Do you know what a webcomic is? Rather, do you know what a webcomic represents? The answer is "infinite possibility". Can you imagine a medium where the artists of today are not constrained by space or size like their forefathers were? Where ideas can be transported to the four corners of the world in an instant? Where people from all walks of life can bring forth their creativity, no longer constrained by money issues or the approval of higher society? If you can, congratulations. You have far more imagination than most of the webcomic artists that post on the internet.
Webcomics are like video games in a sense. Both are relatively young art mediums which attempt to entertain the youth of today. Games and webcomics all want to bring a unique and wonderful vision to life (or at least make a good buck). And it's hard to tell the good ones from the bad from the migraine-inducingly terrible. Heck, both mediums have a massive influx of fans rampaging throughout the internet, screaming how awesome their product is while beating any critics to death with the power of their mind and terrible spelling. Don't even bother asking about quality control. There is none to be found.
There was once a blog simply known as "Your Webcomic is Bad and You Should Feel Bad". In essence, it was a blog designed to review terrible webcomics. Reviewing in the sense that it eviscerated every negative and notable aspect of a webcomic until it was a whimpering pile of offal that strained to limp off to the fanforums for comfort and praise. Most of the complaints forwarded towards the blog were the usual whines of "YOUR TO HARSH!" and "UR JUSTA JELUS OFTHIS COMICS SUSCES!!!" or the ever-visual "UR BOG SUCKK MAJOR COCKKS!!" Essentially, the detractors demanded a review of their favorite comic, rather than a diatribe on how their webcomic is bad.
You people want a fair and honest review? Fine. I'll be the one to give it to you. This blog will cover, in excruciating detail, why these webcomics suck, and why you should not be wasting your time on them. In-Depth coverage? Plenty of it. Honesty? Nothing but this. Objectivity? Not a factor. Kindness? No chance in hell. You'll get your honest reveiw, but I am not going to try and be nice to the creators just because they made the comic. They created a monster, and they're gonna own up to the responsibility of making it. Occasionally, there will be a posts giving updates on the website related to this one, but the main purpose will be terrible webcomics and a good look at why they blow chunks.
TL;DR Your webcomics suck, and I'll tell you exactly how they suck.
Yours sincerely,
That Man
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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