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0First off, thanks to my brother for providing the foundation for this comic. I’d also like to thank him for always supporting me. He is a wonderful person.
Second, I’ll be honest. I’m not a huge fan of reality TV in general, but reality shows like Ax Men, Ice Road Truckers, and Deadliest Catch garner a great deal more of my scorn than your standard white trash Reality Television program. The latter is guilty only of being poorly produced and draining the intelligence of Americans, while the former blatantly glorifies the worst parts of humanity (greed, the rape of the natural world, etc) and puts it on a pedestal. I get that it’s the “Regular Joe” type guy against the odds, but that has never been me or anything I wish to identify with. For me, I’ll always prefer thought provoking work over things that glorify the status quo.
That was a sort of long-winded tirade.
It’s funny, a lot of the comic strips I write here are born out of frustration or slow-simmering rage with the world I live in. That might sound counter-intuitive, but I think most people that work with humour for a living operate this way. Comedy is a form of self-defense for people that examine things too much and too closely. It’s a way for us to, like a tai-chi master, redirect the energy of anger and rage to more positive things like humour and hilarity.
It’s pretty interesting when you stop and think about it.
Maybe it isn’t, though. Maybe you prefer to watch Deadliest Catch? I guess we’re all different.
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Discussion (19) ¬
“We did not start this war, Nor shall we shun it! DEATH TO THE SALAD EATERS!!!”
Giant zipper!!
I see your style is becoming more round.
I like it a lot. Awesome job!
haha I learned from the best! ;D
Ha ha ha ha. Boomaroom. Ents are tops.
Quite the excellent stating of the glorification of the status quo. Indeed well put.
Just found you through nedroid.com, and I’m so glad I did! Wonderful stuff! I’ve read the archives and will be following you from now on. That way I can tell everyone that I knew about Scott Maynard back before he became a famous creative millionaire. Please keep up the excellent work.
Hey, I like the comic, but the navigation links don’t show up on my browser – I’m using firefox. Otherwise, good stuff!
They don’t show up for you? I use Firefox as well, it’s the primary browser I used to code the site…that’s really weird.
I’ll try to look into it tonight and see if I can figure it out!
I cant get over how hilarious all of these are.
Very nice work
Well I think it’s a pretty old version of firefox, so maybe it’s my browser – I’ll try it again when I get home.
I have just happened to come across your comic and I have to say amazing art and hilarious one liners! And Jon Smith is my new role model ( Time travel, fought Dinos with a sword, and made polygamy ok!) Looking forward to the future!
The Forest LIVES!!!!!!!
I fear I must forever hold you responsible for Swamp Loggers.
I love your comics anyway though.
I also share your feelings on shows like Ice Road Truckers =)
Well put, kind sir! It just seems logical how, for instance, a show where people try to save orangutans left with no habitat get interrupted by an ad about a show where dudes proudly cut many many trees in places they shouldnt even be in -.-
waht i wanted to say was, anyway, that i dont think there is anything counter-intuitive to humor being born from negative observations. Upon opting to see the world for all its worth, one has (IMO) 3 ways – suicide, sarcasm and rock(or blues, personality-dependant)
This shit is -insipid-.
I quite agree.
HOOM… this is quite brilliant!
Thank you for such a – hoom – wonderful comic.
river monsters, of course, being the exception