Megatokyo is doing great things, going it alone. We're not snubbing them or saying "we're doing what no one else is doing!" We just wanted to talk webcomics and pool our resources to shed light on great unknown webcomics, and offer a helpful community and feel-good hippie stuff like that. I also think you should "go veggie."
Warp 9 didn't drop out, they just weren't answering their e-mail, so we moved ahead. That's okay, we didn't intend for the Rocketbox creators to be some super-exclusive community of geniuses that Warp 9 is getting snubbed by. That strip is king of awesome.
Man, I'd hope all webcomics are dedicated to free-as-in-speech. That's not much of a platform either.
How does Rocketbox pay its bills? Out of pocket, of course. We're not trying to say we have a wonderful solution to artists getting their dues, but one of the things we wanted to get across is that it's sort of a copout to take down your old archives once you move to a payment model. Or at least a harsh move. Does it work? It must work reasonably. But, we're also sort of idealist saps. It's not supposed to be a slap at anybody, even if I kinda don't like that idea.
Part of why we put this together is to get discussions going about this kind of thing. I feel like there's no amateur webcomics sense of community. If webcomics ever make a newspaper story, it's usually about some well-known traditional artist moving bits of work to the web.
Also, give us some time, the site opened yesterday.
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Megatokyo is doing great things, going it alone. We're not snubbing them or saying "we're doing what no one else is doing!" We just wanted to talk webcomics and pool our resources to shed light on great unknown webcomics, and offer a helpful community and feel-good hippie stuff like that. I also think you should "go veggie."
Warp 9 didn't drop out, they just weren't answering their e-mail, so we moved ahead. That's okay, we didn't intend for the Rocketbox creators to be some super-exclusive community of geniuses that Warp 9 is getting snubbed by. That strip is king of awesome.
Yeah, we've been open only one day. Expect more to come.
Man, I'd hope all webcomics are dedicated to free-as-in-speech. That's not much of a platform either. How does Rocketbox pay its bills? Out of pocket, of course. We're not trying to say we have a wonderful solution to artists getting their dues, but one of the things we wanted to get across is that it's sort of a copout to take down your old archives once you move to a payment model. Or at least a harsh move. Does it work? It must work reasonably. But, we're also sort of idealist saps. It's not supposed to be a slap at anybody, even if I kinda don't like that idea. Part of why we put this together is to get discussions going about this kind of thing. I feel like there's no amateur webcomics sense of community. If webcomics ever make a newspaper story, it's usually about some well-known traditional artist moving bits of work to the web. Also, give us some time, the site opened yesterday.