🎨 Artcow Iconoclast / Jonathan Mack Sweet - The Chris-Chan of Arkansas

[ToroidalBoat]

Because of my 10 year experience with Sweet Bro over at AJM

Did Sweet have the idea of Teapot Domers and his own ASU back then in 2005? I'd imagine that even then, he was rambling about ASU, progressives, and TV ratings. Although Obama wasn't in office yet, and the DTV transition hadn't happened yet either.

So what's Belch Dimension supposed to be about other than Sweet's self-insert and the gang having adventures? How long has Sweet been making Belch Dimension comics?

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

I personally find it distasteful and mean to call a child ugly.

But cripes , Jon Sweet was an ugly kid. He looked like Froggy from the Our Gang shorts, but born without a neck. They probably had to tie a steak around his leg to get the dog to play with him.

Pretty much the classic facial morphology of someone with mild autism.

The study found children with autism had wider eyes, and a "broader upper face," compared with typically developing children. According to the study, children with autism also had a shorter middle region of the face - including the nose and cheeks -- as well as a wider mouth and philtrum.

Of course he also demonstrates many symptoms of sociopathy: grandiose sense of self (boy howdy!), pathological lying (need a stronger adjective than pathological), shallow emotions (about a millimeter in depth), impulsive nature (on steroids), unreliability (Clean up the damned yard!) and parasitic lifestyle (worshiped as a god by the lesser parasites throughout kingdom Animalia).

Fortunately for the world, his autistic limitations severely diminish the effectiveness of his forays into sociopathic behavior. Unable to blend in with the herd and stalk his prey, he instead grabs his loud-hailer and starts screaming, "I'm coming to decapitate you with my eight-inch bone knife."

As an aside, Sweet's Luddite proclivities may be hereditary. Those photos from the mid-1980s look like snapshots taken in the 1950s.

Edit to add:

Ah, geez. Forget fetish, this guy is obsessed with talking about either crap or twigs and berries. What is wrong with him?

Spoiler: What's Wrong With Him?

 

[ToroidalBoat]

The study found children with autism had wider eyes, and a "broader upper face," compared with typically developing children.[...]

Even for someone with autism, Sweet looks very unique. The traits described in that study you cite seem to be average tendencies that are subtle enough overall that a study was needed to point them out.

 

[AJMLurker]

Did Sweet have the idea of Teapot Domers and his own ASU back then in 2005? I'd imagine that even then, he was rambling about ASU, progressives, and TV ratings. Although Obama wasn't in office yet, and the DTV transition hadn't happened yet either.

I was not aware of Sweet's nonsensical Teapot Domer plan until after I joined the Farms, but yes, AJM STUDIOS is littered with Sweet's batshit insanity. The same crazy stuff he's ranting about now, he was ranting about back on AJM STUDIOS. The thing with AJM is people tuned out his craziness. I know the reason I was polite toward Sweet was because I didn't want to "rock the boat" and lose brownie points with the other members.

Let me tell you, when Sweet first joined, he went off with the powerleveling. Within a week or two of joining, I already knew there was something extremely odd about him. He had given out enough information for me to know what he looked like, how much he hated liberals, that he had an unhealthy fascination for poop, loved kid cartoons, and drew a comic that was nigh impossible to read. He gave off an air of being a disgusting unclean slob. I was a kid at the time so I couldn't fully make the connection that I was dealing with someone suffering from serious mental problems and to make matters even weirder, the other AJMers started being nice to him so I followed the herd.

As I was saying, he was constantly going off on his goofy rants during his stay there. He spent a lot of time on ASU and its coveted perks of chinaphone, big screen TVs, and scrumptious buffet. Also he had this hilarious habit of precieving himself as this mentor figure on the forum and acting like he was giving us genuine advice that would help us survive college. I personally loved his Obamacable rants. He would often interrupt conversation going on in the AJM STUDIOS news thread to complain about how Obama's DTV transition prevented him from watching his cartoons. It made me laugh so hard because I knew Sweet was just too stupid to comprehend that he most likely wasn't getting channels because he lives out in Bumfuck, Nowhere and needed to blame Obama, just because... Obama.

How long has Sweet been making Belch Dimension comics?

According to Sweet's powerleveling, like 2005 or 2006.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I know the reason I was polite toward Sweet was because I didn't want to "rock the boat" and lose brownie points with the other members.

They would rather shut down the forums to avoid further drama than ban him.

Let me tell you, when Sweet first joined, he went off with the powerleveling[...]

Even after 10 years, it sounds like Sweet really hasn't changed at all.

Also he had this hilarious habit of precieving himself as this mentor figure on the forum and acting like he was giving us genuine advice that would help us survive college.

Like how "when the phone rings, the pants come off?"

I personally loved his Obamacable rants.

How much of an outcry did he make when the DTV transition happened back in 2009? I imagine it must've been almost as traumatic to him as getting banned from ASU and the Herald was.

So Sweet has been making BD since 2005 or so? I guess back then there was still the Hotmail "backdoor," so Sweet wasn't yet obsessed with the CD burner thing. I wonder when that started. It makes it even more interesting -- Sweet was kicked out of ASU in half-past 1997, and then almost a decade later, he began Belch Dimension, and then even later still, he apparently was trying to get back into ASU to use their "precious computer lab."

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

So Sweet has been making BD since 2005 or so? I guess back then there was still the Hotmail "backdoor," so Sweet wasn't yet obsessed with the CD burner thing. I wonder when that started. It makes it even more interesting -- Sweet was kicked out of ASU in half-past 1997, and then almost a decade later, he began Belch Dimension, and then even later still, he apparently was trying to get back into ASU to use their "precious computer lab."

From one of the many fake news releases and biographies in which Sweet interviews himself:

ARMOREL, AR (PRWEB) MAY 19, 2006

Jonathan M. Sweet announces that his self-published series The Belch Dimension Comics celebrated its first birthday this April, with the release of the long-awaited issue #13.
. . .
The Missouri Bootheel native [Sic. He's a Chicago native.]. . .
. . .
Belch Dimension first debuted [Sic. No date given for the second debut.] on April 15, 2005.
, , ,
Sweet began writing short stories professionally [He did not and does not write "professionally."] after graduating [sic] ASU in 1998.

So, he graduated from ASU with a B.A. in English in the spring of 1998. (He was kicked off The Herald for plagiarism early in the spring semester of 1997.) He was expelled from grad school in the fall of 1998. And April 15, 2005, is a date which will live in infamy.

Note that Mr. Professional Writer with a B.A. in English uses the substandard "he graduated college" locution instead of the more literate "he graduated from college." No ear for the language at all.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

The Missouri Bootheel native [Sic. He's a Chicago native.]. . .

Huh. I wonder how he wound up in Blytheville?

 

[atomik fyre]

Of all the stupid stuff that Sweets does that amuses me, his fake press releases amuse me the most.

I still doubt that there's as many full and completed issues of Belch Dimension Comics as he likes to claim, but I'm not about to order them all for curiosity. Heck, even according to Sweets, issues 122, 123 and 124 were published on Nov. 4th, 5th and 6th, respectively. How can this happen? Sweets would be better off taking his time to make something readable than trying to pump out 12 issues a year no matter what. Sweets, forever playing to an audience of zero.

This is kind of an autistic detail but they don't even MAKE Mars bars anymore... They renamed them "Snickers with Almonds" over a decade ago...

Wait... what? I just bought some Mars Bars last Christmas!! Are you telling me they were a decade old?

 

[MrsFrizzle]

Huh. I wonder how he wound up in Blytheville?

His parents moved to Missouri when he was very young. I don't know how long they've been in Arkansas, but both of his brothers say they graduated from high school there on social media.

 

[atomik fyre]

His parents moved to Missouri when he was very young. I don't know how long they've been in Arkansas, but both of his brothers say they graduated from high school there on social media.

Yeah, Sweets was 5 when they moved from IL to MO, not sure when they got to AR though, he doesn't ever elaborate on that.

Because drawing clothes is a pain in the ass. Ever wonder why they never change clothes in cartoons? That's why I like the minimalist approach. Huge timesaver.

I'm willing to believe this a lot more than the "child like feel/look" that he usually says. Time saver = laziness, got it.

 

[DrChristianTroy]

I personally find it distasteful and mean to call a child ugly.









But cripes , Jon Sweet was an ugly kid. He looked like Froggy from the Our Gang shorts, but born without a neck. They probably had to tie a steak around his leg to get the dog to play with him.

Okay I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought he was an odd looking kid. Like his forehead was way too big and he looks like he's always squinting.

 

[TheUltimatePickle]

Wait... what? I just bought some Mars Bars last Christmas!! Are you telling me they were a decade old?

Are you English? They're still manufactured and quite popular in the UK and several other countries, so you probably have nothing to worry about.

The US Mars Bar was a completely different thing than the Mars Bar sold in the rest of the world and it was renamed Snickers with Almonds in 2002.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

both of his brothers

Do they ever mention Sweet? I wonder how they describe him.

 

[atomik fyre]

Do they ever mention Sweet? I wonder how they describe him.

Oh man... I really want to know more about his brothers... but I don't want bother these guys with questions about Sweets, because no one should be punished for being related to lolcow.

Spoiler: candy sperging

Are you English? They're still manufactured and quite popular in the UK and several other countries, so you probably have nothing to worry about.

The US Mars Bar was a completely different thing than the Mars Bar sold in the rest of the world and it was renamed Snickers with Almonds in 2002.

American, but all the gas stations around me seem to carry a lot of foreign candy. I can usually find UK Smarties as easily as M&Ms and easier than standard US Smarties.

 

[MrsFrizzle]

Do they ever mention Sweet? I wonder how they describe him.

Not on their social media, at least that I've seen.

Re: Mars Bar: the UK and Commonwealth nations Mars Bar is a variation on the U.S. Milky Way bar. It was created in England by the son of the Mars family patriarch, hoping to duplicate Papa Mars's U.S. success with the popular candy. Some other English company was using "Milky Way" for a product (maybe Cadbury?) so the younger Mars had to find a different name.

I think the U.S. Mars Bar was created in the 1950s, but since it was just Snickers with almonds, it made sense to rename it Snickers with Almonds.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Hopefully it's not asking too much, but is he the second youngest son of Mama Sweet?

 

[MrsFrizzle]

Hopefully it's not asking too much, but is he the second youngest son of Mama Sweet?

He's the oldest. EMT brother is next oldest, then the brother who has had the drug abuse issues.

So far, EMT brother is the only one who's been married (and divorced), but the youngest brother is engaged per social media. Each brother has one daughter who lives with her mother.

All the other Sweets have very open social media, on which they seem like perfectly normal people with friends and hobbies and all.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

EMT brother

Emergency medical technician? Cool.

 

[Dr. Merkwurdichliebe]

Huh. I wonder how he wound up in Blytheville?

Sweet has claimed in various places over the years that he lives in the Missouri Bootheel "with his family," implying that he has a wife and kids. I suspect that he sees "Missouri Bootheel" as an exotic name, a big improvement over "Sweet is a clodhopping, stump-jumping, sociopathic hick who lives with his mommy in a squalid, unincorporated shantytown in the backwoods of Arkansas."

As someone else noted, his family moved to the area when Sweet Pea was just a tiny toad.

He has been registered to vote in Arkansas, without interruption and at the same address, since the 1990s. In the college yearbook that he won't shut up about, his hometown is listed as Armorel, Ark., an unincorporated area just outside the city limits of Blytheville. (It's possible that the area has been annexed by Blytheville without the online maps being updated.) If the house owned by Sweetie's mom is still in an unincorporated area, they may just simplify where they live by claiming Blytheville, which, unlike Armorel, will be known to people in Arkansas.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Has Sweet ever travelled outside of Arkansas while living there? One of the old photos Sweet uploaded looks like it was taken in Disneyland/Disneyworld.