Interviews: Ask SMBC's Creator Zach Weiner a Question

Zach Weiner is the author and illustrator of a number of webcomics, most notably Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC). He's been a guest contributor to xkcd and founded the sketch comedy group SMBC Theater. His project Augie and the Green Knight, was the most funded children's book on Kickstarter, and his newest project The Gentleman's Single-Use Monocle offers readers emergency reading protection with a bit of class. Zach has agreed to step away from the comics for a bit and answer any questions you might have. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one per post.

Comments

Any Public Response to the Common Criticism?

[eldavojohn]

How do you respond to the criticism that by widely distributing your single use monocles to teenagers and adults, you'll be making highbrow socializing safer and therefore increase it to immoral levels?

lol Weinersmith

[Anonymous Coward]

Weiner

Re:Sacred cows?

[sideslash]

He is actually really careful about that. There are regular barbecues of sacred cows related to Judaism and Christianity, but never so much as a hint of poking fun at Islam or Mohammed.

Re:Sacred cows?

[nitehawk214]

To bring it back on topic:

You prod harder on the ones who can take a joke and where you actually have to push the envelope to get a reaction. Poking Islam is like poking a killer bees nest with your Weiner.

Of course, do it enough and the killer bees die off. But, that's a painful way for most people to go.