Maybe that's is why them told him to say that in the interview. Even if it's plausible i don't believe a thing that comes out of this guy's mouth without proof.
I personally don't break spaghetti, but a friend of mine once asked what difference it would make for taste and consistency, and i didn't have an answer.
Wouldn't the way he is holding it already kill a good chunk of the population? People on the other side of the planet would just fall into space along with the athmosphere loose matter and water.
I guess it must be the direction relative to the direction from the earth's center.
That little tilt he did definitely killed a few hundred millions from the tidal waves alone unless the effect of the sword is local to an area.
Absolutely. I agree. I'm not against expressing pain and personal struggle in art. Some of my favorite art pieces are exacly that and it feels extremely personal. It's exacly as you say: the problem of loss is not that it expresses pain, suffering, etc, but that it feels weird in the sudden tone shift, style and with the funny gaming webcomic context. Not that a tone shift can never work, but i wouldn't say it did in this case.
I'm guessing part of fhe meme being successfull is because a lot of people felt that way. It's definitely art, but art comes with the ivitation of being up for interpretation and criticism.
In a way, the meme turned that four panel comic into a whole seperate artpiece, one that is born from and does express the awkwardness in a way.
I do feel bad for him, and especially the ex-girlfriend having the miscarriage in college (it was years back before he drew the comic and not his wife according to wikipedia with his own blog post as source).
And while a do feel bad about the event, I'm not a fan of him putting this trauma event of his and her life in the public as part of a gaming/gag webcomic.
Maybe that's is why them told him to say that in the interview. Even if it's plausible i don't believe a thing that comes out of this guy's mouth without proof.