#1221: "Witnesses to our victory!"

[mad2physicist]

Originally Posted by Silverwalker

It's comments like this one that make it clear that those who take the time to sign up to forums for a comic in general are not the least bit representative for the average reader. The average reader takes a few seconds to read the comic and smiles. He has things to do. He doesn't need to feel important by always talking about how comics get worn out, the jokes are too old, the writer isn't doing it right, blah blah blah. You see these complaints in every comic forum, always the same things. Those who act like this have no life.

Actually, you see this all the time from those who appreciate fine art. Just because most people denigrate comics as a low-brow medium does not mean that they are. True art knows when the artwork is complete and does not add to it just for the sake of keeping things going.
Bill Waterson, one of the best cartoonists of all time, agreed, and that's why he quit doing Calvin and Hobbes after just 11 years or so.

Originally Posted by Silverwalker

The Simpsons really nailed it with that fat, loser comic-book guy whose claim to importance is to pull down stories he gets to enjoy for free. "Worst episode ever!" You know that's a real phrase from a Simpsons forum? The writers thought it was so typical that they included it in the show.

First, 'enjoy for free?' If so only because he pirated them. We have to pay for the Simpsons by paying for cable or buying the DVDs. They sell it to the tv networks, who sell to the cable companies, who sell to us. NOT free entertainment. Secondly, the Simpsons have written some monumentally bad episodes. I love the show, but they have definitely had some of the worst moments on TV as well.
Also, the Simpsons fans generally object to cases where the writers obviously care less about character and consistency than a peacock.

On a completely different topic, I do apologize to Brian! I didn't realize just how early the 'four white mages' joke had been mentioned. At the time when I read that, I had thought it was just a little side-joke, not a setup, and then I forgot about it. So I thought that this joke had been only set up from like episode 300, not episode 7.