I met Jeph Jacques at the last webcomic con in north hampton back in 2014, I believe it was. He's pretty recluse, seems "chill" on the surface... But you would not believe his reaction to criticism. A girl approached and said something fairly innocuous about the way he draws women (along the lines of "They're all conventionally attractive/I'd like to see you give other looks a try some time") You could see the moment in his head where he processed her meek critique as one of the most horrible things he had ever heard in his life.
He then bitched about it later on his twitter & tumblr, deleted it, but not until he had received back-pats from his plethora of retarded fans assuring him that he's great, that chick didn't know what she was talking about, just jealous, etc... Needless to say, any amount of respect for the guy I had was lost after that.
I met Scott Kurtz at a restaurant once - we’d accidentally been given his table. Apparently he was fond of the restaurant and had a specific table he liked, and the management had messed up and gotten their days wrong, (it was Tuesday and they thought he was coming on Thursday or something like that). Anyway, the manager, completely embarrassed (this is a pretty nice restaurant) comes by and says “I’m so sorry, but we’d like to move you to another table if you could be troubled, and we’ll gladly compensate you for the cost of the meal and any other meal you’d like while you’re in town.” My sister and cousin were both like “Yeah that’s cool.” and I kind of played the asshole a bit. “I’m sorry, I just don’t understand. We’ve been here for 15 minutes - we’ve just ordered. Can’t we finish our meal here?” Then out of nowhere Scott Kurtz shows up next to the manager and says “Paul, these guys can finish. We’ll be at the bar. I got some time.” And I (being a big PVP fan) said “Oh wow, uh… I had no idea. Please feel free to give them the table.” Scott was grateful, shook my hand and said thanks, then gave me a card with his number on it and told me to give him a call later. After working up the nerve, I gave him a call that night, and to make a long story short, we had a glorious 11 month love affair, man on man, that I shall never forget. Our bodies intertwined as one, and from the beauty of Morocco, to the French Riviera, to the snorkeling in the Galopagos, Scott Kurtz and I made glorious gay love to each other on six of the seven continents.
Liam Ross
Also, don't know if this counts, but I've met plebcomics too. She's tsundere as fuck and chill in a weird way. Very easy to talk to. She's also severely agoraphobic.
Matthew Sanchez
I met Aaron Diaz. He had huge wings as black as a moonless night, eyes a preircing glowing yellow, breath that smelt like a thousand rotting corpses, and fire shot from his nostrils. When I complemented his paneling reared back, roared, transformed into a bear, grabbed a random nearby mother's baby in his mighty jaw, and ran off into the mist.
Okay guy though. Not nearly as bad as Sup Forums makes him out to be.
Cameron Rogers
>plebcomics
who?
Evan Green
Yeah, literally who?
Gabriel Jones
My amount of respect for that guy just increased from reading this. She can fuck off.
Carson Evans
I met Katie Tiedrich at a con last weekend. I don't follow her on twitter, read the schedule thoroughly, or see her last minute announcement since I only read her comic on Sunday and Monday, so seeing her completely caught me off guard on the last day. I've met rappers and sports stars before without any problem, but I ended up acting really awkward because my friends were in the larger vendor's area and nobody else was at her booth.
Ian Foster
Shut up Aaron.
Nathaniel Sullivan
I love this pasta
Landon Ross
But he handled it like a baby. He was right, sure, but he handled it like a baby. He should have just shruged or gave her a half-assed "sure" and then never thought about it again.
Andrew Brown
I've met him too, actually. He is not at all "okay" and is in fact as arrogant as he comes across online.
He also tries to comb-over what little hair he has over his gargantuan head. It's comically pathetic.
Gabriel Walker
Remember the time tumblr doxxed somebody over her webcomic, which made fun of SJWs and their behavior?
Hunter Jackson
I saw Chris Onstad a grocery store in Portland yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn't want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, "Oh, like you're doing now?" I was taken aback, and all I could say was "Huh?" but he kept cutting me off and going "huh? huh? huh?" and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw Onstad trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen artisanal sodas in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like "Sir, you need to pay for those first." At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the sodas and started SCANNING it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually "to prevent any electrical infetterence," and then turned around and winked at me. I don't even think that's a word. After she scanned each soda and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Nicholas Garcia
>Tsundere as fuck Either you're using that wrong or...well I honestly don't know how you'd use it right. That chick who makes anti-sjw comics. Every character Jaques draws is the same fucking character with different hair and maybe some lumps on their chest.
Josiah Russell
10 outta 10 ending.
Thomas Howard
Nah, I don't follow that kind of plithy shit
Brayden Rodriguez
>Very easy to talk to. >She's also severely agoraphobic.
Eli Garcia
I saw Ronnie Filyaw at a McDonalds in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued to the counter, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to order my lunch up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen chicken mcnugget boxes in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took some of the boxes and started placing them in a paper bag, he stopped her and told her to pack them each individually “to prevent any mchappy infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she placed them all in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Sebastian Martin
I met Jeph at Toronto CAF a few years back. He didn't seem like *that* much of a jerk, but he seemed totally disinterested in everything. Like all his "fans" were idiots.
On the contrary, Sam Logan was the next booth down, and he was literally jumping with excitement to meet everyone. Great to see.
Also met Ryan North, Danielle Corsetto, and Katie Tiedrich.
Blake Young
Maybe I did use the term wrong. She's very sweet and does nice things for you... All while calling you "bitch" or "dumb" or "an asshole". It's funny and cute but you can't tell her that because it pisses her off.
And she'll throw your drink on the floor :(
Juan Baker
Sounds awful actually
Joshua Morgan
>seems like more than half the posts are copy pasta
i don't understand the need to just BS
Luis Flores
Jephs fans are all idiots though. You can hardly hold it against him.
Carter Williams
Do web animators count? I met Krinles once at a con. I saw a booth with some of his prints and I stopped with my friends and said "oh hey, Madness Combat, I loved this shit in jr. High. The girl at the booth then said "oh, well we have Krinles right here." And then I saw behind her Krinkles as he looked up in a haste like he just woke up from a nap. Dude was chill, signed a print for me. Pretty average guy.
Jordan Reed
Katie is a total sweetheart. And a huge fucking dork.
Colton Parker
Long ago I met Ian McConville and Matt Boyd from (at the time) MacHall at a con. They both seemed very chill, though my impression of Ian that he was shy. At the same con I also met Josh Mirman, of Stubble (later Punks and Nerds). Also a cool guy, and somewhat surprised and embarrassed when I told him I was familiar with his previous comic Josh Babes. It was actually my very first webcomic, and got me into the wider world of webcomics.
Trivia: I found Josh Babes through a link to it on his Pokemon fan page, where he was known as Exo-Dragon. This identity was referenced in RPG World by Ian J Quartey, who of course, is now better known for his work on Steven Universe.
Kayden Gray
Some friends I had started a webcomic. Their artists were actually chill the one time I met them, but by that point my old friends were assholes.
Brandon Fisher
Gisele Lagace (Menage a 3) had a table at my local comic expo a few months ago but decided against talking to her. I didn't see any way that conversation could have ended without me embarrassing myself explaining how I like reading Ma3.
Blake Martinez
10/10
Matthew Foster
MacHall's one of the few webcomic where the creators didn't shit the bed and go looney
Adrian Price
Depends on if she's being ironic or not. Either way sounds pretty weird.
Colton Robinson
I was in Boston and I happened to run into Andrew Hussie at a local diner. He was sitting alone and it looked like he'd only just started eating, so I decided to just go up and say hi (if his friends were there I would have just let him be). Anyway, I walk up and say hello and tell him I know him from MS Paint Adventures. Nothing. No reaction. Doesn't say a word. He just sits there, staring right through me. Staring intensely, but with no emotion whatsoever.
I begin to feel awkward, so I say "sorry to disturb you" and start to walk away but before I even get a chance to turn he just gets up suddenly and starts walking toward me, still making full eye contact. At first I thought he was going to try and barge into me or something, but at the last minute (like an inch away from me) he turns and heads toward the trash can. Then he starts dumping everything on his plate into it. One by one. Potatoes, carrots, everything. He picks up each bit of food up, holds it high above the can and drops it. Some of it (the steak) didn't even make it into the trash because he wasn't looking at what he was doing.
Finally his plate is empty and this is the part that really fucking weirded me out. He looks around to check no one (but me) is looking, then slides the plate under his jacket and walks out.
I was just astounded, it was pretty surreal.
Luke Wright
I'm friend-of-a-friend with the girl who does Monster Pop. Apparently she's insufferable.
Nathaniel Kelly
>But you would not believe his reaction to criticism Oh, I would. If you check the forums you would know.
Cooper Roberts
Chubby girls. Muh dick.
Bentley Gutierrez
Well this thread got me reading plebcomics.
On another note, no webcomic authors or artists ever come to Ohio.
Thomas Gonzalez
I went to the last two Wizard World Comic cons here in Cleveland and saw the Cyanide and Happiness guys both times. They're super nice and kind which you might not expect and really love drawing doodles. First year was packed but this time it didn't seem like there was as many people seeing them (although their one friend was there with the hunting / dark emo looking stuff which seemed to take up half their "booth")
Henry Russell
I know you're joking, but the only thing of note about Aaron Diaz is that his forehead is so shiny he has to wear a hat on sunny days or the glare of the sun off of it will effect air traffic.
Matthew Hill
>received back-pats from his plethora of retarded fans assuring him that he's great You just described every webcomics artist ever.
Colton Jones
Yeah when I met her at akon I fucking sperged out
I'm usually pretty good about keeping my pasta in check
And the last time I lost it was when I met yoshitaka amano
Angel Jones
I saw a stand while a bunch of lame parody shirts and told my friend "this looks like the kind of shit VG Cats would try to peddle"
Turns out it was Scott's booth
Josiah Diaz
>tfw I love in Portland and have seriously considered stalking Chris Onstad at his soda company
I just love Achewood so much.
Angel Martinez
One of my best friends is Buttovens. She's just about the chillest person. smokes a TON of weed.
wait is VGcats still running even? Holy shit it is.
Goddamn, I thought he fell out of relevance 6 or 7 years ago
Nicholas Rogers
>I thought he fell out of relevance 6 or 7 years ago Oh, he did.
B^Uckley somehow got a 600,000 dollar KS to work like a year or two ago.
Being one of the early webcomickers basically secured you for life. A ton of total hacks are still living large due to early fame, like Hacques, Willis, and the MegaTokyo guy.
It's actually fairly disconcerting
Jaxon Wilson
>at least one more friend than the average webcomic artist
can't be that bad.
Cameron Torres
>the MegaTokyo guy I'm ashamed to admit I was a fan back in the day.
John Gutierrez
You guys fuck yet?
John Evans
I met Toby Fox leaving a con once, I told him i liked his work and responded "thanks champ", and playfully punched me in the arm. He then took an entire red onion out of his jacket, took a bite, tossed the rest over his shoulder and sprinted across the street.
Asher Jackson
link it pls
Cooper James
Contrary to what neckbeard academy taught you, just because she's a porn artist doesn't mean she's some sex maniac
Gavin Rogers
So you're in the Friend Zone?
Gavin Lee
I am not a fan of this comic but that bitch needs to get fucked.
Hudson Williams
Oh no! they doxxed her? did they like send her nasty notes at work or something?
Fuck people and fuck they're 'doxxing' I can say whatever the fuck I want because the people in my personal and professional life aren't fucking retards and can recognize a slut talking shit out her clenched asshole.
Asher Anderson
>did they like send her nasty notes at work or something? they actually did
She ended up getting fired, although I believe she managed to get her job back.
Alexander Parker
I met Willis at a con once. He recognized my name from the forums (even though I didn't really post much on the forums, but I did run the comic's IRC for a while). I bought SP! volume one from him.
This was before he became a commie.
Colton Cooper
What a faggot. He should be happy anyone even cared enough to give him a useful critique on his lame tumbtard web art.
Nicholas Miller
I could never understand this. Why would an employer fire somebody because they're getting harassed.
That's like punching somebody int he mouth because you saw someone else spitting on them.
Lincoln Lee
What, you think they call up and say rude things? This isn't battletoads, son.
No. They call up and say that the person has been badmouthing the place/coworkers/boss on facebook or twitter or whatever. They say the person has been stealing and talking about it.
Something that sounds realistic.
Mason Cox
Oh... right. Management is generally populated by mouth breathing special ed students with purchased education. I've been self employed so long I'd forgotten!
Angel Diaz
Sounds like an Australian
Alexander Morales
Store managers tend to be people who've been around long enough to get promoted, but aren't considered good enough to get further
Zachary Kelly
>self employed no need for euphemisms user, you're among fellow NEETs here
Kevin Price
>not even the thick girls like me.
Now I know why my father drank so much.
John Kelly
I own a bait and tackle shop actually!
Brayden Hill
I met Fred Gallagher for autograph signings back in 2006 and 2007 sakuracon when I was still a big fan. Not much conversation there though.
Isaiah Sanders
They used public information to harass her employers and according to she she had 'resigned' from the company.
Oliver Rivera
This is my life. I just loiter long enough to get leadership positions because everybody else moves on and nobody else they hire has the experience. I am a lazy fat fuck and as long as I keep promoting people out of my department nobody catches on.
I am comfortable and pleased with my domain.
Nathaniel Phillips
'bating your man tackle isn't a job.
Colton Rogers
I got a photo with Tycho at the first pax east on the show floor.
Carson Cook
I met Gunnerkrigg man. He seemed nice, but kind of awkward.
Caleb Cooper
Aaron Diaz knows much about the Transhumanism and the cybernetic ladies. He's also got killer abs.
Alexander Cook
I used to work with a webcomic for a few years and I know active webcomic artists.
Christopher Reyes
Sounds exactly like I picture him. He's been making more public appearances since he started seeing Magnolia.
All jokes aside i actually did meet Aaron diaz at the SPX a long time ago. This was long before he really started to lose his shit online. In person He was what you would expect if you didn't follow him online: another odd art type. He wasn't rude or particularly friendly. Just kinda ...there. One thing was for certain he wasn't as "bold" in person as he seems online.
For all i know he may be now though.
For a good contrast take Paul Pope (who i also met at SPX.) He's exactly what you would expect him to be based on ANY article or exert you have ever read from or about him.
Robert Wood
i doubt that's him do you have an archive link anyway?
Elijah Allen
I was a fan CAD back in the day user. I read it well after Loss happened.
Bentley Murphy
Are you a Master at it?
Jayden Sullivan
I met Aaron Diaz once, and was raped.
James Ross
I saw Alex Maycomp as a "featured" guest at some comic exhibition.
Literally nobody was going to his table and after a while whenever someone would walk by his table he would just make a loud raspberry sound making sure to get spit all over them.
He wasn't allowed to come back because he apparently started a small electrical fire.
Nathaniel Barnes
hey i met her there too, kinda sperged, bought a patch, pretty chill person
Hudson Williams
Friends with an ex popular web comic artist. She almost went to london with Andrew Dobson for a con. That's about all she has in terms of interesting web comic drama.
Other than that her boyfriend is abusive and she's really spineless. Nice but totally needs to take charge.
Julian Robinson
He was literally in the right, though.
Austin Powell
Yeah, why'd you repeat what I just said?
Brayden Perry
thick girls all fall for the black guy meme
Isaiah Phillips
Met the artist of Cucumber Quest at a con once
Kinda wish I hadn't
Robert Jenkins
How come?
Leo Thomas
I just want to make that lady smile.
Landon Stewart
sounds like something he hears often, he knows the argument is retarded, and finally let's loose after the last straw.
Maybe I'm dumb, but I react the same way when I hear the same nonsense argument repeated ad nauseum. I ignore it for a long time, then I start overthinking just how illogical it is, til finally I unleash my thoughts on the next person who repeats it, as if they represent everybody.
Owen Campbell
>i don't understand the need to just BS
Then why are you here?
Alexander Cooper
I didn't meet Jeph Jacques, but I walked by his table a few times at a local comics fair. He never looked up at me or anyone, but it's not like i had anything to say to him. I find his work incredibly bland and never enjoyed it... he also seems like a real sad sack.
I've met Kate Leth a few times, mostly when she still worked at a comic shop, she's always came off as kind of dismissive and again, I don't really have anything to say to her. I get the vibe from her work that she'd be really judgmental and full of herself.
I've met a lot of very small artists, they're usually pretty cool. My local art scene kind of sucks, though.
Andrew Murphy
But can't management just check the validity of the claims
Carter Brown
I saw Andrew Hussie at a grocery store in Boston yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Ayden Ross
She's afraid of sweaters?
Wyatt Rodriguez
I lived with Diana Nock for a year (Girlbot, Poorcraft). She was very focused on work and didn't leave her room ever but was generally super cool. I think she's doing alright!
Luis Martinez
One big eye, One little eye. Niggas call him... Permanent Virgin.