I love the Strange Planet cartoons, but just FYI the author, Nathan Pyle, is unapologetically pro-life, publicly engages in some really harmful rhetoric surrounding women's reproductive rights, and refuses to listen to scientifically irrefutable facts regarding abortion, just because he and his wife are Christian. He says they vote Democrat anyways because they're "troubled by what the republican party has become." But somehow I really really doubt that. I wouldn't be surprised if they supported the dismantling of Roe v. Wade under the guise of freedom of religious beliefs. The odds of them believing in the separation of church and state while simultaneously attending events like the March for Life are slim to none.
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Well, I certainly didn't know that. I'm immeasurably disappointed. Thank you for spreading the word!
I welcome your take. I am very pro choice and not religious. That said I still that the comics have value. To my knowledge he doesn't espouse these views in the comics and I think that is enough of a separation to be ok. Similarly it's ok to still like Dilbert comics or listen to John Lennon.
Sometimes you have to separate the art from the artist, lest you will cut yourself off from valuable work (when it doesn't try to shove these views on you).
I'm not sure I'd assign any intrinsic value to the comics, though I do enjoy them. But yes, there are many artists whose work I still enjoy despite knowing they're a shitty person.
I just don't think it's a great idea to then give these artists tacit support by creating a Reddit/Tumblr/Lemmy community solely for them.
I made the first comment after seeing someone else in this thread refer people to a community for this artist. He doesn't need the ego boost. Let him fade into obscurity along with every other misogynist who hides behind religion (as if that weren't, in and of itself, an immediate "tell.") Let his name pop up in the occasional comment section only for people to go "who?"
I don't even know if he's still making these comics, but he definitely still has an online presence that he has previously used to advocate for the removal of women's rights. Let that be his legacy. Start a community devoted to figuring out how a sentient festering anal polyp could ever possibly create something so cute and innocent.
The comics will live on without him.
yet another content creator to avoid :/
Nice to see these images have made it over to lemmy :)
There is a community dedicated to thos comic series. It's called "Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle"
I love these comics, but Nathan Pyle is very publicly pro-life. I think people need to be careful about how they support him. I love when his comics are reposted, but I would be wary of forming a community dedicated to someone who views women as second class citizens who do not have bodily autonomy or a right to reproductive healthcare.
I had no idea that's how he views women. Thanks for letting me know.
That's a real shame. I enjoy his comics. Thanks for sharing
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Is this whole comment section really about one comment from six years ago, where all he stated is that he's grateful his wife wasn't aborted (I'm assuming that was considered)?
Because I find it hard to take that as all that damming. From the tone of the conversation here, I was expecting several comments over the years stating extremes like that abortion should be illegal, or that rape victims should be denied access to it.
Do we even know that he knew about any of this scandal with March for Life in 2017? Especially if he's not supported it since (which I assume this article would bother to include if he had?)
This is basically the plot of the anime Too Cute Crisis. (Not that great of a show, but the concept is fun.)