The Shock
A comment just came in through this blog post, from one who chooses to remain anonymous. I shall quote it here:
"bakla ka carlo amf ka! pangbakla ang kwento mo hayup ka! kaya dumadami ang mga baklang katulad mo dahil sa mga tulad mo rin na walang kwenta! pwe!"
Many of you may see this comment as highly immature, irrational and cowardly. To a lot of you, it is not worthy of any attention. But it has gotten mine, and because I have chosen to leave this blog open to any and all comments, I have honored this comment by letting it through, and allowing this anonymous person the pleasure in the thought that the comment has affected me.
There's really no way around it. People will have their private thoughts about my work, or opinions about who I am, even if they've never met me. They don't care what I've achieved or whatever sincerities I hold. I can say that homosexuals are like heterosexuals in that there are the good eggs and the bad eggs, but such rationalizations can never overturn trauma-based prejudice. As much as I try to push this aside, I find it difficult, at least for now.
In my 37 years, I have never encountered anything like this, so to those who have been diligently following the Zaturnnah pages, I must apologize. My drawing has been affected.
To the anonymous commenter, take delight that your words have succeeded. But as far as I'm concerned, your anonymity only proves that you yourself have your dark secret, one I hope you eventually come to terms with. If you believe I am worthless, I will tell you that you don't need to do this to get attention. You are worth more than that.
"bakla ka carlo amf ka! pangbakla ang kwento mo hayup ka! kaya dumadami ang mga baklang katulad mo dahil sa mga tulad mo rin na walang kwenta! pwe!"
Many of you may see this comment as highly immature, irrational and cowardly. To a lot of you, it is not worthy of any attention. But it has gotten mine, and because I have chosen to leave this blog open to any and all comments, I have honored this comment by letting it through, and allowing this anonymous person the pleasure in the thought that the comment has affected me.
There's really no way around it. People will have their private thoughts about my work, or opinions about who I am, even if they've never met me. They don't care what I've achieved or whatever sincerities I hold. I can say that homosexuals are like heterosexuals in that there are the good eggs and the bad eggs, but such rationalizations can never overturn trauma-based prejudice. As much as I try to push this aside, I find it difficult, at least for now.
In my 37 years, I have never encountered anything like this, so to those who have been diligently following the Zaturnnah pages, I must apologize. My drawing has been affected.
To the anonymous commenter, take delight that your words have succeeded. But as far as I'm concerned, your anonymity only proves that you yourself have your dark secret, one I hope you eventually come to terms with. If you believe I am worthless, I will tell you that you don't need to do this to get attention. You are worth more than that.
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my point is, anuman ang galing natin, mayro'n talagang aaapak at yuyurak sa 'tin dahil lang sa hindi sila agree sa bahagi ng pagkatao natin. tunay na masakit pero wala na tayong magagawa sa mga taong makikitid ang utak at mababaho ang pagkatao.
pero tayo? ay naku, stand proud lang with raised eyebrows hanggang sa lumipad at sumakay ng LRT! hindi ba?
mga nek-nek nila kung feel nila eh mas magaling sila sa 'tin. sige nga, i-try niya kayang gumawa ng isang comic book at pasikatin niya to the heights of ZZZ! tingnan lang natin kung kaya niya! pag nagawa niya, sige, bow tayo sa kanya sabay kurot sa balls niya saying, "magsing-galing na tayo pero mas marami pa ring nagagawa ang mga bading kaysa sa 'yo! hmph" sabay talikod. (assuming na lalaking straight 'yun, ah, at hindi nagpapanggap na straight at 'yung mga words talaga niya ay towards himself.)
hay, may sense pa ba 'yung sinusulat ko? i'm babbling na 'ata. anyway, after much deliberation and heart ache, the thing to do is "deadma na talaga!" the world will be a better place without him, but certainly not without you.
mwah!
Bwelo ka muna, we understand.
Nanggigigil talaga ako! That idiot na nag-post sa comment board mo, isa pa yan! For anyone, (me included) please refrain from emailing him as I think this is what he wanted.
Tama sinabi ni Gerry na mas marami pa rin ang nagmamahal sayo whatever the gender may be! And I agree with Jheck, you've really come a long way to get ZZZ as far as what she is right now, kahit gano ka kagaling-- may isang ogag talaga dyan! I-deadma na lang yan!
Take it easy, k? It is a shock to everyone who knows you.. but we are here whatever it takes. Luv you!!!
P.S. : The holy fire smiting was a holdover of a jest mentioned back in 1993 when we were holding that event during the wave of new comics including Flashpoint that time. FYI :)
master wag ka nang malungkot mas marami pa kaming percentage ang nagmamahal sa iyo ng lubusan :D
Hay nako Sir Carver, kung yung nagcomment na yun na anonymous (na wala atang balls to resort to that monicker) e nag comment ng something derogatory in a more formal at educated way e i understand kung talagang titigil ka sa pag-gawa ng ZZZ-2. Pero hindi e, pabalang at parang kagaguhan yung comment. Pero i still understand how you feel regarding this. Continue when you're feeling okay.
So, bayaan mo lang siya. Kung nabiktima siya noon. Ang masasabi ko lang. Ako gumagawa ng machong komiks, wala namang nagsasabi sa aking 3rd sex na Hoy hayop ka! Puro na lang kamachohan ang tema mo, kaya dumdadami siga sa mundo ay dahil sa iyo eh! Macho ka macho! hehehe.
Peace everyone!
minsan kasi akala natin ligtas na tayo..
hay i need zzz! siya lang ang nagpaparealize sakin na posible akong maging malaya at mabuhay ng ako!
nahurt din me.. pasensiya na hay...
hinga lang muna sir...tapos laban uli.. diba ganyan si ada?!
Bagkus, nagbibigay pa kayo kaligayahan at kakulayan sa mundong ibabaw. :) Ang rami-rami nyo pong fans ng zsazsa! And believe me, sobrang nagkakakulay ang buhay pag may zsazsa zaturnnah sa buhay. :) heheh! :)
honestly,
kaya sya nagre2main na anonymus..
duwag sya at di makatangap na mas marami nang bakla sa mundong ito.
Reality check: May kulay GRAY na po sa mundong black and white. Matutong um-accept ng mga pagbabago. Basta't hindi ka nakakasakit ng kapwa, go lang. ;) Mahal ng Diyos ang LAHAT ng taong HINDI HUMUHUSGA NG KAPWA NILA. Kesyo straight o hindi, babae o lalake, tomboy o bakla.
Wag nalang po kayong magpaapekto. :) mahal po kayo ng zaturnnah fans. ;) inget lang yan sa inyo. :) Kung hindi sya inget, aba'y bakit sya nagbabasa ng blogs nyo? :) dava? :)
mabuhay ka, mr carlo vergara! :)
gooooo for the gooooolllldddd! :)
Yes, the shock of reading something like this is enough to ruin anyone's day. Obviously, such close-mindedness can only come from small minds who know nothing of greatness except think that a big dick qualifies for one(he may not even have that).
Love you Papa Carl, because you are you, not because of how great you can become, being gay or not is not even a requirement, but because you are a true person who cares.
Iba na talaga ang sumisikat nagkakaron ng detractors...
There are people that will love you. There are people that will hate you. And there are people that simple don't care about you.
It's ok, so what?
Please do not let these affect your drawings.
- Dodong, sa Zsazsa Zaturnah ni Carlo Vergara
Sir Carver, mabuhay ka! Kapanalig mo kami!
I love your work Mr. Vergara, and I think it deserves to be appreciated by a wider audience. I may not be gay or anything but even I was insulted by the "Anonymous" idiot's remark.
And if "anonymous" is reading, I'm a well-educated heterosexual GIRL. So bobo na pala ako, ha?
You just can't win them all. As the French would put it, C'est la Vie...
Carry on !
Auggie
For instance, why in the world would he even bother reading your blog and in all likelihood returning to it to see the damage it has done? Wasting even the slightest iota more of energy on posts like that will only ensure MORE posts of the same nature in the future, I guarantee it.
Ignore, ignore, ignore. Don't feed the troll.
Mga taong ganyan walang magawa and they are just jealous of what you have achieved.
and to the anonymous commenter, were you not loved as a child? where is all that anger coming from? no one forced you to view this site. humor me with how you ended up on this blog site in the first place.
You can't please everybody, but you are definitely not hurting anybody...
Anyone might have been affected, I'm quite sure. Gaano ako ka-sure?, kasing sure na pag sinabi kong you are a very strong person, Ganoon ako ka sure.
Always be Happy, people like you that way. God bless and be happy........
To the anonymous guy, I'm sure he's a guy pretending to be a guy, stop pretending, get out of the closet. Makakabuti para sa'yo 'yun.
Wag kang magpaapekto sa mga low-life na yan.... Mga walang binatbat yan sa buhay at walang magawa kundi yumurak ng pagkatao ng iba... Ang mga ganyang tao ang salot sa lipunan.. Hindi tayo...
Patatagin mo ang loob mo.... Wag na wag kang magpapaapekto...
me!
Matapang sila dahil walang silang pagkakakilanlan.
Nagtatago sila sa likod ng pagiging anonymous.
NGAYON, SINO ANG DUWAG? SINO ANG MALAYA? SINO ANG NAGTATAGO? SINO ANG BAKLA?
Sa bawat hate message na iniiwan ng mga anonymous na yan, mas pinapatunayan nila kung gaano kalungkot ang kanilang buhay.
Nakakaawa actually.
nagkakamali siya. dahil ngayon, talagang tumapang na ang sangkatauhang kabaklaan na lumabas!
keep on being an insipiration not only to the LGBT community but to everyone :)
much <3