Wow, almost to the finish mark! This is number 9 of our pledged 10 Occupy related minicomix. The campsites may have gone into hibernation for the winter, but we’re all excited to see what spring has in store for the Occupy movement. We’ll still be drawing comix after this point, and large number of them may still be Occupy related, but after the 10th one we’re going to be starting to mix in some of our regular programming as well.
Mikey: David & Douchey was based off an old cartoon in Hi-lights magazines I used to get as a kid. The cartoon was Goofus &Gallant. Gallant is the goody-two-shoes doing everything right, Goofus is the Doofus doing everything wrong. The cartoon would just show similar situations and how each of the characters would handle them. There was actually something propagandist and creepy about those comics, so we decided to use the idea for some of our own propaganda. I figure some people wont get particularly stoked when they read this book. It’s true that we criticize, and to some extent satirize the situation, but we also try to be constructive as well, by talking about things people are doing that we think are cool.
Anyways, it’s not like were writing comics based on what people wanna hear. We’re writing comics based on what we want to say, and how to say it. If I had to change one thing about this book, I would kinda make Douchey a little less hippified, and maybe a little bit more burner, or just a random angry guy. Hippies are one of the first terms tossed around by conservative types when showing supercilious disdain for any progressive social movement or protesters. Plus after going to highschool in the Haight for 4 years…He just got drawn that way, and I went with it. It was neat that everyone had to draw David & Douchey in their own styles and try to make them look similar to the other versions for continuity, which got maintained. Also it was twice as much work as one of the minis usually is, so I think everyone really drew admirably and got it done in a good amount of time.
Oh yeah, this comic was written by Mikey, who drew the 1st, 2nd and last pages, Audrey drew the 3rd page, Ram drew the 4th page, Rio drew the 5th page, Spencer drew the 6th page and Justin drew the 7th page.
Yes! Let’s all be more like that handsome, clean white boy and less like that ogre of an individual who acts out against societal norms! What better way to pathetically beg for legitimacy from this fucked up culture than act precisely how they please.
Also, nice work blaming protesters for police violence. God forbid we hold the murderous racist pigs for their behavior, no, it must be some DOUCHEY-type’s fault!
Wow, you just put so many words in our mouths I’ve projectile vomited all over my keyboard, and I’m STILL going to have the foul taste of your paranoid rambling on my tongue for weeks.
Look, all we’re saying is everybody at a protest or Occupy should go out of their way to behave in as exemplarily a fashion as possible, much like the protesters of the civil rights era, because any misbehavior will be blown out of proportion by the media. We are fighting a war on their turf, and we need to win the public relations war to win over the rest of the country to our side. Let’s not give them any excuses to try to demonize us or discount us.
What garbage.
Using the “douchey” character as an attempt to villify so many valid arguments makes the author irellevant.
9/11 was an inside job. Building 7 was a controlled demolition just like the twin towers, (look up “freefall speed”).
Capitalism is screwing the world up and perpetuating wealth and life inequality.
The Black Bloc is a legitimate extension of the 99%’s frustration, it can also be called the early stages of a Revolution.
When you conflate truth with rampant drug abuse and actual “douchey” behaviour, such as baiting cops, the issues become blurred to heighten your own agenda.
HAHAHA!
Look man, you’re entitled to your opinion (no matter how crazy), but how about keeping your participation at Occupy related to the subjects at hand (wealth inequality, corruption in wallstreet and in our government)? No need to go off on theories that the majority of Americans conflate with paranoid whack-a-doodles (I believe that’s the clinical term).
Our opinion is that Occupy should be doing more to reach out to average Americans, who know something is wrong with our current system, but are still probably more conservative than your average protester. These people can and should be reached and communicated the ideas behind Occupy in ways they understand. When the ideas of Occupy are clearly conveyed without all the competing goals and causes (and yes, without the militancy, no matter how provoked), Americans overwhelmingly agree with them. All the black bloc actions and unrelated causes just serve the media’s goals of painting Occupier’s as not having any cohesive goals and being too extreme. Don’t fall into that trap.
you know, if you don’t like the opinions in this comic why don’t you draw your own with topics YOU would like to bring out to people’s attention, instead of arguing with someone on the internet about it? Your comments really don’t make you sound very intelligent, go be productive.
Thanks anon! Although we welcome their hatred (it is the stinky fertilizer in which our misanthropic zeal takes root), we also encourage people to draw their own comix. Because comix are awesome.