Okay, Time to Put on the Brakes
Jun. 15th, 2003 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_gneechI asked Hikaru if he had any filler strips I could run this week, and he sent me a "no pants" joke. When I asked him if he had any "squeaky clean" gags I could run instead, he (correctly) pointed out that I myself had made a "no pants" joke just two weeks ago.
Well yeah, I did. That should be enough to cover the strip's naughtiness quotient for six months. I'm a little bit worried that instead, that type of material is becoming "expected." The forum is getting a bit ugly, with people posting R-rated material that I then have to expunge, or making jokes about murdering each other.
It's time to nip this in the bud.
I've probably set myself up for this to some degree ... the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" theory of "mature themes" suggests that the moment Drezzer planted that first smooch on Conrad, a snowball was immediately sent rolling that will, if unchecked, knock over my metaphorical house. So I'm pulling out the orbital laser cannon and melting that sucker.
Well, sorta.
"When Wally Met Mikey" is going to continue through to its conclusion; after that, I'm going to move away from such, er, "cutting edge" stuff for a while. It might force me to put some storylines on hold, but that's okay. I need for SJ to be just fun for a while, and more importantly, I need for SJ to be something that I continue to want to read for my own enjoyment. Most of my favorite current strips are astoundingly light-hearted compared to a lot of the other content on the web; so it's time for some silly, friendly stuff.
However, before I do any of that, I'm going to run some sketches and guest strips this week. I need a break.
-The Gneech
Well yeah, I did. That should be enough to cover the strip's naughtiness quotient for six months. I'm a little bit worried that instead, that type of material is becoming "expected." The forum is getting a bit ugly, with people posting R-rated material that I then have to expunge, or making jokes about murdering each other.
It's time to nip this in the bud.
I've probably set myself up for this to some degree ... the "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" theory of "mature themes" suggests that the moment Drezzer planted that first smooch on Conrad, a snowball was immediately sent rolling that will, if unchecked, knock over my metaphorical house. So I'm pulling out the orbital laser cannon and melting that sucker.
Well, sorta.
"When Wally Met Mikey" is going to continue through to its conclusion; after that, I'm going to move away from such, er, "cutting edge" stuff for a while. It might force me to put some storylines on hold, but that's okay. I need for SJ to be just fun for a while, and more importantly, I need for SJ to be something that I continue to want to read for my own enjoyment. Most of my favorite current strips are astoundingly light-hearted compared to a lot of the other content on the web; so it's time for some silly, friendly stuff.
However, before I do any of that, I'm going to run some sketches and guest strips this week. I need a break.
-The Gneech
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Date: 2003-06-15 07:30 pm (UTC)Although I did have an idea for the character Q&A, to bring the whole "dover's computer getting melted" thing full circle... but...naah. ;)
Seriously tho, it's your strip. You do it your way.