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What's wrong with the artist?
Some people don't like her because she makes a lot of comics that are like, "Haha, I have portrayed myself as the chad and you as the wojak, therefore I am superior!" Without having any actual comedic value. Example 1, Example 2 (both are reddit links, you have been warned).
She also threatened r/bonehurtingjuice with legal action to make them ban remixes of her comics, something not even Stonetoss (the Nazi comic everyone hates) has done.
Don't forget about the comic she made downplaying the seriousness of male r*pe on mens mental health awareness day, and the arguments she participated in under her own post with male victims of SA.
Link?
Here's a r/SubredditDrama post that covers what was said before mods nuked the comments section
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1dqxmm0/frequent_rcomics_poster_pizzacake_creates_a_comic/
And another with more proof of mods nuking comments
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1e0refc/rcomics_mods_closed_comments_to_comic_about/
I like her comic. It's satire. She doesn't agree with the misandry in the comic, you're supposed to think the women's opinions are wrong. She's on the men's side.
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Yes, the comic is satire. The satire is "men getting treated the way female r*pe victims get treated". Implying that male sexual assault doesn't happen or that when it does, people actually believe them, when in reality men who are victims of this often just don't speak up at all because when they are, they're either not believed, called "gay" for not enjoying it, or it ends up reported with a headline like "female teacher has sex with male student".
The fact she posted this comic on men's mental health awareness day and proceeded to engage in arguments with male victims of SA in the comments - who were then banned without a chance to appeal - as well as her past of seeking out her critics to argue with even in other subreddits heavily indicates that this was inflammatory on purpose.
Yes, that's how the real world treats male rape victims. This comic is about how fictional misandrists would treat a male robbery victims. Those are two different things. This fiction doesn't make implications about the situation you described.
Reading the responses of the women in the comic you seriously think this situation isnt a metaphor for sexual assault?
In your other thread of replies to me you're stating that it is but we're supposed to disagree with them. I'm not sure why you feel the need to defend her so strongly that you're simultaneously making 2 conflicting arguments and completely ignoring the other behavior I mentioned but I'm not really interested in continuing this discussion with you because I've presented the facts and it's clear you're personally unwilling to consider that this comic was made in bad faith
...did you respond to the wrong person or are you just making shit up to be mad at because you don't have an argument?
Receipts have been posted above. Respectfully, I hope more people realize that when someone tries to paint every single one of their critics as being a misogynistic incel, that its a manipulation tactic. (Even though, yes, reddit is full of those too)
I find it really distasteful that she makes comics "in support" of trans people while denying those born as male can experience sexual assault. It's just a different, more subtle/socially acceptable form of transphobia.
Sometimes comic artists and other creatives put characters in their works who have bad opinions they disagree with. Pizzacake doesn't agree with the opinion that men can't be raped, she just depicted it in a comic. Depiction isn't the same as agreement. If it was, then George Lucas would be a Sith and Mary Shelley would be an abusive parent.
I don't want to spam the comments section by copy and pasting the same message twice, but someone else made a similar point so I'll link my response
https://lemmy.world/comment/15436914
The people who think men can't be raped are the bad guys. You're supposed to disagree with them. You are having the intended emotional response to the comic. You agree with PizzaCake.
Oh wow, that sounds positively charming.
So dine people don't like her because she tells them to piss off? Not a bad reason for me.
She used to be pretty funny years ago, before she started focusing on hating her haters instead of making actual funny stuff. She started doing things like making a comic she knew would piss off some bigots in the comments, then making another comic (or a few) making fun of the people that hated on her to farm karma from the people who saw the original comic. Some people like that. It's just a bit too toxic for me. I blocked her account a long time ago, so idk what she's making these days.
I found both examples kinda marginally funny.
Nothing nowhere near anything that would be reason to downvote some other piece of her work, like the one in the OP.
Beyond that, call me old fashioned, but copyright is copyright.
Yep, if they're funny to you, then good for you. I'm not trying to claim that she's objectively bad or anything like that. I'm just explaining why a lot of people don't like her.
I liked both comics. I also like bone hurting juice. Fair use is valid.
That was pretty funny.
This comment has most of what I would say to reply to you, so I'm linking it. Could you point out exactly what I've said so far that led you to believe that I'm biased against PCC because she's an artist or a woman?
I haven't spoken about PCC in, possibly, multiple years. I only posted because I was answering someone's question.
Well, she's not making fun of me because I don't leave those kinds of comments on her posts, but yeah, this is literally what I just said she was doing. It's called rage-baiting and it's going really well for her because the popularity she gains from it translates to Patreon memberships.
If by raw emotion you mean mild disappointment at the lack of a punchline, sure.
Just spitballing here, but it seems like you're trying to turn me into something I'm not so that you have a target to spew hatred on. I'm not one of those people raging in the comments about "trans bad, me angry!11!" that I'm sure you love to hurl insults at on Reddit. I'm just someone that doesn't like comics that I don't find humorous.
Because they're not all bad comics and I thought this one was kinda funny, so I wanted to read the comments.
You mean the really highly downvoted person saying they downvoted the post? I didn't reply to them. I replied to the person asking a simple question.
What, did you expect me to write an essay on the subject?
I wouldn't be on forums like this at all if I wasn't bored. Are you frustrated that by continuing to reply, I've prevented you from getting the last word in?
I'm someone that used to like Pizzacake's comics and gradually went from excited when I recognized the art style in my feed to annoyed that it was probably going to be another comic without a real punchline, eventually just blocking her account entirely to stop it from showing up.
What exactly are you hoping to achieve here? I know why I'm here (boredom), but what are you trying to get me to say that would satisfy you? From my perspective, you seem to be attempting to manufacture bigotry where there is none so you can feel righteous indignation and have an enemy to tear down.
Dude, let it go.
Pointing out someone's art is minimum effort, bland and unimaginative is "hateful"?
OK buddy.
This shit is exactly why I don't what pizzacake's bullshit here. For some fucking reason if you dare say anything short of "great comic" you are immediately lambasted as some kind of social miscreant who must be motivated by anti-women rhetoric.
You are not allowed to dislike pizzacake comics.
"You don't have to comment, you can just scroll!"
We're fucking allowed to discuss content online, even critically.
But not pizzacake. For some reason pizzacake is fucking sacred and if you aren't actively licking the shit out of her asshole you're literally the devil.
This is exactly the fucking problem.
She's not actually making fun of them, though, she's making fun of a stereotype which she imagines her "haters" to be.
The two linked examples are pretty much the definition of a strawman argument.
Some people hate anything they perceive as popular, even within a niche.
If you look at the subject matter she covers, it's typically very safe, middle of the road stuff, at least considering her fan base, see MAGA BAD here as an example.
As a result, her comics are very middle of the road, bland and unimaginative.
If "maga bad" is an uncontroversial take, then how come Donald Trump is the president?
Do read the entire comment, yeah?
Right, so when Bernie Sanders says socialism is good, that's a bland "middle of the road" take given his fan base?
If so, what even is the criticism supposed to mean?
It's annoying how often political comics aren't funny at all. They're just bile. I guess some people find it affirming? I always just roll my eyes when I see this stuff, even when I agree with the message.
Probius answered your question for me