"[a] vitriolic and bitter collection of unwarranted nastiness about a silly and harmless comic."
Welcome. This is a website called XKCD SUCKS which is about the webcomic xkcd and why we think it sucks. My name is Carl and I used to write about it all the time, then I stopped because I went insane, and now other people write about it all the time. I forget their names. The posts still seem to be coming regularly, but many of the structural elements - like all the stuff in this lefthand pane - are a bit outdated. What can I say? Insane, etc.
I started this site because it had been clear to me for a while that xkcd is no longer a great webcomic (though it once was). Alas, many of its fans are too caught up in the faux-nerd culture that xkcd is a part of, and can't bring themselves to admit that the comic, at this point, is terrible. While I still like a new comic on occasion, I feel that more and more of them need the Iron Finger of Mockery knowingly pointed at them. This used to be called "XKCD: Overrated", but then it fell from just being overrated to being just horrible. Thus, xkcd sucks.
Here is a comic about me that Ann made. It is my favorite thing in the world.
let's get Ryan Learn employed as the editor for Randall Munroe's Illustrated Picto-Blog.
ReplyDeleteHe has to make sure those pictures appear in the right parts of the page!
ReplyDeleteI never did get into Achewood. I don't deny that it may be brilliant, but I tried reading it a few months ago and just never got into it. It's probably one of those character-driven strips that I'd appreciate more if I read through the archives, but that's a Herculean task and I am a weak man.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, while I know for a fact the Wondermark strip collections would be brilliant (it IS Wondermark after all), I do wonder, are his parody Victorian novels worth reading? Trying to decide if they're worth a purchase or not.
hahah Ryan Learn was a dillhole
ReplyDeletehe should "learn" how not to be gay
ReplyDeleteYou are already vast, Carl
ReplyDeleteBy this I mean you are fat
So...which XKCD comics do you like?
ReplyDeleteBecause you say the site has gone downhill, which implies that it was once up a hill.
"I never did get into Achewood. I don't deny that it may be brilliant, but I tried reading it a few months ago and just never got into it. It's probably one of those character-driven strips that I'd appreciate more if I read through the archives, but that's a Herculean task and I am a weak man."
ReplyDeleteIt only gets good a year into its run. When Ray, Roast Beef and Pat are introduced.
I'd suggest starting here as it is the first storyarc:
http://m.assetbar.com/achewood/uua9hrCSb
(It took me three tries to get into Achewood)
Hey, Carl, this is XKCDsucks, not AKWDisgood. Get a room.
ReplyDeleteHey Ann, this is XKCDsucks, not Carl Literally Sucks At Everything.
ReplyDelete@Murry - http://xkcdsucks.blogspot.com/2008/04/10-best-xkcd-comics-1-200.html
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ReplyDelete"The Great Outdoor Fight" sold me on Achewood, even after a friend exposed me to a funny arc. It's just such an 'event' book, and I got sucked in.
ReplyDeleteAchewood is pretty much the greatest comic strip ever, if you can't get into it I pity you. The stories about how Onstad met the characters was worth the price of the book alone.
ReplyDeleteOh, I like the Achewood. Nate: I would suggest just reading a few of the arcs, which are linked to from the main site. It's definitely character-driven, yeah, but I think you'll get the personalities of the characters after a few arcs.
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