# "Reply All" comic strip--what is this crap?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 10, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-all-comic-strip-what-is-this-crap/634344 "2012-09-10T22:36:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-all-comic-strip-what-is-this-crap/634344/61 "2012-12-20T15:30:16Z")

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Perhaps the humor is in its badness? Anyone? No?

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-all-comic-strip-what-is-this-crap/634344/62 "2012-12-20T16:42:25Z")

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Some things are comically bad, but “Reply All” isn’t one of them.

I actually had a nightmare last week that “Reply All” reached 7% in the poll. I was worried that it was starting a comeback. Luckily, my nightmare scenario never materialized. I don’t think “Reply All” was above 6% at any point.

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reply-all-comic-strip-what-is-this-crap/634344/63 "2012-12-20T16:52:04Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> You seem to be confusing “simple” with “bad”. XKCD has simple art: Just a few lines to define a person. But the lines all go where Munroe wants them, and they effectively convey the emotions and personalities of the people depicted, so it’s nonetheless good art. Similarly for, say, South Park.
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> But that’s not what this art is. The artwork in Reply All _isn’t_ simple-- The characters have _eyelashes_, for crying out loud, and five-fingered hands, both of which are extremely rare for comic strips. But even with all that detail, the artist still fails to convey any emotion or personality, and it looks like she just can’t control the pen (or more likely, mouse). Thus, this art is bad.

I feel compelled to point out that Munroe can also draw [complicated things beautifully](http://xkcd.com/1024/) when he feels like it.

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