It’s a shame how many former fans neglected to really take in the message, instead starting long (and inevitably childish) discussions about Shawn wanting to be squashed underfoot like the switch depicted 🤦

I remember folks pointing out that Shawn’s “parody” was actually just a word-for-word recreation of an actual Sweetie Beeps and he made a whole locked forum thread (including pasted SCOTUS opinions) about how his direct copy fell under “fair use”

Yes, even I thought he was over the line there. Sometimes the overwhelming humor of his strips makes you forget how cruel he could be.

The “grandma died” entry was making fun of Stephenson’s wife getting cancer and him doing some crowdfunding for treatment. Messed up even for Tuckley

say what you will about shawn, he was aware of wolf parade’s existence

This strip was, of course, a parody of Ricky Stephenson's "Sweetie Beeps," known for its erratic update schedule. Ricky was devastated by the release of this strip, deleting his entire archive and disappearing off the face of the web.

Red Ring of Death #3,889, “All Dead.. All Dead..”, circa 2015. The final of Shawn’s Ouya-related strips, released right after the system was discontinued and Julie Uhrman left the company. I don’t love posting “Dark Ages”-era strips, but feel it was necessary here.

Red Ring of Death #1,864, “Instant Upgrade,” circa 2013. Perhaps even more controversial than his last Ouya strip, this comic reignited the fan outcry about Shawn's financial relationship with the Ouya. This led to a long, contentious thread in the Gamer Nation forums.

If you believe the court testimony of several people, it inspired more than that.

On the one hand, did we maybe assume the worst of Shawn, treat him worse than he deserved? Sure, but you have to admit, this looked real bad when the prosecutor presented it as state's evidence

as i recall there was a particularly nasty bit of fallout when shawn publicly reverse-engineered the full name and address of a forum poster who said that the tuckley gestalt page was “a remarkably candid likeness of the artist,” though frankly i’m not even sure it was meant negatively

I believe that biblically accurate angel with absolutely no likeness to Shawn, a point I stress out of fear, is still used as a sort of patron saint of particularly violent MRA groups, which I must stress even harder Shawn himself never interacted with or negotiated a sponsorship to make bail with.

Not the first time I've heard this.