the things remain untouched, the cold death is the only future for the forum.

It's a shame it's going this way. It's been a great place for people to get to learn the first steps on digital art and such. It served me well for quite a while and i hate to admit it, but i would be happy to see it alive and kicking again. :(

It is supposed to be a 'z' as far as I know. The suffix is correctly spelt -'ize'.
For strange reasons though, Commenwealth countries use an 's' instead.

You mean:

It is supposed to be a 'z' except in Commonwealth countries, where you should use an 's' instead.

The accepted spelling is the correct one regardless of etymology.

(Personally, since us Brits seem to have a fairly free choice, I use -ise because it's more common and fits better with the -isis ending of the noun form. Frankly it's massively unimportant.)

Melon, I don't know how you managed it, but you have successfully become even suckier at drawing Lemmings than before.
I seriously can't understand what made you think giving a lemming a round human face was a good idea. With eyebrows, no less!

Somebody pressured him. I blame you. :eek:

Anyway, Forum news is too dull. It should look like this: (If you've seen "The Professionals" You'll know what I mean:))

The lines have been drawn. THIS IS THE FUTURE:

Speaking of the Profs, I also wrote the script for these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlyE_WxJhwk&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwkpMzDEVCg&feature=channel

and the real Professionals, for measure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=RMrjy9ZDBxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ8ai6q73u8&feature=related

Has it really been a year?

http://www.kieranmillar.com/forumnews/forumnews10-02-16.png

lol, simple yet effective. totally worth the thread revive.

Somehow I knew this was what was going to be parodied... or not as the case may be. :p