Fainting Spells
: Denied, page 18. Oh, that's harsh...
Monday, September 04 @ 1:42 am
As you can see, I went and got myself one of those shoutbox
thingies. I thought it might help make things a little livelier
around here : )
If you scroll down, you will also notice that the voting buttons
are back. When I tried adding them to the site last time, they didn't
even last an hour. I was actually pretty embarassed to have put
such an eyesore on my site. *rolls eyes* Well, since then, I've
been thinking...
A couple weeks ago I had a conversation with Erin of Hell's
Corners, who I admire very much, about using comic listing sites
to promote her webcomic. She wasn't too crazy about the idea, and
I can understand. In a way, whenever I make an effort to promote
Fainting Spells, I feel like a dirty, pretentious sellout. Really
though, it shouldn't be anything to feel guilty about. Considering
the time and effort we put into these projects, we should feel guiltier
for not making the effort to get readers. It would be like
saying our work is not worth looking at. And at the same time we
totally lose the right to be bitter for not having readers —
why should we expect people to find us if we don't make the effort
to get the word out?
...See what I'm getting at? I feel like a hypocrite. On the one
hand, I tell Erin "go, show people your stuff, you deserve
to be well-known" and at the same time, I decide I'm too
good for vote buttons. Psh. Have you ever been in one of those
elitist underground record stores? Doesn't it seem ridiculous how
every little unknown band bashes the ones that have made a name
for themselves, all the while trying to sell you their obscure single?
I never liked that whole underground versus mainstream shit. They
stem from one another, really. You shouldn't have to pick a side
— just do your thing the best you can and see how far you
can go. Yes, I'm comfortable with being little-known, but that doesn't
mean I'm not hoping for feedback. Having more readers won't make
my comic less original or artistic or experimental or whatever :
P
So there! The vote buttons are back. If they help, they help. If
not, too bad. I will at least know I did what I could to get you
to click on this page ;o) Obviously as you're reading this it worked,
so I couldn't have done too bad!
That was one hell of a rant, huh? Strangely enough, I just now saw
Erin's reaction to our little chat ;o) Sorry hun, I didn't mean
to mess with your head <3
You! Reader! Go
check out her awesome work.
Saturday, September 02 @ 1:58 am
Finally something that was easy to draw. Good thing too,
cause I'm still sick as a dog (x_x)
Biev
biev@biev.net
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