CAD Edits: Improving Upon a Dada Masterpiece

If you've spent enough time with your finger up the ass of the webcomics industry, there are a few webcomics you've almost certainly heard of. Ctrl-Alt-Del is among the most popular, yet also most reviled webcomics around. Due to its anatomically uninspired character designs, abhorrently lazy writing, incredulously flat and static characterizations, and unyielding stagnation, CAD is generally accepted by critics as the most overrated webcomic in the history of the E-Zone.

It is therefore a popular maneuver by some to attack CAD for the sake of earning a bit of cyberkudos from the rest of the webcomics underground. By pointing out how obviously flawed CAD is, webcartoonists get the impression that they are somehow pointing out something no one has ever realized, and prepare themselves for the glory and accolades that can only come from beating the secret boss at level 1 with only a mop.

Also a popular endeavor, editing CAD strips to remove all dialog, or mix and match panels is, for some reason, considered the height of hilarity among CAD-hating enthusiasts. However this wasn't truly an epidemic until a recent abominable strip from Ol' Buckles, the notorious miscarriage strip.

I'll admit that this occurrence was mildly amusing for the first 10 hours or so, but once the people with senses of humor got theirs done, I realized that this was not going to stop anytime soon. Everyone and their grandma thought they had a hilarious angle on Buckley's latest atrocity, and they were going to share it. A month and a half later, they're still happening.

CAD edits ceased being funny the minute they were run into the fucking ground. I don't mean just editing the miscarriage strip, though. I mean all edits to any CAD strip ever has ceased to be the bastion of hilarity that many think it still is. Someday I hope people learn that memes like this really do have expiration dates, and like the "____ Movie" concept, become tired and dull especially when they weren't particularly hysterical in the first place. Read more→