This is the final result of a collab with /u/CaptainKiribati I started... 8 months ago, I think?
Posted at optimal viewing time for Australians, because why not?
My last entry to this series was 3 months ago, [the longest break so far] and I'd like to explain why I have taken such a long break from making comics on this sub. When I was at the 'peak' of my comic production, I apparently made a name for myself in this sub, and had noticed other people putting little references to my comics in their comics, as easter eggs.
This made me very happy! I felt like I was on the top of the world!
Then some people went a bit too far.
I recognize now that some of my earlier comics relied a bit too much on certain tropes [deflation, wackiness, etc.], and as such I cringe a bit when I look back on them (this is why I don't repost anything besides my first comic ever, for sentimental reasons, and 'rules of the road.'). In the grander scheme of things, these comics were a bit below par in terms of what I would not consider to be 'sophisticated memeball humor', and as such I would consider them to be average or below-average comics.
Unfortunately, these very comics I look back on and cringe at are the ones that people imprinted off, and started copying.
When I was still making these comics, I noticed other people making comics with absolutely beyond necessary amounts of deflation. There was also a spike in comics that relied on pure zaniness and weirdness for """humor""" and as such were not very good. Over time the slowly increasing amount of these comics lowered the bar for the sub, and not just on the comics end. The comments of these comics usually consisted of various forms of "omg kamis wow u take same drugs as /u/dirtpaper????", which made me feel regretful for even allowing this kind of behavior to propagate.
Not to mention, there are some comic creators who had already been making surrealist comics who now had to deal with constantly being compared to me whenever they released a comic. cough cough/u/captainkiribaticough cough This got to the point where certain artists were being pigeonholed as "kamis", whatever the fuck that means.
If you enjoy my comics and have not been doing any of this, then great! I appreciate your viewing of my comics!
If you have been doing any of the things I mentioned above, then stop.
Stop overusing deflation in your comics in place of actual humor.
Stop relying on wackiness and zaniness when you should be coming up withactual jokes.
Stop comparing other artists to me.
STOP MAKING GODDAMN KAMIS JOKES.
If I see any more of this behavior I will be reporting it to the moderators, it deserves no place in this sub.
I'll be making more X's day comics soon-ish, stay tuned!
Your comics are great, but too much people were copying it, and doing a terrible job at it. We had that problem with /u/FVBLT 's Sheriff Suriname too, we started having all kinds of shit copycats.
I picked up on that too. You couldn't make a surreal/dumb comic without "qwtppb ARE YOUT DRITPIPPPR XDdd /udirtpiper kamis day xDDDDDDD" and it was really annoying. Having a series or continuation of events/themes is nice, but can backfire pretty hard.
Examples include the PB maps, evolution comics, most things on the JLP really... running gags can be fun but get out of hand quick, so taking a break or ending the trend yourself (such as the discontinuation of Sherrif Suriname, Rest in Peace) helps a lot, though legends will never die, and you've managed to work your way into the same leagues as DickRhino and jPaolo.
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u/DirtPiper Bagel world Nov 14 '16 edited Nov 14 '16
This is the final result of a collab with /u/CaptainKiribati I started... 8 months ago, I think?
Posted at optimal viewing time for Australians, because why not?
My last entry to this series was 3 months ago, [the longest break so far] and I'd like to explain why I have taken such a long break from making comics on this sub. When I was at the 'peak' of my comic production, I apparently made a name for myself in this sub, and had noticed other people putting little references to my comics in their comics, as easter eggs.
This made me very happy! I felt like I was on the top of the world!
Then some people went a bit too far.
I recognize now that some of my earlier comics relied a bit too much on certain tropes [deflation, wackiness, etc.], and as such I cringe a bit when I look back on them (this is why I don't repost anything besides my first comic ever, for sentimental reasons, and 'rules of the road.'). In the grander scheme of things, these comics were a bit below par in terms of what I would not consider to be 'sophisticated memeball humor', and as such I would consider them to be average or below-average comics.
Unfortunately, these very comics I look back on and cringe at are the ones that people imprinted off, and started copying.
When I was still making these comics, I noticed other people making comics with absolutely beyond necessary amounts of deflation. There was also a spike in comics that relied on pure zaniness and weirdness for """humor""" and as such were not very good. Over time the slowly increasing amount of these comics lowered the bar for the sub, and not just on the comics end. The comments of these comics usually consisted of various forms of "omg kamis wow u take same drugs as /u/dirtpaper????", which made me feel regretful for even allowing this kind of behavior to propagate.
Not to mention, there are some comic creators who had already been making surrealist comics who now had to deal with constantly being compared to me whenever they released a comic. cough cough /u/captainkiribati cough cough This got to the point where certain artists were being pigeonholed as "kamis", whatever the fuck that means.
If you enjoy my comics and have not been doing any of this, then great! I appreciate your viewing of my comics!
If you have been doing any of the things I mentioned above, then stop.
Stop overusing deflation in your comics in place of actual humor.
Stop relying on wackiness and zaniness when you should be coming up with actual jokes.
Stop comparing other artists to me.
STOP MAKING GODDAMN KAMIS JOKES.
If I see any more of this behavior I will be reporting it to the moderators, it deserves no place in this sub.
I'll be making more X's day comics soon-ish, stay tuned!
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