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Balancing serious social issues with humor in comics is no easy task. It's like walking a tightrope, trying not to fall on either side. That's why we were curious to know how "Blobby And Friends" manages to talk about important topics and still keeps the comics fun and enjoyable. Zack, the creator, shared that finding the balance is an ongoing journey, much like real life. "I want to entertain our readers to a degree, but sometimes when an issue is particularly serious it demands the spotlight and I try to just leave the funny bits for a different time. Unfortunately, I am not always getting it right. At the very least I've learned that you can't mix a serious cause with a cheap joke."

Final score:

126points

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Painted Dog 1 year ago

YES! My friends and I keep telling the teachers we can't focus because the boy's knees are distracting us after one of us got told off for a "revealing" shirt. Their faces, they are always so confused haha

96points

Final score:

124points

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San 1 year ago

I can relate

42points

Behind "Blobby And Friends" lies a dynamic team, each member contributing their unique talents and perspectives to bring the illustrated stories to life. Zack shared that they do have specific roles, but more importantly, for the conversation, they all bring different points of view. "We frequently check in, sharing anecdotes from our lives. Ultimately, a story can originate from various sources: a personal experience, shower thought, or an issue that we feel deeply about."

Final score:

120points

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Alex 1 year ago

Yes.

36points

Final score:

107points

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everett 1 year ago

Now I am too, and I have no complaints

5points

Talking about long-term goals, Zack shared that he definitely wants to focus more on the narrative and interpersonal relationships between the characters. "I've been dying to dive deeper into the lives of Lily and Punk Kid. There's so much to explore there. Hoping that I won't disappoint!"

Final score:

103points

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lily jones 1 year ago

Wholesome

29points

Final score:

95points

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Mike Crow 1 year ago

I was walking down a dark street behind a woman. She started to walk faster so I walked faster. She started running so I started running. She screamed and I screamed. I don’t know what we were running from but I was scared as hell.

116points

Invisigoth (he/him) 1 year ago

i pray this is a joke

31points

Elisa 1 year ago

She was running from you 😟

1point

Scarfy VR 3 days ago

bro not funny

0points

Amy Beckler 1 year ago

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Tobias Reaper 1 year ago

its a tough one because if you try to look like your not a predator then it can make you look like one even more sometimes

16points

BoredPossum 1 year ago

Yes, I'd like to know how to pass a lady without scaring her too. The more you think about it, every strategy seems creepy.

11points

Pandora 1 year ago

I just mind my own business and keep walking. I can only control my actions, not everyone else's thoughts and feelings and I'm definitely not going to be anxious just because other people MIGHT feel anxious about my presence...

4points

Phyzzi 1 year ago

As a bigger guy who is sometimes a loner, I am sure I have made some people uncomfortable in my life and that doesn't feel good, but I think it's important to try to think about the big picture, which is less "how do I stop seeming creepy" and more "how do I support a culture where people (especially women and other currently oppressed groups) feel safe and welcome?". Women aren't paranoid, they really are more likely to be victims, and moreover they are less likely to be believed or taken seriously when they are victims. As long as that is true, or as long as we basically don't even bother with cases of missing indigenous women, or as long as police are more likely to shoot or arrest a black person than to believe they are the victim, then there won't be a situation where men, especially white men, can walk alone on a street at night without others feelings discomfort or fear, and while that's a little unfair to men, it's MUCH more unfair to everyone else.

3points

Ricardo Ferreira 1 year ago

Go slower so more people can be between you and her or change to the other side of the sidewalk. Or just stop like you're checking something on the phone and let her go.

3points

Jen T 1 year ago

For me it is just as bad when there's some young couple walking ahead of me on the walking trail and they always walk extremely slow and give No room for anyone To pass. They see me behind them but don't care my legs are cramping up from trying to walk 0.5 mph

5points

Ela 1 year ago

At that point you cheerfully call out 'On your left!' and go powerwalking past on the left (or substitute right, if you'd rather.)

1point

Mimi La Souris 1 year ago

not sorry, but sorryyyyyy :)

2points

Amy Beckler 1 year ago

Polarize,politicize,depersonalize. Yes. Dystopian. Yes. Real. Yes.

-3points

John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago

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Phyzzi 1 year ago

It's not paranoia though, sadly. Men really do perpetrate (a lot) more violence, especially among strangers, and your "it's not my problem" attitude certainly doesn't help that.

6points

"From the start, my goal was to create a space where readers felt seen. To add a bit of wholesomeness to people's timelines, especially considering how dark things can get on social media.

It's really important to me to address issues we care about, but I always come back to this: I know people are struggling out there. How can I make things just a bit better in this moment?"

Final score:

87points

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Painted Dog 1 year ago

"And Australia doesn't exist either!!" Haha, I'm Australian. I do bloody exist, thanks.

44points

Final score:

86points

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Corvus 1 year ago

This is just sad.

73points

#10

Final score:

82points

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Painted Dog 1 year ago

This type of stuff needs to stop. Seriously, come on society. Modern up.

72points

#11

Final score:

76points

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Tiramisu 1 year ago

Story of my life. She doesn't even like me irl lmao

32points

#12

Final score:

76points

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Tuna Beach 1 year ago

The movie is sexually anthropomorphizing fish. She's pointing out how ridiculous it is to make female animals into bombshells.

57points

#13

Final score:

69points

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lily jones 1 year ago

Nope Lily's going to die nothing she can do about it

41points

#14

Final score:

64points

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Azolane 1 year ago

As much as I don't really understand why people get so riled up when a popular character's ethnicity is changed, I would very much like to see how it would go if a traditionally black character was suddenly portrayed as white. It seems to me this has to go both ways and it would become less suspicious.

53points