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Hexnut ([info]tunxeh) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2007-12-21 20:27:00

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These web comic reviews are so bad

Gunnerkrigg Court is an ongoing (and excellent) online graphic-novel bildungsroman, set in a world that mixes magic, gods, and high tech. Each new strip has a comment thread (vanishing when the next strip goes up, thrice weekly) with usually quite civil and incisive commentary. But in the comment thread for today's strip, someone links to a review from a couple weeks ago on the blog "these web comics are so bad", attempting to make fun of GK by misinterpreting the "court" in the title and putting the heroine on trial. As a special bonus, the review incorporates bad emo free verse:

She is to nature as a man to his loyal dog
Who squats by his side and is uneasy.
Who can give me a taste of this?
Not you.

The attempted humor of this review falls flat, as its earliest commenters already agree. But once GK's fans find the comment thread for the review, it quickly becomes a bashfest. A few of the more printable and non-tl;dr responses:

Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, review. Those who can't review, write useless drivel like this.

I can't tell. is this satire? am I too stupid to tell?

My eight year old sister could write a review of ANYTHING better than you, and hers would consist of just three words; 'it is cool' or 'it is bad'.

ETA: Cormorant pointed me in email to another thread about the same webcomic review site.


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