Brutus' backstory [WARNING: VERY TRAGIC]

We normally don't see comics with serious topics like this, but previous installments of the series were hinting at this scene.

This comic gained a lot of backlash on social media, with people accusing Ben of promoting racism, something he clearly did not intend. To quote the response he added:

"This comic does NOT portray all Muslims or middle-eastern people as terrorists. If that's what you got from it, then you're just drawing your own conclusions."

It's not racist (or political) for an artist to write a comic talking about real-world events and social issues. These are real things that happen IRL, and we can't always hide from them.

If you guys would like this comic to be marked NSFW, I will gladly change it.

While we're on the subject, I find it very pathetic how people on social media take comics the wrong way, and immediately resort to slamming the artist(s) in every way they can, sometimes to the point of doxing them or sending them death threats. I've seen a few instances of this on Reddit and Twitter. Not only is it messed up, but it also drowns out the people who politely give genuine criticism of a comic.

The thing that really makes my blood boil is seeing people go "Hooray! We won!" and "They're gone forever! Haha!" after an artist deactivates their account(s) or stops posting. Like, if you're gonna blame the artist for your lack of media literacy, don't act like you're some kind of saint for cancelling them.

There are some really great artists out there who either took a very long hiatus or stopped making comics all together after gaining all of that backlash. Meanwhile, you've got folks like StoneToss who makes the most bigoted comics ever and he somehow is still active and has a fanbase.

All of it really makes me hate the way social media is, and it really goes to show that we can't have nice things.