Billy the Heretic

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I'm actually a Nigerian...that's why my parents thought I was black. Then they proceeded to provide me with citizenship of 5 other countries, Israel, American, French and a couple of others. I've lived all over the world with my rich international jewish[sic] parents. So, yeah, I'm white, but I don't believe I'm "supreme" over other races.
—Yeah right.[1][note 1]

Billy the Heretic was an alt-right webcomic created by two Stormfront users.[2] The comic is supposedly an "autobiographical" work about a white African boy adopted into a Jewish family, and its creator has called it "the Dilbert for White Nationalists".[2] The fact that the comic's website linked to Stormfront should tell you what you're in for, not to mention the fact that it's riddled with numerous obvious typos.[3] Billy the Heretic is infamously considered to be one of the worst webcomics of all time, if not the worst,[4] and considering some of its competition, that's saying a lot.

At some point in 2023, the comic was taken offline.[5] Shortly afterward, the domain was put up for sale by GoDaddy.[6] Nothing of value was lost.

Overview[edit]

The "story", if you can even call it that, involves an Aryan boy named Billy who is adopted by the Rothsteins, a Jewish family. As befitting for the kind of work this is, the Rothsteins are portrayed as greedy, big-nosed, and at the center of an International Jewish Conspiracy. However, due to the terrible artstyle, the Jewish characters more resemble cartoon vampires than the Le Happy Merchant look the creators were going for, which is especially noticeable in the Halloween strip where they dress up as vampires (which also gives the artist another excuse to be lazy, not that he needed one of course). The main problem with the story, however, is that it's just really boring. Despite constantly alleging conspiracies, very little of it is actually shown and it just leads to being a bland regurgitation of neo-Nazi talking points. What makes it worse is how even ignoring his bigotry, Billy is just a really unlikable character, as he is a petulant, abusive bully, and he comes across as less likeable than his Jewish family, who are intentionally written to be unlikeable.[7] It doesn't help that many of the Rothsteins' "evil" actions, such as supporting LGBTQ+ equality, civil rights, and donating to fight AIDS in Africa, only look bad if you subscribe to the extreme neo-Nazi views of the creator. But what makes the comic particularly infamous is the horrible art. The art is incredibly lazy and doesn't have any color, and in one comic that is supposed to critique affirmative action, Billy's dad gives all his dark-skinned workers a raise, but because there is no color or even shading it looks like he's giving everyone a raise.[8] In another, Billy and his father are supposed to be reading newspapers, but the artist just draws their heads floating above the newspapers.[9] It says something when even people who like Ben Garrison and Stonetoss don't take this stuff seriously.

Conspiracies[edit]

Billy's Teacher: Genetic testing proves that people are BORN gay because of the high chance of being gay if you have a gay identical twin.
Billy: You also said that people had an even higher chance of being a criminal if they had a criminal twin. Are black people BORN criminals?
—So is the point supposed to be that being gay isn't natural and is because of Jewish degeneracy, or that being gay is natural because of biological determinism about black people and criminality? These Nazis can't even keep their own batshit talking points straight.[10]

If this comic is to be believed, then Jewish people…

Yes, all of it is as stupid as it sounds.[citation NOT needed]

To top it all off, the webcomic also promotes:

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. The creators are actually from Michigan and Ireland.

References[edit]

  1. Interogate[sic Billy], Billy the Heretic archived 21 December 2021
  2. 2.0 2.1 Billy the Heretic - The Dilbert for WNs (comic strip)
  3. Billy the Heretic, archived 31 March 2022
  4. The 5 Circles of Baffling Web Comic Hell, Nick Coffin and Jason Pargin, Cracked 10 August 2009
  5. Account Suspended, archived 31 August 2023
  6. The domain billytheheretic.com is registered, but may still be available. Archived 14 September 2023
  7. The Good, Bad and Ugly of Webcomics, Out of the Quicksand archived 31 August 2023
  8. My Dad doesn't lilke[sic] racists very much. Billy the Heretic archived 21 December 2021
  9. My dad moved most of his manufacturing companies overseas., Billy the Heretic archived 9 June 2023
  10. If gay people are born gay, then black criminals are born criminals, Billy the Heretic, archived 9 June 2023
  11. My Dad worked hard during the struggle for black civil rights. Billy the Heretic 20 December 2021
  12. My Dad really believes in democracy. Billy the Heretic, archived 9 June 2023
  13. Halloween: The Rothstein's favorite gentile holiday. Billy the Heretic, archived 9 June 2023
  14. My parents care a lot about aids in Africa. Billy the Heretic archived 9 June 2023
  15. He knows a lot about minorities... Billy the Heretic archived 9 June 2023
  16. Anne Frank died of natural causes, though my teacher doesn't like to hear it. Billy the Heretic archived 9 June 2023
  17. My dad thinks all non-jews should inter-breed with each other... Billy the Heretic archived 21 December 2021
  18. My parents love gay pride (even though they are straight...I think) Billy the Heretic archived 9 June 2023