Bad webcomics

[Vampirella]

YU+ME: Dream

I remember when this got a review on the Bad Webcomic Wiki after the twist happened. The first review was very likely written by a fan that hated the twist of the dream stuff (even though it's in the fucking name of the comic) so the review got taken down, but after people looked in to her comic it got rewritten.

I never read any of her stuff because I don't like her art and what she writes about isn't my cup of tea, but at least it seemed a bit more creative then this. Let's take something that was for kids, magical, soft, fun, bright, and make it for adults but now it's dark, grumpy, and the characters are OLD! Wow so creative.

 

[Grand Duke Snowfall]

First up, here’s that Christmas Carol comic I mentioned.

Anyone who knows ACC knows this is bullshit. Scrooge starts by buying a poor family a massive turkey for Christmas dinner, and then he heads to Bob Cratchit’s home to give him a huge raise and promotion and presents for his family. Maybe the joke is that Krampus is just being a dick, but I don’t see it.
With that out of the way, onto the birds! Our dear Robert the Robin has found a job with the tech startup company, Catchco.


The company is run by a cat, Mr. Catch, and you can probably see where this is going. Obviously he’s just luring in birds to work for him while fattening up, and then he fires (eats) them. He is VERY unsubtle about this, to the point where the characters look less oblivious and more like drooling retards for not getting it. Compilation under the cut.

Spoiler: You are less stupid than a bird

Yes, despite all that nervous sweating and the horrified reactions to someone getting fired, it’s a horrible shock that he’s doing what cats do. Might I also mention that there are multiple cat-run corporations in this world, which humans are apparently unaware of. I guess this is the Secret Life of Pets spin-off that no one asked for.
Also, if you’re looking for subtlety in the messaging, you’re definitely not going to find it here.

 

[Vampirella]

Maybe the joke is that Krampus is just being a dick, but I don’t see it.

But that's like the whole point of Krampus. I'm having trouble reading Krampus' speech bubbles because of the lisp they gave him. It's dumb.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

For my own contribution, I currently have my eye on Magical Women by Rosalarian (AKA Megan Rose Gedris of YU+ME: Dream and I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space! fame), which will be going public in April. I'm not sure if the audience here would care to read it since it's basically radical left-wing propaganda per admission of the author, but if it keeps the thread afloat and there's any interest I'm happy to post updates for it.

It sounds like it could be lulzy depending on how the author handles it . Speaking of, Magical Women doesn't sound much like The Incredibles, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't in the back of my mind as I read the synopsis. It also sounds a bit like those Eevee guys from Pokémon Sun and Moon. "What would the world look like if they failed to save it, and evil won?" Probably like The Wind Waker.

Also, I've read Halo-Head and find it kind of unnerving and ugly, but it's definitely a unique comic. Would love to see more discussion about it! I really need to catch up on it since it's been a hot minute.

Great! After my last post I was thinking of effortposting about it.

Spoiler: unmarked spoilers inside

In GTA: San Andreas there's a middle-aged DJ who mocks the young female DJ of a different station by saying "Listen honey: get over it." I bring this up because I really want to yell this at Chloe sometimes. Yes, you don't "get over" childhood trauma and, in as much as PTSD and arrested development from said trauma are mental illnesses, Chloe is actually mentally ill and not pretend mentally ill like SnP and her like.

Even so, I think I can best sum up why she can be annoying to read sometimes with a recent example. Here are #463 and #468 (sorry for the wordy examples):




As you can infer, Pepper is going through some trauma himself and is just barely holding it together. His entire existence is about helping others by talking but he doesn't have anyone to talk to about his own problems.

That second strip is the only time I can think of where he reaches out and asks someone for help, but Chloe is so wrapped up in herself she doesn't even notice. She doesn't seem to have any theory of mind -it doesn't even occur to her that Pepper might have his own shit to deal with. Bear in mind she woke him up at 3AM for this.

If this were any other comic I'd dismiss Chloe as completely unsympathetic here, but it should be pointed out in fairness that Halo Head (the place) was designed for the sole purpose of helping Chloe. I can't begrudge Chloe for expecting the world to revolve around her because Halo Head is supposed to. I just feel bad for Pepper and sometimes Clair, that's all.

 

[Cave Fisher]

I know the thread's already made, but unironically Schizobunny's probably so popular in this thread because it's the only one discussed here that actually feels like a real webcomic that also happens to be bad instead of author JUST tossing their characters at you in disposable, disconnected situations to push a political point than quickly be forgotten with the rest of the slop, and Halo Head's still too much of a mixed bag for me to call it good or bad, although I think I'm a little too old to be invested in stories about people crying over dinner plates and stolen books.

 

[Ghostse]

A general thread instead of a lolcow one? (If so, I could probably start working on that in an hour or two.)

I can support archiving schizobunny in one place but then this thread would be just the pages and pages of /pol/ tier sperging every time that wignat jap posts a comic. And if you put that in a containment thread, this thread's gonna be pretty much dead with me occasionally cheerleading/sperging about Halo Head.

I'm not sure if the audience here would care to read it since it's basically radical left-wing propaganda per admission of the author, but if it keeps the thread afloat and there's any interest I'm happy to post updates for it

Just my two cents as a poster:
I don't really think this thread should be a daily hate-read aggregator. That said I don't think bad comics should be only talked about once and either get their own thread or be offlimits, but its just posting every update of a comic then that should probably get its own thread.

When there is a particularly notable terrible comic or arc, I think anything is fair game to bring up here, but especially in regards to something like PizzaCake or Schitzo bunny, its just the same thing over and over.

To put a finer point on it:
Schitzo bunny continuing to gaslight the fox - boring, own thread.
The impending arc where Schitzobunny rapes Kai in the bathoom - Absolutely fodder for this thread (and very possibly a community note)

See also: Handstab being a repeat topic but QC updates not being posted regularly, only when the plot is particularly shit. i.e. 3 years of lesbian wedding build up, one panel of actual lesbian wedding.

OTOH its not like the schitzobunny generates an obscene amount of posts and its easy enough to just skim over them.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

For my own contribution, I currently have my eye on Magical Women by Rosalarian (AKA Megan Rose Gedris of YU+ME: Dream and I Was Kidnapped by Lesbian Pirates from Outer Space! fame), which will be going public in April. I'm not sure if the audience here would care to read it since it's basically radical left-wing propaganda per admission of the author, but if it keeps the thread afloat and there's any interest I'm happy to post updates for it.

Rosalarian, now there's a name I haven't thought about in a long time. The only time she pops into my head is when I'm on here talking about women on the internet who made a big deal about how lesbian they were, only to later start fucking dudes and being in relationships with them, dismissing any attraction to women entirely.

Decided to look at her BS page and not only is she now into dudes, apparently she is one. Yep, she's a trans man in a polycule. Gotta get some attention somehow now that just being a dyke is no longer as attention grabbing.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

although I think I'm a little too old to be invested in stories about people crying over dinner plates and stolen books.

It says a lot that the cartoony punk cat comes off as more mature than she does sometimes.

Speaking of cats:

He is VERY unsubtle about this, to the point where the characters look less oblivious and more like drooling retards for not getting it.

You were not exaggerating at all. I'm at a loss for words. Even Tom was more subtle than this in Tom & Jerry, and even then the duck was quicker on the uptake than these retards.

I can see what the author means with this. It's not particularly hard to pick out the glaring "corporation bad" message. But what the author fails to understand is that most corpo workers feel like they have no choice. Instead she(?) just makes them out to be drooling mongoloids who continue to work for exploitative people knowing full well what's going to happen.

A more nuanced take would be having the birds explore alternatives to working for the cats and maybe tackling the various strengths and weaknesses of those. But that would require too much effort when you can just portray people working as drones getting a job for literally no reason at all. Like you get the impression that the author doesn't understand why people need to work.

 

[Judge Holden]

For those morbidly fascinated with the decade and a half trainwreck that is post freakout sinfest, I have some good news!

The near 200 page "how the filthy smelly evil jews destroyed ancient greece and corrupted its pure aryan society with homosexuality, baby killing, and degeneracy" epic looks set to be getting a sequel...

 

[Anonitolia]

To put a finer point on it:
Schitzo bunny continuing to gaslight the fox - boring, own thread.
The impending arc where Schitzobunny rapes Kai in the bathoom - Absolutely fodder for this thread (and very possibly a community note)

See also: Handstab being a repeat topic but QC updates not being posted regularly, only when the plot is particularly shit. i.e. 3 years of lesbian wedding build up, one panel of actual lesbian wedding.

OTOH its not like the schitzobunny generates an obscene amount of posts and its easy enough to just skim over them.

we could have our cake and eat it too
post the mundane updates or general discussion in the containment thread and then crosspost the wilder stuff here

would solve the spam issue, keep schizobunny entertaining for the people who want to read about bad webcomics instead of specifically schizobunny, and help keep both threads alive

 

[Grand Duke Snowfall]

I can see what the author means with this. It's not particularly hard to pick out the glaring "corporation bad" message. But what the author fails to understand is that most corpo workers feel like they have no choice. Instead she(?) just makes them out to be drooling mongoloids who continue to work for exploitative people knowing full well what's going to happen.

A more nuanced take would be having the birds explore alternatives to working for the cats and maybe tackling the various strengths and weaknesses of those. But that would require too much effort when you can just portray people working as drones getting a job for literally no reason at all. Like you get the impression that the author doesn't understand why people need to work.

I will be getting to the messaging eventually, but time and time again there’s other characters being like “birds don’t need to work! Who decided this?” Along with one character saying “My dad was asking how I could start a family in this economy.” Then arguments about communism vs capitalism and one unemployed bird asking what a communism is…it’s all so weird.
Also the author is a Brazilian woman. I don’t know how work culture is down there, so. I also just remembered that Elon Musk is a cat in this universe. I’m really not a fan of the dude, but again, subtlety goes a long way!

I almost forgot, there is one bird who quit and let before she could get mauled! Don’t remember if she ever showed up again afterwards.

 

[Ghostse]

we could have our cake and eat it too
post the mundane updates or general discussion in the containment thread and then crosspost the wilder stuff here

That's what I'm suggesting and seems to be what is shaking out anyway.

I will be getting to the messaging eventually, but time and time again there’s other characters being like “birds don’t need to work! Who decided this?” Along with one character saying “My dad was asking how I could start a family in this economy.” Then arguments about communism vs capitalism and one unemployed bird asking what a communism is…it’s all so weird.
Also the author is a Brazilian woman. I don’t know how work culture is down there, so. I also just remembered that Elon Musk is a cat in this universe. I’m really not a fan of the dude, but again, subtlety goes a long way!
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I almost forgot, there is one bird who quit and let before she could get mauled! Don’t remember if she ever showed up again afterwards.

TiL: Birds of Prey don't exist.

For those morbidly fascinated with the decade and a half trainwreck that is post freakout sinfest, I have some good news!

The near 200 page "how the filthy smelly evil jews destroyed ancient greece and corrupted its pure aryan society with homosexuality, baby killing, and degeneracy" epic looks set to be getting a sequel...
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- No Tail
- No claw
- No visible scales
- No horns

I thought we were getting the TRUTH about das juden. 2/7.
I'm questioning if the Jew actually fears the Samurai.

 

[BScCollateral]

Anyone who knows ACC knows this is bullshit. Scrooge starts by buying a poor family a massive turkey for Christmas dinner, and then he heads to Bob Cratchit’s home to give him a huge raise and promotion and presents for his family. Maybe the joke is that Krampus is just being a dick, but I don’t see it.

Crampus is not being a dick; Scrooge's reply makes it obvious he has no intention of doing more than the goose.
The author is strawmanning a work of fiction probably better known than the Bible. I have no words.

 

[Vampirella]

I almost forgot, there is one bird who quit and let before she could get mauled! Don’t remember if she ever showed up again afterwards.

Maybe she did come back as a cat. TRANS CATS ARE CATS!!

 

[Anonitolia]

That's what I'm suggesting and seems to be what is shaking out anyway.

Ah, the wonderful consequences of posting on the farms late at night.

Anyways, yeah, I agree lol. Glad that it does indeed seem to be shaking out.

I'm going to chime in with a brief update on What the Water Gave Me, because effsnares trooned out her other (failed) Nuzlocke comic's protagonist and threw it into the story of this one as a complete nonsequitour.

This comes directly after the Rocket segment and is followed up by more dumb road trip stuff with thuggish zoomer and pooned-out Silver. There is nothing in-between.

And yes, those are in fact Mime frogs. She turned Mime Jr and Mr Mime into fucking frogs for some reason.

 

[Vampirella]

Ah, the wonderful consequences of posting on the farms late at night.

Anyways, yeah, I agree lol. Glad that it does indeed seem to be shaking out.

I'm going to chime in with a brief update on What the Water Gave Me, because effsnares trooned out her other (failed) Nuzlocke comic's protagonist and threw it into the story of this one as a complete nonsequitour.
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This comes directly after the Rocket segment and is followed up by more dumb road trip stuff with thuggish zoomer and pooned-out Silver. There is nothing in-between.

And yes, those are in fact Mime frogs. She turned Mime Jr and Mr Mime into fucking frogs for some reason.

Remember when the drama in a Nuzlock was a pokemon fainted. Fucking frogs...

 

[Surfin Terf]

And yes, those are in fact Mime frogs. She turned Mime Jr and Mr Mime into fucking frogs for some reason.

I actually really like that, though I know almost nothing about Pokémon

 

[Cardinal Cardinal]

Don't cry, little Kiwi! Aunt Snowfall's got enough Instagram slop comics to keep you fed your entire life.
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Palvus! Bring on the tranny stories ASAP! Boy's hungry!
But slightly more seriously I might also bring in more of the bird comics at the risk of being called a mega autist again. I was also going to share one comic that misunderstood the ending of A Christmas Carol earlier, but didn't because it could've just been me being a petty autist who missed a joke.

I called you an autist because you were questioning how birds were able to afford electronics and why they needed them. The comic itself was fine.

 

[Friendly Primarina]

And yes, those are in fact Mime frogs. She turned Mime Jr and Mr Mime into fucking frogs for some reason.

Maybe it's a joke about the French? Also lmao at that guy being Oak. I never would have guessed.

 

[DickoTheClown]

For those morbidly fascinated with the decade and a half trainwreck that is post freakout sinfest, I have some good news!

The near 200 page "how the filthy smelly evil jews destroyed ancient greece and corrupted its pure aryan society with homosexuality, baby killing, and degeneracy" epic looks set to be getting a sequel...
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It would be almost admirable that he's continuing to spiral downward if it weren't so fucking pathetic.

A decade and a fucking half.