After I made my entry on the Top 10 Stupidest Complaints, a funny thing happened. People kept pointing out forums to me, where folk would basically go through the entire list over the course of a few pages. I found this hilarious, of course, so I've made a game out of it!
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People who read this blog for reasons other than to work up a self-righteous fury over me slamming your favourite webcomic, join me in this wonderful game. It's bingo, of course, and for those of you who have no idea how to play it - Wikipedia it. It's not that difficult a concept to grasp, for God's sake.
You can play this on the comments of various updates and in forum threads about this blog. Now when webcomic jerks and fans stick their fingers in their ears and go "LALALALALALA NOT LISTENING" you can actually get some worth out of it! Follow the thread, check off the cliché remarks and register an account just to say "BINGO" and get banned for it! I mean, if they want to play silly buggers and shit up my blog with dozens of retarded comments, I don't see why I can't encourage people to do the same for them.
(click for big)People who read this blog for reasons other than to work up a self-righteous fury over me slamming your favourite webcomic, join me in this wonderful game. It's bingo, of course, and for those of you who have no idea how to play it - Wikipedia it. It's not that difficult a concept to grasp, for God's sake.
You can play this on the comments of various updates and in forum threads about this blog. Now when webcomic jerks and fans stick their fingers in their ears and go "LALALALALALA NOT LISTENING" you can actually get some worth out of it! Follow the thread, check off the cliché remarks and register an account just to say "BINGO" and get banned for it! I mean, if they want to play silly buggers and shit up my blog with dozens of retarded comments, I don't see why I can't encourage people to do the same for them.
209 comments:
1 – 200 of 209 Newer› Newest»- David Willis already did that joke on ShortPacked back then. Also about arguments over Internet. http://www.shortpacked.com/d/20060405.html Two birds with one stone. Making fun of Shortpacked again and the people who hates you. Well done !
- Making bingo cards as a form of mockery isn't exclusive to Shortpacked. Or even the Internet.
- Genius
- Making bingo cards as a form of mockery isn't exclusive to Shortpacked. Or even the Internet. I know. But still. People will think it's pretty similar to Willis'. I suspect many will bounce on it.
- Yeah, well, fuck 'em for their ignorance.
- John Sololame? Oh man...
- "Silly buggers" Oh shit you're a limey
- Or I could be from Australia. Or New Zealand. Or Ireland. Or any variety of places that aren't America but still speak English, you uneducated moron.
- Oh, and in case nobody noticed, I re-highbrowed the quote up in the header. I figured that with me being as I am, we needed some kind of refinement around the place.
- Or you could be one of those American Anglophiles who use the 'ou' spellings and Britslang to feel superior to all the rest of us. (I have met these people before.) I bet you also use the metric system, don't you. Bingo cards are among the highest forms of human discourse. You could just make a bingo card of typical webcomic flaws and use that completely in lieu of a blog if you were ever feeling lazy. 'Do not use Comic Sans' 'Learn proper anatomy, fuckwit' 'Please keep your fetish in your pants'...
- c'mon guys, 'silly buggers' is just a fun phrase to SAY. I say it, and I'm from TEXAS. (I left, mind you, but still.) my word verification is 'hhguna.' sounds dirty.
- ...I think I just fell in love with you. Bad news is, I'm a dude.
- Or you could be one of those American Anglophiles who use the 'ou' spellings and Britslang to feel superior to all the rest of us. (I have met these people before.) I bet you also use the metric system, don't you. The metric system? Psh, I'm not French. Besides, it sounds stupid to say "I'm two-point-oh-eight meters tall."
- They say 'aught', not 'oh'. Seriously, what are they on about?
- If you really wanted to cause chaos and death you could have just made a drinking game out of all of those most participants would have died of alcohol poisoning before they even made it to "Oh yeah, where's YOUR webcomic?"
- Powers of ten are difficult.
- The metric system? Psh, I'm not French. Besides, it sounds stupid to say "I'm two-point-oh-eight meters tall." Hehe ! Or German, or Russian, or Australian, or whatever in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system. The Johnson's quote is well chosen by the way.
- Wow. Everyone keeps digging for clues, trying to find out who this guy is. It's like the webcomics community trying to unmask Spiderman or something, the way everyone carries on . . . or something. Anyway. Great reviews.
- John Solomon is... None other than Robert Crumb! Don't let the anti-french statements fool you, he's posting from Gay Paree right now
- I was just jollying ! Geez ! Look how many morons use the metric system.
- Well, on the one hand, the metric system is more intuitive, easier to learn, and makes trade between dissimilar countries easier. On the other hand, it's evil.
- No, John Solomon is clearly that Samuel Johnson asshole he keeps on quoting. What a prick. Where's his webcomic, anyway?
- Right before Samuel Johnson died in 1784 he hid a copy of his comic "Two Gentlemen on a Divan Discussing Whist" in a secret panel of his house in London, in clever anticipation of the internet 200 years later. It was probably just as well, for such improbable characters as the "talking foxhound" and "Lady Whist Enthusiast" would have gotten him committed had it seen publication.
- Now I have this horrible mental image of Johnson creating a gender-bender, furry, or miscellaneous fetish comic. Make it go away!
- May I suggest Stubble (www.stubblecomics.com) for the next review/slaughter? Megatokyo has a lot of wish-fulfillment, but Stubble makes it look like a honest autobiography. The author started it at sixteen, which should make us cut him some slack. But he ended it at twenty-three, and by looking at the latest "strips" it's only become worse.
- See, I think the problem with a Your Webcomic is Bad Bingo is there are so many reasons these comics are bad. There'd have to be a writing and artistic Bingo, at least. One like "Your Writing Is Bad" with things like 'interchangeable characters,' 'self-insertion,' and whatnot; and one for "Your Art Is Bad" for like 'you can't draw women,' 'Google image inseration,' and whatnot. But Bingo doesn't even work with this because, with how many of these crimes they commit at once, you'd fill up an entire half the board with one comic.
- Yeah, that's why I'm not even going to attempt a bingo card for webcomics. At least the people who hate this blog rely on the same old retarded complaints.
- It not really a good game, with the webcomic communitys stupid being over 9000 there's no chance we would never hit bingo.
- You mean this blog isn't a parody?
- Not by any definition I can think of. The main criteria for something being a parody is for it to be an imitation, yet I am not sure what I am meant to be imitating. I suppose that this blog isn't really a source of serious constructive criticism, mainly because the people behind the webcomics I review wouldn't listen to constructive criticism even if it was muffled by their dick, but that doesn't make it a parody. It just makes webcomic jerks very pathetic for thinking that nobody can truly hate their webcomics - they're just joking! Or jealous! Or attention-seeking! Or trolling! Or Maddox! Oh dear.
- It not really a good game, with the webcomic communitys stupid being over 9000 there's no chance we would never hit bingo. Well, yes, the idea of bingo is that someone wins. But who? Who? As the forum threads progress, each new post another sparkle of idiocy, people wait to see if they're just going to just echo what's already been said so they fit in... or are they about to unleash something new! And when a line's filled, it's a race to post "BINGO!" and then have everyone yell at you for being a faggot.
- You're just jealous because your own Maddox sucks.
- I bet you secretly like being a parody troll who wants attention because it's your STYLE.
- YWIBASFB: Come for the blog posts, stay for the retarded comments. Honestly, I think this bingo card is almost completely applicable to discussions with creationists and holocaust deniers.
- Well, mostly I'd say that your inherent views are right, and your writing style is good, but yeah, you're still biased as shit and you fly off the handle. Signs of a troll. You say things you can not validate under any circumstances, that you swear to be true because you can "tell these things", you make assessments of the characters of people you've never met and loathe because of the comics they make, and sometimes you are quite right. Other times you're so retardedly radical that parts of the universe seem to collapse just thanks to your typing. You exaggerate for the sake of getting your point across, sometimes grossly. I don't mind your swearing, fuck knows cuss words convey more emotion than most of the words other reviewers use, and you ARE writing a "grumpy cynical bastard" blog on webcomics. I do hate every comic you've posted about except PVP, from which I read the fat jokes paragraph in that review, chuckled, and moved on to the next review. It's the other comics I'm irritated about - you have a chance to provide a genuine cynical view on webcomics, but you "shit it up" with this faggotry about being able to peer deep into webcomic authors' souls and half-assed accusations regarding their character and personal business. It's not a legitimate review, solely for the fact that you regularly go from telling the truth in a harsh way to making shit up for the sake of the sexual relief of your ego. This is the internet, retards use it to post their stupid, unrestrained opinion. Why should you be forgiven for not monitoring yourself just because you go about singing the problems of others? You do an alright job most of the time, and I think I'd even forgive the sensationalism as some kind of act like a pro wrestler would use, but you post about the retarded things people say about you, as though you need to defend yourself from the retarded masses. Get some real professional merit up in you, what you've got now is close but so fucking off. Ah yeah, and on the note of this being a personal endeavor for a few friends' enjoyment - put it on livejournal, make it friends-only. Otherwise, you are allowed just as much criticism against what you post in the public domain as any webcomic you've reviewed.
- Hey, it's another one someone forgot! "You must be lying about this being for friends, you let the public see it!" Admittedly, that hasn't come up in a while, but it's still a pretty large leap in logic.
- I didn't accuse him of lying, I simply stated that if this was just for his friends, there are better hosting alternatives out there.
- It's a pretty stupid idea just for all the hassle, though. You have to make sure all the friends are on Livejournal, then you've got people bitching because they're getting hits from something they can't see, and for a last bit, LJ sucks. Terrible interface and they kick for the stupidest shit. So that's a good argument against.
- "You say things you can not validate under any circumstances," Go look at the comic work that paid pros put out and compare it to the most popular webcomic shit. If that's not validation I don't know what is. And no, because Megatokyo saw print doesn't make it "pro", it makes it a "profitable novelty" that nobody will care about 10 years from now -- but they'll still be buying Batman. "You exaggerate for the sake of getting your point across," Have you even seen half of the comics that have been showcased here? How can you possibly exaggerate about shit like a blow-up doll who lives in a multiverse filled with colorful donuts and not-so-subtle jabs at organised religions? "but you "shit it up" with this faggotry about being able to peer deep into webcomic authors' souls and half-assed accusations regarding their character and personal business. " Most of the comic authors showcased regularly bare their souls in the blog below every comic update so I don't understand what has your panties in a bunch here "for the sake of the sexual relief of your ego." this just confirms my theory that you can get STDs from horrible webcomics
- Are you ever going to do a review of Lightbringer? Because I'd pay cash money to see that torn apart by your illustrious blog. ... Alright, that was a damn lie. I wouldn't pay a single red cent for it. But I would find it entertaining, I'm sure.
- Here are two shitty comics that are some of the top on drunkduck.com http://www.drunkduck.com/Craving_Control/ http://www.drunkduck.com/Elijah_and_Azuu/ I find myself visiting this blog every day to see you tackle either of them.
- Where is the Megatoyko review?
- Christ, just when you think they cant get any worse then some of the shit you mentioned, some dickweed finds a way to turn the suck all the way up to 11. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/knara/negativezen/series.php
- The "Font Choice Doesn't Matter" square should've been written in Comic Sans.
- No, because I have dignity.
- Well, mostly I'd say that your inherent views are right, and your writing style is good, but yeah, you're still biased as shit and you fly off the handle. Signs of a troll. Yeah, I kinda stopped reading your comment here for two reasons. First, in case you hadn't noticed, you have no fucking clue what a troll is. Second, I had to yell out "BINGO!"
- yeah shame on you john solomon for being biased against things that are complete dogshit also anonymous is right, where IS the megatokyo review?
- Uh-oh, they're getting needy and demanding, John. Best not review Megatokyo, then, else they start thinking that's how this works.
- But wait! So as not to appear to be catering to Donnie, now John will have to review Megatokyo. But then he'd appear to be catering to me, and so on until reality disappears in a puff of logic.
- Or I could just say fuck the lot of you, I have a deadline to meet so I'm not updating for the next few days.
- Phew! Once more John saves existence.
- If we wanted to go all Hitchhiker's Guide, we could use the old "every time, reality is destroyed, and replaced with something sillier" line. Except in John's case, it'd probably be "...and has an additional terrible webcomic added." (Fun fact: my brain kept trying to add the word "ass" in front of "webcomic".)
- I didn't know either what a troll was. So I did some research. http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Troll I think it sumarizes well who uses that term.
- In any caes, it's probably best to hold off on hitting Megatokyo until Fred-kun's in one of his mopey depressive phases. Better odds of pushing him over the edge into a hilarious Mookiesque meltdown that way. (don't forget to bring up the loli porn)
- ...you make assessments of the characters of people you've never met and loathe because of the comics they make... ...you regularly ... [make] shit up for the sake of the sexual relief of your ego. Do you see where you contradicted yourself, Anonymous?
- Yeah, I think if I could get another webcomic jerk to burst into tears, that'd be awesome. People are getting way too ambivalent about what I do. Every forum thread I've seen - TWCL, Keenspot, even a couple forums for webcomics I actually don't hate - covers pretty much every single bingo square. God, I might as well have made "he's whiny", "his writing is bad" and "where's his webcomic" into free spaces, that's how often they turned up. I probably should have stuck in "I hope he reviews ME next!" as well, but those people just disgust me. It's about time I struck terror into the hearts of talentless hacks worldwide. They shouldn't be clamouring for me to review them, they should be praying I don't! Or do they just have absolutely no self respect? What kind of fucking loser actually wants people to know they're a literary paedophile?
- Maybe I should carve these reviews into their loved ones instead, that might get the proper reaction. Oh, wait, we're dealing with webcomic jerks here. Nevermind, then.
- Do you see where you contradicted yourself, Anonymous? Now, Chris, let them have their hypocrisy. If they can't pretend to have the moral highground while doing everything they claim I do, then how are they supposed to ignore the fact that their webcomics are utter shit?
- Or I could just say fuck the lot of you, I have a deadline to meet so I'm not updating for the next few days. If you're too busy to give us a Megatokyo review, won't you at least post some character art you've been working on?
- One of these days you'll meet your match Mr. Solomon -- a "webcomic jerk" who not only laughs with you, but who's forum appreciates your blog and sense of humor. I think that might be fatal to you though.
- Sure, that'll happen.
- Anyone who can laugh with me and actually appreciate my blog is probably also capable of making a non-shitty webcomic. I have little faith in any forum based around a webcomic doing that, though. Regardless of how many sane people may like a webcomic, you can bet your ass that same webcomic has also attracted crazy people. And forums are to crazy people what honey is to bears. So regardless of how mature a webcomic's entire fanbase may be, a webcomic's forum is still going to be the metaphorical asylum.
- If you're too busy to give us a Megatokyo review, won't you at least post some character art you've been working on? Yeah, "Middle Finger in Snow".
- You spend a lot of time responding to your critics, don't you?
- Truthfully, I considered making a shitty webcomic. Well, not intentionally shitty, but definitely not your bag -- for the Wotch and El Goonish Shive audience. And I'd be willfully guilty of many of the things you described. But me and my friends? We know not to get upset. You want to have fun trashing webcomics you hate? That's as much a form of expression as making the webcomic to begin with. If it helps you, more power to you, I find your humor occasionally funny, too!
- BINGO !
- Today, we all win! He's not a legitimate critic He's a troll He's wrong because he's wrong He's a hypocrite But the webcomic isn't bad It's not bad art, it's a style His writing is bad Font choice doesn't matter He's Maddox You can't be objective about art John Sololame He's a coward What webcomics does he like He's 12 He only wants attention Where's his webcomic He's whining He secretly likes the webcomic he hates He's biased He's just jealous If he doesn't like it, he shouldn't read it He's not being constructive He Swears The blog is a parody BINGO! Make with the prizes, John.
- to the idiot who said this blog(I hate calling it that) go to hell, Live journal is crap. its basicly just a place for emos and furries to bitch and moan. And if he made it friends only what would be the fuckin point. also john: http://badwebcomix.blogspot.com/ whats the phrase about flatery.
- I think the phrase is "Flattery gets you sued these days."
- John Solomon, i just want you to know that even though you've slammed acouple comics i like, i really appreciate what you do. I generally agree that webcomics need more criticism, and you are at least smart about it.
- I love it. :D Another of my favorite blogs (Girls read comics and they're pissed) did a bingo once as well. Not bad!
- Love the new quote. That Samuel L Jackson's a wise man.
- "Love the new quote. That Samuel L Jackson's a wise man." Even for sarcasm that's really sad :/
- "He that writes may be considered as a kind of general challenger, whom every one has a right to attack; since he quits the common rank of life, steps forward beyond the lists, and offers his merit to the public judgement. To commence author is to claim praise, and no man can justly aspire to honour, but at the hazard of disgrace. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee." -Samuel Johnson Wait, I think I fucked that up.
- I dunno if this is the right avenue or not, but I just wanted to say I LOVE your blog. There are just too many lame webcomics out there running rampant, and it's about time someone put the morons responsible in their place! Anyhow, I know it's a real longshot, but there's a total jerkoff I know that writes a comic- I'd love to read your take on it. His piece of shit is available at coffeeburger.com I figure you're probably busy though, and someone with your skills probably gets as many requests like this as compliments so it's cool if you skip it. Regards and admiration, Kev.
- "Truthfully, I considered making a shitty webcomic. Well, not intentionally shitty, but definitely not your bag -- for the Wotch and El Goonish Shive audience. And I'd be willfully guilty of many of the things you described." Shit, I wanna make a shitty transgender web comic just so dumb mother fuckers will pay my bills.
- I just figured I'd show all of ya how it's done! http://www.webcomicsnation.com/ed_gauthier As to dumping on other toon dudes, that's not my style, man. Like I've said often before, my art's been published since the '70s, so I've got nothing to prove at this late stage of the game. And check out my message board with thousands of my fans posting every day about how my webcomic is the best ever! http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/6/t/013126/p/1.html?
- Get out.
- WHERE IS THE SCOTT KURTZ BUTTON WTF WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME
- http://www.megatokyo.com DO IT!! FUCKING DO IT!!
- Not content shitting up just the Comics Journal board anymore with your inane drivel, Gauthier? Enjoy your stay, hope you choke on a cock.
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- John solomon? Have you ever considered about working on "Penny Arcade"? Its worth a shot.
- The comment above this.. Yeah its mine. And i like to suggest that Penny arcade is worth a shot. C'mon Solomon! Penny Arcade smeraed shit over videogames and it is the creators of the web comics to become a hero (u know wat i mean)
- (u know wat i mean) No, I don't think so.
- Halfpixel.com forums "I'm going to lay it out right here, because the bingo thing has a crucial flaw in it, and it's something that denotes a flaw in a lot of self-aware humor -- and it's funny because Solomon is using it to defend himself, while he'd decry webcartoonists for using the same thing: Showing awareness of a problem is not the same as fixing the problem. John Solomon is a shitty insult comic that the audience hasn't started heckling yet. If he had a heckler, he could go to town, but there's no reason to heckle him because he's nobody, so he's started on his own. There's no point to reading it. Somewhere there is a guy writing Sonic the Hedgehog macrovore diaper fetish fanfic in his diary, and you don't need to read that either. "
- ... did they just compare themselves to a guy writing Sonic the Hedgehog macrovore diaper fetish fanfic? If people are going to do my work for me, I may as well just pack up and go home.
- Also it's fantastic how apparently nobody is heckling me when I've had pretty much nothing but since day one. But man who gives a shit about reality? I should have put that on the bingo card, actually. "Denying reality" as the free space.
- Holy Shit! You've got a wikipedia entry, congrats, John http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Solomon
- I'm looking forward to the Questionable Content post. Today's strip made me want to leap through my monitor and punch both of those irritating, sniveling tots back up into their mommas. Insufferable.
- Holy Shit! You've got a wikipedia entry, congrats, John Curses, you've found out who I am! TO THE ESCAPE-MOOSE!
- Expletive! I just made the mistake of clicking on Ed Gauthier's WCN link. I think I'll gouge my eyes out with rusty spoons now. BRB.
- John Solomon is a shitty insult comic that the audience hasn't started heckling yet. If he had a heckler, he could go to town, but there's no reason to heckle him because he's nobody, so he's started on his own. There's an awful lot of twat-aching over a nobody unworthy of heckling, Idiot Webcomics Communities. Regardless of whatever John says in his reviews, I think the overwhelmingly butthurt responses say a lot more about the webcomics in question and their fans than John ever could.
- "Nobody is heckling him," they said, as they jeered and called him names. I bet they're all just jealous because while I've visited Keenspot and TWCL, I haven't bothered looking at their shitty forum circlejerk. They may be posting about how little they care, but on the inside all they want is validation and recognition from me. That's a little sad, really. But I guess that's the "webcomics community" in a nutshell.
- I still don't understand why so many fans get so very upset whenever the webcomics they like are criticized. It's not their work. They didn't create it; nor do they own the rights to it (although one does get fans who act like they do, hence "fanboy entitlement." But I digress). At most, I can see why the webcartoonists would take offence, though it would seem that most of those John has bashed have shrugged it off. (And frankly, any cartoonist who quits because of a post on one person's blog is a pussy wimp who obviously can't hack it.) As it happens, unlike some who have commented here I like Questionable Content and have been reading it daily for two years. But if John decides to skewer it, I'm not going to go "Waah waah how dare you!" Even if he took on my current favourite, Penny and Aggie, and said it was the worst piece of bloody, pus-filled smegma in the known universe, I'd read the post and say, "Okay, that's his opinion." If he made some criticisms I thought were valid, or at least said something I found funny, I'd be honest enough with myself to admit it. And then I'd go on reading the comic, without getting involved in online histrionics, on this blog or elsewhere.
- Speaking of Wikipedia, you seem to have an article praising your work on Encyclopedia Dramatica, odd considering there, and your, tendency to mock everything. Written by a fan perhaps?
- "John Solomon is a shitty insult comic that the audience hasn't started heckling yet. If he had a heckler, he could go to town, but there's no reason to heckle him because he's nobody, so he's started on his own. There's no point to reading it. Somewhere there is a guy writing Sonic the Hedgehog macrovore diaper fetish fanfic in his diary, and you don't need to read that either. " Actually, I think they were comparing you, or possibly (probably, just from context) your targets - I guess the grammar really is pretty ambiguous there.
- Damn you and your economics degree. You think just because you where the only rookie MP elected for the federal NDP, you have the right to insult people? And other such nonsense.
- "Not content shitting up just the Comics Journal board anymore with your inane drivel, Gauthier? Enjoy your stay, hope you choke on a cock." Sez you kiddo! I'm just showing John Solo Man my Millenium Falcon! You all need to see how real webcomics should be done so you'll know when they're done wrong. And I'm a professional, kid. I have been for years.
- "Expletive! I just made the mistake of clicking on Ed Gauthier's WCN link. I think I'll gouge my eyes out with rusty spoons now. BRB." You're just afraid to look at a real comic by a real man, Jefferson Davis! But who knows, kid, if you read my webcomic you and John Solo Man might learn something. Here's hoping!
- "Even if he took on my current favourite, Penny and Aggie, and said it was the worst piece of bloody, pus-filled smegma in the known universe" wow, that was really disgusting. maybe you should be the critic. anyways, what i'm wondering is... if dominic deegan is crabs, and the wotch is full blown syphylis, what are they gonna say about some comic that's even worse? double syphylis? whats worse than syphylis?
- wow, that was really disgusting. maybe you should be the critic. Hey, when in Rome...
- Mister Gauthier, your webcomic is bad and you should feel bad. No other words need be lost.
- Speaking of Wikipedia, you seem to have an article praising your work on Encyclopedia Dramatica, odd considering there, and your, tendency to mock everything. Written by a fan perhaps? Oh, crap, this isn't going to improve matters.
- Actually, I think they were comparing you, or possibly (probably, just from context) your targets - I guess the grammar really is pretty ambiguous there. Oh, so this is just another case of nobody taking their own advice ("don't read webcomics you hate!") and holding my blog to an impossibly high standard that they don't hold their own work to. Which means I can ignore it outright.
- anyways, what i'm wondering is... if dominic deegan is crabs, and the wotch is full blown syphylis, what are they gonna say about some comic that's even worse? double syphylis? whats worse than syphylis? Well, AIDS. Duh.
- And Gauthier, your cheap attempt to get publicity from this blog isn't going to work where so many others have failed. Fuck off.
- Gaulthier I don't care if you've been printed or not or if you want to pretend you're a pro, your comics could suck a bowling ball through a garden hose oh and guess what Gaulthier, Minimum Security and Cathy are both printed so you're in good company
- Now, I am aware that you have multitudes of bad web comics to sift through but I couldn't pass up suggesting these shit-gems: WARNING: FURRIES Pretty much nothing but self serving furry bullshit with a hint of 'fantasy' (I use this term loosely here). I've only read the front page but oh god, is it terrible. http://www.missmab.com NWS! NWS! NWS! This is like a furry version of Terracciano. Only the art and writing is just as bad (if not worse). Also, this guy certainly has not heard of concepts such as rulers/straight edges. http://wereworld.comicgenesis.com More self-serving furry bullshit. Only this time, 100% more sci-fi fetish and ... well, it's just terrible. Also, obligatory gay/bi/lesbian crap. http://umlauthouse.comicgenesis.com Not only does this shitty comic need more than two people working on it at a time, for seven years it has gone through bad artist after bad artist after bad artist. It takes the work of FOUR people to make this shit heap what it was today. http://www.furwillfly.com Not furry: More gender swapping fetishes! But with more angst. http://www.abstractgender.com A surfing comic. That's right. Fucking surfing. The art is bad, the layout is bad. Hell, everything is bad. http://www.blueandblond.com
- John, Look at this piece of shit. http://eou.comicgenesis.com/ Utter. Fucking. Shit. (I really like that as a YWIBYSFB tagline, btw.)
- short int John_Solomon = 0;
- I just like to toss this piece of garbage into the ring. http://www.freewebs.com/truckerjesus/
- Have you considered that there are so many shitty comics that you may not have enouh time in your life to tear through them all?
- I'm amazed you haven't done dueling analogs yet. http://www.duelinganalogs.com/ It's the idiots version of Penny Arcade. Bad art and absolutly moronic commentary.
- Oh, it's on the list. A webcomic that shitty does not escape. And yes, Paul P., that is true. Which is why I am not going after them all.
- Oh shit, it's Ed Gauthier, the creepy old beardo. Ask him about his "hobby" of registering domain names of female cartoonists and then forcing them to interact with him before he signs them over.
- Sounds like a job for Fletcher.
- Ah well, this blog was fun while it lasted. Just wish that two of the last posts were repetitive crap about his critics rather than, y'know, actual webcomics.
- Er, that should be, "two of the last posts weren't" etc.
- Like I said earlier: Or I could just say fuck the lot of you, I have a deadline to meet so I'm not updating for the next few days. I have a job outside this blog, it occasionally demands a lot from me and I'll be fucked if I'll throw away all that lovely money just to appease you fuckers. It may not be the kind of billion-dollar economy that Penny Arcade seems to have, but it's enough to keep me with a place of my own with hot and cold running Internets, and enough left over for me to afford the finer things in life. Like hookers and blow. If you think I'll forsake all of that just to write about fucking webcomics then you're insane and stupid. If I was a webcomics reviewer who had to, at my age, live with his Goddamn parents, you know who I'd be? Robert A. Howard, that's who.
- What an angry little man you are LOL
- hey fuckers, I got a fucking shitty ass webcomic for you fuckers to fucking review and tear to shit http://www.deadwinter.cc/ the 'art' is fucking shit, it looks like a fucking shitty ass 5 year old finger fucking painted it with their own shit, and the 'plot' is some fucking shitty ass fuckshit about zombies invading a bar in hell, oh real fucking original shitface, and what type of name is S. Dave Chabet, sounds like he's some sort of eurotrash fag (all them fucking europeans need to be fucking dragged out into the street and shot for the fucking crime of not being american, hell drag out all the fags, niggers, jews fat chicks, and furries out with them) I await your fucking review
- I have a job outside this blog, it occasionally demands a lot from me and I'll be fucked if I'll throw away all that lovely money just to appease you fuckers. blah blah blah angst drama blah who the fuck cares, about your boring emo drama bullshit, you are here for MY entertainment so dance monkey!
- ROFLMMFAO John Slolame pwned by 3 out of the last 4 comments. Including this one of course
- Here's another shitcrap comic you can review because even though it appeared in newspapers it's also a fucking fuck fuck webcomic: Peanuts. I mean c'mon, why is that stupid kid bald? Is he supposed to be in chemo or something? If so, he really is a born loser. All people with cancer should be euthanized immediately. And look what a shitfuck artist Charles Schulz is. (Probably a fucking kraut with that name. Goddamn Nazi fritz.) Look at those minimal lines and backgrounds. And what's with all these psychologically and theologically deep storylines alternating with gag-a-day strips? There should just be one or the other, not both, because I say so and therefore I'm right and if you say I'm wrong you're a fucking twatbreath furry! I'm sure my expert review will soon make Schulz give up and kill his jerry-ass self. What's that? He's already dead? See, I just posted this review and already it worked! I, John Fuego Fish Solomon am THE MAN! I AM RIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG AHAHAHAHA! Don't agree with me? A BLOO BLOO BLOO whatever the fuck that means. C'mon, everyone post stuff like this so we can see John Salmonella cry in his bib like the baby he is, as he does whenever anyone gives him a taste of his own medicine. A BLOO BLOO BLOO.
- C'mon, everyone post stuff like this so we can see John Salmonella cry in his bib like the baby he is, as he does whenever anyone gives him a taste of his own medicine. A BLOO BLOO BLOO. who the fuck fucking asked you fuckshit! go suck a fucking cock you fucking fag and Peanuts really did suck shit I'm glad Charles Shulz is fucking dead
- Aaaand with that last comment 23:54, you've proven only that you can't make a retort for beans, and that you don't know jack-all about what good comics are. "Peanuts really did suck shit," huh? You and how many millions of readers, (real) critics and fellow cartoonists--generations worth--believe that?
- huh? You and how many millions of readers, (real) critics and fellow cartoonists--generations worth--believe that? any REAL critics will also agree that it sucks soggy diarreah anyone else who says that it doesn't is just a brown nose yes man to the fucking 'artist' and what sort of fuckface are you to think I don't know anything about comics, I know that comics are fucking pieces of shit read by fags who need to grow up and that's all I need to know
- Yeah, you probably haven't read anything you didn't have to for school. So your opinion is worthless and your brain a waste of DNA.
- at least I'm not a homo fag furry like you
- of course I haven't read anything I haven't had to, reading's for faggots "oooh look at me, I'm a big fruity fag with thick nerd glasses look at me read this book like a fucking egghead, I think I'm better than everyone!" fucking attention whore fag
- Every time you think people have hit the bottom of the 'goddamn retarded comment' barrel, some makes an even more goddamn retarded comment.
- I'd like to suggest a comic, please. http://replica-saga.com/
- I've got another stupid compliant for you: Indignation is a rush, the world's cheapest high. So you're just giving them what they want!
- Well, I just found this blog, and I have to say you've entertained me. Personally, I like VGcats, and I think that Dominic Deegan has jumped the shark, but it used to be good. The thing is: You've entertained me because I was laughing at you...I found your ridiculous contempt for comics that should never be taken that seriously in the first place amusing. But I think I should seriously tell you what I think from this blog. I have a lot of experience with dealing with people who are overly critical. The reason that they usually criticize things and talk about how they suck is usually a combination of taking it too seriously and wanting to feel mature. While I don't think the latter is true with you...the former definetely is. Next time you go on one of these rants, THINK about what you're talking about: what you have claimed is sheer horror disguised as entertainment is ink on a paper uploaded to the internet. Furthermore, you're not even PAYING anything for these comics you're criticizing, they're completely free. In that situation, what designates good and bad? I've seen some comics with absolutely horrible plots before, art that you had to decipher, and characters with no depth at all, but do I bother talking about how all the people who enjoy them are "stupid"? No. Because think about it from the perspective of someone who does enjoy a comic. I want a complex plot...but maybe someone else doesn't want that. Maybe they don't want to have to think about it, and want a comic that they can understand without putting thought into it. I want deep characters, including villains who believe that what they are doing is right. Maybe other people get a kick out of the "HAHA! I'm EVIL!" Saturday Morning cartoon villains, and the Dudly-do-right heroes that oppose them. I like it when the weapons in a universe are plausible, when the artist takes into account not just how equipment looks, but also how it functions. Maybe other people just want the weapons to look cool. What I am emotionally moved by, some consider cheesy. And what I consider cheesy, others are emotionally moved by. I laugh at jokes that people hate, and they laugh at jokes that I hate. Does that make the people who disagree with me stupid? NO. It means they disagree with me. MY OPINION IS NOT FACT. I DO NOT DECIDE WHETHER SOMETHING IS TERRIBLE OR NOT. IF SOMEONE ENJOYS SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT ENJOY, I DO NOT HOLD ANY SUPERIORITY OVER THEM, IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM AN IDIOT. Do you know why people think you're between 10 and 12? Do you honestly want to know why? Because you sound like you are. You waste your time here, writing about your ridiculous hatred for free comics that you just happened to stumble upon over the internet, and trying to insult their artists just because you, personally, don't like their works. I know you've heard this before, but: Let's see you make a comic. Come up with an ingenious, emotionally moving plot, and the kind of humor that would make the best comedian throw in the towel. Then, guess what? I bet you not everyone will like it. No matter how good it is. Of course, that just means they have "bad taste"...doesn't it? And that's something for critics to hide behind "Good taste" and "Bad taste" but when you lift the veil in front of those terms, and you reveal them to just be a more mature sounding way of saying "My opinion's better than yours! Nah-na Na-na NAH NAH!" And you know...I'm not going to insult you directly here. I believe that you're an intelligent person. You're just making the mistake that a lot of intelligent people make: which is holding yourself above everyone else.
- Hey, What do you call a cow with no legs ? John Solomon's writing ability
- I like tacos!
- I tried reading Matthew there's post but then I gave up. Tl;dr, gb2Keenspot
- @Matthew tl;dr, but I got the gist of it. Basically, you're saying he takes webcomcis too seriously and that his opinion is not fact. Fine. That is true in some cases. Some people might like the drama in Shortpacked, or the never-ending convoluted story that is Sluggy (I still read both myself, though I find myself only reading Sluggy out of habit anymore). And, well, DD... if you really disagree with him after that horrible superhero arc, nothing anyone could say would redeem you. But beyond that, most of the flaws he point out are factual, and he backs them up with links to the offending strips. If you're willing to read through the anger bitter hatred, he still makes some damn good points about art, writing, site design, etc. Points these people should be paying attention to, but they never will, cause they're too busy laughing about how much Sololame sucks (so clever). That's why I myself still continue to read this blog, those points that can even make a long time reader of many of these comics admit that he's right about how bad they are (though I will still read them, free entertainment is still free and entertaining). Well, that and the entertaining comments. And that angry bitterness I mentioned. And too seriously? Well, yeah. Maybe there's a story behind that? Did webcomics kill someone you loved, Soloman? That would make an entertaining story.
- Every time you think people have hit the bottom of the 'goddamn retarded comment' barrel, some makes an even more goddamn retarded comment. That's why I keep them around.
- Hey Matthew You need to take blogs less seriously. You're making the rest of us commenters look better in comparison.
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- Oh please, Solomon, just look at the comments on this blog. A large amount of them are, "LOL, FUCKERZ! Luk at tihs piece of shitfuck! (insert link to comic here) LOL! FUCKSHIT!" Doesn't that say something about who you're appealing to, here? And to the person who actually criticized me intelligently: Maybe my post was hard to understand, I apologize. It was late at night and I was tired. And that probably caused you to miss one of my major points: Rarely is there ever such a thing as a factual flaw in a comic. What you hate, other people might enjoy, and that opinion DOES NOT MAKE THEM STUPID, no matter what it is. I didn't like the Supergreg thing, I don't think anyone did. But what if someone did like it? Maybe they'd get a kick out of just how willing Mookie was to make fun of himself? Another thing, on the DD forums themselves, is that people say that it's his comic, and he can do what he wants with it. And that's probably how we should all look at webcomics. After all, it's not like we're giving up money to read them.
- Keep yapping dipshits. Like it matters.
- Doesn't that say something about who you're appealing to, here? Doesn't my utter disregard for everyone who comments say something about how little I care about what people think of this blog?
- Matthew, there is a significant difference between what is flawed and what people enjoy; there is a significant difference between enjoying something because it is flawless and enjoying it despite its flaws. That said, very few things are flawless; it is possible that nothing is. But some things are more flawed than others, and therefore require more suspension of disbelief to get around. That's what's being discussed here. As for the money issue, there are a lot of people who believe that things should be good whether or not they are free. A lot of people who feel this way get frustrated because, just like in the money-making world, things that are not good get a lot more attention than things that are good, or that people who create not-good but popular things fall into complacency about it and don't strive to improve. Even if people aren't paying for these things, they're being influenced by them. They're talking about them, and they're taking lessons from it, lessons like "I don't need to come up with a legitimate sort of functioning fantasy world for my comic, I just need to populate it with anime cliches and people will throw money at me." It is, in fact, very easy to fall into this sort of complacency, and I like this blog because it quickly and efficiently dispels such ideas. Anyway, Matthew, you seem like a nice enough guy who is just frustrated. If you purely enjoy something, you shouldn't get yourself all up in a knot over someone saying it's bad. I hope that you will realize, though, that there are most certainly such things as factual flaws in comics, (whether they bother you or not), and I hope that if you ever decide to create a comic of your own, you will take some of these lessons with you and strive to make a better one.
- TL;DR ALERT: Okay, Matthew, let's rap. First point: you do realize there's such a thing as hyperbole, right? As in, exaggerating what you feel to get a point across? Good ol' Solomon's a writer, chances are he knows his literary devices. But seriously, a lot of these comics think they're the best thing in the world (DD and CAD spring to mind as verifiable proof, but I'm sure most of them fit this). So, nothing's going to set off a few fireworks like telling them they're the exact opposite. Especially when you're insulting their wish fulfillment. If you think John or Ted sits down and goes 'Time to write a fair review,' I think you're on the wrong blog. (Note: Tangents, being the internet equivalent of Courtney Love, is not the right blog, either) These are webcomics that they feel are bad, unsurprisingly. They will present their case on why they think it is bad. That's what they do, probably because it's fun for them and entertaining for some people. Sounds like how you might think webcomic authors think (and I personally think you're underestimating a lot of egos there). Well guess what? It's not like you're giving money for these reviews, so you can't really complain. On a quick tangent, I feel that getting some of these webcomics for free is like getting AIDS from a toilet seat. It's free, but it's really not something anyone wants. Furthermore, I really don't believe you think there aren't any guidelines to how writing and art should be. If I drew a comic where the people were all terrible defects with inhuman anatomy, and just wrote 'tits and drama', you probably wouldn't feel it deserves any sort of fanbase. Most of these comics try to dress that up a bit, and John Solomon's letting everyone know that it's still really just an ugly ho. There's some hyperbole there, but not a terrible amount.
- Doesn't my utter disregard for everyone who comments say something about how little I care about what people think of this blog? Not really, since you are responding to those comments. Unless you want commentators to be aware of your "disregard," in which case the word you may be looking for is "contempt."
- If I said "I disregard everyone who posts a comment here" then you'd be right. However, I used it as a noun, which means "lack of due or respectful regard". Look it up in a dictionary, why not! So, yes, while I have contempt for most of the stupid comments, I have disregard for all of them. What this means, in layman's terms since you're obviously not used to the term, is that I am not really caring about what they say. People can tell me to review this or that until they're blue in the face, but I'm not really going to give a fuck. Hope this illuminates you as to when you should correct someone's words; ie that you need to be right about it.
- This is my first visit to this blog, and I'm really enjoying what I'm seeing so far. Oddly enough, I like VG Cats (because I do like quite a few truly bad things, like the movie Kung Pow), but it's good to see more opinions on entertainment than just "omg ur so awesome moar plz." The bingo cards can also be used with ANY bad reaction to artistic criticism, which makes 'em even more fun. Keep up the good work, John Solomon, I hope you skewer Megatokyo and Better Days (although Better Days has already been hit a couple times).
- I'm not sure why everyone's clamouring for you to skewer Megatokyo. Not because it's a good comic, because it isn't, but that it's one of the few bad webcomics that people already are saying bad things about. Hell, even Eric Burns wrote a negative review of Megatokyo. It seems to me that your time would be much better spent treading less well-worn ground.
- "Rarely is there ever such a thing as a factual flaw in a comic." So... uh... to put it another way: "You can't be objective about ART". BINGO.
- Oh no, John Solomon has writer's block!! Say it ain't so!!!!
- Writer's block? Writer's block? Are you actually serious about that? You may as well say it's because my first tooth is coming through. Only kids get writer's block.
- John: Robert A. Howard AKA Tangent of Tangents by Robert A. Howard has actually posted something on his blog that might be construed as mildly critical of the married Mexican woman he's so desperately in love with. He calls it a "Secant." MATH LOL http://tangent.panel2panel.com/ $5 says it's because you got to him.
- I got to him months ago.
- hey john, have you noticed that every comment posted fails more than the last?
- You blog updates are bad and you should feel bad.
- It boggles my mind that people say font choice doesn't matter. I mean, everything else on the card is either somewhat subjective or a personal attack, but the idea that font choice doesn't matter is just plain WRONG. Man that bothers me. Also, this is such a weird blog to me. Some of the first websites I started going to regularly were dedicated to mocking bad movies. And they constantly say things like, "Calling this the worst movie of all time would be too generous, because this pile of shit doesn't qualify as a movie." And generally, everybody on the forums is very polite and thoughtful, and occasionally people involved with the films that are lampooned stop by, and while you occasionally get an ass, most of them are polite. Polite to people who have said they should be placed in the stocks and have eggs hucked at them for unleashing such crap on the public. And so I always sort of expect the same thing from other websites that make fun of stupid stuff, and it's weird to me that people get so damned pissed off when you make fun of webcomics, of all things.
- I think that people take webcomics more seriously than, say, movies, because of the personal connection involved. After all, the webcomic creator is a guy just like you. He talks about his life on his personal blog; maybe he even talks to you on the forums. He even cares about you personally, so you need to care about him. Right? I think this is where you get the weird divergence between a lot of the webcomic creators who let the criticism roll off their backs and their fans who get really up in arms about it. There's also the fact that a lot of the time, the movies being mocked are things that were created a long time ago. The creators themselves realize that they were bad (either they were just young and stupid, or or they were struggling under other limitations, such as budget or studio restraints). Webcomics, by contrast, are a work still in progress, and most of the time the creators believe that the work they're putting out is their best work. Then the instantaneous nature of the internet (where many people will enjoy anything as long as it's free) only exacerbates this problem by reinforcing creators' egos.
- http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ you should do this comic at some point. I've heard the creator is like mookie lite.
- Aaa, don't bother sending this guy any more webcomic suggestions. He's obviously not updating anymore, except to leave the odd "fuck you all" comment. I mean, if he can't be arsed to update on Labor Day, he's obviously lost interest.
- The "I have a job" excuse only goes so far, since it's been going on a week and a half. Show's over folks. House lights are coming up.
- Are you this afraid of John shredding your webcomic to pieces (again), or why do you scream victory when the artillery is merely pausing to reload?
- I mean, if he can't be arsed to update on Labor Day, he's obviously lost interest. God, I know. Fucking European assholes, all going to work on US-only holidays instead of updating their blogs. God, I can't stand those lazy fucks.
- "And Gauthier, your cheap attempt to get publicity from this blog isn't going to work where so many others have failed. Fuck off." I don't need any help from you, kid. My websites all get 10,000 hits every month. How many do you get? Besides Johnny Solo Man, my comics are perfect, and very popular, so you couldn't give me a bad critique if you tried. Besides, you can't draw so it's all just jealousy. Both Marvel and DC have offered me positions on their staff and I just keep turning them down. If they ever get offices in California, I MIGHT accept their offers. But I don't want to live in a dirty place like New York.
- Wow, gauthier,you are my hero!
- My websites all get 10,000 hits every month. How many do you get? According to Blogger, 50,000 per month. Huh, who'da thunk. I should start up a Paypal button and offer hot hot fanservice wallpapers. I'm still not going to give you the publicity you want, though, but feel free to keep on trying and show the whole world how truly pathetic you are.
- "My websites all get 10,000 hits every month." A quick look at Three Panel Soul's stats on Project Wonderful shows that they get twice that many unique views a day on the days they don't update. On update days it's closer to seven or eight times. And TPS isn't even what you'd call a spectacularly popular online comic; in fact, I bet you've never even heard of it. I assume you were being facetious, Mr. Gauthier, but I wanted to make it quite clear to the viewing audience exactly how facetious you were being.
- for fucks sake. i thought i was climbing the ladder at 350-1200 uvs a day
- "for fucks sake. i thought i was climbing the ladder at 350-1200 uvs a day" Don't feel bad, you're already doing better than Mr. Gauthier is.
- Merdoror said... http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ you should do this comic at some point. I've heard the creator is like mookie lite. You're talking absolute bollocks. The creator of that is a very nice person who doesn't do stupid rape stories. You have no idea what you're on about.
- Instead of doing this blog, why don't you spend your time doing something more constructive? Like sucking your own dick? You don't really have to be that flexible to do it, and if you're unable due to being over weight, you have something to look forward to while you diet. You can even multi-task! While sucking your own dick, you can think about how to actually be funny! It might take awhile, as you fail at the easiest form of humor there is; mockery.
- Your trying to be the Lowtax of webcomics
- Hahaha, God I love these comments.
- Do you acutally believe that all the fans of the webcomics you "shark" are complete morons, or just the ones who come to troll this site? More over, do you believe that everyone who lurks around the forum for the webcomic is acutally a fan? I haven't found VGCats funny for a long time and I'm a regular on its (LOL FURRY) forum.
- Do you acutally believe that all the fans of the webcomics you "shark" are complete morons, or just the ones who come to troll this site? More over, do you believe that everyone who lurks around the forum for the webcomic is acutally a fan? If "shark" means what I think it means, then yes. For your second question: no, but they should be ashamed of themselves anyway.
- Merdoror said... http://www.thenoobcomic.com/ you should do this comic at some point. I've heard the creator is like mookie lite. You're talking absolute bollocks. The creator of that is a very nice person who doesn't do stupid rape stories. You have no idea what you're on about. You are annoying. I said I HEARD she was like mookie lite. HEARD being the operative word here. Did I accuse her of making rape stories? no. I was saying that I have heard that she is completely ignorant and annoying towards negative comments or criticism, just like you've heard she can be a very nice person if you kiss her ass. I stated no facts, so I don't know what you're talking about saying that I "don't know what I'm talking about" or that I'm "talking absolute bollocks". I'm sorry that I insulted your shitty webcomic to the extent of posting on a blog to insult a total stranger on the internet, but please, pull the stick out of your ass. I mean, the comic isn't even funny.
- Hey, merdoror: shut the fuck up. Take the sand out of your vagina and your fat ass out of my blog.
- Merdoror- No shit I get miffed at you talking nonsense about a friend of mine. I have never seen her react poorly to criticism, and since I do in fact know that she is a nice person even without me 'kissing her ass', I feel fully qualified to state that you are talking bollocks. How about you do any amount of research next time before going HAY JOHN SALAAMON REVIEW DIS I HEAR IT BAD.
- I've noticed that since you started this 'blog' that not a single cartoonist you've attacked has acknowledged you John in the slightest. I didn't understand why at first but then I came to realize you're just one of thousand other John Solomon's they must deal with on a daily bases. You just too small to notice. I get now why you are so insignificant to the webcomic community in general. ( oh, and you can delete away the comment now ... we all know how criticism makes you cry :( )
- I've noticed that since you started this 'blog' that not a single cartoonist you've attacked has acknowledged you John in the slightest. Are you kidding?
- `I've noticed that since you started this 'blog' that not a single cartoonist you've attacked has acknowledged you John in the slightest.` You don't notice good, do you.
- The metric system? Psh, I'm not French. Besides, it sounds stupid to say "I'm two-point-oh-eight meters tall." Hehe ! Or German, or Russian, or Australian, or whatever in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system. Actually, although Australians do use the metric system, they still measure their height in feet and inches. I mean, come on, the Aussies are no where near panzy enough for them to follow the French.
- Attention Mr. John Solomon: NONE of the comments on your blog were ever written by me. They were done a person (or persons) trolling your site, while using excerpts of some of my older published comments taken out of context. Of course new material was also added, not even part of which I'd ever said online. Of course I did notice that the faker was at least good enough to fool that sawed-off little runt K. Thor Jensen: "30 August 2007 11:59 K. Thor Jensen said... Oh shit, it's Ed Gauthier, the creepy old beardo. Ask him about his "hobby" of registering domain names of female cartoonists and then forcing them to interact with him before he signs them over." Jensen is semi-famous for being totally disgraced by me a few years ago on TCJ when I exposed him for lying about me regarding my internet dot com activities. Most cartoonists I help out for free in that area happen to be males (which reflects the cartooning world in general), yet in some misguided but failed attempt to save face, he still insists on lying by claiming I own female sites only, which is total nonsense. This fact can be easily proven by clicking on the comics artists page as linked to on my main site of edgauthier.com. Meanwhile, you might want to ask tiny Jensen the finger-pointer what happened to that recent Shiot Crock he was supposed to be in charge of - he ended up LOSING all of everyone's artwork for it !!! To conclude, in the future you really need to check first to make sure that people posting on your site are actually who they claim to be. You could have easily found that out my emailing me at the addy (toonpro@yahoo.com) also listed on my main site. Such a prudent practice would obviously help you avoid many legal problems in the future. As to what you or anyone else here has to say about my webcomics or the webcomics of others, I have no interest in that whatsoever. All artists would to well to take that same view, so as to better spend their time making their comics better with each installment. After all, whether it's an informed blog or a profanity-laden blog such as yours, the point is supposed to be that artists must always be encouraged to "improve" their strips, in the final analysis.
- Thank you kind sir! Your blog has prompted me to trudge through the long list of webcomics I currently read and take a long look at what I enjoy about them. A culling of the herds, if you will. Thank you again and I look forward to your next post.
- Attention Mr. John Solomon: NONE of the comments on your blog were ever written by me. Who are you?
- Who am I? Merely another victim of your off-kilter blog site here, apparently. I was recently notified that someone has been going around multi-posting my name here with comments I never wrote for this blog. You can easily tell they're fake by clicking on my name at the top of them, and seeing that they DON'T link to my password-protected Blogger/Google profile, but instead contain only a public link to a WCN cartoon site. So in addition to the usual complainers visiting your site, you've also got a troll-related spam problem. Speaking of people in the comics biz, though, Mr. Solomon, your name's not familiar at all. And you would be...?
- Speaking of people in the comics biz, though, Mr. Solomon, your name's not familiar at all. And you would be...? John Solomon, of course. But who are you?
- I'M ED GAUTHIER, YOU SON OF A BITCH
- I'M ED GAUTHIER, YOU SON OF A BITCH Oh, okay then.
- Would the fake Ed Gauthier and the real Ed Gauthier both kindly shut the fuck up? Thank you.
- Who's Ed Gauthier?
- Who's Ed Gauthier? why, not the person posting comments under the name Ed Gauthier of course!
- Someone's been posting comments under the name Ed Gauthier? When did this happen?
- You're not a legitimate critic, John Sololame. I mean, you only want attention, coward, and your writing is bad, you troll - if you don't like it, don't read it. Or do you secretly love that comic, Mr. Hypocrite? Also, how can you claim to be objective about ART? Anyway, even if you were, it's not bad art, it's STYLE, and font choice doesn't matter, while we're at it. Stop swearing for a second, you whiner, and tell me - are you biased? Twelve years old? Or is this blog supposed to be a parody? Either way, you're not being constructive. What webcomics do you like, anyway? Not that it would matter anything... you're wrong. Because you are wrong. Bingo THAT. You're going to be pleasantly surprised. ;)
- Hey, John. You missed the other I in legitimate.
- Oh, for crying out loud - that's it. I am buying myself a new keyboard and ridding myself of all these keys that only work half the time. These damn things should last longer, even with how much I use them.
