[jiryha]

I think the story was fine even with it's epicness and tying everything towards a greater story. Hell, the old (and sadly, completely dissapeared from the internet) clanbob comic started out as a bunch of one shots and in jokes, to an epic plot that involved absolutely everything from the funny little things at the beginning.

The problem with el goonish shive is that he's gone too big too fast.

He knows what he's doing and all that, but the audience doesn't and he's not really giving any hints. The shadow dude during the party for example. Really, we know who he is but not really why it has to be elliot and a bunch of little things like that. He generally doesn't do dramatic irony well, and that's serving to be a big problem the larger the story gets.

That being said, I read it regularly still.