beanytuesday

A Comic About Making Meaningful Art

Added 2020-10-19 18:41:26 +0000 UTC

I'll try to keep this somewhat concise, since the comic itself is so text heavy. This comic is a little bit meandering and stream of consciousness, and attempt to sort through my struggles with creating something that has depth to it, and also a sort of temperature check on the state of arts and culture in our society (not good!)

Because its a little all over the place, there are some things I worry I didn't elaborate on enough, not wanting to make it too dense. I'm sure people will give me shit about the 100 Gecs and PC Music stuff, and I wish I could pull up some more examples of the "intentional meaninglessness" that is bred in online media (mmmmr. boop? tons of shitty memes and tiktok videos? Let me know if you can think of good examples.) and to try and make clear that it isn't the same as something like DaDa; it seems like more of a defense mechanism, or an easy out, as opposed to trying to make an intentional artistic point.

I also feel a little weird about turning such an analytic, dare I say philosophical, comic into a plug for Kaiji at the end. Still, this comic is not only analytical but personal, so it felt relevant in that sense; a little bit of insight into the sort of stuff that resonates with me, that inspires me.

Overall, one of the comics I'm proudest of, despite being absurdly dense. Personal, analytical, with some comic relief thrown in for good measure. Maybe I'll rework it into something a little more polished and complete in the future.