Artcow Foreskin Man -

[Yaoi Huntress Earth]

This honestly has to be one of the most fucked-up, lolz-worthy webcomics ever. It's a bit like Captain Planet if the hero was a normal human whose mission was to stop the circumcision of boys. (While foreskin-based powers would be fun, he has gadgets to help him fly and shoot beams.) The villains could give Captain Planet's a run for their money in obsession and strawmaning.

The scarey thing is that not only is the creator sincere, but wrote a song encouraging people to raid hospitals. Just read a few issues just to see what I mean.

 

[Null]

The art's pretty good.

Edit: Holy shit this guy is bonkers.

 

[KatsuKitty]

Asstarded debate about circumcision goes in another thread.

 

[Ryan Rash]

Everything you'd ever need to know about this comic

 

[Duke Nukem]

What. Am I looking at.

Just what.

 

[Yaoi Huntress Earth]

Everything you'd ever need to know about this comic

The comic has gotten nutter since that review (issue 5 in particular). When you think about it, there are some arguably racist aspects in issue three. Look at Vulva Girl who has Caucasian features and straight, light brown hair and compare her to the two villains who have nappy hair and black facial features. Anyway, I'd like to present to you the most insane moments of the series.

"Honorable" Mentions: At first glance, Foreskin Man seems like a well-meaning guy who is a little too focused on his pet cause. At times there are some unintentionally uglier aspects to the character. I could understand if he was temporarily hiding Glick from his insane father until the situation cooled off and then he could return him back to his loving and caring mother. Instead, he drops the kid off when a renegade commune to be raised by them with no intention of giving him back. While this is an insane moment, it's not the fun kind and made me kind of hate this guy for robbing Glick of a normal, happy childhood for one where he will be on the run and thrust into a resistance group. There's also the song, Intactivista, which encourages storming hospitals to "free" little boys.

The fact that the renegades also steal and destroy hospital equipment that is used for circumcision (like scalpels), makes the cause less sympathetic. Those tools could've been used to save lives and it costs the hospital a lot of money to replace it.

Now on to the list.

The Top 5 Most Insane Foreskin Man Moments (So Far)

5) Vulva Girl
She's pretty much Foreskin Man's African, female counterpart who fights people who want to perform genital mutilation on girls. Heck, her costume even has vaguely-defined genitalia on it. While that is crazy, the reason she doesn't score higher on the list is that she doesn't comes off as fanatical and obsessed as Foreskin Man. (I'm pretty sure that magical blast only knocked the villain out.) Ok, there is this song about how she's horny for the title character, but other wise she doesn't seem too bad.

4) Super Zero
You think Bibleman is lame? Issue 4 proves there might be someone that could knock him off that throne. The possessed dagger makes a man perform a big public ceremony where he will circumcise his grade school-aged son is insane enough. (At least there was enough sanity in the writing to have the civilians be mind-controled so smart-asses like me won't be asking any questions.)

For a trained superhero with fancy gadgets, he automatically gets subduded by normal people and tied up in seconds. While he does escape and rescue the boy, it's the kid's grandpa that does any real work to make sure the dad will never bother anyone again. Sure Bibleman is powered through bible verses, but at least his faith actually does stuff like keep marriages together and get green-skinned Dr. Insano to be someone's girl in prison.

3) The Face Cream No One Wanted
No matter how good the advertising is, there is no way a face cream made from infants' foreskins would sell in the American market. Even if this was to make it past the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), the ick factor alone would drive customers away. When Captain Planet villains wouldn't be caught dead using your idea, you might want to rework it.

2) Monster Mohel
This is the most infamous moment in the comic. While all pro-circumcision characters are portrayed as total monsters (figuratively (NSFW) and literally), Monster Mohel takes the cake. Designed like something from Nazi propaganda, our villain is fitted with a large beard and pointy nails. All while Foreskin Man looks like an Aryan wet dream. This got the creator into some hot water and I can see why.


1) Roller Coaster of Insanity
Man, was issue 5 nuts. Not only do we have a roller coaster simulator placed off the edge of a skyscraper, but the henchmen deciding to perform the circumcision on said simulator kicks it up a notch. Ok, the reason they were on it was to kill the boy's mother and make it look like an accident (by cutting her safety belt). Still, the idiot ball was in their hands and they did this in front of witnesses where the people might see and over hear them. That and kidnapping the baby in a large expo just because the company was running out of foreskins wasn't too bright, either.

 

[WWWWolf]

wrote a song encouraging people to raid hospitals

Here's a much more appropriate song to listen to instead.

All in all, Foreskin Man is pretty much the epitome of pretty awesome Internet media. Take a political stance cranked up to the 11, make a high-production-value bit of Internet media, and boom, you have a classic in your hands. This ranks up right there with Loose Change and Kony 2012. Sure, the political message is wacked up or disingenuous (I mean, yeah, circumcision in this day and age is daft, but why are some people so colossally worked up about it?), but think of the propaganda possibilities! A real shame that persuasive, free internet media is used mostly by cranks to spread some weird messages. Who knows, in a few years, we might see real worthwhile political debate in the Internet!

 

[wheat pasta]

the startling transformation that takes place when he sees the intact foreskin of a young boy

........................

 

[Joan Nyan]

3) The Face Cream No One Wanted
No matter how good the advertising is, there is no way a face cream made from infants' foreskins would sell in the American market. Even if this was to make it past the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), the ick factor alone would drive customers away. When Captain Planet villains wouldn't be caught dead using your idea, you might want to rework it.

As far as I'm aware that's actually a real thing that Oprah Winfrey uses. http://www.plasmetic.com/skin/skin-...rom-skinmedica-promoted-by-oprah-winfrey.html

 

[The Dude]

Weeping creeping Hell...WHY IS THIS A THING?

 

[Yaoi Huntress Earth]

As far as I'm aware that's actually a real thing that Oprah Winfrey uses. http://www.plasmetic.com/skin/skin-...rom-skinmedica-promoted-by-oprah-winfrey.html

Since I don't watch Oprah, thanks for filling me in.

 

[c-no]

Weeping creeping Hell...WHY IS THIS A THING?

Because some guy wanted to tell people why circumcision is a bad thing, even if it means having a comic where one villain can make one think it's Nazi propaganda and those that have a circumcision may be evil people who want to make face cream out of foreskins.

 

[Yaoi Huntress Earth]

Because some guy wanted to tell people why circumcision is a bad thing, even if it means having a comic where one villain can make one think it's Nazi propaganda and those that have a circumcision may be evil people who want to make face cream out of foreskins.

When you think about it, Foreskin Man could be a story in the opposite direction about what happens when one's cause falls into fanaticism. One where Dr. Grinswold decides to go straight by becoming a gynecologist (where he wouldn't see any foreskins.) Foreskin Man decides that for the infant boys' good, he must raid the hospital (with his rebel buddies) to save them, destroy anything that could be used to circumsice and put an end to Dr. Grinswold himself. When a few stray power blasts accidentally hit the maternity ward, he ends up killing several infant boys. (Including the son of his woman-of-the-issue.)

 

[NIA-DOA 2.0]

This guy could be a goldmine for lulz. Does he overreact when criticized?

 

[Roger Rabbit]

The fuck did I just read?

 

[RP 520]

Isn't one of the villains of this comic a stereotypical Jewish Rabbi? It makes it even more screwed up when you remember the "super hero" is a blonde-haired blue eyed superman.

Edit: I was right, I remember this when it was reported on the news for that said villain and the odd nazi propaganda parallels. I wouldn't be surprised if the creator did it on purpose to get his comic some publicity.

But this comic is like if Captain Planet had a horror-child with a SJW. All it needs is a few comics showing China and the Russia as beautiful utopias.

 

[Yaoi Huntress Earth]

This guy could be a goldmine for lulz. Does he overreact when criticized?

From what I know, he seems fairly level-headed about it.

 

[NIA-DOA 2.0]

From what I know, he seems fairly level-headed about it.

Well...He is still lulzy, but I don't think he'll be a long-term source like Pixy or CWC were.

 

[Soren]

I remember going to the Museum of Genital Integrity during my trip to San Diego. Cool place. Gift shop is fucking highway robbery, though.

 

[Yaoi Huntress Earth]

So what are everyone's guesses on what the next issue will be like? As in lolz factor and insanity.