>>84859946Willis's comics create a sense of intrigue that is honestly blocked every single time something interesting could happen.
It's highly related to addiction/gambling models, for me at least. You take a gamble by checking the comic. It has a 10% chance of being worth your time, like spending a dime at a slot machine. Something will occasionally pique your interest, convincing you that the 10% chance is worth the time. And it's only a few seconds out of your day, so why not shoot for that 10% chance?
Willis responds to fans and non-fans with equal vitriol. Everyone and everything deserves to be mocked and "put on blast," so to speak. He treats everyone who disagrees with him as if they are not only stupid but also as if they're pedophiles or murderers.
He can't handle constructive criticism or even gentle questioning of his methods.
He rules over his comment section with an iron fist and only allows the comments he likes--and the ones he wants to mock--to stand.
Every character has a possibly interesting basis, but he squanders every opportunity to develop them.
He has no sense of tone or pacing, so the comic comes across as a jumbled mess.
I want to like the characters, and I want to like the comic. I actually used to be eager for updates.
But after a while, everything was just so depressing. Nothing good ever happened.
Plus, he started setting up jokes and then squashing them in the dumbest ways possible.
Willis spews out so much hatred on a daily basis, yet he wants to be look upon like a paragon of social justice.
This is despite his treatment of his characters in marginalized communities as if they are one-dimensional stereotypes.
He tries to tell us over and over again that "this character is like this" and "this character is like that" through dialogue, but they don't have those traits at all.
He puts no effort into the comic or its continuity, so why should we put any effort into liking it?
