If you like what you’ve read so far (c’mon, how can you not?) totally check out more super cute comics at:www.sosuperduper.com!
***Special Note from the creator***
Hello everyone who hates this comic. I get it, you don’t like it. Great! You are welcome to your opinion and the expression of it. I’ve never said otherwise. And I’ve never once claimed Homophobia as a reason for anyone disliking this strip. If you feel the need to state in your comment as you bash my work that you aren’t homophobic then maybe you might just want to check yourself and make sure that is indeed the case. But as for me, I don’t think people’s awful comments are an expression of homophobia. So let’s move on from there.
So it’s not your cup of tea, I get that. So why not just skip the strip and read all the other amazing peices on Newsarama? There’s plenty of things I don’t like in my life but I don’t take the time to write up horrible messages telling people how much I hate the things that I hate. Like I hate cheese, but I don’t go out and bombard the grocery stores telling them to stop carrying cheese because I hate it. Or tell the cheese makers to stop making cheese because I think it’s gross. I just don’t buy it. I just don’t give it pause. I move on with my life and enjoy those things that I love, like sno-balls and cashews!
So you see, some people actually like cheese (which is beyond me), and therefore, some people might actually enjoy my little comic. Just because the loudest people seem to be those that hate my strip that doesn’t mean there aren’t a group that actually enjoys it. Not everything is going to appeal to everyone. And isn’t that a wonderful thing? So why not be positive and stop the hating? Aren’t there better things you can do with your time? Like creating a strip of your own maybe? Put your money, and anger, where your mouth is! Get creative! And enjoy life. I do!
With much love and respect to all!
Brian Andersen
June 29th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
What? You hate cheese???? I don’t know if I can deal any more!!!! LOL.
I love this comic, and I’m glad you post it.
June 29th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE the strip. I can’t wait Psyche to actually get some.
I’ve never commented in Newsarama before, but I’ve been reading the site for more than 2 years. I feel so strongly about this strip that I felt the need to comment.
Keep up the good work, Mr. Andersen.
On a side note, I’m not completely sure if you can consider yourself human given the fact that you don’t like cheese.
June 29th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I also love this comic, though I have never commented, and I love that you run the strips here. Thank you so much for 139 delightful pates so far!
June 29th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
The reason people post against this strip is the fact that we just can’t understand how something lacking in so many catagories (artistic quality, plot, etc.) is given such a prominent place here on Newsarama. I can list at least a dozen other web comics that are far superior to this one.
In all honesty, this strip resembles the work of a twelve-year-old child. A twelve-year-old child with no talent.
June 29th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
As one of the people who ‘hate’ this strip, I’d like to add a few things:
1. I don’t hate the strip. I think it’s artistically lazy and it’s production values aren’t very high, nor does it seem that it is improving at all from week to week. But honestly it would have to be much better for me to actually develop a ‘hatred’ for it. It would be like hating a child’s drawing because it is poorly crafted.
2. I agree that not everyone will like ‘cheese’ but when I come to Newsarama and I am presented with content that I find to be very mediocre, if I don’t comment, how will anyone know that I don’t like it? Does it matter if I like it or not? Well…yes, it does. You present content for the audience. You should want feedback, both positive and negative. You should use the negative feedback to improve wherever possible. Maybe the artwork could be better? Maybe the characters could be more thoughtfully crafted? This is real criticism, that deserves more than just ‘some like it and the rest can go hang’. Otherwise you are just talking to yourself, and those who like you, which is a very limiting position.
3. I find it interesting that the two posts above me are praising the strip, yet week after week there are often no comments at all and if there are there is a resoundingly negative response. Yes, the negative comments are probably the most vocal, but when most weeks go by without ANY comment, that is telling also. Maybe millions of silent Newsarama readers adore your strip but never comment, maybe they email you personally to applaud your work, who knows? I doubt it, but I cannot know for certain. So if you are inundated with legions of fans and mountains of fan-mail, then please disregard these words.
4. I applaud the creator for addressing these issues, however instead of saying essentially ‘you can’t please everyone, it would have been nice if he addressed some of the key problems:
- the quality of the art
- the quality of the writing
Is he incapable of drawing the strip any better? Is there are specific reason why he draws this way? That discussion would have been more informative than telling people what they already know.
5. The homophobia stuff is news to me, because I can’t really read the strip, as the artwork is awful and what I skim of the story indicates that the writing doesn’t fare much better. I can honestly say that even if it were a boy-meets-girl narrative, I’d have as much disdain for it as I do now.
6. One issue that people raise time and again, is that there are vastly superior strips to this one around, so why is this strip in particular on Newsarama? Yes, I just skip articles that I don’t like without comment. And for the most part, I wouldn’t bother commenting on some strip that I dislike. ‘Live and let live’. However, it is important to comment on the media that we are being presented with. Not just on movie or comic news, but actual content, that is how creators create a real dialogue with the audience. I mean the comic medium should be just another form of one person speaking to many.
If you aren’t interested in what they have to say, then why should they be interested in what you have to say? If their concerns aren’t important, then why should yours be given validity?
I would say at this point, something like ‘keep up the fight’, but really why should anyone be encouraged to produce mediocre work, simply because of an inane idea that making anything is better than nothing?
AE.
June 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I can take the strip or leave it. But you have to admit that it’s hard to ignore, which makes it that much easier to hate on.
Maybe it’s time to look at setting up a banner or something for each webcomic (not just yours), with the actual strip under a “continue reading” link.
June 29th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Mr. Obvious, you o-so-magnificent connoisseur of what it takes to create quality stories, where is YOUR Magnum Opus? You are so good at what you do that you can condescend to bash “inferior” artists and complain that they must improve, so they can meet your lofty standards.
Wait, I bet you’re not artistically inclined at all. I am SO sick and tired, as I know Brian is too, of types like you who seem to have nothing better to do with your time than promote your mission statement: “IT IS MY JOB TO BASH YOU INTO THE GROUND.”
And Brian is not the only artist who is dealing with this sort of thing. Some other artists I know also have a pet troll or two who insist that they utterly despise the series, and yet they faithfully read–and faithfully bash–day after day, these webcomics and comic series. Why? If these comics are so horrible, WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING BACK?
Sadly, it’s because throughout time, someone has noted your comments, answered them, and that was all the bait you needed to keep coming back to bash them, again and again.
Let me tell you something…regardless of your lofty opinion, there are many readers who actually do love these stories.
I would suggest you take your own advice and start reading some of the more “vastly superior strips”, because you clearly haven’t been paying THAT much attention to this series, or you’d know what’s been going on with it over the past several months.
June 29th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Dearest Mr. Obvious,
I’ll only address a few things, like I have done countless times in former strip posting (feel free to skip the past few comment sections to review these same old, tired arguments):
1) I never claimed to be a perfect artist, creator, writer. I’m an indie creator who’s getting his feet wet and telling a story thats important to him. Is my art Marvel caliber? Of course not. Is my writing DC Comics ready yet? Probably not. But I’m learning and growing and getting better.
Believe it not many people actually LIKE my art! Crazy huh? They want me to draw more stuff! I know, it’s nuts. And I’ve been reviewd by many comic book sites who find my meager art skills and story “charming” and “enjoyable.” I’ve never actually gotten a negative review or comment(s) until some of the Newsarama readers decided to trash me. So it just goes back to cheese. I hate it, most everyone else in the universe loves it. Go figure!
2) As a pretty commenty internt pudnit you should know that people who love something tend to not post stuff. I’m not saying this is always the case, but as a whole, most people who take the time to post something comment-wise are people who have something negative to say. So here-in with my strip is a prime example. The haters gather and scream and yell, the enjoyers smile and read and move on.
3) And finally, how do you have so much time to write such a long email? I mean, really. Don’t you have better things to do with your time than try to tear someone else down? You’ve made your point many times over in previous strips I’ve posted (many, many, many times). I got it, you hate my work. Maybe move on?
How many times do you need to express yourself distaste and don’t you think that maybe your time might be better spent putting it towards something creative? Like I said above, why not try your hand at a comic strip? Heck, you create one and send it Newsarama! They might even want to add it to their blog. Weirder things have happened! I’m on here! If I can do, anybody can!
Best of luck to you!
Brian
June 29th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
@houseofmuses I’m pretty sure Mr. Obvious, like most of us, comes to the NEWSARAMA BLOG to read about comic book stuff not to read this comic in particular. Your argument is like “If these Twilight books are so horrible, WHY DO YOU KEEP COMING BACK TO THE BOOKSTORE?” we don’t have much choice if we like the BLOG, we have the comic forced upon us.
June 29th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Hey 4th Place,
I’ll refer you again to this same old agrument that I addressed months back. Newsarama functions like a magazine. Do you like every article in a magazine? Do you read everything? Do you love every writer and every story and every ad? Of course not. So like a magazine Newsarama provides a varied amount of content. You read what you like, skip what you don’t. So treat this strip, and anything else on the site you don’t like, like a magazine, and flip the page a.k.a scroll on past! I think you’ll be happier if you did!
best of luck to you!
Brian
June 29th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Since you’re using a magazine analogy, it’s quite unlikely any publisher would ever allow such poor-quality material to ever see print. Even the lowliest indie publisher has standards to uphold.
That’s a major reason why some of us just can’t understand why a major comics site Newsarama gives this strip a place on its blog.
June 29th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Well, I’ll tell you what, Fernando. If Brian is ever interested in the future in taking some marketing guidance, I’ll be glad to help him out. Perhaps one day just out of spite I can help make So Super Duper available everywhere, and not limit it just to Newsarama. That’ll show ya.
Go gnaw on that.
June 29th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Most magazine editors would rather replace a recurring article that was unpopular with readers with something else rather than tell them to just skip over it.
June 29th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Hi Smax and Fernando,
Please see former “cheese analogy.” Some people will look at my work and hate it and view it as inferior, others kinda like it’s “quaint” and “charmingly simple” nature. At leasts that’s what most comic reviewing sites have said. So, uh, there’s that.
Best of luck to you!
Brian
June 29th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Wow. As a long-time “So Super Duper” fan who rarely reads comments (on *anything*) I had no idea that SSD was getting trolled!
Well, count me in as yet another fan who (sadly) hasn’t been very vocal about it in the comments. The plotlines are engrossing, Psyche himself is delightful, and I can’t wait to see what happens next!
June 29th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
i really dislike this comic strip… but my primary issue with it, is that it’s being featured in the Blog. which i subscribe to and view via a daily news-feed.
i can’t edit said feed to only show articles i enjoy, which honestly is all but one or two… but this strip has on numerous occasions caused me to consider no longer reading the Blog at all, and unsubscribing to the feed.
if this were just another article on the newsarama home page, fine, no big deal, doesn’t interfere with my day at all… but because it’s on the blog, it shows up in my daily news every morning without fail… and it’s kindof an eyesore.
i don’t understand why its here, or why it’s featured on Newsarama at all. i really dislike the artwork, the writing, and primarily the dialog. kindof drives me crazy actually. what does this have to do with comic book news?
i’m not saying you should stop working on something you love, or something others so clearly enjoy. that’s awesome, more power to you… but why is it *here*?
June 29th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Why doesn’t “World of Hurt” appear here anymore? That one was the hands-down best of the lot.
(Side note: while, yes, someone starting a statement with “I’m not homophobic, but…” or “I’m not racist, but…” is usually a pretty reliable indication that they actually ARE that thing, there had been incidents in the comments here where people had said nothing more than “this sucks” and been called homophobes for it without any actual comment on the “gay-ness” or whatever of the strip even appearing in the initial negative comment.)
June 29th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Since Brian Anderson threw down the gauntlet, I’d like to submit my webcomic The Saga of Samuel to be featured here on the Blog. I think I deserve a cushy spot on a major comic book news blog the same as Mr. Anderson. I figure fortune favors the bold so why not do what Mr Anderson suggests and, instead of complaining about his comic, put forth my own comic and see what happens?
So tell me Newsarama Blog readers do I deserve the same opportunity as Mr Anderson? Visit http://www.sagaofsamuel.com and let me, or more importantly, the Blog know.
June 29th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
You know, as someone that’s “negatively” commented about this strip once or twice in the past, or at least been amused by the occasional negative comments in the past, I feel compelled to share.
Yeah, I’ve commented on the strip in the past, not to “hate” on it, or because, using the cheese analogy, it’s “not for me”, but rather because, quite objectively, what I consider to be a top-rate website for comics, seems to be displaying a rather sub-par webcomic on its site. I feel quite similarly about the “frozen tundra” one with the talking sabretooths and angry polar bears.
And I say this knowing/feeling full well that if I were to create a webcomic, no matter how ardently I felt about my work, I know it wouldn’t be appropriate to have it hosted on Newsarama, where the crowd takes it comic-booking seriously.
And I don’t fault YOU Brian, for taking advantage of such an awesome opportunity to showcase your comic through such a huge portal. It must feel great, and I don’t mean that sarcastically or patronizingly. It’s merely like someone else inquired: Why is THIS webcomic on THIS website? Which is probably a question for the actual Blog@ moderators.
Much like the arguments for/against affirmative action, I’m all for diversity, but I’m much more for quality, and for me, this has never hit that mark.
Respectfully,
Tre
June 29th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Homophobia? I’m about as gay as it gets, and I still don’t like the strip. In fact, I didn’t even know it was gay-positive for months after I first saw it.
Like a grocery store? If there’s a product I don’t like, I simply don’t buy it. However, if someone blocks my shopping routine, offering me samples of a product I don’t like once or twice a week, pretty soon I’ll start shopping elsewhere.
Like a magazine? If there’s a column I don’t like, I certainly have the opportunity to skip those pages, but it’s kinda hard to gloss over a brightly-colored image that takes up most of the screen.
Further, for a magazine that calls itself “Newsarama”, I would expect content that is more “news” and less self-promotion — from what I can tell, this strip is the only (visible) contribution Brian Andersen makes. There are lots of other sites for aspiring artists to contribute to, so for Newsarama to host this (or any) strip just seems odd. If I want to see ongoing work by independent artists, I’d look elsewhere, even a separate content area on Newsarama. I come here for news and such, so perhaps I should be looking elsewhere for that, too.
June 29th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
“If you feel the need to state in your comment as you bash my work that you aren’t homophobic then maybe you might just want to check yourself and make sure that is indeed the case.”
Brain, I’m not sure if that is directed to my comments from yesterday. (I’m not sure, because yesterday was the only time I’ve ever stopped to look at the comments, so I don’t know if others have said that type of thing). If it is, I’d like to clarify that I was addressing another poster suggesting that the comments were basically only mean because they were all “homophobes”. To me, by throwing that blanket statement on the comments, that person tried to misrepresent the intentions of the posts- which were communicating their dislike of your work.
Regardless, I’m glad that isn’t your attitude and that you can hear people’s opinions for what they actually say they are. That’s a healthy and admirable character trait.
Thanks-
BM
June 30th, 2010 at 5:05 am
I love this strip. It’s an entertaining diversion I look forward to a couple times a week. I come to Newsarama for the variety of material presented. Some of it I don’t like or am not interested in (like the video interviews) so I skip them. I don’t whine about it nor critique the content or context. If I had something I created or developed, I might have some basis to put forward a balanced dialog, but since I don’t, I’m not arrogant or ignorant enough to “critique” something I don’t like in the first place.
That being said, I look forward to the next chapter.In the meantime, maybe I’ll spend time and go post comments on a thread about something I don’t like and am not interested in, it seems to be popular to be negative waste your own time
MZ
June 30th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Going with your cheese analogy, if I hated cheese and went to a deli that made every sandwich with cheese, I would stop going there. Sure, I can pick the cheese of my sandwich, but the cheese- taste stays even if i pick it off right away. Your comic is the awful cheese-taste that can’t be ignored. I stoppped reading newsarama for a while, mostly because I got annoyed every time i saw your comics. I came back to give it (the blog, not your comic) another chance, but i’m close to going elsewhere. CBR will be getting all my pageviews now. You hear that newsarama? Your readers don’t like this comic and are becoming “former readers” because of it.
What’s more, who even deemed Blog@Newsarama the place for webcomics? If i wanted to read Brian or Egg’s comics, I’d go to their websites. As it stands, I don’t.
June 30th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Wow, I can’t believe how LAZY some people are to actually suggest that they’re somehow being FORCED to read a comic they don’t like. And yet, they expend amazing amounts of energy complaining that they hate it.
Rather than expend that energy typing up a bunch of douchebaggy energy, why not just redirect it into pushing the little “NEXT” button? Obviously, it will take far less energy out of your remarkably limited reserves.
Jesus, what a bunch of crybabies.
June 30th, 2010 at 8:34 am
This reminds me of people in my city who write the local newspaper to complain about a feature or columnist they don’t like. Except at least they direct their thoughts to the editor of the newspaper. Traffic is traffic and the number of ad impressions made increases regardless of reader likes or dislikes. Ad sales rates are based on impressions/ page views.
It’s too early in the day for popcorn. Strawberries sound good though.
June 30th, 2010 at 9:37 am
I lose 10% of my eyesight due to how the colors and lines strain my sight man. I like the idea of what someone else said. Give a link to the comics a la nuklearpower and leave the blog for actual blogging. Or you could always do what comicbookresources does for comic critics
June 30th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Man, I was with you until you called out cheese. GO TO HECK, CHEESEOPHOBE! ;’)
June 30th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Haha. Posted a longwinded rant on the PREVIOUS strip, and not the RECENT strip. ‘Cause I’m a genius, yo.
June 30th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
I’m with ChaseChaseBaby, there is no one forcing you to read So Super Duper, it’s here on Newsarama to be enjoyed for free. Don’t like it just move on then. Love it then say so and check out Brian’s other projects.
June 30th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Chibi_Celina: It’s easy to tear down other’s work. It’s harder and braver and contributes more to the world to create your own.
Where are the masterpieces that all these haters are workin’ on, I wonder?
July 1st, 2010 at 12:16 pm
@Christine Smith: God forbid someone has an opinion on something even if they are too busy with actual lives to illustrate comic strips on the Internet.
Unless you sling on an axe and start recording your own music, you have no right to piss all over the latest Bret Michaels single.
July 1st, 2010 at 12:33 pm
@Nat McTeagle And I don’t. Why would I? Why do you see it as natural or at least acceptablel to ‘piss all over’ something that’s not to your tastes?
Dissenting opinions can be presented with respect. A few people have done and are doing so. Many others aren’t, and it’s hard to see what purpose their comments serve other than self-gratification.
If one wants to critique, then they should do so. That involves not only saying what you see as not working, but also suggesting ways to improve. “THIS SUCKS. WHY IS IT HERE?” does not serve those goals, and I honestly can’t see any goal it does serve.
Best of luck with your own creative endevours!
July 1st, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Suggesting the right and wrong way to comment is ridiculous.
Babbling on about goals and what means what is silly. Let’s get our heads out of our butts and move on.
July 1st, 2010 at 3:28 pm
I bow before your super constructive and masterfully crafted wisdom. Because commenting on commenting is ridiculous! But commenting on commenting on commenting? That’s the good stuff!
July 1st, 2010 at 3:39 pm
@Nat McTeagle: Having actual lives? That’s hilariously dim. The amount of time you spend on Newsarama cooking up asinine comments could be used to actually do something. But you don’t. A lot of the comments on here are about how “a kid” or “a retard” could produce a such a strip. It all boils down to anger or jealousy that someone whom you see as having the same amount of less talent than you is not only finding a way to produce something they love, but are actually getting noticed for it. And some people like it! But you? Too lazy. Too scared. So you crap all over someone else, when it would be much more to your benefit just not to look. I can’t bitch at my TV like a madman for making me watch a show I hate when I have the remote control in my hand, and I’m just too lazy to use it.
@x: Kind of ironic that you’re doing exactly what you claim is stupid.
July 1st, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Christine, Celine, Chase, Brian, GREAT NEWS!!!!
Our figures are in on our imprint advertising. I’m loving the pageviews and clicks I’m seeing here.
These HATERS ARE A FREAKING GOLDMINE! Keep them on So Super Duper and keep them pissed off.
Brian, you’re going to be in a new tax bracket by fall. Keep up the great work, kids!!!
July 1st, 2010 at 5:28 pm
@ChaseChaseBaby: The hilarious irony to the much repeated question “How Did This Get On Newsarama Anyway?” is that the answer starts with “Rather than trolling Newsarama, he did something constructive with his time.”
July 1st, 2010 at 5:38 pm
It’s certainly not my best work (not nearly as good as a page from my own webcomic http://www.sagaofsamuel.com) but I took about 40 mins to pencil out how this page would look under a more talented artist (that, being me (sorry Mr. Anderson))
View it here:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z284/artistxero/sosuperdooper.jpg
The main problem I have, as someone who also creates a comic, is that this comic has such a prime real estate spot that no one who works for the Blog will give a reason for. I think all any of the comic’s detractors want is for someone to straight up say why this particular comic is here and not a higher quality comic (www.anyothercomic.com)If someone at the Blog that’s not Brian Anderson and/or the friends he’s sent over hear to support him can give us an actual answer that’d be great
If a real critique is desired by it’s supporters then here are the problems:
1. Anatomy: there is none to speak of.
2. Drawing: everything is either drawn facefront or sideview, there are never any other angles..ever! There is no gravity or weight to anything. It’s all flat, all the time.
3. Coloring: No shading, no body, no nothing. It’s lifeless spot colors.
4. Lettering: Passable at best. A real lettering font should and can be aquired easily.
5. Writing: I wont critque that because I don’t read it because it’s so hard to look at.
There you go.
July 1st, 2010 at 7:24 pm
@ArtistXero: And yours look about as fun and lighthearted as a slap in the face with a fish.
I’m here for the sense of humor and lightheartedness. I’m not here for any grand attempts at realism. There IS a place and an audience for it.
Your attempts are joyless and lifeless. Sorry to say it but your ego doesn’t mesh with your talent.
And “prime real estate”? LOL GIVE ME A BREAK. It’s the INTERNET. There’s plenty of space to go around. It’s not like Brian getting space is taking any away from YOU. If you want to endeavor to get your little nook of this limitless cyberspace, DO IT. But don’t whine when someone else does the same exact thing.
July 1st, 2010 at 7:52 pm
I dunno…. I do two webcomics, but it doesn’t occur to me to be jealous. I’m just happy for Brian’s success.
And ChaseChaseBaby….. a slap in a face with a fish is HILLLLLLARIOUS! Unless you’re the fish.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:01 pm
@ChaseChaseBaby & Christine Smith
You’ve out-interneted me. Too dense to be believed.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Well, honestly ArtistXero. You posted your most recent page on June 4. and the most recent one after that was April 22nd. Did it REALLY take you a month and a half to do one half page of work?
Say what you want about Brian’s technique, but he’s got you beat for professional practices hands down. Two a week for how ever many months versus a half every month and a half?
If you want to keep up, you’re going to have to beef up your output.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Sorry ChaseChaseBaby I have a mother with terminal cancer, takes up a good chunk of my time, can’t exactly match Brian’s superb output that requires poor drawing ability and no coloring ability.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Hey, you wanted to play the critique game.
Sob stories get no sympathy when it comes to the very SERIOUS WORLD OF WEBCOMICS!
July 1st, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Not a sob story, just the facts, also: quantity doesn’t equal quality.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:41 pm
One is subjective. The other isn’t.
You and I and Mother Teresa can argue quality all day long, and some people will still like it or hate it.
Quantity isn’t debatable. Everyone keeps saying, “WHY ISN’T SO-AND-SO ON HERE?!” And as far as I can tell, very few if ANY of those comics are regularly produced. Well…if there’s no output, there’s no sustainable readership.
And the truth is: Brian has a readership. You may not like it. You may HATE it. But there are people who read it. There may not be a lot of comments. But do you write in to your local paper every time you read Garfield (or in your case, Cathy)?
People who want to piss and moan will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be more inclined to spend the time to piss and moan than someone who enjoys something.
July 1st, 2010 at 9:45 pm
And, believe it or not, I’m sorry to hear about your mother. My father and grandmother were both diagnosed with cancer within months of each other this past year. I know how hard it can be.
So, prayers to you for that.
July 1st, 2010 at 10:33 pm
I don’t have a problem that people like the comic, but you seem to have a problem that people don’t. Every comic has a right to it’s readership (even Cathy)and it is a subjective subject but the comic almost always goes without comments or only has negative comments here on the Blog. It can’t really be all that good for the Blog or Mr. Anderson. (The positive comments that have suddenly appeared are most likely from Brian Anderson rallying for support on his Facebook page)
At this point we’re just going around in circles, not even Brian Anderson seems to care about this thread anymore (unless, of course, You’re Brian Anderson) Maybe we’ll pick up the fight when the next page is posted.
Thanks for the prayers for my mother, hope your father and grandmother have a better prognosis.
July 1st, 2010 at 10:48 pm
No, I don’t have a problem with people not liking it. I DO have a problem with people who seem to have no objective other than be total douchebags. To me, if you can say what you don’t like without resorting to being a dick, it goes a long way. Brian addresses those things FAR more professionally and politely than i possibly could. It would be nice if the naysayers responded in kind. Unfortunately, that seems outside the realm for Newsarama’s blog readers. There is absolutely NO way that what’s been going on here could be equated with criticism.
And thanks, but no, their prognosis isn’t better. I’ve lost one and worry about losing the other soon.
July 2nd, 2010 at 12:43 am
Does this overwhelmingly negative response vindicate me yet? A couple of points:
“The main problem I have, as someone who also creates a comic, is that this comic has such a prime real estate spot that no one who works for the Blog will give a reason for”-ArtistXero
This is my main problem with the strip. Its the only reason I’ve ever complained. It reminds me of something Warren Ellis said on his blog very recently,
“Is it me, or is the Newsarama blog just complete wreckage these days? On a quick skim, it looks like only a couple of the crew on that thing are even conscious.”
No offense to Mr. Anderson, who thinks anyone who doesn’t like his strip is just making “douchey comments”, but you’d have to be semi-conscious to give this strip the major real estate it gets on this site. Again, no offense intended, but there truly are a lot of better strip out there that could really use the view count. And let’s be honest, this strips been up on the blog for a long time, and its really got a lot of publicity from that. Is it so bad to give someone else a shot?
“Mr. Obvious, you o-so-magnificent connoisseur of what it takes to create quality stories, where is YOUR Magnum Opus? You are so good at what you do that you can condescend to bash “inferior” artists and complain that they must improve, so they can meet your lofty standards.”-HouseofMuses
Yeah, you’re right, HouseofMuses! Mr. Obvious isn’t an artist! He’s not making his own strip. Therefore, he cannot offer any useful criticism at all. No one but artists can critique works of art. If you don’t like a comic book, well, where’s your comic book? You idiot, you don’t make comic books, so you don’t matter. Right.
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:17 am
My sympathies to the person whose mother has terminal cancer. Be with her as much as possible and remember to take care of yourself also. My father died of lung cancer 4 years ago and I cared for my mother during her long convalescence from the same.
# houseofmuses Says:
July 1st, 2010 at 4:10 pm
>>Christine, Celine, Chase, Brian, GREAT NEWS!!!!
Our figures are in on our imprint advertising. I’m loving the pageviews and clicks I’m seeing here.
These HATERS ARE A FREAKING GOLDMINE! Keep them on So Super Duper and keep them pissed off.
Brian, you’re going to be in a new tax bracket by fall. Keep up the great work, kids!!! <And “prime real estate”? LOL GIVE ME A BREAK. It’s the INTERNET. There’s plenty of space to go around. It’s not like Brian getting space is taking any away from YOU. If you want to endeavor to get your little nook of this limitless cyberspace, DO IT. But don’t whine when someone else does the same exact thing.<
Beg to differ. Even though cyberspace is unlimited, Newsarama is prime real estate because it's one of the top comic news sites. Sure, anyone can start a webcomic site…and hope that it gets 1/10 the traffic in a month that Newsarama does in a couple hours. Well, that may be skewed, but anyone with a fledgling webcomic would jump through fire for high traffic.
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:54 am
@Joe Palmer: I see what you’re saying, but what I’m not seeing addressed is how Brian getting space is taking space away from you (or me, or anyone.) If I truly believed in my heart that, but for Brian’s success it would be I on this site…. well, I would be remarkably hubristic not to mention egotistical. Further, I would be wrong. If Newsarama wanted to promote me or anyone else, they could and would do so and wouldn’t have to boot anyone to do it. They chose Brian. I get some people not understanding why. I get some people not liking this strip. I don’t understand the idea that if you don’t like it, NOBODY should like it.
Hooray for all of you out there who ARE producing comics… you rock! My suggestion is not to worry about other people’s successes but to work hard to create and promote and research avenues of promotion. If you do, amazing things may start to happen for you too.
July 2nd, 2010 at 9:35 am
Comic still sucks. Newsarama still sucks for putting it up.
Commenters still suck. Everything sucks.
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Christine, thanks for your reply and I agree with you. Newsarama chose a couple strips, and SSD is one of them. I agree with you that one person’s tastes or a group’s shouldn’t dictate whether you, me or anyone else likes or dislikes something. It’s wrong for anyone to tell another person that, which seems to me essentially what some on either side are saying. I don’t need to be a musician to figure out I like or hate some music though it would help me to understand a lot of other music related stuff, so I don’t think a person has to be an artist in order to render an opinion. Even being an artist doesn’t mean criticism will be taken objectively without hurt feelings. I could offer a critique (which was part of my art education received from Chicago’s Art Institute) to another artist (comics or not) and if the artist doesn’t want to hear feedback, it’s all pointless, regardless of the criticism’s validity. But I digress, and Brian couldn’t care less what I think. It’s the page impressions for increased traffic and ad revenues that count, kids! And how varied are the ways to increase page traffic…….?
To be clear… it’s my own opinion that if people don’t like something on a free site then they should avoid that feature. If they feel compelled to complain then they should at least complain to the people who have the responsibility to affect change.
Sometimes it’s better to take the energy used for hating something and putting it toward making something of your own… for public consumption.
And if you (the general you) put work on the internet for public consumption then the creator should learn pretty damn fast to grow a thick skin when it comes to negative comments all the while learning to discern the parts that can be constructive. That doesn’t mean civility is thrown into the electronic abyss.
July 2nd, 2010 at 1:44 pm
@Joe Palmer We’re getting dangerously close to a civil discussion on the internet. Quick! Someone call someone else’s mother a fascist!
July 3rd, 2010 at 7:42 am
@Christine lol! Weird, isn’t it? Hey! My mother’s a fascist!
Oh wait, that doesn’t work…
Have a great Fourth!
July 7th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
I’m sure all the defenders of this comic have NEVER criticized or pissed all over any other creative endeavors on the Internet (or elsewhere). It’s altogether surprising you all haven’t sprouted wings and a halo from your indignant self-righteousness.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
It’s hardly worthy of cannonization to refrain from being an internet troll. Millions of people accomplish it every day without even trying!
Others go this route: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/