Comments on: #075 - 2007-12-31 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/ A comic about relationships in Sweden. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jacob Lantz http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-9639 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:44:46 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-9639 Another QCfan coming over here thanks to Jeph's surprisingly powerful linkage. Third time I start reading another webcomic because he said I should do so. I imagine that in the future, there will be a church praising Jeph Jacques...but I digress. I absolutely love this comic Rene. So great that you make it feel so Swedish, yet publish it in English. Just things like seeing Bolagets sign in one of the earlier posts was great. Not that that is a place I frequent mind you, but still =). What makes this comic even better than the ones I read (CAD, xkcd, QC, etc...) is that you get the comments on the same page, and not only that, people that leave comments often trail into discussions about the comic. FANTASTIC! I'm too lazy to go into forums n such, but reading what everybody posts like this is great imo =D. Tackar så hemskt mycket för att du gör detta, din gamla kanuck. Jag längtar såväl som fasar att nå slutet! Another QCfan coming over here thanks to Jeph’s surprisingly powerful linkage. Third time I start reading another webcomic because he said I should do so. I imagine that in the future, there will be a church praising Jeph Jacques…but I digress.
I absolutely love this comic Rene. So great that you make it feel so Swedish, yet publish it in English. Just things like seeing Bolagets sign in one of the earlier posts was great. Not that that is a place I frequent mind you, but still =).
What makes this comic even better than the ones I read (CAD, xkcd, QC, etc…) is that you get the comments on the same page, and not only that, people that leave comments often trail into discussions about the comic. FANTASTIC! I’m too lazy to go into forums n such, but reading what everybody posts like this is great imo =D.

Tackar så hemskt mycket för att du gör detta, din gamla kanuck. Jag längtar såväl som fasar att nå slutet!

]]> by: Renee http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-9214 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:28:01 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-9214 It's a hard decision to make. I wouldn't blame him for breaking it off with her because she has put him in some compromising situations. One compromised his freedom, the other compromised his job. It's just not cool to drag people into your messed up issues. At the very least it would be a good idea to put in conditions. "You get help for your issues or I WILL leave." What Maria has been doing is emotional blackmail. Emotional blackmail is emotional abuse. It’s a hard decision to make. I wouldn’t blame him for breaking it off with her because she has put him in some compromising situations. One compromised his freedom, the other compromised his job. It’s just not cool to drag people into your messed up issues. At the very least it would be a good idea to put in conditions. “You get help for your issues or I WILL leave.”

What Maria has been doing is emotional blackmail. Emotional blackmail is emotional abuse.

]]> by: Rene Engström http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1272 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:43:31 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1272 And most importantly, in regards to Anders behaviour, his male ego has had one too many kicks in the balls. And most importantly, in regards to Anders behaviour, his male ego has had one too many kicks in the balls.

]]> by: Rene Engström http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1270 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:41:19 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1270 We'll get more into Maria's story soon. :) We’ll get more into Maria’s story soon. :)

]]> by: lux http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1269 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:28:46 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1269 Very true, and it must be pretty gut wrenching to try to stand up, show he can be a good man without relying on his mother's status, connections and get a normal job...and then have your attempt ruined by your girlfriend and her brother's pettiness..Especially as it was first and foremost to win her family's approval... and they are only there because he punched out a guy who hit Maria... Quite an interesting one! I'm trying to appreciate the mindframe maria is in to drive her to acting like such a knob, and *why* she hates this tina so much must be a damn big thing! but frankly Anders has a pretty good batting average in my book Very true, and it must be pretty gut wrenching to try to stand up, show he can be a good man without relying on his mother’s status, connections and get a normal job…and then have your attempt ruined by your girlfriend and her brother’s pettiness..Especially as it was first and foremost to win her family’s approval… and they are only there because he punched out a guy who hit Maria… Quite an interesting one!

I’m trying to appreciate the mindframe maria is in to drive her to acting like such a knob, and *why* she hates this tina so much must be a damn big thing!

but frankly Anders has a pretty good batting average in my book

]]> by: Rene Engström http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1250 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:12:12 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1250 Well Lux, on the otherhand Anders is also under a lot of stress, drunk, heart-broken and all that jazz. Well Lux, on the otherhand Anders is also under a lot of stress, drunk, heart-broken and all that jazz.

]]> by: lux http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1249 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:56:43 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1249 I know it's going to sound silly, but there's also Maria's frame of mind. Pregnant, hormones going crazy, town he hates, all this shit happening with boyfriend family... Sometimes people do crazy and stupid things. However if Anders was ever the type to do right you'd think he'd have the decency to converse about this first, rather than muff diving his way out. Guess he can be crazy and stupid too... My the discussions you bring, Ren :) I know it’s going to sound silly, but there’s also Maria’s frame of mind. Pregnant, hormones going crazy, town he hates, all this shit happening with boyfriend family… Sometimes people do crazy and stupid things. However if Anders was ever the type to do right you’d think he’d have the decency to converse about this first, rather than muff diving his way out. Guess he can be crazy and stupid too…

My the discussions you bring, Ren :)

]]> by: neil http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1191 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:23:54 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1191 I once stood outside a girlfriends house in nothing but HER underwear, singing her favorite song at the top of my lungs in an (failed) attempt to get her to let me back in. Love makes people do CRAZY shit. I once stood outside a girlfriends house in nothing but HER underwear, singing her favorite song at the top of my lungs in an (failed) attempt to get her to let me back in.

Love makes people do CRAZY shit.

]]> by: Patrick http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1190 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:22:48 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1190 I can agree with that theory. What really bothers me is that those same people who do that, seem to think that an apology is all that it takes to fix things. These people are also usually apologizing only because they got caught and not because they're actually sorry. I can agree with that theory.

What really bothers me is that those same people who do that, seem to think that an apology is all that it takes to fix things. These people are also usually apologizing only because they got caught and not because they’re actually sorry.

]]> by: Rene Engström http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1189 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:02:30 +0000 http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/2007/12/31/075-2007-12-31/#comment-1189 When I originally wrote the script for this comic, about a year ago, Anders wasn't at all thinking in this way. He will always try to do the right thing and back then the right thing was always sticking by Maria, through the good and bad. When these strips were creeping up on me I realised that Anders either had changed a little or the "right thing" to do was to leave Maria. This has me in a difficult position I'm sure you can understand. I mean the title of the bloody comic is "Anders Loves Maria". As to Maria's behaviour, my theory is ALL humans are capable of crazy enough acts if set to enough pressure, based on their environment. When I originally wrote the script for this comic, about a year ago, Anders wasn’t at all thinking in this way. He will always try to do the right thing and back then the right thing was always sticking by Maria, through the good and bad. When these strips were creeping up on me I realised that Anders either had changed a little or the “right thing” to do was to leave Maria. This has me in a difficult position I’m sure you can understand. I mean the title of the bloody comic is “Anders Loves Maria”.

As to Maria’s behaviour, my theory is ALL humans are capable of crazy enough acts if set to enough pressure, based on their environment.

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