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"yeah, thanks for insulting my chosen profession because of your close-mindedness!"
I hate, hate, HATE this. This is probably the second most popular response to me telling people I’m a cartoonist. After going into a lengthy explanation of my talents, education, loves, and influences the person I’m talking to just dismisses it all as kiddy crap. It’s people like that who are keeping animation/comics from becoming the true art form it’s meant to be. It’s also incredibly rude and insensitive to be so dismissive with a person you’re speaking with, even if it’s a subject you have no interest in. I have to feign interest in sports when talking to them, so there’s no reason they can’t feign an interest in cartoons.
BTW: this tends to happen more with co-workers or random people I meet off the streets than people at comic conventions...
3rd February 2011
6:27pm Sat 3rd Dec #8184427
Whoa, you understand politeness! Most(although I'd love to say everyone.) people don't. You could be talking to someone, and while you're talking, they will literally TURN their head in disinterest and start talking to someone else, OR just interrupt you with some random comment that has nothing to do with what you just said. It's as if every human on this planet is a self-centered dick. NO ONE cares about your opinion these days.
Whoa, you understand politeness! Most(although I'd love to say everyone.) people don't. You could be talking to someone, and while you're talking, they will literally TURN their head in disinterest and start talking to someone else, OR just interrupt you with some random comment that has nothing to do with what you just said. It's as if every human on this planet is a self-centered dick. NO ONE cares about your opinion these days.
4:48am Fri 19th Aug #8182026
family guy andthe simpsons are for adults, even [adult swim].
family guy andthe simpsons are for adults, even [adult swim].
10:17pm Fri 22nd Jul #8181269
What is my step-dad's personality doing in this comic? I was drawing a "pin-up" girl one time for some friends and he happened to spot it. His reaction was more "offended" than "oh cool." He's been doing this to me all my life mind you.
p.s. he's also a major sports fan...
What is my step-dad's personality doing in this comic? I was drawing a "pin-up" girl one time for some friends and he happened to spot it. His reaction was more "offended" than "oh cool." He's been doing this to me all my life mind you.
p.s. he's also a major sports fan...
11:42pm Sun 17th Jul #8181056
it is not kids crap cartoons are one of the best parts of my life along with drawing and music
it is not kids crap cartoons are one of the best parts of my life along with drawing and music
12:56pm Wed 6th Jul #8180331
When I was a kid I wanted to be a cartoonist, so you being one is just amazing and awesome.
Cartoons are very important and I love your comic. I would have yelled at that guy and told him to go watch some cartoons and learn some manners.
When I was a kid I wanted to be a cartoonist, so you being one is just amazing and awesome.
Cartoons are very important and I love your comic. I would have yelled at that guy and told him to go watch some cartoons and learn some manners.
9:43pm Wed 29th Jun #8179993
I've found the people who act like that are generally jealous you're doing something you love and had a passion for since a lot of people don't know what it is they love/have passion for and so their jobs/lives are bleak. Especially if you just spent time explaining how you studied for it or name dropped important people. It tends to make people even more defensive and want to 'knock you down a peg'. Bitter people have no filter. It still pisses me off though!
I get the "kids crap" the most from my Grandmother and outside family. They've gone so far as to tell me to "get away from that cartoon crap" because I draw cartoony & anime. I also enjoy WATCHING cartoons which enrages my grandma who hates that I am currently into My Little Pony. She'll spend the entire time insulting me for being near 30 and watching "children's cartoons". PSH. My uncle went so far as to tell my mom to tell me (when I was 14) to stop showing him my artwork because it "didn't interest him" when he in turn has made us all listen to his horrible music for YEARS.
In the end.. bitter haters gonna hate.
I've found the people who act like that are generally jealous you're doing something you love and had a passion for since a lot of people don't know what it is they love/have passion for and so their jobs/lives are bleak. Especially if you just spent time explaining how you studied for it or name dropped important people. It tends to make people even more defensive and want to 'knock you down a peg'. Bitter people have no filter. It still pisses me off though!
I get the "kids crap" the most from my Grandmother and outside family. They've gone so far as to tell me to "get away from that cartoon crap" because I draw cartoony & anime. I also enjoy WATCHING cartoons which enrages my grandma who hates that I am currently into My Little Pony. She'll spend the entire time insulting me for being near 30 and watching "children's cartoons". PSH. My uncle went so far as to tell my mom to tell me (when I was 14) to stop showing him my artwork because it "didn't interest him" when he in turn has made us all listen to his horrible music for YEARS.
In the end.. bitter haters gonna hate.
9:50am Sun 26th Jun #8179650
Oh, we watched stuff about Frank and Ollie during animation class~!
My mom is under the "it's all kid stuff" impression too.
So I made her read "Flight", which is incredible. And then I tried to explain Death Note to her.
Oh, we watched stuff about Frank and Ollie during animation class~!
My mom is under the "it's all kid stuff" impression too.
So I made her read "Flight", which is incredible. And then I tried to explain Death Note to her.
4:11am Thu 23rd Jun #8179369
I hate it.
cartoons, comics and similar stuff contains a lot of genders, not only "kid's things"
and, cuiously, cartoons are "adults" production, kids hardly can to do animation or comics... My father before critic me because I read comics. He loved cartoons in his childhood, and sometimes he watches cartoons actually, what's the problem?
But... Well, we are here for a bit of explanation about those points ;)
I hate it.
cartoons, comics and similar stuff contains a lot of genders, not only "kid's things"
and, cuiously, cartoons are "adults" production, kids hardly can to do animation or comics... My father before critic me because I read comics. He loved cartoons in his childhood, and sometimes he watches cartoons actually, what's the problem?
But... Well, we are here for a bit of explanation about those points ;)
3:55am Thu 23rd Jun #8179361
Yay narrow minded people. Got to love them. *Encounters this*
Yay narrow minded people. Got to love them. *Encounters this*
8:38am Mon 20th Jun #8179177
Cartoons and comics are one of the most important modern art forms. There are so many forms of art who don't get the attention they deserve, such as some PC games or cooking.
Cartoons and comics are one of the most important modern art forms. There are so many forms of art who don't get the attention they deserve, such as some PC games or cooking.
5:41pm Thu 9th Jun #8178857
Stupid elderly people have no aperation for the hard work some peoe put into drawing
Stupid elderly people have no aperation for the hard work some peoe put into drawing
10:41am Thu 2nd Jun #8178396
It's soo frustrating! I really love cartoons, I really respect how much work goes into them. (if you don't go to a course on how to make comics or get a book on how to make them) It's incredible! They are NOT kiddy (I've ran into sooo many American comics that DEFINATELY are NOT for kids.) Oh the closed mindedness.
It's soo frustrating! I really love cartoons, I really respect how much work goes into them. (if you don't go to a course on how to make comics or get a book on how to make them) It's incredible! They are NOT kiddy (I've ran into sooo many American comics that DEFINATELY are NOT for kids.) Oh the closed mindedness.
11:46am Tue 24th May #8177747
Gosh, I hate close-minded people. It also happens when I'm saying that I listen to German, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Spanish... anyway, any kind of music! It's so weird to them that they sometimes think I'm a Nazi when I say I hear to German music.
Gosh, I hate close-minded people. It also happens when I'm saying that I listen to German, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Spanish... anyway, any kind of music! It's so weird to them that they sometimes think I'm a Nazi when I say I hear to German music.
5:55pm Wed 18th May #8177259
... since when are comics "kitty crap"? I have great respect for cartoonists, since whenever I try to draw something that's alive, I fail instantly. A lot of my friends are artists, and they will tell anyone how hard it is to get something just right so it will look like it belongs.
... since when are comics "kitty crap"? I have great respect for cartoonists, since whenever I try to draw something that's alive, I fail instantly. A lot of my friends are artists, and they will tell anyone how hard it is to get something just right so it will look like it belongs.
11:56am Sun 8th May #8176330
@Numbernone Dude, there is no reason to say such nasty things about these comics. they are not just for kids, and i've seen full grown men and women look at and enjoy these comics. It doesn't really matter what style you use in your comics, the only thing that matters is you get your point around. heck, i've got a friend who does a comic with stick figures! How would you like to try to draw an incredibly realistic person 500 times a day?!
@Numbernone Dude, there is no reason to say such nasty things about these comics. they are not just for kids, and i've seen full grown men and women look at and enjoy these comics. It doesn't really matter what style you use in your comics, the only thing that matters is you get your point around. heck, i've got a friend who does a comic with stick figures! How would you like to try to draw an incredibly realistic person 500 times a day?!
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I get this all the time... And what's funny is that the people who proof my comics (which I'm still trying to get published) make me put an "M for Mature" warning on them to avoid legal issues.
Although, the one time this kind of thing really hit home was when my own boyfriend told me I'd "never get anywhere with it because anime and comics and all that bull is for little kids". We weren't together long.