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Matt Wilson wrote:http://www.webcomicsnation.com
it's kind of laughable really. that they call themselves the solution for professional cartoonists is hilarious. apparently if you like having your own web design, using CGI, PHP, or MySQL, or just having any control over your work in general, you're not 'professional.' and just think, you get the blessing of paying them 10 dollars a month for this glorious relinquishing of well-travelled experience.
this will be something to keep an eye on, a year down the road, to see what horror stories emerge, or what features (like "unmetered bandwidth") disappear when someone actually becomes successful (which is unlikely since noone will remember your url if it's in a folder).
Matt Wilson wrote:I'm just bringing attention to it because it looks like they want attention or publicity, from either side of the coin. People should be aware of what they're getting into.
Caravaggio wrote:An upstart business is trying to advertise it's services to make that business sucsseful?
Dotty wrote:I almost see those two as disgrunted DD readers. Celesto is the casual fan who snaps after enough cliffhangers and racist/dumb bad guys, and proceeds to kill them one by one. TIM is a step further. He's completely lost his mind after the SuperGreg arc and proceeds to insert himself into the comic with the goal to kill absolutely anything that moves, as it might become a secondary cast member if he leaves it alone too long.
Beyonder wrote:And yes, a webcomic's success depends on it's url...
Oh wait, no it doesn't.
Matt Wilson wrote:this will be something to keep an eye on, a year down the road, to see what horror stories emerge, or what features (like "unmetered bandwidth") disappear when someone actually becomes successful (which is unlikely since noone will remember your url if it's in a folder). i still think the lack of personality or individuality is a serious mistake, but hey, it's up to you. you decide with your dollar.
Marcos wrote:Beyonder wrote:And yes, a webcomic's success depends on it's url...
Oh wait, no it doesn't.
To some degree it does. It's much easier to tell someone itswalky.com than to tell them http://www.keenspot.com/~walkerton/.
Matt Wilson wrote:
"We say "unmetered" bandwidth, but we don't say "unlimited" bandwidth. If your bandwidth usage is causing a problem for the service as a whole, and interfering with our other customers' ability to serve their pages, we will want to talk to you about that." (summary: the bandwidth IS metered and we lied to your face)
Syke wrote:There's a file size limit of 7 megs. Eeesh... and here I average around 70K.
my thoughts are... that they call themselves the solution for professional cartoonists is hilarious. apparently if you like having your own web design, using CGI, PHP, or MySQL, or just having any control over your work in general, you're not 'professional.' and just think, you get the blessing of paying them 10 dollars a month for this glorious relinquishing of well-travelled experience.
Out of curiosity, why all the hostility towards WCN already?
The bar is set pretty damned high.
Matt Wilson wrote:I'm just bringing attention to it because it looks like they want attention or publicity, from either side of the coin. People should be aware of what they're getting into.
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