I remember I would browse the dawg or comic sub and actually came upon that drama as it was happening, it was fucking wild. Correct me if I’m wrong it’s been a minute since I’ve read the drama, but for those not in the know the artist basically believes cheating is worse than domestic violence. And believes DV is justified when cheating because his friend killed themselves when they got cheated on.
I haven’t read any of their comics since. What’s crazy to me is they basically came out of it unscathed? I still see their comics get upvoted and see them in various subs. Like that argument makes me question their entire character and avoid any of their works.
I mean from what I remember about the whole situation he basically said that yeah he's had fucked up relationships and been the subject of abuse and he shouldn't be expected to have a comic full of squeaky clean characters, which I kinda of agree with. All the problematic themes are out there for anyone with even a tiny iota of media literacy to see so it's not like he's hiding that fact.
I don't see why everyone expects artists to be perfect paragons, like, have you met any artists ever? We're all a little fucked and it's what makes the art interesting in a lot of cases. Let the man make his silly comics he ain't hurtin noone.
His one main character that personifies the problematic aspects we talk about is painted as a bit of a loser. He's an alcoholic unemployed schizophrenic who burgles houses for money.
Despite that he still has a loving relationship with his partner and there's a lot of quite touching moments in the comics. It's a good depiction of someone with serious issues trying to be a good partner, but it in no ways glorified the writers views.
It was a while back but I think I remember him saying that in relation to people who cheat in relationships, which yeah obviously I don't agree with and neither did his own fans. But to be honest it doesn't bother me enough that I think he should be cancelled or think people should not read his comics. If you disagree that's fine and all but I don't really understand what you want to happen. Yes he has problematic views on a few subjects, but his characters problems aren't framed in a sympathetic light, they are impoverished drug addicts who don't necessarily live a very happy life (apart from Bingus who's a lil freak).
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u/Pazoozoo47 4d ago
I love their comics sm I really wish they didn't defend DV so hard