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Never heard of him. Instantly a fan. Thanks for posting !
posted by St. Peepsburg at 12:51 PM on May 8
posted by St. Peepsburg at 12:51 PM on May 8
My only note would be that Satan's junk is too small.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:58 PM on May 8
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 12:58 PM on May 8
Never heard of him.
You might recognise another less commonly attributed work.
posted by fight or flight at 1:03 PM on May 8 [25 favorites]
You might recognise another less commonly attributed work.
posted by fight or flight at 1:03 PM on May 8 [25 favorites]
Never knew ‘This is fine’ had any other panels, let alone that Raidersesque finale.
posted by d-no at 1:05 PM on May 8 [3 favorites]
posted by d-no at 1:05 PM on May 8 [3 favorites]
Getting some "Cow Tools" vibes from some of these
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:10 PM on May 8 [1 favorite]
posted by Saxon Kane at 1:10 PM on May 8 [1 favorite]
"Christ, what an asshole" is like the third comic. So, MetaFilter's own...?
Charles LaVoie was responsible for CWAA back in 2006, we merely adopted it, made it our own.
posted by zamboni at 1:17 PM on May 8 [4 favorites]
Charles LaVoie was responsible for CWAA back in 2006, we merely adopted it, made it our own.
posted by zamboni at 1:17 PM on May 8 [4 favorites]
Is it just me, or are these just not funny?
posted by june_dodecahedron at 1:49 PM on May 8 [15 favorites]
posted by june_dodecahedron at 1:49 PM on May 8 [15 favorites]
The “Cow Tools, but hostile” vibe is intentional. From the about page:
So I started a drawing anti-comics with almost no punchlines and utter visually stupid gags that cluttered up the small oval I decided to draw most of them in. It was my little way of telling that encroaching darkness to go fuck itself.posted by zamboni at 1:55 PM on May 8 [9 favorites]
During my anger in writing this comic, I found a new appreciation of the art form of the single-panel gag comic. Far Side was one of my favorite newspaper strips as a kid, even if I understood very little of the jokes. There was something to them that stuck in my creative maw for some time. A different language and way of communicating arcane thoughts even if those thoughts were the dumbest joke you thought of.
Is it just me, or are these just not funny?
That's the point.
posted by fight or flight at 1:55 PM on May 8 [1 favorite]
That's the point.
posted by fight or flight at 1:55 PM on May 8 [1 favorite]
"So I started a drawing anti-comics with almost no punchlines and utter visually stupid gags that cluttered up the small oval I decided to draw most of them in."
The "small oval" doesn't seem very small on my screen though, 50% magnification seems to fit them better. I suspect this is because I'm on desktop and the website is optimized for phones.
posted by ockmockbock at 1:58 PM on May 8
The "small oval" doesn't seem very small on my screen though, 50% magnification seems to fit them better. I suspect this is because I'm on desktop and the website is optimized for phones.
posted by ockmockbock at 1:58 PM on May 8
Fuck Off is one of the best comics online today and KC Green is a national treasure.
Never heard of him.
You've seen his work: "This Is Fine" Dog. "You dense motherfucker" (from his Anime Club comic). Dick Butt. I Guess Guy. Staredad. And of course, his web comic series Gunshow Comic, He Is A Good Boy, Funny Online Animals, and Back.
National. Treasure.
posted by AlSweigart at 2:47 PM on May 8 [23 favorites]
Never heard of him.
You've seen his work: "This Is Fine" Dog. "You dense motherfucker" (from his Anime Club comic). Dick Butt. I Guess Guy. Staredad. And of course, his web comic series Gunshow Comic, He Is A Good Boy, Funny Online Animals, and Back.
National. Treasure.
posted by AlSweigart at 2:47 PM on May 8 [23 favorites]
Oh man. My day has already been a grim foray into trying to cheerfully forge ahead through crushing despair from every direction. These panels perfectly reflect my cynicism back at me and I’m going to have to stop reading them now.
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 3:13 PM on May 8 [2 favorites]
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 3:13 PM on May 8 [2 favorites]
There should be a word for when you come across a fat webcomic archive, and no one entry is particularly funny, but after a few dozen you come across the one where a guy has to go bee in the pathroom and you're chuckling like a goon.
posted by HeroZero at 8:18 PM on May 8 [5 favorites]
posted by HeroZero at 8:18 PM on May 8 [5 favorites]
The “Cow Tools, but hostile” vibe is intentional.
This is hammer-on-nail correct. There's a literal cow tools comic along with the artist stand-in yelling at the reader stand-in for not understanding the comic but doubles as a critique of abstruse artists as well. KC Green has loathing for pretentious-but-successful artists (himself included), mediocre-but-successful artists, mediocre-and-blame-shifting artists (more than once), and the readers themselves. (The circle frame around many of his comics is a direct reference to The Family Circus, a comic that is 1) insipid and 2) the most widely syndicated newspaper comic.)
He loathes critics who criticize because they don't like the genre in the first place, critics who love his work and explain why with verbose internet comments, and critics who are technical correct but missing the point.
But it isn't a hateful loathing, more like an absurdist one. I tried to draw a similar comic years ago but failed because it really does take a lot of talent and practice to be as good as Fuck Off.
It might seem snobbish to be so harsh about popular culture, but then again we literally elected Trump because he was a popular reality TV game show host (and the same for actor Ronald Reagan), so maybe the haters make a good point about the dumb shit we give our attention and platforms to because sometimes they end up appointing Supreme Court Justices?
It helps to be in your 40s and 50s to recognize just enough of the references (like cape-wearing Wayland Smithers and two henchmen from the Simpsons arcade game but fuck off if you got that reference), but KC Green still loathes this demographic of his audience as well.
For what it's worth, I absolutely love the instant crumbs comic. I giggle like an idiot every time I see it. And I could explain why (just like I could explain all of these comic strips) but this comment is long enough. Do you have to like this comic? Is it okay to not get it? Must we imagine Sisyphus happy? Fuck off.
posted by AlSweigart at 6:45 AM on May 9 [7 favorites]
This is hammer-on-nail correct. There's a literal cow tools comic along with the artist stand-in yelling at the reader stand-in for not understanding the comic but doubles as a critique of abstruse artists as well. KC Green has loathing for pretentious-but-successful artists (himself included), mediocre-but-successful artists, mediocre-and-blame-shifting artists (more than once), and the readers themselves. (The circle frame around many of his comics is a direct reference to The Family Circus, a comic that is 1) insipid and 2) the most widely syndicated newspaper comic.)
He loathes critics who criticize because they don't like the genre in the first place, critics who love his work and explain why with verbose internet comments, and critics who are technical correct but missing the point.
But it isn't a hateful loathing, more like an absurdist one. I tried to draw a similar comic years ago but failed because it really does take a lot of talent and practice to be as good as Fuck Off.
It might seem snobbish to be so harsh about popular culture, but then again we literally elected Trump because he was a popular reality TV game show host (and the same for actor Ronald Reagan), so maybe the haters make a good point about the dumb shit we give our attention and platforms to because sometimes they end up appointing Supreme Court Justices?
It helps to be in your 40s and 50s to recognize just enough of the references (like cape-wearing Wayland Smithers and two henchmen from the Simpsons arcade game but fuck off if you got that reference), but KC Green still loathes this demographic of his audience as well.
For what it's worth, I absolutely love the instant crumbs comic. I giggle like an idiot every time I see it. And I could explain why (just like I could explain all of these comic strips) but this comment is long enough. Do you have to like this comic? Is it okay to not get it? Must we imagine Sisyphus happy? Fuck off.
posted by AlSweigart at 6:45 AM on May 9 [7 favorites]
The more weird ones are best for me. I also enjoyed Instant Crumbs and there is some real cleverness here and the art is brilliant in its simplicity and weird visual gags.
But overall dude comes off like a 4chan-ish jerk who enjoys an excuse to reference "the n word".
But I did like this one.
posted by latkes at 2:51 PM on May 9 [1 favorite]
But overall dude comes off like a 4chan-ish jerk who enjoys an excuse to reference "the n word".
But I did like this one.
posted by latkes at 2:51 PM on May 9 [1 favorite]
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