Talk:Dustin (comic strip)

1. What's with the strongly-worded description of Dustin's father. I've suggested changes before. I would describe him as "cynical", not "angry, bitter" and "despising". Give the guy a break! It's not a fair or objective description. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.71.200.146 (talk) 04:40, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

I'd say Ed's behavior goes well beyond cynicism. Undeniably bitter, but despising might be a bit of a reach. Just a bit, though. - Anonymous, December 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.128.177.148 (talk) 16:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


 * cynical is more accurate.
 * this whole page reads like a bitter opinion piece not a decent wikipedia article. Wkearney99 (talk) 17:07, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure the authors intend for Dustin's father to come across as a horrible person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.211.91 (talk) 01:07, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

I'd rather assumed he was meant to be Mr Wilson from Dennis the Menace; a nasty, horrid man with a heart of gold. It's just very rare that we actually see evidence of the latter.74.198.32.154 (talk) 23:54, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Seems accurate to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.44.47.101 (talk) 18:52, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

This article remains incredibly biased. Can't you guys just lift the description from the description the comic site itself provides? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.5.223 (talk) 20:39, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * A) No, that would be copyright violation. It's important to rewrite them in our own words. B) How are they biased? DS (talk) 12:38, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

It's biased because it paints Dustin as an unsung hero and everyone else as antagonists, with a tinge of liberal bias — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.5.223 (talk) 23:45, 21 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't call it liberal bias. It's just laced with negativity that really doesn't reflect the on-going nature of the strip.  Seems more like the author(s) have their own issues and seem bent on thinly disguising them with how they wrote the piece. Wkearney99 (talk) 17:10, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

So it describes the character accurately instead of giving us the Conservative Truthiness? Dustin's Father is the real hero, not that lazy, good for nothing parasite Dustin. Good to know.98.232.80.37 (talk) 02:43, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

That's not what I said. All I'm saying is that we can describe the character and still practice neutrality at the same time. As in, we can describe the characters in a way that reflects them as they are in the comic and not what we perceive them to be — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.5.223 (talk) 20:14, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The comic is named for Dustin. Ergo, Dustin is the hero. This is always the way it is with comic strips. Is the comic strip named "Ed'? No. DS (talk) 13:02, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

I just finished reading the article and looked into the Talk section just to check out this business of the harsh description of the father. I have to say it actually shocked me. I've been reading the strip for a couple of years and have never formed the impression that he's angry and bitter. I'd say it's a matter of interpretation and should be left open to the reader. It doesn't necessarily follow that the eponymous character is the "hero." "Blondie" is all about Dagwood, who is the point-of-view character. I don't really think most comic strips have heroes anymore, and anyway "Dustin" shifts its point of view regularly. Also, the sentence "... frequently shown putting in long hours at a car wash or asking his supervisor at the temp agency for more career-enhancing assignments that might help him break out of the cycle of wage slavery, not to mention troubling in developing relationships with women and a budding inventor" could use some work. Probably an edit mangle. Also, I really don't think it's a matter of liberal versus conservative! E.D. Lewison (talk) 16:08, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

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Character descriptions
I don't know who wrote this or when, but in the years I've read the comic, I have yet to see any indication of Dustin being competent in any setting...except watching T.V. Perhaps a revisiting of this analysis would be in order. 2603:3021:3906:7E00:DFC:54AA:C22D:B4FE (talk) 12:32, 17 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes! The character descriptions are total garbage obviously written from a far-left viewpoint (note reference to "wage slavery".  The description of the characters provided by the creators of the strip can be found here:  (https://comicskingdom.com/dustin/about) and they are nothing like the politicized GARBAGE presented in this article.```` 2600:1700:83B0:C5D0:59C0:B206:54A7:EC9B (talk) 03:01, 31 March 2022 (UTC)