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Source: Aha! Graffiti! by Clay Butler, Sidewalk Bubblegum (1996).
I don't know how it happened, but it's hilarious that your comment somehow has negative downvotes.
I can't speak for Fediverse, but I recall that Reddit would add a randomly chosen modifier to the output, such that the total score is correct, but the specific upvote/downvote counts are off. My understanding is the bit of fuzz gives some anonymity by uncertainty against specific types of attacks.
I assume something similar here.
Thanks.
Whoever cropped the author or artist signature should whip him/herself.
Whoever cropped the... advert?
(I have no issue with signatures, there's more to their purpose than just to advertise. But they are also a bit of an advert so it's funny considering the message of the comic.)
Why do you consider this an advert? Because it mentions Sidewalk Bubblegum, which is “Clay Butler’s self-syndicated weekly political cartoon”? I hardly think that by drawing cartoons such as God Bless America, Or Else! he belongs to the racket of greedy profiteers who manipulate people into buying stuff they don't need.
Being part of the racket has nothing to do with it. It could be an advert for anarcho-communists and it would still be an advert.
I specifically said I have no problem with it. But a signature is still a form of advertising and there was a complaint that it wasn't shown, which I just thought was funny considering the premise.
I think it should be the norm to display a discrete signature on comics. I just thought it was a funny comment in this specific scenario.
What a way to kill the fun.
“Advertisement: a public notice
especially : a paid notice that is published or broadcast (as to attract customers or to provide information of public interest)” ―https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advertisement
Do you think Clay Butler pays to have his cartoons published?
But, where does killing the fun start exactly? Isn't it you who first expressed the contrarian opinion? Surely you must expect people to refute your claims, or at the very least some pushback.
This is a memes page...
Ad hominem. Bye.
That's an interesting point, but one small counterpoint - the artist signature in this case seems to me more like the graffiti, an individual making art trying to get their name out there from behind the corporations.