Several hundred people have written in to me in stark, jagged tones regarding the entry our Miss Belpheger made regarding the ending of the Webcomics Examiner. Opinions of the MHA staff members are just that — opinions. And opinions have to be allowed to happen, no matter how unpopular. That’s what an opinion is.
But allow me to step in and provide a counter-opinion, which may calm some of our irate readers. I do not share Isobel’s opinion. The Webcomics Examiner was an institution. Through its splash-page pageantry and brillianty-executed composition, the webcomic genre of entertainment was elevated beyond an art form to a pure, rarified science. Their razor-edged criticisms slid between the ribs of their targets like a surgeon’s hammer — and they did it in a way which elicited the creators to say “thank you.”
The critical review game is a pungent one, rife with impossibilities. Any entry into the field is a welcome one — even the Modern Humor Authority is aware of its tenuous position at Number One. When I topple, it will not be with a curse or a shout, but a welcome smile as my lifeblood ebbs away into the sea which I have been pushed.
Who’s next on the chopping block? I answer with another question: who’s next to hold the axe? It may even be you.
And what a glorious day that would be.