News post

Two quick updates that you probably already knew about:

First, the New England Webcomics Weekend was a great success. The turnout by both creators and supporters was fantastic; in attendance were dozens of artists whom I respect a great deal… and then there was Least I Could Do’s Ryan Sohmer. Sohmer’s utter contempt for other cartoonists is very well documented; what his behavior at Webcomics Weekend confirmed was his contempt for his fans. Sohmer was as self-important in panel discussions as he was evasive on the convention floor; he spent all of Sunday morning nipping at a Red Bull and leaving his artist and a couple hangers-on to man the table–which I suppose he considers better than trying to engage potential readers.

I will never for the life of me understand how Ryan Sohmer got a single sale out of Webcomics Weekend. His comic–minus the sex, the Batman and Star Wars, the ugly egomaniac wish-fulfillment fantasy–is mediocre through and through, the kind of strip you’d see in a particularly misogynistic daily newspaper. Sohmer’s work reflects his disdain for comics and his attitude his disdain for people who read them; why not respond in kind? He is a charlatan who, in a just world, would be selling unsuccessful pickup-artist programs on 3 a.m. infomercials.

Speaking of charlatans, Hapajap of Electronic Tigers is back in action–oh, did you forget who he was? Here’s an unabridged nugget from his archives:

Again, I did not edit this strip in any way.

Anyway, gone is any mention of his co-writer El Gato Negro, and indeed the site’s focus has shifted entirely to his Right Left Center series of political strips.
Of course, Hapajap hasn’t quite healed enough from his ‘negotiations’ with Dubli’s collections department to actually, you know, draw anything new. But hey, he’s still your man for impotent rage and strawman arguments so far removed from reality they could’ve been penned by Jovian robots sent to Earth to investigate the mysterious phenomena of love, M&Ms and liberalism.

In fairness, I should mention that his blog has gained more substance than ‘here’s the comic, it’s so videogames‘ or ‘OH GOD MONEY PLZ I HAVE A FAMILY ps fuck the poor.’ …That is, when he’s not cribbing from blowhards slightly less stupid than he is. Anyway, now he posts shrill rants that make his comic look concise and almost sane.
(If you don’t feel like reading that link, and I don’t blame you, I’m just gonna say that the first paragraph is composed entirely of whining about how the word ‘gay’ means ‘homosexual’ now. I propose we ’skewer’ [is 'skew' the word you're looking for, Hapajap, or are you just unable to contemplate anything without an element of violence?] the English language to redefine ‘Hapajap’ as ‘crappy little bullshit man.’)

…Well, at least people have stopped Googling ‘what happened to electronic tigers.’

P.S. Hapajap supports the secession of Texas from the Union.

Search terms post

I haven’t forgotten about this blog, and I’ll have a post about common webcomic blunders sometime in the indeterminate future. Those of you coming here from Electronic Tigers trackbacks, hello and please feel free to pretend I made a Duke Nukem Forever joke there.

For now I’d like to take a page from the inimitable Josh Fruhlinger, as contradictory as that clause is, and take a look at some of the search engine terms through which people have come to my blog. Shameless filler, I know, but it beats the hell out of another TV commercial post.

cecania naked – I imagine this poor fellow was quite disappointed to find no lascivious ersatz-manga action. I imagine he then scrolled down to the Strike Witches review. Another happy customer.

anime witches with rockets on their feet – They’re technically not rockets.

licd sohmer “mary sue” – Smart man.

ray smuckles tail – Oh geez. Looking for Sore Thumbs porn is at least somewhat understandable for a horny 13-year-old with more anime wallscrolls than friends, but this…

obnoxious mazda 10 car dash commercial – Exactly!

editorial cartoon god – Thank you! That’s very kind of you to say, even though I don’t draw editorial cartoons.

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quiznos yum rocket commercial – Uh, Subway? You might want to have a talk with your marketing guys.

EDIT: Add “porn anime with cat ears” to the list. This is what social scientists refer to as a self-perpetuating phenomenon.

EDIT 2: Oh, and “hapajap is retarded”. You people are wonderful.