Here's what happened to the infamous internet comic 'Pictures for Sad Children' and its creator.
The true story of 'Pictures for Sad Children'
Seven years after literally setting their incredibly popular webcomic on fire, 'Pictures for Sad Children' author Simone Veil is opening up about the experience and sharing some new art.
Photo via @raeverieThe true story of 'Pictures for Sad Children'
A webcomic that set the tone for what it meant to make jokes online, disappeared along with its author after a torrent of backlash to their Kickstarter for a physical collection. 7 years later, the author Simone Veil is opening up about the experience. inputmag.com/culture/pictur
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When looking to publish the collection, Veil was ignored or turned down by every publisher she approached. She turned to then relatively novel Kickstarter, asking for $8,000 to help cover the costs of printing 2,000 books. She ended up raising $51,615. inputmag.com/culture/pictur
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In February 2014, Veil posted an update: A video of books on fire, accompanied by an essay. She talks about how she had to quit her antidepressants because she didn’t have the funds, offering a screencap of her checking account: $751.47. inputmag.com/culture/pictur
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In an email exchange with the author of this article in 2014, Veil came clean on the book-burning: Everyone who paid at least $15 had received a copy. The ones that were set on fire were damaged or misprints that couldn’t be shipped.
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“I feel like there was something I wanted to communicate about the seemingly illusory nature of human identity, the criteria we use to decide when someone no longer gets our empathy, how little we actually know about each other, especially online." inputmag.com/culture/pictur
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For , I wrote about my favourite webcomic, why it disappeared, and what its author can teach us about internet culture.
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Pictures for Sad Children was good
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uuunngggghhhffff yes that's the good stuff so glad I bought this pictures for sad children pdf
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