Artcow WogglebugLoveProductions / Cynthia Hanson / Cherie Anne Hapney - One Womanchild's Fruitless Quest to Make Her Cockroach Husbando a Household Name

[BriarHeart]

Wogglebug's canonical incarnation. Don't tell Cynthia!

Hot damn! I'd read the hell out of that, honestly. Is it real or a clever shoop?

 

[WWWWolf]

Hot damn! I'd read the hell out of that, honestly. Is it real or a clever shoop?

Looks real, seems like a part of some "Dark Oz" series. And apparently there's been other real comics with Wogglebug but none look quite as awesome as this.

 

[UltraSonichu]

It's nice that she manages to keep the blurb on the back concise and clear.

Also I'm disappointed with the first review - it just looks like some ween trying to piss Cynthia off. One of us needs to bite the bullet and actually read and review the abomination. For the greater good.

 

[Dilbertmann]

You sure this isn't a pen-name of Gloria Tesch?

If so, then why the hell would Gloria have a hardcore obsessive crush with a fancy fantasy bug? Doesn't sound like her cup of tea anyway.

 

[WWWWolf]

One of us needs to bite the bullet and actually read and review the abomination.

I will. Just a bit strapped for loose cash at the moment and painfully overpriced Kindle titles don't fit in my budget. Just wait a few weeks.

 

[asperhes]

I read through this entire goddamn thread yesterday. I would like to publicly thank BriarHeart for introducing us all to WBL and making our lives that much brighter.

Upon reflection, this whole thing seems more sad than funny, given that she was molested as a child. She's decided to remain a little girl and has escaped into a fantasy world where she can go on adventures with a perfect father/lover. She's an unpleasant, delusional, broken woman who refuses to get the help she needs. She should actually be very proud of herself, having survived abuse, autism, and schizophrenia--she's lucky she's not living under a bridge. Instead she has no self-esteem and has grandiose ambitions to market a giant cockroach.

 

[EnsignDisposable]

Looks real, seems like a part of some "Dark Oz" series. And apparently there's been other real comics with Wogglebug but none look quite as awesome as this.

It looks nineties as shit. He even has a giant pouch and patented pure-white eyes because the artist can't draw people looking at each other! He also looks more like a grimdark Shrek than a giant insect. At least everybody's hands and feet are in frame.

And still easier on the eyes than those terrifying cartoon and CGI Wogglebugs from WBL.

 

[DavidFerrie]

Looks real, seems like a part of some "Dark Oz" series. And apparently there's been other real comics with Wogglebug but none look quite as awesome as this.

Wonder if Cynthia is aware of this?

 

[Pocoyo]

It looks nineties as shit. He even has a giant pouch and patented pure-white eyes because the artist can't draw people looking at each other! He also looks more like a grimdark Shrek than a giant insect. At least everybody's hands and feet are in frame.

And still easier on the eyes than those terrifying cartoon and CGI Wogglebugs from WBL.

I'd take it over WBL's any day!

 

[THEKINGOFDIVASVLOGS]

the creepiest one. I want a music video of him singing the jazz version of "Get down with the sickness"

Here you *belches* go.

EDIT: The song is called "Down With The Sickness" by Richard Cheese, he does a lot of cover songs in the same jazzy style as he did in this video. No it is not me singing by the way.

 

[The Joker]

Here you *belches* go.

I think I love you

 

[RecordStoreToughGuy]

at 3:26, while woggie is crying in jail:

"I can't help it, I'm so lonely in here. I'd much rather be in the arms of those two sweet little girls!"

 

[RecordStoreToughGuy]

Looks real, seems like a part of some "Dark Oz" series. And apparently there's been other real comics with Wogglebug but none look quite as awesome as this.

I think I actually have a couple of these comics. I think I remember seeing this Woggle-Bug in one or two panels, maybe? It's been a while. I'm getting a definite Thark feel from this incarnation.

 

[Poison_Ivy]

Here you *belches* go.

Is that you singing??

 

[littlebiscuits]

Cynthia Hanson is avidly dedicated to renewing the fame and popularity of Mr. H.M. Wogglebug T.E. for the modern world and to make him a positive role model for children of the the future. Unlike so many devoted fans of the Oz series, she does not believe the Wogglebug is not worthy of being such. The Founder and Owner of her WogglebugLove Productions, in addition to self-publishing her personal brand of picture books and novels, she also writes screenplays and produces movies of both short and feature lengths. Favoring the genres of Family, Fantasy, and Sci-Fi. Many of these films star the Wogglebug. She aspires to build a franchise around him which is mostly separated from the Oz fandom so that he may at long last stand out on his own and take a stand in the spotlight as he was always meant to do. She additionally enjoys writing and producing various kinds of books and films which advocate the movement of American secularism. She is a proud and outspoken atheist who supports the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, to which most of the proceeds of her products are donated to.

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See kids, this is why grammar is so important, so you don't accidentally insult your own idol and denounce your own goals.

 

[Dilbertmann]

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See kids, this is why grammar is so important, so you don't accidentally insult your own idol and denounce your own goals.

I sense Cynthia's ego~

 

[Fredegunde]

Some things from WBL's ff.net account:

But, when it comes to my fellow atheists, and other non-theist people types, I am always the best person you could ever meet.

The reason Ia m studying screenwriting so intensely is because of my lifelong dream to become a screenwriter and film maker. Because, people cannot make the movies I often enjoy these days anymore, and so I MUST make my own movies, that's all there is to it.

"The type of movie I like isn't marketable anymore. That's why I want to go into that career field."

She has some kind of weird thing for vaguely annoying non-human characters. Dobby is on her favorites list.

She doesn't seem to watch any modern TV shows aimed at adults. I guess I shouldn't be surprised by that.

She dislikes: "Christian books such as Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis." Mere Christianity isn't fiction or allegory or anything. It's just a book about Christianity and why he likes it. It's almost like WBL is surprised that a book about Christianity and is . . . about Christianity.

People Types: [WBL dislikes] Anyone who doesn't like any of my favorite characters. Anyone who has villains as favorite characters.

Given that WBL's favorites tend to be obnoxious side characters and a lot of people like villains, she basically hates 99% of fandom. No wonder she doesn't want to be associated with Oz fandom as a whole. (Also, why the fuck does she care who someone else's favorite character is???)

She wrote a long fic about Dobby, but it's pretty much the most boring thing I've ever read, and I can't get through more than a few chapters of it. I was going to read it and post a snarky summary, but I just don't think I can.

Also, she wrote Care Bears fanfiction. An adult. Wrote. Care Bears fanfiction. I don't know, man.

 

[The Knife]

I bit the bullet and bought the book.

I barely made it through the Author's Note.

1) DEAR GOD THE FORMATTING. On one page she's double-spacing, the next two are single-spaced, then back to double-spacing. In addition, there's some problem with the coding that causes my e-reader to skip half-paragraphs between pages. This is an occasional problem with Kindle but in this case I believe it's because she didn't both to double-check the formatting before letting it be released.

2) She's trying to use very lofty, elevated syntax, which leads to her throwing around things like "thus" and "therefore" and "unto".

3) She states upfront that she's not writing for the Oz fandom, she hates the Oz fandom, she doesn't care if the Oz fandom reads this book, and if the Wogglebug wasn't so irrevocably linked to Oz, she would have nothing to do with that setting at all. In other words, she's telling off the only group of people who would conceivably be interested in reading this book (other than the trolls, of course).

4) Her ultimate goal is to start a Wogglebug fandom completely independent of the idea of Oz.

5) She regurgitates an old literary theory that the Wogglebug represents author L. Frank Baum, who never met a pun he didn't like. Short version: the Wogglebug makes puns; the other characters groan and tell him to shut up. The other characters represent Baum's contemporary critics, who frequently wrote about how Baum's puns marred otherwise humorous books. Therefore (concludes Cynthia) if you're hatin' on the Wogglebug, you're actually hating on Baum, who created the Oz fandom you love so much. In your face, Fandom! She goes on to say how only she is clever enough to have done the research to have discovered this great truth, and that she hopes she's offended the Oz fandom by showing them what hypocrites they are.

6) The reason it took her this long to write the "truth" about the Wogglebug is because she spent the whole first novel honing her literary skills.

As soon as I'm finished reading it, I'm returning this book. Even if I wasn't reading it out of spite, I'd be returning this book for the numerous formatting flaws that make it nearly unreadable. It's plain she's just writing off the top of her head and that she didn't bother to go back and edit.

 

[MerriedxReldnahc]

I bit the bullet and bought the book.

I barely made it through the Author's Note.

1) DEAR GOD THE FORMATTING. On one page she's double-spacing, the next two are single-spaced, then back to double-spacing. In addition, there's some problem with the coding that causes my e-reader to skip half-paragraphs between pages. This is an occasional problem with Kindle but in this case I believe it's because she didn't both to double-check the formatting before letting it be released.

2) She's trying to use very lofty, elevated syntax, which leads to her throwing around things like "thus" and "therefore" and "unto".

3) She states upfront that she's not writing for the Oz fandom, she hate the Oz fandom, she doesn't care for the Oz fandom, and if the Wogglebug wasn't so irrevocably linked to Oz, she would have nothing to do with that setting at all. In other words, she's telling off the only group of people who would conceivably be interested in reading this book (other than the trolls, of course).

4) Her ultimate goal is to start a Wogglebug fandom completely independent of the idea of Oz.

5) She regurgitates an old literary theory that the Wogglebug represents author L. Frank Baum, who never met a pun he didn't like. Short version: the Wogglebug makes puns; the other characters groan and tell him to shut up. The other characters represent Baum's contemporary critics, who frequently wrote about how Baum's puns marred otherwise humorous books. Therefore (concludes Cynthia) if you're hatin' on the Wogglebug, you're actually hating on Baum, who created the Oz fandom you love so much. In your face, Fandom! She goes on to say how only she is clever enough to have done the research to have discovered this great truth, and that she hopes she's offended the Oz fandom by showing them what hypocrites they are.

4) The reason it took her this long to write the "truth" about the Wogglebug is because she spent the whole first novel honing her literary skills.

As soon as I'm finished reading it, I'm returning this book. Even if I wasn't reading it out of spite, I'd be returning this book for the numerous formatting flaws that make it nearly unreadable. It's plain she's just writing off the top of her head and that she didn't bother to go back and edit.

Oh my Sheogorath, you are much braver then I. I would almost read it out of morbid curiosity, but I fear that it would just drive me mad.

You know, since she says she hates the Oz fandom and all the Oz books, she can't have a very high opinion of L Frank Baum. But if L. Frank Baum and the Wogglebug are the same, she's really hating on the Wogglebug by hating on Baum! Muahahaha! She has been foiled by her own logic!

 

[Mechanism Eight]

Oh my Sheogorath, you are much braver then I. I would almost read it out of morbid curiosity, but I fear that it would just drive me mad.

You know, since she says she hates the Oz fandom and all the Oz books, she can't have a very high opinion of L Frank Baum. But if L. Frank Baum and the Wogglebug are the same, she's really hating on the Wogglebug by hating on Baum! Muahahaha! She has been foiled by her own logic!

You're saying that like logic was there to begin with in the first place.

It wasn't.