Re: What name should I use? A Pole (fishing or otherwise)

Strolling through comp.os.linux.advocacy, I heard drsquare say:
>On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:49:31 GMT, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> (Michael Vester <mve...@v-wave.com>) wrote:
>>drsquare wrote:
>>
>>> >> We have a compelling reason in DrSquare's cartooning genius to want to
>>> >> keep the flatfish going... sans flatfish, rien.
>>> >> 
>>> >Yes, drsquare's rendition of flatfish in his/her/its aquarium cracked me
>>> >up.
>>> 
>>> I'm glad you enjoyed it.
>>>
>>You have earned some respect and appreciation for your cartoon work. You 
>>are humble when receiving praise for your work.  You claim it is easy or it 
>>is not that good. The fact that you do find it easy indicates that you have 
>>a real talent. 
>
>No, it really is easy. Try it, it is very easy to do simple ascii-art
>drawings, as anyone in alt.ascii-art will testify. And it's even easier to
>come up with a load of crap jokes.

So what will it be, gentlemen?  A discussion of the 'minimal
originality' necessary to qualify as potentially valuable intellectual
property, or a discourse on the ontological nature of art?  ;-)

>>The only thing the matters with art is, "Do people like it?" 
>>Clearly, everyone on cola likes your art.
>
>No, not art. Just some hastily put together cartoons with some crap jokes.

You obviously don't understand how seriously funny something like that
can be for those who get the jokes.  Hastily put together just means you
can put more together, and nobody's paying you so who cares if they're
crap jokes?

>>Your fan club eagerly awaits your next edition. 
>
>Don't hold you're breath, I'm completely out of ideas.

HOW HARD CAN IT BE????  Crap jokes and hastily put together cartoons,
remember?

>f I was to do
>another one, it would likely be completely different to the first and
>second. The first one was only a few frames, and was more based on a single
>event, with Flatfish always in his tank. 

It is an emerging artform; feel free to experiment.

>However, for the second one I intended to make it someone longer, and more
>of a complete story. Whilst doing this, I completely forgot that Flatfish
>was supposed to be in an aquarium! By the time I'd realised he'd been out
>of water for the whole episode, it was too late to go back. I had to
>completely stretch the story out as well, introducing pointless characters
>like Aaron Kulkis and the people at the airport. Without them padding out
>the story, it would've been much more obvious how weak my material was.

Without Falstaff, Shakespear's Henry IV is a complete load of rubbish.
Let your audience decide what is strong and weak.  But don't believe
them when they say it is weak; you are an *artist*!  ;-)

   [...]
>The idea to have him go to Terry Porter was merely an excuse to draw what I
>always imagined him and his wife to look like, and their living conditions.[...]

Oh, like we didn't know that.  Give us some credit, kid.

>The hijacking of the plane was unplanned as well. [...]

I'll stop there, as I'm ROTFLMAO, from reading that sentence all by
itself.

Thanks for your time.  Hope it helps.

-- 
T. Max Devlin
  *** The best way to convince another is
          to state your case moderately and
             accurately.   - Benjamin Franklin ***

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