You asked for it.  Here's the comic I decided not to post a couple of weeks ago. I'll list my reasons beneath the strip.

The problems start in the first panel. I tried something new with the thought balloons and it didn't work. That would have been easily fixed, but I also wasn't thrilled with the whole ignoramus thing. The joke sounded good when I wrote it, but felt forced when I read it.

In the second panel you get the pay-off for what I was trying to set up with the sousaphone, which is a joke about not liking fat jokes, which could be seen as a stealth fat joke. I truly do hate fat jokes. If they aren't beneath you, they should be.

Skipping to the fourth panel, the point I was trying to make was that my readers are smarter than I am, and that I feel like an idiot when I let a mistake through. In the end it sounds self pitying and can be misconstrued as an insult to those who have cared enough to correct my numbskullery.

The third panel is the only one that I don't hate. It's funny because it's true.

It's not all bad. I'm proud I got to use the knowledge I gleaned from band class. Thanks for your time. My posting has been spotty of late, but I believe it'll level out and go back to normal now.