No more Mr. “Nice Guy,” please! Page 1

TITLE PAGE

Large stylized title reads: "No More Mr. 'Nice Guy' ...please!"

Byline: By Rachel Nabors of SubcultureofOne.com

AUTHOR'S NOTE

A handwritten-style note from the author appears in a box.

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I recently read a letter on craigslist from a self-appointed "nice guy" blaming women for the lack of "nice guys." But he didn't sound like a nice guy. He sounded like one of those creepy guy friends who say they're "just your friend" but obviously hope to be more than that. They can't be honest with you or themselves and thus cannot be a real friend to you.

So I took the liberty of creating a field guide to help girls everywhere tell the difference between a real nice guy and a "nice guy!"

A callout box with a link reads: You can read the original letter and my response to it at crowhen.livejournal.com/100877.html

PANEL 1

Introduction text: "There are two kinds of nice guys:"

A young man with dark messy hair and glasses, wearing a casual sweater, smiles warmly.

NICE GUY: "Hello!"

Label above reads: "Nice Guys"

PANEL 2

A young man with light wavy hair, wearing a dark V-neck shirt, looks somewhat entitled and expectant.

"NICE GUY": "Why didn't you reply to my text messages? I only sent you, like, ten."

A woman with short curly reddish hair looks uncomfortable.

WOMAN: "I thought we were friends."

Label above reads: "And 'Nice Guys'"

And thus begins my final comic for gURL.com.

Here’s a handy link to my livejournal post about “nice guys.” (Best quote in the whole thing: “Admit that you licked that attention off the floor like a good little dirt-pig boy!”)

Comments (Archived)

  1. Lauren

    I’ve known all too many “nice” guys in my time. Bleh.

    And some genuinely nice ones too!

  2. Leigh

    This one always cracks me up.

  3. pedestrian

    Back when that awful book “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” was popular and someone at a party would drivel on about it, my wife and I worked up a standup on the subject:

    Alberta: “Do you believe that crap about men and women?”

    Richard: “No, they picked the wrong planets! It should be that ‘Women are from Luna and Men are from Uranus’.”

    Alberta would then retort: “Listen dickhead, women may be crazy a few days a month but men are assholes everyday!”