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steve_i · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 155 Location: Scotland

You can see my failed entry here if you want.

Also, good luck in the next round jp. Walking Upright is a good strip.
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jpcline · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Posts: 289

thanks Steve! I like your stuff too. Nice, clean line art and excellent lettering. Very professional submission; you should be proud of it, top 50 or not.

I feel bad for G though, you should make some where Wendell gets his comeupance!
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Novil · Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 384

Most of you may already know that the ten finalists (including 12 sample strips) have been announced and the public can vote for their favorite comic strip now.

… I wonder if I’m the only one that finds the following strip of Joe 6 Pack deeply unsettling? I don’t think it succeeds in making a clever joke by using the fact that an implied case of sexual child abuse that turns out to be a case of mere non-sexual child abuse in the last panel as the main source of humor.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promotions/joe6pack_8.-750jpg._V227994279_.jpg
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mooncity · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

Dusturbing? Yes. Abuse? Yeah, I got that too. But sexual? I think you're reading that into it. Could just be plain old child abuse.

What made you think it was sexual abuse, specifically?
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Novil · Joined: 01 Sep 2008 Posts: 384

mooncity wrote:

I think you're reading that into it.

Could be, but I don’t think this impression is *that* far fetched.

mooncity wrote:

What made you think it was sexual abuse, specifically?

Well, the wording.

But that doesn’t matter that much anyway. If you get the impression of “Daddy is brutally beating up his son/daughter” in the first two panels, that’s not much better either.
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mooncity · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:

I still think you're reading it into the wording.

Either way it's not a great gag.
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mil · Joined: 19 Sep 2009 Posts: 99

Novil wrote:

… I wonder if I’m the only one that finds the following strip of Joe 6 Pack deeply unsettling?

I guess it`s just you. Nothing unsettling here.

And I didn´t get any sexual abuse thoughts either.

Joe 6 pack was boring for my taste. Well drawn though, and the art looks like the creator really admires Bill Watterson Very Happy

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Zoe Robinson · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:38 pm Post subject:

mil wrote:

Novil wrote:

… I wonder if I’m the only one that finds the following strip of Joe 6 Pack deeply unsettling?

I guess it`s just you. Nothing unsettling here.

And I didn´t get any sexual abuse thoughts either.

Joe 6 pack was boring for my taste. Well drawn though, and the art looks like the creator really admires Bill Watterson Very Happy

I'll admit that I didn't find the strip unsettling, but I did find it clearly attempting to make a joke of child abuse.

To be honest, what I've seen of Joe 6 Pack tells me the creator is a reasonable artist but they aren't funny.
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smbhax.com · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:06 am Post subject:

Hm, the finalists. I might vote for one that didn't revolve around family life (do we *really* need more of those) or kids talking to animals (for no particular reason I'm just against this at this particular moment in time!).

Which leaves me with Buni or Nutz n' Doltz.

Buni it is! *votes*

I have a feeling one of the family comics is gonna win, though.

(Whoa, they have a video of the Pearls Before Swine guy on that page. That's one syndicated comic I actually like, so yay. ... Oh, the video's actually pretty lame. They could at least have zoomed in on the drawing more! And had a light on it. Sheesh. :P)
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