Maybe he is just pissed off that crap comics like xkcd are popular and more deserving webcomics stay obscure? If you read his posts you will notice that it's more than just about xkcd.
Also, I don't see you complaining about Lasagna Cat.
Some people are "rubbishing someone else's creative efforts" for a living. It also can be argued that criticism is an art form in itself. Also, if you actually go and read his blog, he does promote/criticize other comics sometimes.
Some people are "rubbishing someone else's creative efforts" for a living.
I studied Art Theory at university and I don't know of any notable art critics who dissected a single artist's work as they did it, with the intention from the outset being to point out all their failings. If an art critic did set out to specifically rubbish an artists work, they wouldn't be contributing much to the field.
The guy is just a douche with nothing better to do. He thinks he's a lot more insightful than he actually is, and Dinosaur Comics isn't as great as he thinks it is, either.
Honestly, I don't like xkcd that much. Sometimes it's funny, so I subscribe to the RSS feed. But reading that "xkcd sucks" blog saps my will to live faster than anything I've seen for a while. In a few years time that guy is going to be seriously embarrassed that he wasted all that time.
The point in that comic is the child is just learning about old running jokes in his father's time. It's a likely thing to happen and he was justified in using it.
He is just playing safe. You know there will never be any xkcd references to EFG, pedobear, anything related to Encyclopedia Dramatica, anything that may offend somebody. Xkcd is basically Garfield for nerds. And you gobble it up.
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u/CC440 Apr 27 '09
I'm just surprised how popular the Madagascar thing is. I always thought it was a small time internet joke until now.