Have any of you met any webcomic artists?
I met Jeph Jacques at the last webcomic con in north hampton back in 2014, I believe it was. He's pretty recluse, seems "chill" on the surface... But you would not believe his reaction to criticism. A girl approached and said something fairly innocuous about the way he draws women (along the lines of "They're all conventionally attractive/I'd like to see you give other looks a try some time") You could see the moment in his head where he processed her meek critique as one of the most horrible things he had ever heard in his life.
He then bitched about it later on his twitter & tumblr, deleted it, but not until he had received back-pats from his plethora of retarded fans assuring him that he's great, that chick didn't know what she was talking about, just jealous, etc... Needless to say, any amount of respect for the guy I had was lost after that.
well fuck that chick 2bh.
I met Scott Kurtz at a restaurant once - we’d accidentally been given his table. Apparently he was fond of the restaurant and had a specific table he liked, and the management had messed up and gotten their days wrong, (it was Tuesday and they thought he was coming on Thursday or something like that). Anyway, the manager, completely embarrassed (this is a pretty nice restaurant) comes by and says “I’m so sorry, but we’d like to move you to another table if you could be troubled, and we’ll gladly compensate you for the cost of the meal and any other meal you’d like while you’re in town.” My sister and cousin were both like “Yeah that’s cool.” and I kind of played the asshole a bit. “I’m sorry, I just don’t understand. We’ve been here for 15 minutes - we’ve just ordered. Can’t we finish our meal here?” Then out of nowhere Scott Kurtz shows up next to the manager and says “Paul, these guys can finish. We’ll be at the bar. I got some time.” And I (being a big PVP fan) said “Oh wow, uh… I had no idea. Please feel free to give them the table.” Scott was grateful, shook my hand and said thanks, then gave me a card with his number on it and told me to give him a call later. After working up the nerve, I gave him a call that night, and to make a long story short, we had a glorious 11 month love affair, man on man, that I shall never forget. Our bodies intertwined as one, and from the beauty of Morocco, to the French Riviera, to the snorkeling in the Galopagos, Scott Kurtz and I made glorious gay love to each other on six of the seven continents.
Also, don't know if this counts, but I've met plebcomics too. She's tsundere as fuck and chill in a weird way. Very easy to talk to. She's also severely agoraphobic.
I met Aaron Diaz. He had huge wings as black as a moonless night, eyes a preircing glowing yellow, breath that smelt like a thousand rotting corpses, and fire shot from his nostrils. When I complemented his paneling reared back, roared, transformed into a bear, grabbed a random nearby mother's baby in his mighty jaw, and ran off into the mist.
Okay guy though. Not nearly as bad as /co/ makes him out to be.
>>83610424
>plebcomics
who?
>>83610590
Yeah, literally who?
>>83610293
My amount of respect for that guy just increased from reading this. She can fuck off.
I met Katie Tiedrich at a con last weekend.
I don't follow her on twitter, read the schedule thoroughly, or see her last minute announcement since I only read her comic on Sunday and Monday, so seeing her completely caught me off guard on the last day. I've met rappers and sports stars before without any problem, but I ended up acting really awkward because my friends were in the larger vendor's area and nobody else was at her booth.
>>83610520
Shut up Aaron.
>>83610379
I love this pasta
>>83610630
But he handled it like a baby. He was right, sure, but he handled it like a baby. He should have just shruged or gave her a half-assed "sure" and then never thought about it again.
>>83610520
I've met him too, actually. He is not at all "okay" and is in fact as arrogant as he comes across online.
He also tries to comb-over what little hair he has over his gargantuan head. It's comically pathetic.
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>>83610612
Remember the time tumblr doxxed somebody over her webcomic, which made fun of SJWs and their behavior?
I saw Chris Onstad a grocery store in Portland yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?" I was taken aback, and all I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw Onstad trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen artisanal sodas in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "Sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the sodas and started SCANNING it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each soda and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
>>83610424
>Tsundere as fuck
Either you're using that wrong or...well I honestly don't know how you'd use it right.
>>83610590
>>83610612
That chick who makes anti-sjw comics.
>>83610293
Every character Jaques draws is the same fucking character with different hair and maybe some lumps on their chest.
>>83610379
10 outta 10 ending.
>>83610737
Nah, I don't follow that kind of plithy shit
>>83610424
>Very easy to talk to.
>She's also severely agoraphobic.
I saw Ronnie Filyaw at a McDonalds in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued to the counter, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to order my lunch up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen chicken mcnugget boxes in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took some of the boxes and started placing them in a paper bag, he stopped her and told her to pack them each individually “to prevent any mchappy infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she placed them all in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
>>83610293
I met Jeph at Toronto CAF a few years back. He didn't seem like *that* much of a jerk, but he seemed totally disinterested in everything. Like all his "fans" were idiots.
On the contrary, Sam Logan was the next booth down, and he was literally jumping with excitement to meet everyone. Great to see.
Also met Ryan North, Danielle Corsetto, and Katie Tiedrich.
>>83610747
Maybe I did use the term wrong. She's very sweet and does nice things for you... All while calling you "bitch" or "dumb" or "an asshole". It's funny and cute but you can't tell her that because it pisses her off.
And she'll throw your drink on the floor :(
>>83610917
Sounds awful actually
>seems like more than half the posts are copy pasta
i don't understand the need to just BS
>>83610914
Jephs fans are all idiots though. You can hardly hold it against him.
Do web animators count?
I met Krinles once at a con.
I saw a booth with some of his prints and I stopped with my friends and said "oh hey, Madness Combat, I loved this shit in jr. High.
The girl at the booth then said "oh, well we have Krinles right here." And then I saw behind her Krinkles as he looked up in a haste like he just woke up from a nap.
Dude was chill, signed a print for me.
Pretty average guy.
>>83610914
Katie is a total sweetheart. And a huge fucking dork.
Long ago I met Ian McConville and Matt Boyd from (at the time) MacHall at a con. They both seemed very chill, though my impression of Ian that he was shy. At the same con I also met Josh Mirman, of Stubble (later Punks and Nerds). Also a cool guy, and somewhat surprised and embarrassed when I told him I was familiar with his previous comic Josh Babes. It was actually my very first webcomic, and got me into the wider world of webcomics.
Trivia: I found Josh Babes through a link to it on his Pokemon fan page, where he was known as Exo-Dragon. This identity was referenced in RPG World by Ian J Quartey, who of course, is now better known for his work on Steven Universe.
Some friends I had started a webcomic. Their artists were actually chill the one time I met them, but by that point my old friends were assholes.
Gisele Lagace (Menage a 3) had a table at my local comic expo a few months ago but decided against talking to her. I didn't see any way that conversation could have ended without me embarrassing myself explaining how I like reading Ma3.
>>83610817
10/10
>>83611087
MacHall's one of the few webcomic where the creators didn't shit the bed and go looney
>>83610917
Depends on if she's being ironic or not. Either way sounds pretty weird.
I'm friend-of-a-friend with the girl who does Monster Pop. Apparently she's insufferable.
>>83610293
>But you would not believe his reaction to criticism
Oh, I would. If you check the forums you would know.
>>83610293
Chubby girls. Muh dick.
Well this thread got me reading plebcomics.
On another note, no webcomic authors or artists ever come to Ohio.
I went to the last two Wizard World Comic cons here in Cleveland and saw the Cyanide and Happiness guys both times. They're super nice and kind which you might not expect and really love drawing doodles. First year was packed but this time it didn't seem like there was as many people seeing them (although their one friend was there with the hunting / dark emo looking stuff which seemed to take up half their "booth")
>>83610520
I know you're joking, but the only thing of note about Aaron Diaz is that his forehead is so shiny he has to wear a hat on sunny days or the glare of the sun off of it will effect air traffic.
>>83610293
>received back-pats from his plethora of retarded fans assuring him that he's great
You just described every webcomics artist ever.
>>83610669
Yeah when I met her at akon I fucking sperged out
I'm usually pretty good about keeping my pasta in check
And the last time I lost it was when I met yoshitaka amano
I saw a stand while a bunch of lame parody shirts and told my friend "this looks like the kind of shit VG Cats would try to peddle"
Turns out it was Scott's booth
>>83610742
>tfw I love in Portland and have seriously considered stalking Chris Onstad at his soda company
I just love Achewood so much.
One of my best friends is Buttovens. She's just about the chillest person. smokes a TON of weed.
She was a guest on my podcast last month. listen to it here. https://soundcloud.com/popwasteland/ep17-taking-the-show-on-the-road
>>83612797
wait is VGcats still running even? Holy shit it is.
Goddamn, I thought he fell out of relevance 6 or 7 years ago
>>83613161
>I thought he fell out of relevance 6 or 7 years ago
Oh, he did.
B^Uckley somehow got a 600,000 dollar KS to work like a year or two ago.
Being one of the early webcomickers basically secured you for life. A ton of total hacks are still living large due to early fame, like Hacques, Willis, and the MegaTokyo guy.
It's actually fairly disconcerting
>>83611733
>at least one more friend than the average webcomic artist
can't be that bad.
>>83613281
>the MegaTokyo guy
I'm ashamed to admit I was a fan back in the day.
>>83612805
You guys fuck yet?
I met Toby Fox leaving a con once, I told him i liked his work and responded "thanks champ", and playfully punched me in the arm. He then took an entire red onion out of his jacket, took a bite, tossed the rest over his shoulder and sprinted across the street.
>>83613446
link it pls
>>83613438
Contrary to what neckbeard academy taught you, just because she's a porn artist doesn't mean she's some sex maniac
>>83613645
So you're in the Friend Zone?
>>83610293
I am not a fan of this comic but that bitch needs to get fucked.
>>83610737
Oh no! they doxxed her? did they like send her nasty notes at work or something?
Fuck people and fuck they're 'doxxing' I can say whatever the fuck I want because the people in my personal and professional life aren't fucking retards and can recognize a slut talking shit out her clenched asshole.
>>83613755
>did they like send her nasty notes at work or something?
they actually did
She ended up getting fired, although I believe she managed to get her job back.
I met Willis at a con once. He recognized my name from the forums (even though I didn't really post much on the forums, but I did run the comic's IRC for a while). I bought SP! volume one from him.
This was before he became a commie.
>>83610293
What a faggot. He should be happy anyone even cared enough to give him a useful critique on his lame tumbtard web art.
>>83613814
I could never understand this. Why would an employer fire somebody because they're getting harassed.
That's like punching somebody int he mouth because you saw someone else spitting on them.
>>83613863
What, you think they call up and say rude things? This isn't battletoads, son.
No. They call up and say that the person has been badmouthing the place/coworkers/boss on facebook or twitter or whatever. They say the person has been stealing and talking about it.
Something that sounds realistic.
>>83613925
Oh... right. Management is generally populated by mouth breathing special ed students with purchased education. I've been self employed so long I'd forgotten!
>>83610954
Sounds like an Australian
>>83614005
Store managers tend to be people who've been around long enough to get promoted, but aren't considered good enough to get further
>>83614005
>self employed
no need for euphemisms anon, you're among fellow NEETs here
>not even the thick girls like me.
Now I know why my father drank so much.
>>83614037
I own a bait and tackle shop actually!
I met Fred Gallagher for autograph signings back in 2006 and 2007 sakuracon when I was still a big fan. Not much conversation there though.
>>83613755
>>83613814
>>83613863
>>83613925
They used public information to harass her employers and according to she she had 'resigned' from the company.
>>83614034
This is my life. I just loiter long enough to get leadership positions because everybody else moves on and nobody else they hire has the experience. I am a lazy fat fuck and as long as I keep promoting people out of my department nobody catches on.
I am comfortable and pleased with my domain.
>>83614075
'bating your man tackle isn't a job.
I got a photo with Tycho at the first pax east on the show floor.
>>83610293
I met Gunnerkrigg man. He seemed nice, but kind of awkward.
>>83610520
Aaron Diaz knows much about the Transhumanism and the cybernetic ladies. He's also got killer abs.
>>83610293
I used to work with a webcomic for a few years and I know active webcomic artists.
>>83614161
Sounds exactly like I picture him. He's been making more public appearances since he started seeing Magnolia.
shmorky came to /v/ the other day
dude's weird
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1t0me9bnrmW
All jokes aside i actually did meet Aaron diaz at the SPX a long time ago. This was long before he really started to lose his shit online. In person He was what you would expect if you didn't follow him online: another odd art type.
He wasn't rude or particularly friendly. Just kinda ...there. One thing was for certain he wasn't as "bold" in person as he seems online.
For all i know he may be now though.
For a good contrast take Paul Pope (who i also met at SPX.) He's exactly what you would expect him to be based on ANY article or exert you have ever read from or about him.
>>83614654
i doubt that's him
do you have an archive link anyway?
>>83613435
I was a fan CAD back in the day anon. I read it well after Loss happened.
>>83614075
Are you a Master at it?
I met Aaron Diaz once, and was raped.
I saw Alex Maycomp as a "featured" guest at some comic exhibition.
Literally nobody was going to his table and after a while whenever someone would walk by his table he would just make a loud raspberry sound making sure to get spit all over them.
He wasn't allowed to come back because he apparently started a small electrical fire.
>>83610669
hey i met her there too, kinda sperged, bought a patch, pretty chill person
Friends with an ex popular web comic artist. She almost went to london with Andrew Dobson for a con. That's about all she has in terms of interesting web comic drama.
Other than that her boyfriend is abusive and she's really spineless. Nice but totally needs to take charge.
>>83610293
He was literally in the right, though.
>>83614007
Yeah, why'd you repeat what I just said?
>>83614049
thick girls all fall for the black guy meme
Met the artist of Cucumber Quest at a con once
Kinda wish I hadn't
>>83615757
How come?
>>83610424
I just want to make that lady smile.
>>83610704
sounds like something he hears often, he knows the argument is retarded, and finally let's loose after the last straw.
Maybe I'm dumb, but I react the same way when I hear the same nonsense argument repeated ad nauseum. I ignore it for a long time, then I start overthinking just how illogical it is, til finally I unleash my thoughts on the next person who repeats it, as if they represent everybody.
>>83611032
>i don't understand the need to just BS
Then why are you here?
>>83610293
I didn't meet Jeph Jacques, but I walked by his table a few times at a local comics fair. He never looked up at me or anyone, but it's not like i had anything to say to him. I find his work incredibly bland and never enjoyed it... he also seems like a real sad sack.
I've met Kate Leth a few times, mostly when she still worked at a comic shop, she's always came off as kind of dismissive and again, I don't really have anything to say to her. I get the vibe from her work that she'd be really judgmental and full of herself.
I've met a lot of very small artists, they're usually pretty cool. My local art scene kind of sucks, though.
>>83613925
But can't management just check the validity of the claims
I saw Andrew Hussie at a grocery store in Boston yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
>>83610424
She's afraid of sweaters?
I lived with Diana Nock for a year (Girlbot, Poorcraft). She was very focused on work and didn't leave her room ever but was generally super cool. I think she's doing alright!
>>83615912
One big eye, One little eye. Niggas call him... Permanent Virgin.
>>83610424
>plebcomics
I'm new to her work. It makes me scratch my head that a woman could write about stuff like that, given the current we are in.
>>83616099
well, she can't apparently.
Several "well-meaning" citizens faxed porn to her place of work and got her fired because they didn't like her work.
>>83616099
It's a bit of a shocker, though if you look at some of the asks on her blog you can see there's some significant butthurt going on.
>>83612714
>when I met yoshitaka amano
if you're still there, please tell me that tale, anon. I know I would lose my shit if I ever met the guy, so I promise I won't judge.
In 1991 during the recording for Mobius Trip (whose role involved playing rookie Prospit agent 'Mobius Trip') Michael Bowman was surfing with the music team when a small child was dragged under the waves and began to struggle to stay above surface. As his co-stars rushed to help, Reeves held out an arm infront of them, stopping them and was reported saying by "The waves have claimed her, let her fight for her own life". The crew, dumbfounded, proceeded to watch her struggle until her body disappeared beneath the waves, lifeless. He was later spotted outside the child's house, making drowning gestures and thanking the family for their child's sacrifice to the great ocean.
>>83616099
Almost as if women aren't a monolith and can have varied opinions and worldviews? Who'd a thunk right?
>>83616099
>>83616277
She's a "chill girl" faking her opinions to get attention and adoration from men. Kind of like what you'd call a "white knight" except most white knights are totally sincere about being feminists while "chill girls" are, without exception, lying about everything.
>>83616572
>Most white knights are totally sincere
>>83616572
>pussy hate so strong anon is resorting to tinfoil hatting
>>83616277
I kind of predicted someone would reply this way. I've got nothing for you. I cannot structure my language to appeal to you. My command for writing is pretty terrible.
She can write however she wants. And yes I did mean it in the "sexist" way too. How can a woman write about what she does, its surprising to me.
>>83616572
Ain't she a lesbian?
>>83616886
>Such a misogynist that he'd believe all women are liars, even the women who hate feminists and will defend white knight feminists.
>>83616572
So you think women should just be easygoing and without opinions, otherwise they're just trying to up their puss game?
>>83610742
>>83610817
>>83615912
Am I missing something here?
>>83616949
I mean I'm sure it's a troll, but really is it surprising? She's just shitting on the crazy tumblrtards.
>>83617081
It's an old pasta.
>>83616949
I'm not a troll. I'm just a naive person. I don't have a cynical nature is all.
>>83616572
All of the (You)s
>>83614127
I'm a state employee and I make no qualms about the fact that the only reason I'm half as good at my job as anyone else is the simple fact that I've been here a long time and know how "the system" works. It feels bad when people have legitimately awesome ideas that could really improve how shit runs, but you have to try and explain that it'll never come to pass because the powers that be prefer things to work their way and only react/accept change when an obviously inadequate policy results in complete and utter catastrophe and forces their hand. And that always involves a few firings and reassignments before all is said, so it's usually not worth the trouble.
I met Ryan North and Chris Hastings at a con once. It was a small con that was more geared towards /tg/ than /co/ so nobody knew who either of them were. My wife and I basically just chatted them up for the whole time, they were both really nice and we got a bunch of free swag.
>>83610293
I've had the luck to meet Monsieur le Chien when he came around my area to autograph his new books
I'm a friend of a webcomic artist, and a friend-of-a-friend of another one(that friend is the first artist)
Both incredibly cool people. Huge Nintendo and cartoon fans like me. Might get flak for saying what my friend writes, but my friend-of-a-friend is Ian Samson.
>>83617459
>Might get flak for saying what my friend writes
Andrew Hussie
>>83610293
Met Eric Shwartz once. Seems really shy and not eager to talk at any length with strangers.
>>83615672
Which one? There seems to be a few stereotypes people are willing to take as fact to a degree, but will reject the ones they don't like.
>>83610293
I would EXTREMELY FUCK that fat girl
I actually want to meet some webcomic guys. I'm not particularly a fan of anybody. I am a drawfag. Kinda just want to see what they're about. From my experience in talking to other artists. They get treated with a lot of respect and fandom, facebook pretty much walls them off from making friends with newbie artists. Before social media, you would gather on conceptart or pennyarcade for example. Now you gotta break bread by being a good artist or send them a really nice email or message.
My point is, I imagine I'd be wasting their time, and not buying one of their prints would just upset them.
Anyway this post is way too convoluted.
>>83617647
Nope, though that's be cool because Problem Sleuth was the best.I only read the first few pages of Homestuck, when it first came out. Stopped at the first flash page, which is about 15-20 pages in I think
All internet artist that I've meet were actually huge perverts, incluide me.
But that's pretty normal since, well...If you had the ability to draw your waifu in a sexy way, what would yo do?
>>83617975
The fucking them one.
>>83617065
what a bullshit reactionary response. obviously that's not what anon meant. anon was referring to girls who style themselves as 'one of the guys,' etc.
go fuck yourself but 10/10 made me respond
>>83613863
As far as I know, she herself posted the number of her company on twitter and asked her followers to annoy them. Pleb's weird.
>>83618592
It was a place she used to work. Did that because it was a call center and shit was heavily monitored.
>>83618623
It wasn't a call center, it was some government facility she used to work at. But yeah she gave out an old work number to try and throw people from the path. Obviously it didn't work out.
Pleb's still weird but in good way. She's so broken-desu
>>83618825
She cute?
>>83618825
>She's so broken-desu
that's my fetish
I find it sad that the r34 is better quality than the source material.
>>83610424
what does she even look like? I know she got doxxed, but never actually looked any of that shit up
>>83612052
>>83612056
Anyone else find these two comments right next to me each other funny?
I don't know who this is, but this story sounds fake. But it's hilarious so I choose to believe it.
I met the author of Bittersweet Candy Bowl, Taeshi (and her husband Suitcase), at Anime Central once. She signed my books and drew some doodles in the front covers for me! And when I dropped by the booth later in the day I found out that she'd actually redrawn a couple of them in her notebook in case I came back because she felt she could've done them better, which was really sweet.
A decent size group of readers of the webcomic actually happened to come down for the convention so we went out to dinner afterwards and then went out drinking and had a great time in general! There were a couple other meetups with them over the course of the con but unfortunately I could only make the one.
I used to hang out on #Webcomics on the something awful IRC. Had a decent number of authors and fans as regulars. It was a really cool community but IRC dissolved and everyone got split between Tumblr and Twitter and the whole gang is MIA anymore. I can't keep up with no one. I miss those days.
>>83616572
Have a (You)
I met Garth Ennis once. We struck up a conversation because I grew up in the same town as him and he heard my accent. My family all speak Irish and I usually give the Gaelic version of my name, and when he asked what my name was and I told him, he got really quiet then left suddenly. I heard he had a problem with Catholics but I didn't think it was that severe.
I met Jess Fink at a convention, years ago. It was days after a /co/ thread storytimed "We Can Fix It" and I was interested in buying a copy.
We talked, I asked to buy a copy, and I brought up how I came to be interested in doing so. A horrified look came over her. "They were posting my comic for free?!"
I panicked, coming up with some half-baked lie that the thread only had a few early pages because illegal posting wasn't allowed, or something. So no piracy! She cheered and I cheered in response in that kind of jokey "yay!" way. I shuffled away pretty quickly after that.
There was another time I walked by Aaron Diaz in a hotel bar and he winked at me, while tipping his wine glass. Wearing his suit and bow tie and everything.
>>83619977
That seems kinda presumptuous of him.
I met Yale Stewart at a FCBD event a couple years back. He seemed like a pretty nice guy to me.
>>83610293
I've seen two separate webcomic artists in person (one mentioned it on a forum for anyone who wanted to meet up, the other hand a public talk) but was too chicken to get up and talk to either one. I didn't even get a signature.
That was years ago, although the opportunity was long gone.
>>83610293
>>83620372
...Wow. She sounds like a ridiculously stupid fucking cunt.
>>83614127
Congrats on the Hermit Kingdom.
>>83612805
>ovens
>doing things other than totally cute mr invisible storys
i dont even care bro
>>83610293
>He then bitched about it later on his twitter & tumblr, deleted it, but not until he had received back-pats from his plethora of retarded fans assuring him that he's great, that chick didn't know what she was talking about, just jealous, etc... Needless to say, any amount of respect for the guy I had was lost after that.
JFC, why can't these people tell the difference between SJWs and harmless suggestions/criticism?
>>83616572
Every girl I've met has
1. Told me she's not like other girls
and
2. Told me she hates girls who tell her male friends she's not like other girls
>>83610293
I met the author of Gamer Cat at Magfest. She was friendly and busy drawing while manning her table. I wish I hadn't already maxed out my merch budget at that point, I would have loved to buy something. Her art is cute.
>>83621119
Every girl wants to be recognized as an individual.
Every guy wants to be recognized.
Fair? No. Nothing about that is fair. Welcome to life. It sucks. Here's your helmet.
>>83610293
Met the dude who does JL8. Just like bought some buttons. I tried to make a little conversation but he was being relatively quiet so whatever.
>>83621173
>le life sucks meme
Wow anon so cynical and deep:^)
>>83621181
did he show you his dick?
I met Ronnie at Heroes Con a couple of years ago, he was really nice, though his eye contact game was super intimidating.
>>83615908
That would constitute effort
When it comes to nobody entry level employees, stores tend to just boot them and move on to avoid the drama
>>83618153I'll be your friend.... ;;
Post something nice you drew
>>83615672
or Italianslike me
>>83610424
Agoraphobic in which way?
>>83624146
But won't that build resentment among your remaining employees
>>83610293
I met the 8bit theater guy. He was nice enough I guess. Little bit of a dick but you can tell that's just his way of being funny.
Oh yeah, I also met the Boxer Hockey guy at a smash bros tournament when I was in college. I told him I really liked his comic, he was really nice about it. Then he absolutely annihilated me at Smash. I don't remember who he played.
>>83625799
It's a chain store, their employees are already at maxium resent.
>>83610742
Ronnie and Diaz make sense but I don't think it works with Onstad.
>Met lemonfont
>4chan irl
would do it again
I met Drew and he kicked my ass
>>83616277
Your optimism is appreciated.
Garfield is my favorite webcomic
>>83610293
I met Sebastian "Sirkowski" Frechette, the creator of Miss Dynamite.
He was in his late-20s, living with his mother and sister, and rode a bike around.
By the time I hit in 20 I was doing better than him in all aspects of my life.
Never meet people you admire growing up. You might realize how pathetic they are and question your life choices.
>>83626379
Perhaps being a webcomic artist is not a glamorous position.
Also not considering things that might force him to have a shittier life is pretty rude of you.
>>83615757
What happened
>>83616223
>literally decided to check on this thread before i went to bed figured it would have archived by now
It was the very first Anime Matsuri in Houston
my friends and i heard he was going to be there
found out he was doing autographs on Saturday in the middle of the afternoon
literally almost missed the autograph session
>I was running as fast as I could when I made it just in time for conops told the volunteer to stop accepting people
>I look down hallway see my friend running down the hallway volunteer says she can't get in line
>told him that was my best friend and its only one more person
>allows it
>I slowly wait in line as it gets shorter and shorter
>pull out my sketch book flip to an open page and start to panic when its my turn
>he starts to flip through my sketchbook the wrong way since I'm left handed I had to show him to go backwards
>looking at sketches nods head I was thinking "oh god he's going through my sketchbook"
>MFW "oh god he's going to think its terrible"
>gets to a blank page
>"okay he's going to sign it now"
>draws a pic of Celes from FF6 then autographs it
>I'm in shock literal shock. I can barely keep any composure as I get my sketchbook back.
>I dash as far and fast as I can before I fucking go ape shit in excitement over the fact he just did what he did
>I've never done anything like that before exploding like that
>a friend told me they could hear me over the crowd down the hall
I'm so fucking happy I never lost it to nobuo uematsu when I met him
I really want to meet artists, at least i got a signed poster from the spanish voice of vegeta/nick wilde
>>83610379
This was beautiful, thanks Anon
>>83626775
He drew you a celes, that's awesome anon, is he your favourite artist? Because that's probably how i'd react to meeting mignola
>>83626775
Nice.
>>83613435
SuperMegaTokyo?
I'd love to meet Khazarad and see how drunk I have to get him to start drawing Katia lewds.
>>83627009
Yes he's one of my favorite living artists
Is there at least 1 webcomic artist who is not mentally InSaNe ?
>>83612714
>>83626775
You did nothing wrong given the situation, Anon.
>>83626425
>Also not considering things that might force him to have a shittier life is pretty rude of you.
I wish more people were this open minded.
>>83610807
The two things are not mutually exclusive. I knew a super chill person who freaked out when she had to take crowded buses or metros.
>>83610917
>She's very sweet and does nice things for you... All while calling you "bitch" or "dumb" or "an asshole"
Tourette's?
>>83614936
Who?
>>83610914
Sam is a total fucking bro tier webcomicer though. I make a point to hit a TCAF every time he goes to get something off him because he's one of the few consistently GOOD comics out there.
>>83610379
Ahoy ! Bullshit ahead !
I give Bait/10
>>83615388
... Well that's just depressing.
>>83610293
This is why I know I'll eventually succeed at my webcomic once I get started (Too much life shit right now.). I've already done a ton or research and OPs story is textbook example on what not to do with criticism. As long as I'm getting good advice on what I'm doing wrong, I don't care how much you insult my work; you will have my undivided attention. And if I try it and people don't like it (or it's just fucking stupid), learn and move on. I don't care how much work I put into it. In the end, all that matters is getting better.
>>83627286
Look at the big brain on Anon!
>>83620885
Eh, she's not the first artist to be dismayed her shit is up free somewhere. As cunty things go that's not so bad.
>>83627310
Being actually good and improving doesn't necessarily translate into success if nobody knows about your work. How are you going to get people to see your stuff?
I met Boulet at a con once, had a good chat about the new CGI Asterix movie and how good it was. Good to see the guy travelling outside of France and getting more known. He's a pretty chill dude.
>>83627364
Boulet is awesome
I met Chandra Nair once.
He was pretty cool.
>tfw Britfag
>no webcomic artists ever goes to a UK comic-con or similar event
>>83627221
When you get into an art career you realize how mentally taxing, humiliating and thankless it is, and you probably have to deal with years of pure shit to get any kind of recognition.
Any webcomic artists other than Aaron Diaz deserve every penny they make.
>>83627343
That's what social media, comic conventions, etc. are for (and probably some luck). If it trends in the right places, you're in. Before I brainstormed a single idea on what the webcomic was going to be about, I first read up on all the highs and lows of the business from the experts.
I've already accepted that this project will take a TON of time to get it right so I'm in no hurry right now. It's funny. I hear the webcomic industry has tons of fierce competition; and yet, the best of the best are constantly giving out great advice on how to do it right. I sometimes have trouble keeping up with it all.
Fuck, getting off topic here. Does "Gold Digger" Fred Perry count? Yeah, he's legit, but he's released most of his stuff free online. Last I heard, he's released more content than almost everyone else. Met him several times. Awesome guy and a hard worker.
>>83627221
We're a weird lot.
I draw a comic, been doing so for a while, first time I met a fan it freaked me out.
I didn't know how to handle this art thing that I do on the net leaking out into realty.
He probably thought I was a spazz.
No, I'm not going to tell you who I am either.
>>83610293
I met Phil and Kaja Foglio of Girl Genius at Clockwork Alchemy in San Jose. They are the nicest people. They signed my Magic cards before doing a q&a about their comic and looked like they were having a blast the whole time.
>>83615388
This sounds like the Bittersweet Candy Bowl girl? Her boyfriend is a total fag hat
>>83620885
..Wow.. no, actually you do though
>>83618153
You got a Twitter? I'm not even in webcomics and I've made a ton of webcomic friends (mostly female, but some male and/or otherwise) via Twitter.
>>83620372
I'm most shocked by the naivety of "They were posting my comic for free?!"
>>83619977
I met him once, too. Only instead of a normal greeting, I screwed up super hard
>Have a bad tendency to mix up names
>Get to meet Garth Ennis and get him to sign something
>"Hey, Grant Morrison, I'm a big fa-"
>mfw
>Stop mid-sentence and stay long enough to close my eyes and turn on my heel
I didn't bother to see what his reaction was.
>>83620621
Much worse.
i met the dude who runs hiveworks/slipshine.
>>83628027
Jojo! He's cool. He got after me once when I talked about posting on /co/
>>83610424
Got a picture? I've always wondered what she looks like.
>>83627874
It didn't happen to me, but I can imagine someone going up to Brian K Vaughan and asking him if he's Grant Morrison or Garth Ennis - because you always confuse the two of them.
>>83628084
http://plebcomics.tumblr.com/post/145617599743/to-all-the-people-who-doubt-my-looksmore-art
>>83625799
...so?
>>83628154
Huh. Not to far from what I imagined, though the lack of full body and the posing keeps it from being very informational.
Does she do artist alleys at cons? It would be awesome if she wore her avatar's outfit, complete with seashells and bad posture.
I was at Comic-Con 2012 with my buddy Dave, and we were riding the shuttle back to our hotel.
Suddenly I see someone I recognize I the street! "Holy shit, Dave! It's that guy from the thing!" I say, blaming out on the name. "It's that uh... IS THAT FAT GUY!"
As he's turning his head to look out the window, Dave responds: "Who,Scott Kurtz?"
And it was. The end.
>>83610293
You're talking about a guy who got shitfaced onwhisky and stabbed his own hand when he was criticized for, I think, not drawing Marigold (the character in your OP) fat enough
I mean, yeah, in both cases the criticism was unsolicited and unwarranted, but the appropriate answer would be to tell some cunts to fuck off, not let it ruin your life
>>83628343
Okay, I want to rectify myself, it seems it wasn't just a fan, it was several asking for him to kill himself over it
>>83615757
I briefly saw her at ECCC last year. She was a little tetchy if you stopped to look at her booth without buying anything, which I kind of understand, but man that's a turn-off to any prospective customers who might want to go back later in the day.
>>83615388
You should fuck her.
>>83612803
I live in Portland too and I miss when Stumptown was still a convention. Rose City is okay but it's once a year and Wizard World is just too expensive.
I did manage to get to see Kate Beaton, Scott Kurtz, Kris Straub, Ethan Nicolle, and a few other names I recognized. I'd want Ronnie to come out here, but that much travel cost would panic him.
>tfw highly shy, but when online and under pressure can turn into a loud joker type because it's a more reliable way of hiding yourself [act differently] than being invisible.
>tfw this makes it impossible to ever express the genuine shyness because it's almost impossible to take seriously. indeed, if i wasn't living it i wouldn't believe it myself.
>>83628154
URL not found, and not found on archive dot is or org.
I see the tumblr and some text posts, but am clearly too stupid to find any comics, any help?
>>83626109
I also met Ronnie at HeroesCon two years ago... super super nice guy. We talked for a little bit about drawing and comics and it was cool.
>>83611157
I've heard she has gargantuan tits.
>>83627702
Everything about the Foglios leads me to imagine that they spend all of their time either having incredibly kinky sex or giving each other high fives with a look of pure excitement on their faces.
>>83626109
Nah Onstad has his own share of craziness. Remember the whole cookbook thing?
>>83610590
I've been trying to decide if I should try to become Internet Friends And Eventually Real Friends Who Know Each Other's Phone Numbers And Text Each Other with pleb or if that's just an incredibly creepy idea.
>>83613684
He obviously is
I met Jhonen Vasquez at a big goth convention. Dude was visibly uncomfortable, but polite. I think he wanted to run screaming from the place but he was a pro, and kept his promise to stick around until the hall closed.
>>83626131
can confirm this
>Visiting Montreal
>Have time to kill one day. Decide to go to Ryan Somher's comic shop
>Ask him for comic recommendations, hide powerlevel
>He unironically recomends LICD and LFG and doesn't say he wrote them
>Tell him I've seen pages of each and they read like the most dull, unfunny twelve year old's idea of what comics should be
>He tells me he wrote them, I just shrug.
>He spergs out and threatens me
Then I laughed at him and left. Guy is every bit the self important dipshit he acts like online, and has absolutely no social depth.
On a related note, his shop closed in 2014, anyone know why?
>>83628077
he's cool but I met him when hiveworks was a glimmer in his eye. He was a lot skinnier back then. Dude sure loves his pizzas
>>83613755
>did they like send her nasty notes at work or something?
You'd be surprised at what Tumblr does when the dox someone, unlike us and the Pizzas and such which usually has an ending of free pizza, they outright try to ruin people's lives.
>>83610742
Dammit I came here to post this with Ronnie
>>83627499
John Allison and Tom Siddell are both UK, and plenty of Webcomickers go to London Comic Con or whatever
>>83627709
I met them before and yeah Suitcase has a massive dickish vibe to him. Two minutes into meeting the guy his tone is just one like he's superior to you.
>>83610917
aside from the drink, all things one would say to a friend
though a bit too casual to personally say to a fan, at least not multiple times in a short span
>>83615908
i think its more about the "guilty by association" drama they want to avoid, because no matter what side you take, shit will still be flung
>>83616099
lots of people, regardless of sex have the same opinions,
theyre just too busy/unconcered/unwilling to voice them
usually the most dramatic people are the loudest, which is why they are mostly fake-sjw
i got to meet yuumei at a cherry blossom festival; she and her buddy were pretty chill, got to ask some questions a chat for a bit
>>83618153
>tfw you also want the same to get insight so you too can be up there
>tfw even a handful of fans would make your life
>>83628154
>>83610424
>>83628084
>>83629306
Tsk tsk.
>>83621119
Had to post this.
You know who I've always wanted to meet? Matthew Taranto, creator of Brawl in the Family. He seems like the coolest dude to ever meet.
>>83630303
>On a related note, his shop closed in 2014, anyone know why?
Mtlfag here. I had no idea his shop closed down. It was always in my plan to visit it and witness the beast with my own eyes.
Unrelated to Sohmer. I didn't met him but I brought the Anime Club book from KC Green and he did this which is nice.
>>83610293
I met the avas demon creator at a con, asked for a picture but she was pretty sick.
I legit would have fucked anyone at that booth though.
>>83627096
just place a bulk order of his t-shirts.
>>83631997
>>83631997
Yeah I saw that too. It was so weird because I thought the thread would be dead by then, but it's still going.
I met Katie Rice at Pax south and I met the penny arcade guys at the mall before Pax.
I was too autistic to say anything worth mentioning to them.
>>83631997
>who the FUCK wrote this
The hacker known as 4chan, obviously
>>83610737
But this is true.
>>83634883
Why do you think they hate her so much?
>>83610379
Saved.
Peter: WHO DARE TO CALL ME "FATSO"!!??
Quite honestly, I don't know what I'd even say if I met the webcomic artists I remotely pay attention to. Even so, they either live across the country or overseas, so there goes that anyway. But what do you say? "Um, hey. You make a thing I read sometimes. So yeah."
>>83635615
You understand that's a generic prompt, right?
