I dunno, not being railed at kinda takes the fun out of it. 'Course, the blog hasn't updated yet.

[napoleonherself]

Ginger Mayerson reviews sd

I'm very confused with the part that says that the main character is introduced in the blurb to this comic, and that this "Jenny," whoever she is, is hardly ever mentioned again.

The main character's been there from the start -- if you mean introduced as in named, then okay, granted. But. Jenny is me. Like it says on every page, and on the majority of the comics. It was supposed to be, y'know, recursive... I draw Ondine who draws me who draws Ondine and then the universe explodes. And then I wound up mostly dropping the idea later, because it ceased to amuse me. Since, as it still says in the FAQ, my main priority is amusing myself, and then if it amuses other people they can keep reading, and if not they can stop reading.

"Okay, I'm old, and believe me, I thank God every day for that."

What on earth does this have to do with anything else in the review?

"And lastly, online communities based around web comics fascinate me, they really do."

Wait, so there's a community based around sd? I never knew that! So where is it? Someone clue me in. Unless, of course, the bit about webcomic-based communities also has nothing at all to do with sd.

I actually have no problem with the review except the bullshit about "but is it art?" I have always hated this phrase (amazingly enough, even BEFORE I started drawing sd!). Show me the Grand High Keeper of the Universal Definition of What Is Art and What Is Not, and I'll show you a HALLUCINATION. sd is art. It might not be GOOD art -- I personally think it seldom removes itself from the realm of the mediocre¹ -- but PLEASE let us not be all hoity-toity about definitions. If I want to deal with people snootily applying labels or lack thereof, I'll hang out at the type of coffee shops where people applaud open-mic participants by snapping their fingers.

Y'know what I wanna see her review next? Toonbots.²



1. I at first typed this as "medicore," and didn't notice it for quite a while afterwards. Heh. Medicore.
2. That is, if she's Cool Enough.

Comments

[apm.livejournal.com]

Nah, she just means that Ondine's name shows up in the liner notes before the comic. Thus, for someone reading the strip from the beginning for the first time, it may be weirdly confusing.

Of course, this obviously wasn't expressed very well, as in her review, she brings up the quote before mentioning that the main character's name is Ondine.

[napoleonherself.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I thought she might mean... after puzzling over it for a while.