Re:Randall Munroe, XKCD Creator, Goes Back to High School
by Coincoin on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @01:54PM
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I personally loved XKCD, I no longer read it, unless he does one of those epic comic.
You are not as small a minority as you think you are. I talked to a lot of people who never cared about his comics because of the overly simplistic style. Some even see it as some sort of arrogance: "I'm so clever I can draw shit and people still love it." I don't agree, but I can understand why people think that.
He did experiment with different styles at the beginning, clearly he decided he would not waste time on pixels and instead put his efforts where his talent truly is, in the little nerdy things he had to say.
You are not as small a minority as you think you are. I talked to a lot of people who never cared about his comics because of the overly simplistic style. Some even see it as some sort of arrogance: "I'm so clever I can draw shit and people still love it." I don't agree, but I can understand why people think that.
He did experiment with different styles at the beginning, clearly he decided he would not waste time on pixels and instead put his efforts where his talent truly is, in the little nerdy things he had to say.