Corpse Run 209: United States Porno Service
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Even though I know I shouldn’t, I am still caught off guard when random strangers come up and talk to me. The above comic is nearly word for word a conversation I had with a stranger at the post office this week.
After the “do you draw your own porn” question left his mouth, I actually didn’t answer; I laughed it off, said a quick goodbye and left as fast as I could. Once I was out the door, however, the question lingered in my mind.
Do you draw your own porn?
Honestly, as much as I thought about the question during the walk home, I really can’t even imagine someone doing that. Like, if the artist is drawing porn that he himself is interested in, wouldn’t he get horny and… take a lot of breaks while drawing?
Furthermore, if say, just the sketch, or the idea of the sketch was enough to get a rise out of him, why draw the porn at all?
Thankfully, my internal conversation was cut short by fiddling through my small army of keys in order to open the door.
So I’m heading to Rich’s for taco night tonight (it’s currently Wednesday), and Rich, who is a big fan of the New York Rangers mentioned that they were playing tonight. Here’s the text conversation we had:
Rich: Hockey tonight as well!
Me: Man, the satans are totally gonna float the ice and dunk the most finish lines.
Rich: Not if the archers sack them first!
Me: Perhaps, but you know we have the most relentless mine setters. The archers don’t stand an ant’s chance in a rotisserie pavilion.
Rich: Best. Hockey. Discussion. Ever.
Me: What the $&%# is hockey?
I thought you guys might appreciate that. If the above conversation didn’t make any sense to you, don’t fret! When Richard starts to talk about the finer points of hockey, I don’t understand too much either.
Finally, my friend Cynthia found a page from one of her notebooks that I doodled on in college! Neat-o! I must say I really miss scribbling on peoples’ notes.
This page, in my mind, sums up your college experience. Doodles, excuses to drink, and games. (those triangles and squiggles are tic tac toe, for whatever reason I didn’t want to use xs and os)
And that page has survived through water leaks/floods of 3 apartments. Glad it got some facetime
Nudge nudge, wink wink!
Writing porn and drawing porn: every dude has done this at one time in his life. ‘Nuff said.
You forgot making porn.
Although that tends to be a one time thing too. Especially when you find out the camera doesn’t add those ten pounds to the one spot you’d really want it to.
Oh, using “porn” as a tag will disappoint so many people tonight. Anyway, again another hilarious story has been presented!
shoulda typed porn as pr0n. Hard core nerdy games type it like that.
Lol, I love the guys face in the last panel
Alex is getting attached to creepy/crazy faces.
yay star trek doodle. assuming that is the star trek symbol and not just a funny shape
First off, there are thousands of artists out there who draw porn, either professionally or as a hobby. I have to imagine that a decent chunk of the things they produce are going to appeal to them at least on some level, because not all of these artists work under contract or commission.
As for the “breaks”, to some extent that probably is true. But I would also say that just like when you produce a non-pornographic piece of artwork, there is a certain level of detachment that occurs in the process of creating the work. This is, for example, the reason people often have a hard time noticing mistakes or problems with their own work until they’ve set it aside and come back to it later (and for this reason, why receiving artistic critique from others is an invaluable part of the growth process).
Finally, as for the concept or sketch of whatever you’re trying to draw being “enough”, and so why bother producing a finished work? Well, again, is that how most artists approach non-pornographic art? “Yeah so I had this awesome idea for an epic painting but then I made a thumbnail sketch and eh… that was enough.” No. People who think like that don’t become artists, they become something else. It’s frequently argued that the goal of art, GOOD art, “high art”, whatever you want to call it, is to elicit an emotional reaction in the audience. I’d say giving someone a boner (or the female equivalent) qualifies as a pretty good emotional reaction to me.
Pornographic artwork is serious business.
Believe it or not there are hundreds artists that make a living of drawing sexual stuff they also appreciate themselves. I know some that make 500 USD a piece. A piece. One character. 500 USD… only drawing the same kind of theme or characters… And there are better artists charging less. But see, people who comission artists for porn or erotic art are usually more desperate… They pay more for less.