I'm not a big fan of CAD, but it's nice that he's doing a big issue like this, and tastefully.
That being said, knowing Buckley, he'll probably use it to portray himself as some edgy martyr who made people realise that some babies die before birth.
I read up on the archives for the last few months, when Lilah was first pregnant, then reread todays comic. Then I read his blog post.
Overall, I support him. It's his comic, and it's ultimately a doorway for him to express his own story in his own personal light. It's obviously something he's wanted to discuss and do in his comic. And he's obviously not trying to be funny about such a sensitive subject.
Yeah, I'm with Ryan. I don't think this is negative. If he wants to do something a bit more serious from time to time, where's the harm? As with all art, if you don't like it, you can just stop consuming it. But CAD stopped being funny to me a long time ago, so I haven't read it in quite some time.
As one who never read CAD and saw this, I initially was under the impression that it WAS an abortion thing. I actually had to find the damn site and read a big essay by a guy who I don't know who makes a comic I don't read to find out it was a miscarriage. Still a sad thing, but it's in better taste than abortion.
As long as I was at the site I did read some of the early comics. It boggles my mind to think that the guy from those old comics is the same character running through that hospital. But then it's a long archive. I've seen a lot of comics that start out with randomness and cheap gags and eventually slide into a larger plot that gets much more dramatic and becomes the main focus. Pretty common pattern actually.
As long as I was at the site I did read some of the early comics. It boggles my mind to think that the guy from those old comics is the same character running through that hospital. But then it's a long archive. I've seen a lot of comics that start out with randomness and cheap gags and eventually slide into a larger plot that gets much more dramatic and becomes the main focus. Pretty common pattern actually.
No, what's kind of sad about it is he's still mostly the same character. A little less insane I guess, but not really.
I stopped reading Megatokyo a couple years ago. Piro's whiny, Largo likes video games and doesn't understand women. Basic formula for three comic strips, then a slew of DPDs. Rinse and repeat.
No, actually Megatokyo is much more plot driven and dramatic now too. The girl Largo though was a zombie queen was recently killed off even. I would start reading again if I were you, it's a good comic.
I don't know, after a while the whole premise of Megatokyo starting irritating me. Two bumbling adolescent guys fly to Japan on a whim, and they fall back asswards into hot Japanese women and a job at an anime/game store. It's every Japanophile's dream.
Man, I run off for a few days, seeing the amount of posts in this thread. I knew it could have been two things, many more funny versions of that comic, or many unfunny posts about CAD. It was mostly the latter. MY EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN DECIMATED!
My problem with this whole thing (and I wrote a rather lengthy thing about it on Josh Lesnick's LJ after some ass made a trolling comment about Josh's writing) is that there's absolutely no subtlety to this. It's like Buckley's woman had this tragedy happen to her and instead of expressing it in a constructive way, instead of doing something artistic and meaningful, he chooses to bluntly paste it into his comic and basically say "HEY INTERNET, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED, PAY ATTENTION TO MY PAIN"
There's not much... artistic merit to it, he just steamrolled into it without any finesse. Big issues like death and love and whatnot needs to be broached carefully, this is why we have literary devices.
I've been thinking about this for awhile, trying to figure out exactly what my problem was. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Buckley using a comic as an outlet of a horrible situation he went through. People can choose to deal with their problems in any way they like (within the realms of legality and social norms, obviously). However, I think Ctrl-Alt-Del wasn't the best medium to use for this purpose, because expressing himself in this manner betrays the lighthearted whimsical nature of this particular comic series. Ctrl-Alt-Del isn't really very well-equipped for this kind of subject matter. It's like throwing in "A Very Special" episode and pretending it's perfectly normal. It just doesn't belong in a comic with Xbox robots.
A Ctrl-Atl-Del comic about miscarriage isn't bad for Buckley, it's bad for Ctrl-Alt-Del. This stunt has changed the whole comic in my eye, and it's changed into a form I no longer prefer to read.
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What is that first one you did there Scott? Death Note? If so, that wouldn't work because I don't think the baby had a name to write in his book.
That being said, knowing Buckley, he'll probably use it to portray himself as some edgy martyr who made people realise that some babies die before birth.
Overall, I support him. It's his comic, and it's ultimately a doorway for him to express his own story in his own personal light. It's obviously something he's wanted to discuss and do in his comic. And he's obviously not trying to be funny about such a sensitive subject.
A hook, get it? a hook!
Besides, it was an abortian. A spontaneous abortion.
As long as I was at the site I did read some of the early comics. It boggles my mind to think that the guy from those old comics is the same character running through that hospital. But then it's a long archive. I've seen a lot of comics that start out with randomness and cheap gags and eventually slide into a larger plot that gets much more dramatic and becomes the main focus. Pretty common pattern actually.
No, what's kind of sad about it is he's still mostly the same character. A little less insane I guess, but not really.
What, is one of the chicks pregnant too?
With the current pace, she could get pregnant in ten years...
I guess it just didn't click for me. Ah well.
There's not much... artistic merit to it, he just steamrolled into it without any finesse. Big issues like death and love and whatnot needs to be broached carefully, this is why we have literary devices.
A Ctrl-Atl-Del comic about miscarriage isn't bad for Buckley, it's bad for Ctrl-Alt-Del. This stunt has changed the whole comic in my eye, and it's changed into a form I no longer prefer to read.