"That bad" is subjective but I don't think she/they say anything particularly insightful and seems like a Mary Sue type. Kinda like Adam Ellis and CAD from a few years earlier. Technically accomplished but soulless. It's like the Big Bang Theory of Reddit front page comics.
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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I'm pretty ambivalent about them, but it's always strikes me that most of the hate comes from people reacting to them being super popular when they aren't especially funny.
Yeah, I enjoy her comics too.
There seems to be a quite small, but very vocal, minority who like to shout about them not being funny (most of them aren't supposed to be funny, they're illustrating a point), not being elaborately well drawn (they don't need to be, they make their point just fine), suggesting they're a bit self-insert (fair enough, they're inspired by her life), or suggesting these things don't actually happen or aren't bad (worrying...).
Ultimately, if someone doesn't like them, they're free to ignore them, no-one's forcing anyone to read them.
Personally I find them boring. I've seen the exact same points displayed in more nuanced and entertaining ways so they just feel uninspired.
What I dislike far more is the discussion about it. This has to be the 5th post I've seen about this artist in the last 2 days. I now know the name, that she has an onlyfans, and a very detailed map of her political views, all without my interest or intent to learn this. I do not understand why so many people are that invested in this specific comic.
I'll be honest, the amount of discussion baffles me too. If someone's not interested in the comics, and that's fair enough, just move on, we don't need another grumpy comment about it or the author!
Yep, they're fine
Yeah, agree
I've seen like 1 that i disagree with. The rest are 'yep that's pretty much how it is. And sometimes even that dramatic too.'
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I find her more hamfisted than a Kermit the Frog sex tape
I love Pizzacake! It's an awesome comic!
I agree, they're "not that bad"
And that they aren't "that good" either.
They just tend to be low effort pandering to a limited range audience. Which is fine! Targeting an audience is part and parcel of creating anything with a goal of anyone else being interested.
It does not make a given project broadly accessible, which means that until folks here in the fediverse have easy access to filtering methods, folks are gonna complain.
I look at it like porn. I don't want to see porn on my feed, so I take steps to minimize it. I don't enjoy most pizzacake comics, so I take steps to minimize it. I have been successful with both of those. I only see porn when a new community gets created, and I only see pizzacake when I'm not using an app that has keyword filtering for posts.
Which is ideal, imo. It means fans can enjoy, and I don't have to flick my finger an extra time to get past.
What? Randombutthurt@randinstance.gripe didn't know you can just scroll past, roll your eyes, and move on with your day?
She is the nickelback of artists, generic work that the only good thing you can say about it is how it’s not as bad as everyone says
I always feel a certain kind of familiarity and joy when I see them
Not my favorite comic artist, not by a long shot. But I agree that most of her work is not that bad. Usually 5/10 or better.