More then just a blog. New and improved blog with extra cloud.
From the SPRINGCON flyer they made special for MIX…
Ahoy! Welcome to an update. I assure you I’m working on stuff which I may or may not start posting here, but rest assured there will be…something. For now though… THINGS OF NOTE!!!
Coffee Addict
Got some great coffee from http://valleycoffeeroasters.com/ I may be an addict but I love having a local family owned roaster
My Ebay store has a few left right now (including my last Supernatural card of Levianthan!Cas seen above), but I’m also taking custom orders.
Full color 2.5”x3.5” sketch cards for $10 each, with whatever wacky crap you want crammed in there!
Free shipping, too! Every card shows up in a protective Mylar sleeve.
Sopa / Pipa / RTFM
Is it bad that I’m irritated by senators so concerned about software piracy overseas, but they are 100% okay with IT outsourcing overseas?
Thunt of the webcomic “Goblins” made me, and several other webcomics, aware of a Facebook app someone created that scrapes our sites’ content, reposts it without our permission, and - the part the really pisses me off - encourages people to donate to our comics via a link/Google Checkout account we’ve not approved or are linked with.
See the area in the read circle? ”Keep the Something Positive app alive.” We webcartoonists get none of that. That all goes to the guy who set the app up - apparently someone named Lance Strish. No link back to the webcomics he’s taken from. No, “Hey, be sure to support the artists.” Nothing.
This shit happens all the time in Apple’s “We’re Too Busy Counting Money to Have Quality Control” App Store. Now webcartoonists get to deal with it on Facebook, too.
If you enjoy a webcomic - or anything - on the web, please don’t give money to the people who make apps that scrape their content without their permission. Give it to the actual people who make the stuff you like. If you see an app and aren’t sure if it’s “official” or not, ask the creator, but honestly, if it WAS official, the creator would have plugged it on their site.
People keep doing this on different sites in various forms. What brings person to say “You know what I love? Webcomics. You know what I hate? The people who create them. How can I combine these things into a perfect storm?”
For real, you guys, our webcomics are free. Free. You don’t have to pay for it. We like it if you buy stuff from us, but at the very least, don’t steal from us. That’s just… man… what… I… just… christ. I don’t have any words.
LOA
I’ve been listening to Lords Of Acid this morning while drinking my coffee and getting things ready at work.. It’s made work more interesting.. Give me that Log File BABY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSdaagf6MZQ
So as I recall I was going to post more of my own crap here. Turns out I mostly just re-blogged stuff. I’ll work on that as a way of bettering humanity… or something like that.
Celebrity News
On a scale of one to ten, how bad is it that every time I see a celebrity’s name in the headline I rush to see if they are dead… and I do it with a little bit of glee.
Stopped in my local comic shop today.
I had ten dollars I wanted to blow on comics so that I wasn’t tempted to spend it on candy and junk food. I wandered the store for 30 minutes and only found that I wasn’t interested in what was on the shelf.
I need a good recommendation. What’s not crap.. and if you say the new suicide squad I’ll stomp on your toes.
What I’m thankful for?
I’m thankful to have survived Thanksgiving with only a few tears. It was a good day. It was surrounded by family but it did have a few moments of frustration. Nothing we won’t survive.
