June 13, 2004
Owen and I are Democrats?
Posted By Chris Crosby at 1:55 AM
In the spirit of linking to bad reviews of SORE THUMBS, here's another one.
I don't like to comment on reviews, but I'll quickly clear up one factual error the reviewer made ("Owen Gieni and Chris Crosby are pretty much standard Democrats."): Neither Owen nor myself are Democrats. I'm an independent who dislikes the Democratic Party in general (though that's probably true of a lot of actual Democrats these days), and Owen is a Canadian. I don't think it's even possible for Canadians to be Democrats. Maybe he is a Democrat in a parallel universe.
Okay, I'll comment more. It seems the reviewer basically didn't like the comic because she doesn't think the political humor is intelligent or witty. While I am trying to write a witty comic in general, I'm not striving to write intelligent political humor. Every one of the characters is so extreme and/or stupid, that would be hard. Fairbanks makes Archie Bunker look like... um... a sane conservative (take your pick).
One person recently wrote me saying "You do know most conservatives aren't as hateful as Fairbanks, right? Love your comic by the way." Thank you, and yes, I know that. Fairbanks isn't supposed to be our view of a conservative. He isn't even supposed to be a SATIRE of a conservative. He's actually a satire of a satire of a satire (of a satire) of a conservative. He's about as politically relevant as Plastic Man. Just like this comic strip.
SORE THUMBS may be "political" (much like it is "gaming"), but it's not a platform for mine or Owen's political views. For the most part, anyway. If a character says they hate George W. Bush (my one strong political opinion), I definitely agree with that. But I don't think it's happened yet. If SORE THUMBS were about my political beliefs, every strip would feature a character defacing a photo of George W. Bush in a new and disgusting way.
My focus is not on political commentary, but on the characters and the funny. Not that either of those things are guaranteed to please everyone, either. But they're my focus. If you want to read a comic strip with intelligent political commentary, try MALLARD FILMORE.
(Thankfully, we AREN'T the lowest-graded review of the month at SEQUENTIAL TART. We might've only gotten a 4/10, but Marvel's THE PULSE #2 got a 2/10! Ha ha! Take THAT, Bendis and Bagley!) *
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