Comments on: Political cartoonist angry

By: Billy Vierra

Billy Vierra — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:23:00 +0000

Sorry, I know this is late but the argument that she may be a nice person paid to be an asshole is like arguing that a hitman may be a nice person paid to kill people. You are judged by what you do and if you are being an asshole, all the nice things that you do are not going to change that the perception of you is one of being an asshole.

You cannot argue that it’s just a job, if you don’t believe in it you should not be doing it.

By: Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:44:00 +0000

Even if she were to win, this is probably a fight she can’t really win. If I were her I’d ignore it and move on.

By: Space Marine Kirt

Space Marine Kirt — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 19:00:00 +0000

While I am not a fan of the Something Awful forum goons, the difference between Funnyjunk and Something Awful (aside from the direction of the litigation), is that SA is actually giving credit for the cartoons, while Funnyjunk is not.

By: Alexander Sirkman

Alexander Sirkman — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:23:00 +0000

Just….. a failed attempt at humour, I suppose. This might brighten your day, though; in attempting to engage Barstow in actual dialogue on Twitter (oxymoronic or just moronic? I claim both), she told me that “Non-commercial has nothing to do with fair use!”

I suppose 17 USC 107(1) has nothing to do with fair use in her world either, despite being the relevant statute saying exactly the opposite.

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 04:08:00 +0000

Considering the fact that I happen to be Mexican, I believe my comment on her work was rather restrained and civil ;)

By: m0g

m0g — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:26:00 +0000

Individual taste is an interesting thing: I’m addicted to XKCD and have zero time for Oatmeal. Viewed without the implied over-emotional (read: female) label that seems her most common criticism, her work got some chuckles out of me. Count me a new fan.

By: m0g

m0g — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:21:00 +0000

I scanned her work on her website, and it looks template New Yorker tone to me. Didn’t see any hate (not saying there’s no evidence of that, just that it’s not a prevalent theme).

Not counting you a fan is orders of magnitude different to not having talent.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:43:00 +0000

aggressively unfunny

Conservatives have a severe mental block when it comes to being funny.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rationally-speaking/200905/conservatives-lack-sense-humor-study-finds

By: redesigned

redesigned — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:12:00 +0000

indeed, after that it was posted on many blogs throughout 2008. something smells snaky…

of course i’m *hoping* she outright plagiarized something she sold to the new yorker…because that would be priceless. :-)

By: blueelm

blueelm — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:42:00 +0000

Ocker3, how much are they drinking? Perhaps you should worry less about what women want and ask yourself why your friends are binge drinkers!

By: redesigned

redesigned — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:40:00 +0000

craigslist local pickup only…if you dare. cragslist has turned into the back alley of the internet. :-)

By: Ryokashi

Ryokashi — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:39:00 +0000

no she is an asshole.

By: redesigned

redesigned — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:28:00 +0000

the logic these types of people follow is…it is only racist or vile or hateful if it is other people saying stuff that disagrees with what they were told to think. they don’t know the actual meaning of any of those words.

By: redesigned

redesigned — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:25:00 +0000

i don’t think they were talking about that type of bear ;-P

By: redesigned

redesigned — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:21:00 +0000

that is horrible advice for any truly dangerous bear specises, or bears with cubs, only good advice for docile bears that wouldn’t bother you anyways.

personally when it comes to grizzlies or polar bears, i carry salmon, berries, and jars of honey to throw at them hoping to appease them. sometimes i’ll even throw avid hikers that carry small rocks and air horns at them as those seem to be their favorite treats. :-)

By: jimh

jimh — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:56:00 +0000

I guess my reply was more to mog, there.

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:43:00 +0000

I still have to get rid of that thing. I’m convinced that it has too much value to throw out but I really don’t want it and its too heavy to ebay.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:35:00 +0000

...so no lawsuit.

Bummer. You could have offered her the giant robot head as a settlement.

By: Will Traxler

Will Traxler — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:32:00 +0000

It’s more about the technique then anything else

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:25:00 +0000

An update from Ms. Barstow on Twitter: “Boing boing is almost journalism, so no lawsuit.”

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:49:00 +0000

Some of us even chase bears.

By: Ken At Popehat

Ken At Popehat — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:46:00 +0000

Of course, it’s possible that I misread her and she actually said not defamation, but defenestration. Pretty sure I saw a drawing of that at SA.

By: Ken At Popehat

Ken At Popehat — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:45:00 +0000

I was interested in what SA comments she views as “defamatory,” as the only SA comments I saw appeared to be statements of opinion about art, or else satire and clear hyperbole. None of that is defamatory. So I tweeted her to ask if she could identify any defamatory statements. She blocked me.

By: factbased

factbased — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:33:00 +0000

I’ve watched enough Colbert Report to know that most bears are indeed rage-filled monsters!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:28:00 +0000

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:15:00 +0000

I think that what she was really trying to express was, “I know you are but what am I?”

By: foobar

foobar — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:58:00 +0000

Because we love them.

By: Scott Elyard

Scott Elyard — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:43:00 +0000

No argument here.

By: Scott Elyard

Scott Elyard — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:17:00 +0000

Yeah, I don’t really get her work. I often enjoy relatively unpolished art in cartoons (The Oatmeal or XKCD might fit that category), but mostly, her writing is off-putting.

(Edited: “cetagory”?)

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:11:00 +0000

You, sir, do a disservice to the persistently vegetative.