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as i said in another comment to this, there was a right and wrong answer, and you picked the right answer lol. just sometimes you can't tell when someone goes "they are doing X" what their opinion truly is. very neutral comment.

oh after reading the alt text it made more sense. i thought panel 2 was later and he had transitioned

Newspaper people are morons hired to pretend they understand the tastes of people. Their strategy is always to pander to everyone and therefore avoid any truthful art because they seek to minimize risk, so they pretend they get what is inoffensive while still being good. They can't. An editor would

say that the normies would be weirded out by the furry content and point to octogenarians writing angry letters. The strategy is always to dilute true art to avoid losing readers. It is not "maximize profit" which implies taking some risks, it is "minimize a flop that might get me fired"

Beetle Moses attracts people not because he's pandering to the furries or something but because he's both authentic, observant enough to portray the weird situation that happen in the real world and unapologetic. He is authentic in a funny way. There are authentic people that are like that in a rude

The author is likely right, in my opinion (it's the artist's opinion as well, coincidentally)