I Drew This

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WARNING: The following webcomic is enraging.

This webcomic is offensive to virtually all who read it. The subject material is so angering and in such bad taste that even through the protective filter of a review, it can ruin your day by pissing you off. You have been warned.
Original review author: Long Tom
Webcomic name: I Drew This
Author: D. C. Simpson
Start Date: January 30, 2004
End Date: December 16, 2007
Genre: Political
Defining Flaw: All this webcomic does is parrot cookie-cutter liberal talking points that have already been told plenty of times in plenty of other places. It tells us nothing new whatsoever.

Rating Summary

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Good for a political webcomic, with at least recognizable caricatures of the people portrayed.

Storyline:

Not applicable, as it is a series of gags.

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The only actual characters are D. C. Simpson himself (he was a "himself" then) and Joe the Liberal Eagle, but they are little more than mouthpieces.

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Dana Simpson (her current professional name) has recently posted on her DeviantArt page about I Drew This: "It almost got syndicated in 2005; United Media telephoned me and offered me a contract, and I said yes and then I never heard from them again. In hindsight I'm actually glad, for a bunch of reasons." One of them no doubt the fact that who wants to be remembered for such a lame political webcomic when they can obviously do (and in fact have done) far better?

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One would expect better of a cartoonist like D. C. Simpson than to simply rehash carbon-copy liberal platitudes without adding anything new to the mix. God knows why he/she even bothered doing this in the first place.



Background

The Bad Webcomics Wiki has already reviewed Raine Dog and given a good review to Ozy and Millie, so inevitably any other webcomic creations by D. C. Simpson would find its way onto this wiki as well.

Downfall

This webcomic always sucked.

Story and Plot

Not applicable, as it is a series of political gags.

Art review

Line drawings with some shading, recognizable caricatures of the various people depicted.

Writing review

Basically, all this webcomic says is Bush and Cheney bad, conservatives stupid and evil, liberals enlightened and noble, and so forth. And it does not even satirize or try to be funny, it simply preaches a la Adam4d. Whether one agrees with the webcomic's political messages or not, there is nothing here that has not already been said a million times in a million other places. What is the point of a political webcomic where you know what it will say before you even read it?


Reality check: Global warming alarmists never actually explain the science of global warming except for saying "All scientists believe it!" Which is not true.


It should be noted that the webcomic was concluded when Obama was elected and about to take office. The author did have his/her characters warn that they would be judging Obama as well. One person did send a note to Simpson how they were disillusioned with Obama after he took office, as many liberals and progressives were. But it seems that D. C. Simpson, far from criticizing Obama, clearly viewed him through rose-colored glasses even to the end of his term, as indicated by his/her comments. Seems that Simpson turned out to be more of a yellow-dog Democrat than a true progressive, rather spoiling his/her credibility in the end.

Author biography

Dana Simpson (she no longer uses her former name D. C. Simpson) is best known as the author of the well-regarded furry webcomic Ozy and Millie, which has received much acclaim and numerous awards. Whether this person's becoming a male-to-female transgender has had anything to do with it, Simpson has also produced duds such as the bungled Raine Dog, although humorless, pretentious political comics such as I Drew This prove that even in her Ozy and Millie days she had a penchant for being overblown and unfunny.

But Simpson seems to have gotten back into her groove, finally receiving newspaper syndication with her latest strip Phoebe And Her Unicorn (originally titled Heavenly Nostrils) and that has turned out well enough, so there is hope for her yet.

Conclusion

Political cartoons are supposed to be clever, making those who agree with their messages laugh while making those who disagree uncomfortable. They are supposed to make substantive arguments about the logic of one political view and the folly of the other. But I Drew This fails to do any of that. As mentioned above, it just repeats what everybody has already heard, and does so in the most banal way possible. D. C. Simpson is capable of being clever and amusing, but you wouldn't know that from reading this webcomic.

Even Raine Dog, described by Simpson as "the most maligned thing I've ever done", had its fans who wanted it continued, and that webcomic at least had some amusing moments. But I Drew This seems to have no fan base at all, not even among people who like other works by D. C. Simpson. It has not even warranted a listing on TV Tropes, which has listings for everything else done by this author.

Other webcomics by this person reviewed on this site

Links


I Drew This is part of a series about keenspot


About: Created by Chris Crosby, Keenspot has developed a reputation for insane owners and snobbish elitism, which is really rich considering the kind of dreck that has been (and still is) part of the portal.

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