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~toxic-teen:icontoxic-teen: Jun 24, 2008, 1:57:27 PM
I'm currently working on a comic strip and have a whole bunch of characters I want to work on but I'm not sure if there's a limit for a cast of characters for a comic strip.

Most strips I've read have just a few characters but I really want to have a huge cast(Like up to 20 characters)

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*nomadikk:iconnomadikk: Jun 24, 2008, 2:07:14 PM
Have you ever read Far Side? It had an endless cast.
~toxic-teen:icontoxic-teen: Jun 24, 2008, 3:13:24 PM
I meant main cast of characters like Foxtrot or Garfield. The Far Side had random characters for each strip.

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~Traeto:iconTraeto: Jun 24, 2008, 3:18:43 PM
As long as you make it easy to keep track of everything, I don't see why not...
~mx-chronos:iconmx-chronos: Jun 24, 2008, 8:29:18 PM
Well, there's definitely no enforced limit :)

I like comics with large ensemble casts. I don't read all that many, but look at something like Diesel Sweeties as an example: there are probably still less than 20 characters in all, but it handles a rotating cast pretty well. The fact that there is no "main" character was kind of jarring when I first started reading it, but now I actually really like that structure.
^Cedarseed:iconCedarseed: Jun 24, 2008, 8:43:49 PM
The only limit is how good you are at developing them all within your plot, so have fun :)

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~bustermaximus:iconbustermaximus: Jun 25, 2008, 1:40:40 AM
Just do it.

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~KyteGlory:iconKyteGlory: Jun 25, 2008, 2:13:15 AM
There's not really a law or anything. Just make sure that your characters are easy enough to remember, or shallow enough that the readers won't have to remember them, and that you don't carry too many subplots at once.

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~starrypawz:iconstarrypawz: Jun 25, 2008, 2:24:42 AM
No limit at all. Just make sure you can keep tabs on everyone, and maybe work out whose your main cast and whose supporting.

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~scalyartist:iconscalyartist: Jun 25, 2008, 3:25:37 AM
How big are your panels?
If you're concerned about how many characters you have, cut out any that have quite a few similarities.
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