Agent Happydeath
Agent Happydeath is © Spencer Bernard Platt
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Agent Happydeath is dispatched at the beginning of each comic and we follow him through his off the wall adventures. We’ll see him with the citizens and criminals of Never Ever-Ever Land on both personal and professional level. Each adventure is a mixture of twisted humor and bloody violence.
Talk about GRIM fairy tales! Nice black humor, a bit of Kill Bill mixed with Fables.
Big thanks to everyone that read and supported Agent Happydeath. Thank you Zuda staff for selecting Happydeath for this contest. It has been a great experience! I'm working on another submission, so hopefully I will be back!
Thanks again for all the support.
-Spencer
Damn! But to be continued I hope ...
A late push by Agent Happydeath fans should see it fill the top spot!
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What? Oh, cranky!
I really enjoyed this. Nice art, good pacing in the story and instantly likable characters. I hope Bad aint dead. You have the potential of a great running joke with that character. tough competition this month. All the best.
gotta agree about the art picking up after the first page. also i wasn't really taken by the story. general plot is good but been done somewhat recently, with vertigo's Fables being so big. i don't really get the whole "fairy tales magazines" thing. are they like porn? if so, they're not illegal enough to be killed for. are they like drugs? uhh.... how??? aren't they themselves fairy tales?? i dunno. as for your goal of making it a quick and easy, fun read: you certainly did that. and i'm sure you're not breaking down or anything, but 10th place isn't as bad this month as it's been in any of the months past.
i don't get it why your rating is lower than some other comics in the competition.i really like your drawing style..
thanks Sheldon, The ninth doctor, Tyler James, Rav and gyrrakavian for the comments. Thanks again to all that have read Happy Agentdeath.
Thank you mpd57 and RKB for the support. Mpd57, Thanks for posting the Agent Happydeath banner and ranking it #1 on your site (www.mpd57.com) . I enjoyed your comic, great colors!
I like the gernade trick.
I actually liked this one. It was a refreshing view on fables and fairy tales!
There's just something funny about pigs in karate outfits and Celtics jerseys.
yeah, one panel of being in the car would have handled the set up, smaller text boxes to not crowd the art, and we could have seen the wolf on screen 1 as well. It should get a couple more looks from everyone though.
Just looking through the screens again and that first screen has to be one of the worst first screens on Zuda which probably fixes in most people's minds the idea that this isn't so hot ... but then the pigs appear and that last screen is a joy! I'd volunteer to re-colour and re-letter anytime!
Your a fav, with four stars!!!
With a tip of the hat to MPD for getting me to give it the once over, once again.
The wolf and happy death, either your just playing this for sick laughs (cool), or we could have a 'the departed' style showdown coming up if you win. Ever thought of something like The Shield only with fables, it is a little hard to get a bead on the direction your going. Again I wanted to click to screen nine, after re-reading I'm making you a fav and bumping up your star count from me, right after I click on post comment.
Fairy tales as drugs? Happy Ending agents? Ninja Pigs?
Amazing.
haha this was cool. You shouldn't be 10th.
Vote vote vote for (a) Happydeath - I would!!! And you only have to look at Pray for Death to see how comics can 'come along' between winning and beginning!
That might be what's wrong with me (I' am white) but I doubt that's it. I just wish there was a reason for the violence. While I love unrestrained use of excessive force, it is much more interesting with a understandable but reasonable motive. This provides no motive. I.E. why are fables banned and burned?
Thanks again to everyone that has check out Agent Happydeath!
thanks bewarethewolf
I agree this gets my vote; it does stand out from the rest - even if not necessarily because of quality. In any event, the front runner is quality work, so I don't mind squandering my vote on my fave!
Wow, first time I truly laugh while reading a zuda comic - but hey, my sense of humour is the one that's off. I'd love to vote for this, super funny, but the artwork, panel breakdown, visual story telling - not much there.
I LOVE THIS THOUGH!
I got it but didn't get it. Like Willingham's Fables but no story...the pigs are selling/flushing fairy tales like they're kilos and Happydeath is a hitman...got it...still kinda lame...sorry, Splatted.
Thanks mpd57
I've already changed my mind on this one - it's my favourite! It's probably the pigs and the wolf, but it keeps coming back to my mind, whereas with the other strips I have to force myself to remember them at all!
Deadpool thanks there is too much violence in the comic, is your kilt too tight man??? ;)
Yes what suprrego said. Too much violence not enough satire.
thanks longabaugh
Carnage! Sweet, succulent, pork-tasting carnage! That's what I like!
Thank you SuprrEgo for your comments
I completely agree with mpd57 on this one. The energy is great. And that first image of the big bad wolf in SWAT gear is hilarious. It's almost as if an opportunity was indeed missed to really turn the classic story on its ear, the story could've simply been the big bad wolf COP coming over to check out a pig disturbance... great elements to work with especially when you think of how cops are the ones usually referred to as pigs. Of course, this direction might cut out your title character entirely. I would really think about what you can do to not only twist a concept, but satirize it as well. Make it relevant to more than just violent images. In the end, what are you saying about the story you're telling? South Park does this really well and I could see this concept using that approach quite brilliantly.
Thank you mpd57. I can understand the disappointment with 3 pigs death, but there are so many more fairytale characters that I'd love to design and that Agent Happydeath would love to kill.
thank you falexvidal
This one at least has a certain energy about it which I like. The central idea although not entirely original has some merit, but then this has to be lifted out of the ordinary by some witty writing. Unfortunately the cartoon violence doesn't quite bridge the gap between idea and execution (pun intended). There didn't seem to be any clear and compelling idea as to why any of these events were happening. What had the pigs done wrong? Distribution of fairy tales to minors? What? Having killed the pigs we seem to have lost at least one of the reasons for coming back to the strip later as I think I liked the pigs more than the hero. Come to that Big Bad Wolf didn't make it past the end either? That's the mileage in the strip gone already. Hang on, he's in the next one you say? How about the pigs? Doesn't anyone die anymore? Shame. I would've preferred Big Bad Wolf as the hero I think. Agent Happydeath himself seemed a unnecessary contrivance. Fairy tales really should police themselves don'tcha think?
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Still, I liked the rough and ready energy of the art a lot. I think it flowed clearly except for the 'coming through the bathroom ceiling' scene and I even liked the splash panel which is usually a waste. I was certainly carried along by the pace and the whole story made at least some sort of sense. You correctly got down to the nitty gritty pretty quickly, so congratulations for that. The lettering was functional though awkward in places. Be nice if the editor could've helped you out by reading it at least. The colour wasn't bad, but could do with a bit more oomph as there's an awful lot of flat grey. I didn't like the large black gaps between panels either – could've been narrower and white, but that's just being picky.
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Overall enjoyable and entertaining but there hardly seems any reasonable chance for progressing the story despite the synopsis. I can't see anyone warming to Happydeath because it's the fairytale characters that will ultimately win the day. They've lasted a lot longer already!
Man, go ahead. I think this webcomics is F****** BRILLIANT. I enjoyed the storyline and it used the fairy tale theme without being cliched. It´s a shame people can´t understand the really brilliant ideas. Keep working on it, I love the style and the script. Bring more of it!!
Thanks again to everyone that has read Agent Happydeath.
I'd like to answer a few of your questions. First, the Bad Wolf is in the script of the next issue. Second, Agent Happydeath is set up to be a series short stories. Each story begins with Happydeath being dispatch to his next assignment and ends with a happy ever after. As for my influences, I read everything from horror to superhero books and I love art of Eduardo Risso, Frank Miller, Eric Powell, Jim Lee, Huberto Ramos, Ben Templesmith, Gabriel Ba and my brother Russell Platt.
Thanks again for checking out Agent Happydeath!
Clarence: loved your three bad little pigs meet Deadpool line, but as a keeper of the pool avatar, I have to say this is a bit to over the top with the violence. Even Deadpool has a bit more reason behind his violence.
It is okay, but I am little bit confused by the storyline.
No offense to the creators, but this isn't really that good.
I like it. The kebobbed line had me laughing. It's fast and fun-- and awesome art! Lines! Lines! Tasty lines. Who are some of your influences?
Can't say that I enjoyed this all that much. I felt the story was weak and forced. You're dealing with fairy tales and folk lore; there're so many more interesting routes you could have taken with this than "The Three Bad Little Pigs Meet Deadpool". I liked the art style but the finishing wasn't there--I felt like I was looking at roughs. Mixed feelings on the Schoolhouse Rock color palette. Overall, this needs a lot of polish.
The art wasn't great, and neither was the story. It was quite childish, and not my cup of tea. Others might like it, but not me.
Different!! I appreciate your effort,Thanks for entertaining me and drawing me into your world.
Weird. I liked it well enough, and it wrapped itself up nicely, but I'm not sure if I would want to read a whole lot more of it...
Anytime you have something similar to a popular series you will be compared too it. There's no escaping the similar idea of Fables. I think this has good ideas, but the script and layouts just don't work very well.
I think the folks that say it is too similar to fables are wrong. Firstly I love fables it's my fav comic, I have read every issue, and own them except for 1-3 and 5, BW does a great job with that book, but he didn't create the big bad wolf 3 pigs or any of the rest. Secondly this has a completely different tone more like training day meets Kill Bill IMO. The story is nice, the art fits the story, the letters are okay at best (not stand out, but you can read them) and the SFX are lame. BOOM in faint yellow doesn't cut it with me. The art for the first time ever reminds me of another Zuda comic Ramon on Day of Prey, it doesn't stun me by its greatness but it tells the story. It seems Splat wanted to show the wolf as being kind of a corrupt cop a'la training day or the shield, hence the last screen. The wolf wanted to bust the pigs not because they were doing something wrong but because of his own reasons (I say it this way not to spoil it) Kudos on having a twist ending on Zuda kind of like feverkind another comic this month.
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Ill was right what is the deal with "if ain't you die" didn't you mean "If it ain't you die" or something like that????
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Did you have to edit this much from your first stab at a story to get it on Zuda, it seems like you might have had to do a little re-work, but that could just be me.
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Your synopsis wasn't long enough and it would have helped in the story set-up if you could have mentioned the wolf was a bad cop or what have you, talking about Grandma's house was a great throw away line, that let your readers put their on spin on the story.
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I thought the color was fine but it didn't wow me.
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It seems like your setting this up to be a series of short stories, and I like that maybe a 8 screen update every two weeks is what you have in mind???
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It is too bad you couldn't make happy death a fable as well though, comparisons to fables be damned, you could have made him a fable from Japan or China, that would have added an element of coolness plus east-meets-west drama.
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3/5 stars from me.
Hmmmmmmm. Is this a more twisted, violent, and less storied version of Fables. I think so. And Shame on you Zuda staff for picking this. Even if you were just filling a spot. You all should have know better.
i liked it alot. i'd come back to zuda to read this comic.