āKudos for actually taking the criticism and breaking out of his rut.ā
Except it wasnāt criticism, it was constant daily harassment. Look,Ā Iāve been making comics for the internet for 10 years. I made comics for BuzzFeed for about two years, but people love to focus on those comics for some reason. They were simpler and quicker because I needed to publish at least one thing a day. And I loved it! I learned a lot!
At some point when I was getting really popular, Reddit and Tumblr decided theyād had enough and launched a targeted campaign against me. Tried to doxx me multiple times. Sent death threats. 4Chan threads started popping up for the sole purpose of spreading rumors that Iām a pedophile. All because I was making ālazyā comics and getting a salary for it.
Also, itās always the same 10 or so comics that got posted as proof of my laziness. I made 1,008 comics at BuzzFeed (I counted). I worked really hard for my extremely mediocre salary.
Now that Iāve left BuzzFeed and donāt have deadlines anymore, I can spend more time on comics and only draw things Iām passionate about (like my dick). But make no mistakeāif you like my stuff now, itās because I pushed myself so hard as BuzzFeed. Iām not better now because of theĀ ācriticismā I got from trolls on the internet. Donāt fucking take credit for that.