Friday, December 09, 2005

Ironically Pimpin' Drama In A Nifty BifSniff Cartoon T-Shirt

To be honest, I just can't believe we called it Pimpin' Ain't Easy. Still, aside from that, I believe that drawing of Liam, with his head dropped despondently, is the best bit of illustration work to appear on BifSniff Cartoons yet. I really was quite surprised when I saw it. That's not a criticism of any of the other funny cartoons - I think Frank does a great job week in, week out and often elevates a weakish joke into something a lot classier. But that image of Liam, the poor sod, surely wouldn't look out of place on a gallery wall or hanging in a nice family restaurant - albeit without the horse dressed up like a two dollar whore behind him. The joke itself, well, we'll probably go to hell for that one.

Ironically, there seems to be a bit of a webcomics drama brewing up around Joey Manley's recent Pulse column on webcomics drama. The article was a, somewhat, tongue in cheek look at the top 5 troublemakers in webcomics and it's a well written, enjoyable piece. But Joey forgot that he's actually not just being a columnist, he's a (self-appointed) ambassador for webcomics. Or, at least, he is according to Scott Kurtz of PVPonline fame. Scott, listed in the top 5 but credited with at least being a reluctant troublemaker, doesn't believe Joey should be representing this side of the 'webcomics community' to the world. Now where I come from I think the appropriate response here is - get off the fucking stage, will yeh. I can't speak for Joey Manley but, I'd imagine, that all he's set out to do was write an enjoyable, light-hearted column. He already does a fuck of a lot for the 'webcomics community', whether you like it or not and I don't remember, though maybe I'm just not on the board or something, anyone electing him minister of propaganda. Because, I believe that's exactly what you want him to be writing. Ignore the horseshit and just tell them about the roses Joey. Honestly, with all due respect Mr. Kurtz and I mean that with great sincerity, if you want unbalanced webcomics promotion, send out a press release. What Joey is doing is writing a column and all he really has to do is write it well and make it entertaining. The fact that it also has the side-effect of drawing more attention to your precious 'webcomic community' is just an added bonus. Oh, and if webcomics drama embarrasses you so much, why not try not getting involved.

And, in keeping with the theme of this weeks cartoon, I'm going to continue in my efforts at pimping our shops - one Euro based and one U.S. based. If you want your ultra-slick BifSniff gear in time for Christmans, and we all know you do, you'll have to get your orders in soon. So hurry up, for fucks sake. Who do you think is supposed to be paying for my New Years piss up?