Re: UF is pissing everyone off?

Post #12,677 by Fearless Freep 10/10/01 2:10:39 PM Reply	Re: UF is pissing everyone off? Why? Equating tech support with live combat, I would guess. I thought it was pretty tasteless myself Jay O'Connor "Going places unmapped to do things unplanned to people unsuspecting"
Post #12,678 by addison 10/10/01 2:16:57 PM Reply	Ok, not everybody.. I guess not the cartoonists who miss their main character's name getting lost... :) Yeah. I've seen a lot of very nasty comments on the net (usenet, and on the message board there) about the transposition. Sure we joke about it, make inferences, but no, its not quite the same, and he's going above and beyond. Now, I'd also note that I read UF these days.. just cause, I think he long ago lost the reason I started reading it. I forget somedays days at a time. (Kind of like HD's schedule! :) Just kidding, Chris. :)) HD is very good - and almost everybody I show a strip to, becomes a reader. Sinfest is uniformly good. GPF is at least interesting. I've started reading Sluggy now, and its got some rib-splitters as I was reading the archives. UF... just.. is... about computers. And not all that funny, nor even that relevant. And I think he's really ticked off most of the audience with this stunt. Addison
Post #12,680 by cwbrenn 10/10/01 2:26:38 PM Reply	Ah. The veteran gag. I didn't find it offensive, per se, I just didn't find it convincing. All I could think is, "that veteran would kick Greg's ass for trying to pull that stunt." :) Oh well. One thing though, it would have been a lot less offensive if Sept 11 hadn't been the day it was... and I suspect Illiad (like Jeff Darlington and almost everyone else in the webcomics world but me) does all of his strips well in advance... "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #12,684 by addison 10/10/01 2:36:39 PM Reply	I wasn't offended, myself. Just kind of disappointed. I don't know what he's going to do. Perhaps he'll have the vets convince Greg how Tech Support Ain't Shit compared to wearing your best friend's brain for a week. So I'm not offended - yet. But he'd better hurry if he's going to. :) Its just similar in tone to many other strips, that don't have that aspect to them. And its possible he's been savng the storyline - he did change it radically after the attack, being in the missile silo. But its aggravating a lot of people, thus my comment. Addison

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