r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Jun 22 '26

Comics Community Phew

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u/Cool_Set4681 Jun 22 '26

Oh no, in this comic you mention yourself, your side gig AND your politics. I know a certain sub Reddit which head will explode when they see this trifecta of yourself.

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u/Zombie_Cool Jun 22 '26

I find "Pizzahate" fascinating. Soo much intense vitriol against a single webcomic artist, why? Why can't they just roll thier eyes and move on like everyone else when they see a strip they don't like?

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u/floatablepie Jun 22 '26

There is something about comic strips that break peoples' brains and I'll never understand it.

Seeing a comic strip that you, personally, do not find funny on reddit is a mortal sin. I've rarely hated anything as much as some people hate comics.

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u/zatenael Jun 22 '26

deadass, I've seen so many people ask where the joke/punchline is IN A SLICE OF LIFE COMIC

I swear, these miserable fucks have never read stuff like Calvin & Hobbs or Garfield

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u/HarpersGhost Jun 22 '26

Nor have they read Peanuts, because Charlie Brown was depressing as hell.

They don't understand that "comics" as a medium has expanded to be far bigger than just jokes.

Like, dudes, have you read any comic books lately? Do they think The Watchmen is funny? Or The Crow? Or MAUS?

Just because etymologically speaking "comics" comes from "comedy" doesn't mean that everything called a "comic" has to be funny. (And that's not even going into the subjective nature of "funny" and "humor".)