I Drew This
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WARNING: The creator of this webcomic is a giant douche, even by internet standards. Their behavior may include, but is not limited to: Rampant displays of racism, sexism, homophobia and/or other forms of bigotry and douchebaggery. May spew invective at critics and fans alike. Avoid real-life interaction as much as possible. |
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| 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 threadbare liberal talking points that have already been told plenty of times in plenty of other places. It tells us nothing new at all. |
Rating Summary
| Art: |  
Good for a political webcomic, with at least recognizable caricatures of the people portrayed. |
| Storyline: |
Not applicable, as it is a series of gags. |
| Characters: |
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. |
| Miscellaneous Details: |
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? |
| Overall: |
One would have expected better of D. C. Simpson than to produce this banal rehash of liberal political platitudes without even adding anything new to the mix. Why did he bother? |
Background
The Bad Webcomics Wiki has already reviewed Raine Dog and given a positive 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 views or not, what is the point of a webcomic (or anything else) where the reader can predict what it would say before even looking at it? It is as unoriginal as seeing somebody hit in the genitals on America's Funniest Videos, which might have been funny the first time but not funny the 50,000th time.
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 does not do any of that. It simply repeats the exact same liberal political messages that have already been mentioned so many times elsewhere. Even those who agree with everything this webcomic says will find it boring. We have heard it all before.
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
- Raine Dog
- Ozy and Millie - good review
Links
- Insert Title Here, the collected strips of this webcomic from 2004-2005 for sale on Amazon.com - Surprise, surprise, surprise, nobody at all has written a review for this book. Guess I was right about this not being popular even among D. C. Simpson fans.
- Also available at lulu.com - No review on here either.
- No review on Goodreads either.
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I Drew This is part of a series about keenspot
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