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* OvershadowedByControversy: These days the comic/artist is more widely known for his blocking negative reactions to the comic, and for an incident on Twitter in which Dobson responded to Zelda Williams' alluding to her father's death (on the anniversary, no less) with a comic panel that read "Calm thy tits." Dobson deleted the tweet and said he hadn't realized what she'd been referring to, but critics pointed out it was still callous to respond to someone going through a hard time in such a flippant manner. To date, there was no apology.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: These days the comic/artist is more widely known for his blocking negative reactions to the comic, and for an incident on Twitter in which Dobson responded to Zelda Williams' Creator/ZeldaWilliams' alluding to her father's death (on the anniversary, no less) with a comic panel that read "Calm thy tits." Dobson deleted the tweet and said he hadn't realized what she'd been referring to, but critics pointed out it was still callous to respond to someone going through a hard time in such a flippant manner. To date, there was no apology.
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* InformedWrongness: One comic story involved a girl who was drawing her writer friends' story, and being unhappy when they focus more on {{Shipping}} than giving it an overarching plot. So she ignores their latest instructions and draws something completely different... the reader is meant to side with her against her writer friends when they're initially displeased with her, never mind that in such relationships an artist can't just change an entire plot on a whim.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: These days the comic/artist is more widely known for his blocking negative reactions to the comic, and for an incident on Twitter in which Dobson responded to Zelda Williams' alluding to her father's death (on the anniversary, no less) with a comic panel that read "Calm thy tits." Dobson deleted the tweet and said he hadn't realized what she'd been referring to, but critics pointed out it was still callous to respond to someone going through a hard time in such a flippant manner. To date, there was no apology.
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** With the reveal that Dobson had an NSFW account mostly posting inflation fetish art, ''many'' drawings of his avatar will show him with an air pump.
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*UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Many times Dobson tries to present his AuthorAvatar as being wronged, but instead the reader is more likely to side with the straw man.
** One strip has him get turned away from a comic shop by people laughing at him looking for manga. However he entered the store, whose lights were off and had a clear "Closed" sign, expecting it to be open because the door was.
** One infamous strip has him berating a girl at a con for drawing comics right to left in the Japanese style, while she happily tells him that's how she prefers it. Instead of being SurroundedByIdiots, Andy comes across as nitpicking.
** This was the main reaction to his unfinished short story about a young man trying to be a professional comic creator. Kevin James (No relation) doodles at work, gets fired for being late, does nothing to find a new job until he's about to be kicked out of his apartment, begs his mother for bill and rent money, and we're supposed to feel sorry for him.
** The above mentioned Bingo strip.
** One strip has him get turned away from a comic shop by people laughing at him looking for manga. However he entered the store, whose lights were off and had a clear "Closed" sign, expecting it to be open because the door was.
** One infamous strip has him berating a girl at a con for drawing comics right to left in the Japanese style, while she happily tells him that's how she prefers it. Instead of being SurroundedByIdiots, Andy comes across as nitpicking.
** This was the main reaction to his unfinished short story about a young man trying to be a professional comic creator. Kevin James (No relation) doodles at work, gets fired for being late, does nothing to find a new job until he's about to be kicked out of his apartment, begs his mother for bill and rent money, and we're supposed to feel sorry for him.
** The above mentioned Bingo strip.
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* DontShootTheMessage: Preston's views on homosexuality, race, and feminism come off as this. While he isn't wrong to oppose hatred of them and say that it's wrong, his methods of doing so come off as hypocritical (calling football fans "gay" for liking a sport with manly men), victimize the group in question to show him saving them (beating up a pervert who had little other characters), show a rather poor understanding of the group (attempting to stick up for people of different races, claiming he should be offended), or simply end up shoehorned into the comic. It doesn't help that he sometimes considers engaging in SlutShaming of skimpily dressed female characters, attacking their outfits without caring about their characterizations.
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* DontShootTheMessage: Preston's views on homosexuality, race, and feminism come off as this. While he isn't wrong to oppose hatred of them and say that it's wrong, his methods of doing so come off as hypocritical (calling football fans "gay" for liking a sport with manly men), victimize the group in question to show him saving them (beating up a pervert who had little few other characters), characteristics), show a rather poor understanding of the group (attempting to stick up for people of different races, claiming he should be offended), or simply end up shoehorned into the comic. It doesn't help that he sometimes considers engaging in SlutShaming of skimpily dressed female characters, attacking their outfits without caring about their characterizations.
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** The comic where Preston’s bear avatar beats up a guy taking pictures of a ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' {{cosplay}}er, especially after it was [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1618504-involuntary-celibacy-incel revealed]] the guy was the cosplayer’s boyfriend who had gotten her permission first. This frequently ties to the [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Loss]] or even [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII Chokeposting]] edits, usually as a hilarious CurbStompBattle cut.
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** The comic where Preston’s bear avatar beats up a guy taking pictures of a ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' {{cosplay}}er, especially after it was [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1618504-involuntary-celibacy-incel [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTyAY29XEAISKWY.jpg revealed]] the guy was the cosplayer’s boyfriend who had gotten her permission first. This frequently ties to the [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Loss]] or even [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII Chokeposting]] edits, usually as a hilarious CurbStompBattle cut.
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** The comic where Preston’s bear avatar beats up a guy taking pictures of a ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' {{cosplay}}er, especially after it was revealed the guy was the cosplayer’s boyfriend who had gotten her permission first. This frequently ties to the [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Loss]] or even [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII Chokeposting]] edits, usually as a hilarious CurbStompBattle cut.
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** The comic where Preston’s bear avatar beats up a guy taking pictures of a ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' {{cosplay}}er, especially after it was revealed [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1618504-involuntary-celibacy-incel revealed]] the guy was the cosplayer’s boyfriend who had gotten her permission first. This frequently ties to the [[Webcomic/CtrlAltDel Loss]] or even [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII Chokeposting]] edits, usually as a hilarious CurbStompBattle cut.
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* AcceptableTargets:
** Let's see...sports fans, hardcore gamers, anime/manga fans, MRA's, and just about anyone on the political right wing, to name a few. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, blonde people too.]]
** On the more universally acceptable side, we have sexists and racists. And bad artists.
** Let's see...sports fans, hardcore gamers, anime/manga fans, MRA's, and just about anyone on the political right wing, to name a few. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, blonde people too.]]
** On the more universally acceptable side, we have sexists and racists. And bad artists.
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* SeasonalRot: The later comics had weaker artwork and became much more about Dobson preaching rather than making entertaining comics. Dobson himself admitted multiple times that the fact that his comics, while getting high views, did not make him much money, so he saw no point in putting in as much effort as he used to.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: His artwork in more recent years has a more noticeable dip in quality. But it isn't terrible either.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: His artwork in more recent years has a more noticeable dip in quality. But it isn't terrible terrible, either.
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** Andrew Dobson says that Batman, who has been popular since the 2000s, has killed, with no regard for the innocent, and is generally an insane psychopath. He blames this on Creator/FrankMiller's works, ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' and ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Dobson is correct in that the Batman from those stories is [[AdaptationalJerkass a psychopath]], he hasn't killed, and these two stories are [[AlternateUniverse out-of-continuity with the mainstream titles]] and were reviled by both comic critics and Batman fans alike. The comic never mentions the popularity of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', or ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', which were popular with the mainstream audience.
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** Andrew Dobson says that Batman, who has been popular since the 2000s, has killed, killed with no regard for the innocent, innocent and is generally an insane psychopath. He blames this on Creator/FrankMiller's works, ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' and ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Dobson is correct in that the Batman from those stories is [[AdaptationalJerkass a psychopath]], he hasn't killed, and these two stories are [[AlternateUniverse out-of-continuity with the mainstream titles]] and were reviled by both comic critics and Batman fans alike. The comic never mentions the popularity of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', or ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', which were popular with the mainstream audience.
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** Let's see...sports fans, hardcore gamers, anime/manga fans, MRA's, and just about anyone on the political right-wing to name a few. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also blonde people too.]]
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** Let's see...sports fans, hardcore gamers, anime/manga fans, MRA's, and just about anyone on the political right-wing right wing, to name a few. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also Also, blonde people too.]]
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* BileFascination: The comic can be hilarious, but for none of the reasons Preston wants. The comic can get incredibly pretentious and the art is often very awkward resulting in goofy looking expressions in something meant to be taken seriously.
* DontShootTheMessage: Preston's views on homosexuality, race, and feminism come off as this. While he isn't wrong to oppose hatred of them and say that it's wrong, his methods of doing so come off as hypocritical (calling football fans "gay" for liking a sport with manly men), victimize the group in question to show him saving them (beating up a pervert who had little other character), show a rather poor understanding of the group (attempting to stick up for people of different races, claiming he should be offended), or simply end up shoehorned into the comic. It doesn't help that he is sometimes considering to engage in SlutShaming of skimpily dressed female characters, attacking their outfits without caring about their characterizations.
* DontShootTheMessage: Preston's views on homosexuality, race, and feminism come off as this. While he isn't wrong to oppose hatred of them and say that it's wrong, his methods of doing so come off as hypocritical (calling football fans "gay" for liking a sport with manly men), victimize the group in question to show him saving them (beating up a pervert who had little other character), show a rather poor understanding of the group (attempting to stick up for people of different races, claiming he should be offended), or simply end up shoehorned into the comic. It doesn't help that he is sometimes considering to engage in SlutShaming of skimpily dressed female characters, attacking their outfits without caring about their characterizations.
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* BileFascination: The comic can be hilarious, but for none of the reasons Preston wants. The comic can get incredibly pretentious pretentious, and the art is often very awkward awkward, resulting in goofy looking goofy-looking expressions in something meant to be taken seriously.
* DontShootTheMessage: Preston's views on homosexuality, race, and feminism come off as this. While he isn't wrong to oppose hatred of them and say that it's wrong, his methods of doing so come off as hypocritical (calling football fans "gay" for liking a sport with manly men), victimize the group in question to show him saving them (beating up a pervert who had little othercharacter), characters), show a rather poor understanding of the group (attempting to stick up for people of different races, claiming he should be offended), or simply end up shoehorned into the comic. It doesn't help that he is sometimes considering to engage considers engaging in SlutShaming of skimpily dressed female characters, attacking their outfits without caring about their characterizations.
* DontShootTheMessage: Preston's views on homosexuality, race, and feminism come off as this. While he isn't wrong to oppose hatred of them and say that it's wrong, his methods of doing so come off as hypocritical (calling football fans "gay" for liking a sport with manly men), victimize the group in question to show him saving them (beating up a pervert who had little other
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** The one cartoon Dobson mentions, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', was released in the 90's, long after Frank Miller's work, ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', was released. In fact, the episode Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE19LegendsOfTheDarkKnight does a tribute to the work.
** Andrew Dobson says that the Batman who has been popular since the 2000's has killed, with no regards for the innocent, and is generally an insane psychopath. He blames this on Creator/FrankMiller works, ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' and ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Dobson is correct in that the Batman from those stories is [[AdaptationalJerkass a psychopath]], he hasn't killed, and these two stories are [[AlternateUniverse out-of-continuity with the mainstream titles]], and were reviled by both comic critics and Batman fans alike. The comic never mentions the popularity of the ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', or ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', which were popular with the mainstream audience.
** Andrew Dobson says that the Batman who has been popular since the 2000's has killed, with no regards for the innocent, and is generally an insane psychopath. He blames this on Creator/FrankMiller works, ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' and ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Dobson is correct in that the Batman from those stories is [[AdaptationalJerkass a psychopath]], he hasn't killed, and these two stories are [[AlternateUniverse out-of-continuity with the mainstream titles]], and were reviled by both comic critics and Batman fans alike. The comic never mentions the popularity of the ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', or ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', which were popular with the mainstream audience.
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** The one cartoon Dobson mentions, ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', was released in the 90's, '90s, long after Frank Miller's work, ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', was released. In fact, the episode Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE19LegendsOfTheDarkKnight does a tribute to the work.
** Andrew Dobson says thatthe Batman Batman, who has been popular since the 2000's 2000s, has killed, with no regards regard for the innocent, and is generally an insane psychopath. He blames this on Creator/FrankMiller Creator/FrankMiller's works, ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' and ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder''. While Dobson is correct in that the Batman from those stories is [[AdaptationalJerkass a psychopath]], he hasn't killed, and these two stories are [[AlternateUniverse out-of-continuity with the mainstream titles]], titles]] and were reviled by both comic critics and Batman fans alike. The comic never mentions the popularity of the ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', or ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', which were popular with the mainstream audience.
** Andrew Dobson says that
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: This happens pretty often. A good example is in his [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/bingo bingo]] strip, several of the squares he dismisses as trolling are legitimate points.
* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters. This wouldn't be ''too'' bad if Dobson was using more realistic designs, but the designs are clearly meant to be cartoony looking, so the added details make the characters look incredibly off instead. His teddy bear mascot, in particular, sometimes looks downright off-putting as a result.
* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters. This wouldn't be ''too'' bad if Dobson was using more realistic designs, but the designs are clearly meant to be cartoony looking, so the added details make the characters look incredibly off instead. His teddy bear mascot, in particular, sometimes looks downright off-putting as a result.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: This happens pretty often. A good example is in his [[http://www.syacartoonist.com/comic/bingo bingo]] strip, several strip. Several of the squares he dismisses as trolling are legitimate points.
* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluousdetails details, such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters. This wouldn't be ''too'' bad if Dobson was using more realistic designs, but the designs are clearly meant to be cartoony looking, so the added details make the characters look incredibly off instead. His teddy bear mascot, in particular, sometimes looks downright off-putting as a result.
* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous
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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters. This wouldn't be ''too'' bad of Dobson was using more realistic designs, but the designs are clearly meant to be cartoony looking, so the added details make the characters look incredibly off instead. His teddy bear mascot, in particular, sometimes looks downright off-putting as a result.
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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters. This wouldn't be ''too'' bad of if Dobson was using more realistic designs, but the designs are clearly meant to be cartoony looking, so the added details make the characters look incredibly off instead. His teddy bear mascot, in particular, sometimes looks downright off-putting as a result.
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* ShallowParody: Andrew Dobson dislikes Franchise/{{Batman}}, and he did a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/73ab1fc0260a8c51f5a18e1f3ef7f48d/tumblr_p9ffxp3fkt1x4dymxo1_1280.jpg strip explaining why.]] He lamented that the Batman he grew up with was a shinning example of heroism, but it has been tainted by Creator/FrankMiller's work, turning him into a fascist figure that plagues the mainstream comics. There are problems with the parody, though:
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* ShallowParody: Andrew Dobson dislikes Franchise/{{Batman}}, and he did a [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/73ab1fc0260a8c51f5a18e1f3ef7f48d/tumblr_p9ffxp3fkt1x4dymxo1_1280.jpg strip explaining why.]] He lamented that the Batman he grew up with was a shinning shining example of heroism, but it has been tainted by Creator/FrankMiller's work, turning him into a fascist figure that plagues the mainstream comics. There are problems with the parody, though:
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* MoralMyopia: As mentioned above, Preston is pro-feminism but whenever a work he enjoys is criticized for sexism (notable examples are ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'', ''Film/SuckerPunch'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'') he will usually dismiss any examples as actually being empowerment, ignoring that many of the people making the criticisms are women.
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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters, making them look off. His teddy bear mascot sometimes looks downright offputting as a result.
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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters, making them characters. This wouldn't be ''too'' bad of Dobson was using more realistic designs, but the designs are clearly meant to be cartoony looking, so the added details make the characters look off. incredibly off instead. His teddy bear mascot mascot, in particular, sometimes looks downright offputting off-putting as a result.
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* UncannyValley: UnintentionalUncannyValley: Dobson likes to put a ''lot'' of superfluous details such as wrinkles on the faces of his characters, making them look off. His teddy bear mascot sometimes looks downright offputting as a result.
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** Let's see...sports fans, hardcore gamers, anime/manga fans, MRA's, and just about anyone on the political right-wing to name a few.
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** Let's see...sports fans, hardcore gamers, anime/manga fans, MRA's, and just about anyone on the political right-wing to name a few. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also blonde people too.]]
