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Cartoons and Web Comics
Welcome to the ashtray in the corner of the interwebs where the weird strips go when they give up on being normal.
This is where comics show up at 3 a.m. with red ink on their shirt and no alibi.
This comm is creator-friendly. So feel to throw your own stuff into the ring! 'Weird' is better than 'good,' friends! General comics talk is encouraged too.
I'm Buckminster Burkeswood, and I say, "Let's all race to the bottom and freak out Lemmy together!"
What We Want
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Single–panel and short web comics
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Underground, indie, ugly, beautiful, badly lettered, whatever
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Process shots, roughs, sketchbook pages, failure piles
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I don't care what you used to create it. Bring it!
If it feels like something a bored bartender would laugh at, it probably fits. Weird is good!
What We Don't Want
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Uncredited comics
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“I found this on Facebook, no idea who drew it”
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Hate garbage
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Overtly political cartoons
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Posters crying about AI
No external links, only photos with sources. Posting webcomics without linking to original source is not allowed.
While I admire that as an ambitious, lovely concept, I have my doubts as to whether that's really possible here, there, or almost anywhere that shares this type of social media and link-sharing format.
I think perhaps the main issue is that such format heavily lends itself to being very surface-y and drive-by in nature. It sparks brief engagement, then tends to move users' interest and working memory to the next item down. However the truth of this and related matters, I reckon it rather essential to master an understanding of how these things work, if one was to best-achieve what you're looking for. Which is a lot.
Another thing to consider is that sometimes (or most of the time?) you just have to go out there and engage with other peoples' projects in order to build trust and working relationships around art or whatever else.
Btw, I've got an aching molar that's been bothering me lately. Yesterday I decided to get a bit toasted as some stoopid self-medication, and was also cruising around here, commenting and reading. Then I seem to recall reading a comment of yours that had to do with your 'troubles,' and internally reacted badly, deleting my prior comments in this thread and briefly blocking you, before reversing that.
I guess my annoyance was that I don't want to become too friendly with someone who's got ongoing drama with X, and is unknowingly causing a % of said drama. It's just too exhausting IME, and I'm typically an exhausted person due to health issues. To put it all fairly bluntly.
Anyway, sorry about that, and in future, I'll try to make any such decisions with a fully sober head.
All great points. I'm sorry to hear of your molar drama. I don't remember saying anything too controversial, but I'm glad you're feeling better. I cracked a tooth last year, so I feel for ya. And the cost of dental stuff is so darn high in my area!
I wish you better health in the upcoming year!
Trying to catch up with replies:
No, not as such. As I tried to explain (probably unsuccessfully), it was more like in terms of you vs. others, it seemed like that all might have drifted a bit in to 'round peg upon square hole' approach, so to speak.
I should no doubt 'STFU' here, but if I can possibly give you any advice upon these matters? Assume your audience has just arrived from one of Saturn's moons. Such that, when you share various of your art, give them a context that they can understand, as much as possible, in order to enjoy your share.
Having said that, I myself did NOT follow that advice on an even bigger platform, for many years. I regularly threw out riddles, puzzles, and challenges to people, which was fine for a small % that appreciated that, but most others just got annoyed, or dismissed me as "weird." (which I already am, haha)
Well, it's mostly a non-issue now that I have plenty of posts of my work process with pics of every step. I haven't been accused of being ai for a bit now. lol
phew