# Can someone explain The Martian Confederacy to me?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-martian-confederacy-to-me/914714>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-martian-confederacy-to-me/914714 "2020-07-08T08:47:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-martian-confederacy-to-me/914714/1 "2020-07-08T08:47:42Z")

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I just discovered this by accident and have no idea what is going on with it? I find it just plain stupid. But oddly enough, I find myself checking it every couple of days when a new strip is released.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can check out GoComics’ page [from the beginning here](https://www.gocomics.com/the-martian-confederacy/2014/06/23).

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-martian-confederacy-to-me/914714/2 "2020-07-09T17:08:39Z")

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Have you read the whole thing? I hadn’t heard of it, and made it through about 6 months from your link. I both like it, and am highly annoyed by it. I like the artwork, but the characters have very little distinguishing features to differentiate themselves. The plot is really good, but the writing is…boring. Really boring. I stopped reading when there was a fight on the wing of a plane/speeder, and suddenly there’s an ax laying there. On the wing. Of a moving/banking/speeding plane.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-martian-confederacy-to-me/914714/3 "2020-07-12T01:09:48Z")

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That’s pretty much my feeling, **Munch**. I made it about two months in, then I skipped ahead to the most recently posted stuff. Maybe the writers are going for the “so bad it’s good” approach.