Comments on: evil cartoon spree

By: MadameD

MadameD — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:05:30 +0000

I come here for the cartoons.
And the wit.
And then the cartoons some more.
Really, to complain that you don’t like what someone’s done with the place-it only works if you’re complaining to the decorator who just redid your living room.

By: Niti Bhan

Niti Bhan — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:14:07 +0000

I second this request, I need new cards :
Re: ‘How dare you do whatever you want on your own blog? Pander, damn you! Pander!‘
Please turn that into a cartoon! I want that on blogcards! (Though without the ‘on your blog…’)
Posted by: Mark H at March 1, 2006 09:40 PM

By: Another Brad

Another Brad — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:17:24 +0000

It's premature to complain about changes to the cartoons. It's also premature to dismiss the complaints as simple fear of change, 'cause in this case the fear of change is quite complex. We liked what we were getting, and now we're getting more for a while, at least until Hugh's enthusiasm for his new tool dies down a bit. When it does, I'm sure that he'll be doing cartoons to match "My cock is mighty" and "Complete Fucking Asshole" soon enough. Hell, he's almost there already. "Having a soul would just get in the way" is a good example -- if you remove the first sentence, it's on par with the quality of visual poetry I've come to expect from gapingvoid. Some of the new stuff is a little overtly snarky for my taste. [Disclosure: I am neither a wine drinker, nor am I ever likely to buy a $3000 suit.] That being said, I am interested in seeing Hugh's sketches. They're not hurting anybody, yet.

By: bbm

bbm — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:17:26 +0000

Go ahead — tell him who you’re dating.

By: YaaL

YaaL — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 20:30:08 +0000

Bah.
The cartoons ROCK!

By: Prasad

Prasad — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:25:57 +0000

Hugh,
Looks like my post served as a trigger to let you know that there are many who love your new experiment.
I acknowledge a weakness from my side: I have come to expect a certain type of humour-idea blend from you and when you depart from your style, I (and readers who share my taste) have to make mental adjustments to look & grasp your new spate of cartoons with a fresh pair of eyes to appreciate/enjoy them… and that’s serious effort. But try, I will.
Still, if this experiment is an indication of your future course, I’d say “there’s nothing like good old days!!”.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 09:56:08 +0000

I love some of them. Corporate Soul…Higher Beings. Good stuff!
(How do you handle so much critique?)

By: Keith Handy

Keith Handy — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:18:15 +0000

When I checked in the other day, my first thought was “ooh, cool, color!“
NO DAMMIT I’M NOT ALLOWED TO JUST ENJOY THE COLOR, I HAVE TO BE CYNICAL AND SAY YOU SOLD OUT OR SOMETHING
Please. Carry on. Do what thou wilt.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 04:40:04 +0000

Re: ‘How dare you do whatever you want on your own blog? Pander, damn you! Pander!‘
Please turn that into a cartoon! I want that on blogcards! (Though without the ‘on your blog…’)

By: triesti

triesti — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:56:57 +0000

I came here mostly for the cartoons

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:21:35 +0000

How dare you do whatever you want on your own blog? Pander, damn you! Pander!

By: gia

gia — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:22:36 +0000

Hell, I only read Hugh for the cartoons.

By: Brad Fitzpatrick

Brad Fitzpatrick — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 01:00:54 +0000

Nice thought Katherine

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:12:55 +0000

“Hugh’s not here to comfort the disturbed but to disturb the comfortable.“
Right, rah-rah-rah, purple cow and catch phrases and all that but the cartoons used to mean something. When I saw one on the blog, I sat up and paid attention because it was likely a wry observation of some kind about a current issue or a biting comment about some aspect of marketing.
This flood has none of that charm.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:56:03 +0000

Hugh’s not here to comfort the disturbed but to disturb the comfortable.