Chefelf.com Night Life: woods18 - Viewing Profile

I must admit, on reflection; that my point about telling people who dont like CAD to leave it alone, made my other point about opinions and free speech a little hollow.. and for that i apologise

I enjoy CAD for what it is to me and so i would say; yes, its plot makes up for its lack of one off laughs, to the unfamiliar reader, although there are comics that cater to that audience. The points made about CAD maybe not using a straight-forward punchline, (again in my opinion) are subject to the taste, as this is simply how the comic is structured, and has managed to do well for itself so far..

Again, i point out that; this comic doesnt really suit to reading every now-and-then for a cheap laugh, so to address the points about the over use of dialogue, i would simply say that; this comes-in-hand with the readers knowledge of the characters. For me the use of the speech and the way its broken down, can be easily put in context in real life situations. Most of the scenes between Ethan and Lucas are broken up into short speech bubbles, in which Lucas tries harder and harder to get his point across to Ethan, until he finally gets it. Now Lucas's humour (which is a particularly cynical form of whit) and Ethan's inability to function in the adult world, can be appreciated more, by knowing more about them from previous comics.

As for the points made about Buckley.. i cant pass much of a judgement. As i said before hand i dont really read any of his reviews and dont take much of an interest in him as a person. But as for his attitude towards criticism, that its something which i would agree is unacceptable. For him to completely ignore loyal fans of his work, proves how little we as people mean to him and how much our money is all he really wants.. but who can blame the man for wanting to make money..?

I am quite a big fan of the CAD comic, as for Tim Buckley i have no strong feelings towards him either way.. I don't really feel my opinion of him has any bearing on whether i like the comic or not.

I have read every CAD to date and as such, have formed a "bond" with the characters there in. Now i can understand why some readers may question whether the comic is funny or not, because quite a few of the punch-lines are based around the characters personalities and relationships. As for the game referenced comics ill admit most of those go over my head as i haven't played the game or really couldn't give a rats ass about it.. I read CAD to follow its plot.. Complaining about its content is like watching "Friends" and complaining for it being Friends!

Now i can understand that the comic doesnt suit everyone's taste or sense of humor but surely we're all adult enough that if we dont like something, that we can do something about it, like STOP READING THE BLOODY COMIC! If you dont want to watch friends you change the bloody channel.. (sorry to keep going back to the same metaphor but it gets the point across)

I respect Yahtzee for his work and think he is a very talented and funny man, but it would be nice to see him maybe realise that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and taste and the right to publish what ever they want on the internet. Its down you the individual, whether or not they view it.. and if they dont like it, TO LEAVE IT THE HELL ALONE!