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Artcow Iconoclast / Jonathan Mack Sweet - The Chris-Chan of Arkansas
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Aluminum Autist? That's the best thing I ever heard on this forum
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OK, I finally read the joke after getting over the bad art.
Jesus fucking Christ. Where do I begin?
Not only do you have some of the worst art I've ever seen, but you also tell one of the most racist jokes I've heard that were not Nazi based.
Iconoclast, explain this. Why such an insensitive joke?
And he says he's better than Chris.
Jesus fucking Christ. Where do I begin?
Not only do you have some of the worst art I've ever seen, but you also tell one of the most racist jokes I've heard that were not Nazi based.
Iconoclast, explain this. Why such an insensitive joke?
And he says he's better than Chris.
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Is it weird that I find his placement of the text the most obnoxious thing about that comic?
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Yeah the text placement and panel layout make it infuriating to figure out in what order his self-insert is saying something.
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No, not at all. It is very poor work bubble placement, coupled with a page layout that doesn't lead the eye from one panel to the next. Not to mention the tilted hand writing, that makes you angle your head a bit to get you eye even with it. Then it is made even harder to parse with the garish colors that are being used, but even in black and white it would be difficult to read.
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Iconoclast says he doesn't need art classes because things like composition and color theory is for communists and liberals.*
*It should be noted that Icky-kins here severely missed the point on why Kricfalusi doesn't use model sheets and thinks it's an invitation to draw terribly.
*It should be noted that Icky-kins here severely missed the point on why Kricfalusi doesn't use model sheets and thinks it's an invitation to draw terribly.
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There's also the fact that the lettering ends up all smushed together in spots so that it's hard to read. At least it looks like he inked this page instead of just scanning his pencil sketches, which wound up looking like shit. Also I have no idea what that second panel is even doing there - it interrupts the flow of the dialogue (such as it is) and serves no purpose whatsoever, except maybe to let the author throw in a reference to the tired "middle-eastern convenience store owners" trope.
It's so bizarre how fixated he is on college life. It's like he thinks he's been frozen in time the past twenty years, and as soon as he's restored his good name and had his revenge on the meanieheads who wronged him, he can re-enroll and go right back to enjoying the same life he did in his early adulthood - living in the dorms, taking his meals in the cafeteria, hitting on 20-year-old chicks, playing hackeysack in the quad while Sarah McLachlin and Blues Traveller play nonstop on the college radio station. It's kind of sad that he wants so desperately to return to something that will never be again.
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Everyone who says that they're better than Chris turns out to be worse than Chris. It should be like a scientific law or something.
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Iconoclast, I'm going to make this real clear so that you can absorb it through your thick-ass neanderthal skull.
You need to learn how to change and accept responsibility for your actions.
I, and everyone else here, cannot emphasize that point enough. The reason you are so miserable right now is that you have stubbornly refused to change anything about your life. Einstein once said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. If that adage is anything to go by, you must be absolutely bonkers then because you refuse to take a different approach to anything that troubles you. You would benefit considerably from adjusting certain facets of your life.
You also refuse to admit that you might have been at fault at any given point during your life. It's always someone else with you; it was someone else's fault you got kicked off the newspaper staff, it was someone else's fault that girl dumped you, its someone else's fault that your comic isn't widely read; etc. As a matter of fact, its your fault. Even if you were in the right on any of those issues, you've let them upset you to such a degree that its had a negative impact on your life. You say that other people cause you grief but really its all you. StallChaser put it rather deftly earlier on.
That's just it. You're the source of all your woes. You're the reason you aren't happy. You're the reason your comic isn't read. You're the reason you were turned away by other people. You're the reason that everything upsets you so much. You are your own worst enemy.
Your unwillingness to grow up and think about things differently has hurt you more than any fiendish progressive could. But like many people in this thread have said already, it isn't too late for you. Quite the contrary. In spite of your flaws, you can still reform yourself. You don't have to wallow in your self-induced sorrow. If you're unsatisfied with your lot in life, go look into university classes or something that interests you. Many people in this thread have offered advice on that matter. It would be unwise not to consider any of it.
...and don't even think about trying to change the topic by posting an irrelevant video or image.
You need to learn how to change and accept responsibility for your actions.
I, and everyone else here, cannot emphasize that point enough. The reason you are so miserable right now is that you have stubbornly refused to change anything about your life. Einstein once said that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insanity. If that adage is anything to go by, you must be absolutely bonkers then because you refuse to take a different approach to anything that troubles you. You would benefit considerably from adjusting certain facets of your life.
You also refuse to admit that you might have been at fault at any given point during your life. It's always someone else with you; it was someone else's fault you got kicked off the newspaper staff, it was someone else's fault that girl dumped you, its someone else's fault that your comic isn't widely read; etc. As a matter of fact, its your fault. Even if you were in the right on any of those issues, you've let them upset you to such a degree that its had a negative impact on your life. You say that other people cause you grief but really its all you. StallChaser put it rather deftly earlier on.
That's just it. You're the source of all your woes. You're the reason you aren't happy. You're the reason your comic isn't read. You're the reason you were turned away by other people. You're the reason that everything upsets you so much. You are your own worst enemy.
Your unwillingness to grow up and think about things differently has hurt you more than any fiendish progressive could. But like many people in this thread have said already, it isn't too late for you. Quite the contrary. In spite of your flaws, you can still reform yourself. You don't have to wallow in your self-induced sorrow. If you're unsatisfied with your lot in life, go look into university classes or something that interests you. Many people in this thread have offered advice on that matter. It would be unwise not to consider any of it.
...and don't even think about trying to change the topic by posting an irrelevant video or image.
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A fine post, friend. Just like mine! And just like mine he's gonna ignore it.
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Here's the thing: We can all tell him he needs to change until we're blue in the face, but I have to wonder, who's more insane at this point? Him not changing despite all the evidence that he needs to or us telling him to change despite all the evidence that he won't? I say its him, but not by enough to make me feel comfortable.
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You know what you should do? Insult him. He's just a lousy jerk who doesn't deserve our time. Also he's fat and I wouldn't have sex with him. And I bet he has a tiny penis 
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You know what you should do? Insult him. He's just a lousy jerk who doesn't deserve our time. Also he's fat and I wouldn't have sex with him. And I bet he has a tiny penis
And he's a negrosexual who likes to kiss in the corner.
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Hey, these were poor college students, just like me. Whaddaya expect, cashiers' checks? Gold jewelry? Cars? Besides, I think there's a rule saying we're not supposed to accept gifts over five or $10. Journalists aren't paid much; college journalists, even less. But we like the appreciation.
Uh, yeah, pretty much. Most of them are marshmallow moderates and RINOs.
Oh, yes, that long nattering review where you said absolutely nothing. Just vague complains and veiled insults. I didn't hear you say one word about what you would have done different if you'd written the story. I bet you would have had David smash down the wall and run around the city like a great, buffoonish invisible Godzilla. And then you say something like, "Well, hey, if you would only change everything about your story and write something that goes completely against your fundamental beliefs, then I'll love you and tell all my friends to buy your books!" Screw you. I hear arrogant little critics like you talk, and it makes me want to peel the skin off their faces with a knife. I had one little prick of an editor who told me a story I gave him, based on my shop experience, could be the next To Kill A Mockingbird if I would submit a total rewrite in which the "racist shopkeeper" was the villain and I extolled the virtues of the poor colored boy who steals an item from his shop. He didn't get it. It was based on my life, and I despised that kid. He hung around and pissed me off continually asking stupid questions and constantly touching the merchandise--never bought anything, just wanted to be a nuisance. I told my idiot partner to send him away, but he thought the kid harmless and let him have the run of the shop. So one day he sold Dale a mower for $20, and we came to find out later it was stolen. The police showed up and I had to talk them out of probably pressing very serious charges. And that angers me. I'm very defensive about my work, because it's highly personal. When you attack on of my stories, you attack me, my life, my friends, my experiences and perception of events. "Better" books aren't necessarily the books I want to write. Changing my drawing style will make the work less real to me. In short, I won't sell out.
You mean when progressives were about, you know, progress? Sure, a hundred years ago, but now it's just screaming, gibbering, running around in circles, and trying to micromanage everyone's life. I just voted down a bill today on raising hte minimum wage becasue it's a ploy that will hurt the Amrican worker and cost jobs in the long run. I could barely get my boss to pay me $5.25 to sell his broken-down lawnmowers ten years ago; why vote for some kid to cheated out of two or three times that by that old skinflint? Only the bloated, corrupt labor unions, created during that hallowed Gilded Age, get fat on that deal.
Consumer protection? You mean all those warnings about nut allergies on every foodstuff I buy? When did that peanut allergy stuff start, anyway? Remind me to tell you the high-school pyramid experiment story sometime.
Women's suffrage? Okay, fine. But now it's all about angry "grrl" feminism and the "slut revolution" of the nineties that my generation is still reaping the sour fruit of.
I explain that right here.
Uh... yeah, pretty much. They are RINOs, marshmallow moderates, and posers.
Wrong. The offer of Maizey Crazies sets up an important plot point. They're spicy, and when that old broken-down horse eats them, he runs like a champion.
I'm sorry, would you have preferred this one? It's Democrat approved!
I heard it on the radio and thought it was funny. Big deal.[/QUOTE]
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