No, but you made a sarcastic remark which seemed to criticize the strip for a perceived transgression.

So, you gave off the impression that you were insulted by it.

So we didn’t like the comic before, but now it has got better so we do like it. I can see how the most obvious answer must be some deep psychological issue we all have to be endlessly trendy. Because when someone’s on a comics blog their most important concern is being trendy. Now I’m not always against reading motive into people’s actions, sometimes you can and you may even be correct about some of the commenters, but Occam’s Razor says that you should take the most obvious answer. And if we are so predictable, did you actually predict what we would do? Props if you did but it’s pretty damn easy to predict something which has already happened.

guys like that are the reason i don’t tell girls one of my main hobbies in life, they stereotype the rest of us comic fans

I normally throw it out their in a self depreciating fashion, ie. you realise I’m a giant nerd because… it works if you haven’t given the vibe off at all.
I feel the need to do it early, because if they come in my room, they’ll see the comics everywhere.

I’m not ashamed of comics, I’m not really ashamed of anything I like, I’m just still scarred by the time a girl broke up with me about an hour after she’d first seen me by comics.
Now the two are unrelated, but the association is now there in my mind.
That said, that evening, JLI was there for me, wimmin were not.

And avengers63, I don’t think Jono11 was talking about people who did either enjoy the strip as is or make constructive criticism, but the people who’s only comment was that it sucked or shouldn’t be on CSBG.

But I don’t want to come off as one of those commenters that tries to explain what other people said. They’re worse than people who get offended at comments that weren’t directed at them.

All said in fun, of course.

Didn’t say I didn’t agree with the strip. I’m just find it interesting that creating a strip that’s posted on a site where the main audience is targeted in the strip is amusing.

It’d be like a strip mocking Trekkers were made a regular feature on a Trek site.

Uh… no.

Speaking for myself, I don’t recall hateing (sp?) on it in the beginning. I recall giving criticism. but nothing that was unwarranted. I saw that this had a LOT of potential and needed to be explored before it could reach it.

If anyone has read a collection of newspaper strips, you’d see similarities. The strip is almost never funny right off the bat. It needs to be done for a while. Through that, the creators find what works and what doesn’t. We’re seeing that here. The difference is that they’re being posted on a forum which allows for direct reader feedback.

The drawback of this is that it’s on the internet. For some reason, there is a brashness and abrasiveness that some people develop when they’re in the relative annonymity of a message board. Some folks just become a dick because they’re not face-to-face with someone and they can get away with it.. This attitude exaggerates every single response they make. No, I don’t think it was trendy to be rude in the comments. I think it’s just the nature of the internet rearing it’s head once again.

The strip HAS gotten better. But that’s not why you guys are being nice to it now. You’re being nice because now it’s trendy to be nice. Before it was trendy to be a dick. You’re endlessly predictable.

Also you’re fat. And stupid. And will never have sex.

Unless you meet Mr. Skinner’s mom.

and what avengers63 said.

Cause remember, if you’re a grown up that reads super-heroes, you’re a loser!

Still intrigued by a strip that insults its main audience…

No, you’re missing the point.

If your a grown up that reads super-heroes AND gets offended by stuff like this, then you’re a loser.

Also you’re fat. And stupid. And will never have sex.

I hope this clears things up for you.

Still intrigued by a strip that insults its main audience…