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Gobstoppers12 posted...

It turns out, though, that annoying your readers is not a good way to get more readers--and is, therefore, contrary to the idea of spreading a positive message to a wide audience. When you go hyper-political and play for 'gotcha!' points, you end up losing your chance to influence the opinions of the people who disagree with you.

I think it's safe to say that this comic won't sell very well unless it tones down the hyper-political tone. There's allegory (Mutants = Minorities) and then there's "Haha, take that, BIGOT!" and the difference is in the quality of writing. The former is smart and can change the views of people who don't realize their views are being changed; the latter usually ends up being a string of pot-shots taken by a hack who wants to sling insults and tout his/her/their political opinion.

Great post & I agree completely.

The problem isn't necessarily the message, it's the overbearing tone & how poorly some of the writing has been done.