Bwahaha

[scarfman]

I read the Digger archives while they're free till the Eisner awards. I reread the discussion attempting to define evil and I still think Ed the hyena pariah nails it (unless you have a Graphic Smash subscription, this link will no longer take you to the page after the Eisner awards ) (at least, not till next year). Before I got that far in my rereading, however, I decided to try it myself.

• Perfection would be if everyone had everything they ever want (excluding harm to someone else) or need, and got it by doing exactly the work they wanted to do, even none.
• Good is if everyone gets everything they need and most of the things they want, because sometimes people want different, incompatible things but can be persuaded to compromise.
• Bad is when not everyone gets all of the things they need and want, because other people want incompatible things and won't compromise and there's a fight - verbal, legal or physical - and the other people win.
• Evil is when anyone is willfully deprived of what they need or want without recourse for the sake of, and by, another's greed or maliciousness or apathy or abuse of power.

Comments

[athelind.livejournal.com]

It always brings a smile to my face when I discover that one of my favorite web cartoonists is a fan of another of my favorite web cartoonists.

And yeah, I think Ed pretty much nailed it, too.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Though I also very much like your interpretation, too. And... I can kind of see Arthur trying to operate along those lines.

And at this point, I'd like to note that I very much approve of the hints that you dropped in one strip that while the broad outlines of the Story stay constant, Arthur is NOT doomed to repeat the same MISTAKES throughout Time and Space. There's a note of Redemption in there that greatly appeals to me.

[scarfman]

Thanks for reading.

I'd say more, but That Would Be Telling.