Talk:Lackadaisy

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Yes that's right. And this article is a repost of that deleted article - an identical repost, except for two sentences:

"In 2007, Lackadaisy was nominated for, and won four awards in the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards. It won the award for Outstanding Newcomer, Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Character Rendering and Outstanding Anthropomorphic Comic."

I trust that that's enough of a difference for the article to be kept. It's certainly not speediable as a repost. It could be taken to AfD but would most likely now survive. Herostratus 20:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

As the speedy deletion nominator, I agree. I didn't have access to the deleted page, but on the face of it, it seemed like a complete repost. Still barely notable, but at least on the keep side as far as I'm concerned. --Pekaje 21:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I didn't know that it was a previous wiki article. And I didn't know that it was deleted. I found it on WikiFur and decided to put it here. I guess, it could be deleted. - 63.24.40.244 23:24, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

It has been mentioned in a non trivial way and won a notable award (just see the reference section of the award). Then it is notable itself. It is fairly good on the keep side. -- Esurnir 04:54, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the Lackadaisy

Well cats and kittens we can forget about the AFD. This comic has won quite a few awards, so it's not going anywhere. I haven't read through the character bios yet because I'm pretty tired, but if they were a copy from the Furripedia then we can't trust them without reading them. Also, let's get some images for the characters preferably not from the lackadaisy bio page but rather from the strips themselves. The artist told me we can use her images all we want. --Rebent

[edit] furry?

Is this strip a furry strip? Yeah they're cats, but I don't think it is. --Rebent

Why not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.46.185.14 (talk)

This is a talk page. Please sign your comments. --Rebent

I think the term "Anthropomorphic Comic" is more acurate, furry has connotations of people dressing up in fur suits, and all the stigmas contained therein. FRA 12:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

"Q. Why cats? - A. When dealing in sociopathic criminalism and gratuitous violence, how could it not be cats? Don't take it too literally, though. It's mostly just a device I like to use for characterization. The mobile ears, tails, and big eyes help me emphasize gesture and expression more than I could with human characters, they allow me to be as ridiculous as I like, and, well, they're just plain fun to draw."
"[...] I draw furries (if you can't think of a less schmaltzy name for them),.."

Taken from the offical FAQ[1] at Lackadaisy's website. So it's a furry strip, in a way. --84.62.191.242 16:07, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Just because the author calls if "furry" doesn't mean she actually does. I wonder if she understands the term as it is generally used today, or if she merely means that the creatures she draws "have fur"? --Rebent 16:48, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, she's been around deviantArt (a large art community) for quite some time now, I think she is aware of the contemporary meaning - and besides I think the comic clearly falls in the furry-category, no matter what the author says. I mean..we're talking about a comic whose main characters are anthropomorphic cats, I can barely think of anything which would define the furry phenomena clearer. --84.62.176.18 04:13, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

"Furry" usually has a sexual connotation to it, so keep that in mind.

"Furry" only has a sexual connotation to it to people who assume so. It is not in and of itself a sexual thing. Lackadaisy is a furry comic because its characters are anthropomorphic animals. That's all there is to it. --63.95.64.220 06:59, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Why does everyone equate "furry" with "yiff"? We furries aren't sex-crazed, just a bit different.--Oreichalcos (talk) 22:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)