I Double Dog Dare You!

Right, well it seems that the word has gotten out about my rants, or I just happened to get a random blog troll. Either way I got an email from some asshat who read my musing about my comics. Now don't get me wrong I love web comics, I lose roughly 2 hours a day keeping up with my favorites. But that aside I get an email from this clown who basically has double dog dared me to restart my comic. Nice ploys in this email as well, 'What you afraid your not good enough' and 'I bet your art suxs anyway'. For you my 'friend' I say BLAH! I went through my phase of being a starving artist, saw print before many a web comic even came into existence. Was I the first, hell no! Will I rejoin the ranks of my brothers and sisters who spend countless hours of their day sketching, proofing, inking (sometimes painting) and scanning their works so some asshole can then send them an email complaining that they don't like what was delivered as the final product? Most likely not. Is that because I am scared, maybe I'm not good enough? No in reality you no talent jackhole it takes a crapload of work to put out even what appears to you as a simple 4 panel comic. The actual creation of the comic is just the tip of the ice burg, there is getting a site, paying for it so unappreciative morons can look at (and often steal) your work, completely ignoring the requests for donations to keep the comic going. Often times choosing between eating and buying art supplies. Time lost away from family and friends to try to please those who have nothing better to do than troll web comics and write the artist nasty emails because they don't like something you've done or said. OH YEAH BROTHER where do I sign up!?!

I salute the many web comic artists out there, for everyone of you who have stuck it out and some are looking like they will actually make a living at their art. For the mass amounts of crap and dumb assed questions and nasty emails you must bog through. For the want to entertain a sizable amount of people who actually 'get it' and don't take themselves too seriously. for those who read web comics and are offended by something or taken aback, your biggest problem is this... Somebody made you think and that in itself most likely scares the living shite out of you. Maybe you don't have all the answers and there is another way to look at things in life.

For my first hate mail fan, here is my response to your 'dare', why are you waiting around for me to restart my comic? Why don't you go and start your own? Maybe your scared someone might see what you really think? Maybe that is the problem, maybe you don't think. But in the future before you go off giving folks crap for something you, yourself are not willing to do...
STFU!

For those of you looking for some really good web comics to read I suggest the following titles (easily google searched I can't be bothered to import the links). But BEWARE! Reading one will definitely lead you to reading many, be kind when you have something you feel you must say to these artists (most are on the raw edge of mass homicide as it is) and please please, if you see a request for donations, open up yer wallet ya tight wad and send em a fiver, or better yet buy their art; one day you'll be glad you did.

WTF Comics
Something Positive
Ctrl + Alt + Del
Crap I Drew On My Lunch Break
Penny Arcade

Starting on any one of the above titles will lead you off on your own adventures, I hit about 25 web comics on a regular basis, but I'll let you the reader decide what you like....

I'm gonna stay in bed all day
I'm not gonna hear a word you say
It's gonna be a life of style for me
Electric blankets,pillows,fire,and tv

Chorus :Take a look outside
Those lively arts are on the slide
And culture's just a bore
When you're angry ,young and poor
But if i got my way
Those idle rich would pay
When the discussion starts
On the lively arts
I'm gonna be a lazy slob
Stuff the folks and sod the job
And tell the foreman that i'm ill
And in a week i'll be here still
Yes i will
Repeat chorus

The Damned - Lively Arts
(This ones for you Denis Warden - cheers mate)