I find these statements by Hopkins to be more or less ignorant of his own genre's history. And I'm not talking about the furry genre, either.
"the way we have a horrible reputation for being a group who are at best a bit crazy in the head and at worst a group of dangerous sexual deviants."
You write and illustrate horror comics, dude.
A genre that has had nothing but criticism heaped on it since almost the beginning of its inception as the product of sick, deranged minds for the consumption of sick, deranged minds, once labeled the "new pornography," now frequently referred to as "torture porn."
God, I continue hearing this argument again and again from freaking furries; if you want to go mainstream, don't do furry, because people are afraid of the furry fans. So, wait, furry has a built in audience and causes a strong emotional reaction? Where's the catch? The fact that that emotional reaction is negative means precisely bunk; Mr. Hopkins, whose bread is fear and butter is disgust, should be darn well aware of this.
I find these statements by Hopkins to be more or less ignorant of his own genre's history. And I'm not talking about the furry genre, either.
"the way we have a horrible reputation for being a group who are at best a bit crazy in the head and at worst a group of dangerous sexual deviants."
You write and illustrate horror comics, dude.
A genre that has had nothing but criticism heaped on it since almost the beginning of its inception as the product of sick, deranged minds for the consumption of sick, deranged minds, once labeled the "new pornography," now frequently referred to as "torture porn."
God, I continue hearing this argument again and again from freaking furries; if you want to go mainstream, don't do furry, because people are afraid of the furry fans. So, wait, furry has a built in audience and causes a strong emotional reaction? Where's the catch? The fact that that emotional reaction is negative means precisely bunk; Mr. Hopkins, whose bread is fear and butter is disgust, should be darn well aware of this.