[ SECRET POST #2499 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2499 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
(Questionable Content)


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03.
[Transformers]


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04.
[Sherlock Holmes/C. Auguste Dupin]


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05.
[Pacific Rim]


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06.
[Obscurus Lupa Presents]


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07.
[k-pop]


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08.
[Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart]


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09.
[Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who]


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10.
[Teen Wolf]














Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 043 secrets from Secret Submission Post #357.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Damn. Been waiting for a QC secret, just so I could share my opinion.

Jeph is not a good writer or comic book artist, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, he is a successful one, he's built a veritable empire on a webcomic, and for that I salute him, but his characters are now so cringe worthy, and the actual writing is so subpar that it's predictible now (but people like predictable, which is what sells).

Jeph has a bad habit of introducing a new character when he gets bored with other characters, and subsequently storylines are forgotten, or ignored for the bright new shiny. Now, I like a good new character as much as anyone else does, but it pains me constantly to see a new character introduced into the setting. Because it's only a matter of time before the hipster cybermen assimilate them.

When Marigold was introduced, Jeph went on about how she was his favorite character, and how he was so excited about her storyline, and kept making comments about how he liked her. I looked at her and wondered just how long it would be before she lost her personality and started to assimilate into the crowd. It didn't take long, or maybe it did take long. Which brings me to another point.

Pacing. I have absolutely. no. idea. how much time has passed in comic. Every now and then it gets mentioned, and every now and then we'll get a character remarking on the time in accordance to their schedules 'well, that's all for the day', but other then that, I have no idea if there is even a time basis for the comic. I'd be inclined to believe that it's like Garfield, where random things happen over time, while the characters don't age. But QC doesn't give that feeling, it has the feeling of moving time, but doesn't account for it.

If we're talking about time, we might as well talk about place. This comic takes place in Northmapton, MA... which is the next town over. I lived in Easthampton, and now Holyoke, both which border Northampton. Things to know about Northampton. It's a pretty artsy town, nice stores, great window shopping, street preformers at times too. A bit oaty crunchy, but it's nice. They have the local gay club (Diva's), an all girls school (Smith University), and a pride parade every year. This town is not just gay friendly, it's gay (in the best way possible, I'm talking about rainbow flags in stores, open displays of affection between homosexual couples, groups and meetings for the LGBT community). What I'm getting at is that of all towns to draw this comic in, he chooses the one that is incredibly LGBT positive, and yet his comic is incredibly lacking of these characters, or displays about it.

Yes, I know that there are lesbian character(s) (Tai), and gay (Martin's father, and his husband), Bi (female Mar- I mean, Dora), and Trans* (Clair). You know what this looks like? A fucking bingo chart. Even when these characters are central to the plot (before he gets bored with it), I can't help but feel that Jeph would rather play heterosexual couple lovefest before considering making a characters that don't feel like a BINGO spot. A lot of his characters feel like he's playing a giant game of Bingo.

Now, to Jeph himself. I have met him several times. The first time was at a convention, Connecticon. He was in the Dealer's room, no one was visiting his booth, it was set up sorta of crappy like anyway. I had just gotten into the comic, and when I walked past and saw what he was the webcomic artist for, I beelined right to him. Looking at his wares, I bought a sticker, and a pin (Sex + Time = Evolution). I complimented him, and told him that I regularly read his webcomic and I was not only ignored, but he gave the distinct impression that I was wasting his time. I walked away feeling pretty guilty for bothering him, but it was a convention, so maybe he was waiting for something, or maybe people really do just bother him. But why have a booth to sell things if you don't want to talk to anyone about your webcomic? Maybe there was a reason he was standing there alone.

I later ran into him in Northmapton while he was visiting one of the tattoo parlors there, Lucky's. I said hello, a smile and a nod, said 'nice sleeve' and he looked right at me and sneered. Like, how dare I say hello to someone, how dare I compliment someone's tattoos in a tattoo parlor. He gave off such a feeling of contempt that I was left speechless yet again. It's not like I was running up to him and slobbering over his comic, but maybe that's what he wanted me to do.

TLDR - QC has some serious problems, that will never be addressed. Jeph is a bit of an ass himself. Read or don't read, or come back in a year. The only thing that may have changed is the hair color of the secondary cast, since they'll be all new people, but you won't be able to tell because of their slow (or quick) change into hipster model a, or hipster model b.