Post the worst comments you've gotten

[vothnthorvaldson]

What I don't get is that if a writer put a foreign language in a comic without a translation, it's precisely to make the reader guess that some characters won't understand. So it put the reader in the same situation than the characters, which is very immersing. And if the reader understands the language, it does not matter, he will still understand the other characters don't.
I don't see the issue, or how there would be any justification for complain.

And German for an English speaker, frankly... I'm not even speaking about the fact they're both Germanic languages... Same alphabet, if it's so important to the reader to understand, it's just one automatic translation away.

[Kelheor]

Well, I should say that we raised the bar by taking away the spaces and writing everything with lower case letter But you are 100% right, it was the "same situation as the characters", and as there were no characters in this last frame to translate this page, we didn't write the translation.
And I am actually feeling better after writing this all here, getting it off my chest and talking to you guys, thank you!

[spadesart]

ooh, redesigning steven universe characters is like a magnet for rude people

[Zin_Trollborn]

I actually really enjoy bad comments XD
I had once one weirdo who got very mad at me for ignoring all their drawing requests for free and friendship attempts. But their comments wasn't even about my drawings (mostly about how a terrible human being I am) so it doesn't even count
Like I enjoy being a troll with people who comes to bark at me for no apparent reasons, I guess I scared most of them
I can take harsh critisism, but free bashing? I never let that pass around.

Also I'm not a fan of the "oh that character of yours looks like xxx from yyy" but I don't get upset at that either, people who say that don't think evil, that's just ignorance from them.

[Pandastrophic]

So I wouldn't say it's the worst in terms of like insulting my work or comic but because i really don't know how the heck they came to this conclusion when they read my story and I find it kinda funny

The person replying is another reader lol
In that episode the character wasn't feeling well emotionally and had been lying on the couch all day she does throw up as well but it's been established that this happens to her when she's feeling stressed.

[mrtoontastic]

The worst comment I've ever gotten...

Nothing (and that's just for the novels)

[danitasibert]

I don't really get many comments, but they tend to be kind or from close friends really XD
i have to sat reading these are crazy but some are very interesting XD

[Mari]

@stnmaren haha omg I fucking love that. It's not as if the whole point of redrawing is that the style is different

[aqua03]

I, for one, have understood why people were always so touchy about Steven Universe's art style compared to other shows. I mean, the show itself can't even stay consistent with it's own art style for Pete's sake!

@Mari

Is it wrong that I gouda the first comment, the "This is useless, but keep going anyways." comment pretty funny?

[Mari]

@aqua03

Not at all. I was extremely upset about it for a while (since the comic was about as personal of a thing as it could be), but after I got over that I just found it hilarious.

[aqua03]

Yeah, it's like they were thinking. "I think this guy sucks, but I don't wanna seem too mean about it..." The juxtaposition is kind of hilarious in a way.

[kimketli]

Oh god... O.O
I feel so sorry for you. These people must be really troubled. I can not imagine they are normal people... Just some brain-dead with hate about other things and they just had to hit it on something.
I think it is not lazy at all to make a comic like this. I think I have a reliable point of view, because I draw and also work with 3D models, so I'm able to compare. To make a great pose in 3d is sometimes as hard or even harder then make it from one point of view. If you don't understand the pose enough it will be visible. And also, you can not cheat with measurements as much as in 2D. Sometimes when I make a sketch in 2D and try to replicate in 3D I realize my idea wasn't correct, but looked correct because it contained cheating.
Your program also requires big amount of effort and time. But if it wouldn't, still bullshit what these guys commented, because if somebody want to tell a story in comic form, she/he has any rights to do it by using any related available program. Doesn't matter how easy it considered...
To make a sandwich from bread and jam is also easy, but I should eat it because of that...? wuuuut?

[JeanGuillet]

that one is particularly funny. thanks for the hearty laugh!

[TimCaloweh]

You're welcome. Thanks for the kind words.

[Buurd]

tosses self into the abyss of other "they look like ____" comments

On a more positive note I made the mistake of making my comic's title a pun (it's called Ketchup, about two people catching up) and I've opened the doors to puns every update.

[burginlewis]

Sorry about the thread revival if it offends... can't imagine it would in this case.

I once received:

"This chapter sucks, so do you, and so does Philip."

My chapter had no Philip. I don't know any Philip. I was tempted to ask. I was also tempted to write a short story about that comment. I resisted both impulses.

[xabelmind]

Oh, heck, I would have asked: "Who's Philip?! :O"

I mean, we can talk about how much I suck and my stuff too, but it's not polite talking about how much Philip sucks behind his back -crosses arms-

[colinmooredraws]

I was tempted to ask.

Honestly, asking after that sort of stuff is one of my favorite games. Playing innocent/ignorant, especially in the face of someone that incoherently irate is a very special kind of joy. I'll be if you'd innocently ask "Wait, Phillip? Who's that?" or something, they'd start screaming about something. My money's on them either mis-remembering something or confusing yours with someone else's and still blaming you somehow.

[xabelmind]

I'll be if you'd innocently ask "Wait, Phillip? Who's that?" or something, they'd start screaming about something.

Oh, yeah. Trolls want your reaction, so that's why always people say to ignore them. But they want your bad reaction, if you respond nicely, the troll gets trolled.

Only thing is you have to be sure you'll be able to handle the stress and keep the niceness till the end, because if at any moment you break and tell them off, they win.

It's oratory.

[Prometheus]

The comments I have received haven’t been online, but in person. They aren’t terrible, just agitating. I had one kid, who was kind of prideful and ignorant, come up to me and watch me draw my main character and say something along the lines of, “You need to make the hair spikier. Then it will look more like anime.” It just bugged me because I don’t think he was really into manga/anime, and me and him had never really been on good terms.