#514
Holy hell what a week er two it’s been. Connecticon, Tattoo Contest, Otakon… I’m almost through August. Thank Dot.
Let me just say first off, that I got to meet Sarah, the tattoo contest winner Cat’s, sister. That was probably gramatically incorrect. So anyway, I now have amongst my possessions the original drawing so I can get to work on that. My goal is to get that done in September. I would have been able to go sooner, but well.. the brakes went on my car right before Connecticon, so I had to get that handled.
Let me also welcome all the new fans from Otakon! This is your first official new strip that you are seeing. You have a couple hours of reading to get through the archive… and this brings me to this week’s topic of discussion.
Webcomics – do you prefer one that has a HUGE archive (513 strips worth.. for a random pick of a number) so you have something to go back and read through – or do you dislike there being that much history to feel that you have to trudge through?
I also want to say thank you to Christie over at In the Puddle, Jennie at Devil’s Panties, Dern at Dear Pirate, Marty & Nick at Dead of Summer, Dirk Tiede at Paradigm Shift – all of them making Otakon my greatest show to date. They are secondary though to each and every one of you sunzabiches who showed up to tell me that you read the strip. For the first time since I started doing this whole shebang, I’m starting to feel like I’ve made my mark in webcomics. There were SO MANY people that came and just looked down at all the books and wanted the new one.
That is where I feel I’ve let some of you down. I need new stock. I need to finish a new original comic so you congoers have something cool to get from me. Never again will I only have a $2 Meph book. I might have one… but it will be next to something a bit more as well. You guys deserve more dottiness. =)
First though – PiCon in two weeks where I get to meet and do panels with Randy Munroe of XKCD. I’m really looking forward to meeting him.
Now though, naps and juiceboxes.
Jamie
Fight Scurvy!
I like a big archive. I enjoy being able to tromp my way through a comic in a giant section and see it all unfold etc. Plus it really does kill time neatly.
silly Chris
I don’t mind your huge archive because it’s easy to get through in a fairly short amount of time. there’s another webcomic that I just have been so very lazy with because I get through maybe 10 strips in half an hour, and it’s a four-panel thing.
i love the big archive, and i love the meph books. shoulda gotten one of those too, when i stopped by (i was the one with purple hair). half the fun of reading a new strip is going through the archive to catch up on backstory and what not.
I like the big archive. I liked wading through it for the first time after Pitts last year.
So that my 2¢…
The big archive is for the best. What would the other option be, after all, having only a third of the archive available at any one time?
Big archive FTW. I still go back and read from the beginning every now and then when I have some time to kill. 🙂 It’s also a good way to get more Stumble hits.
Big archive, definitely. Being able to go back and see characters introduced and developed allows me to get more invested in the strip. I haven’t gone back through yours yet, but I will eventually.
Jumped on after Balticon, incidentally.
A big archive but with a summary of any important storylines with links to where that story line starts. Goats has something good like that. 🙂
I like the HUGE archive! It’s a great way to re-live some Dot moments. 🙂
The archive is wonderful, as it does contain all dot awesomeness ever, but for a new reader coming from Otakon, it can be a bit boring at times. That, Jamie, is why I think you should update your “Bios” page. It was amazing. Keep it updated.
KEEP THE ARCHIVE!!!!
From someone who you’ve known ‘forever’…but just started reading your work…I went from 1 to 500+ and was glad they were all there. Gotta have the history there man.
Gratz man on the success you’ve had from an overgrown punctuation mark with a “Dot” complex. Go YOU!
Immortally…
~Raith
I also agree with what someone else said – links to the beginning of story arcs would be made of win.
I have 3 things to say:
1. I guess it’s time to break out the limes again…lol…no one will get that I bet.
2. When are you getting the tattoo??
3. Are you going to post a picture on here and/or myspace??
You’re welcome! Sara called me from Otakon about meeting you. Thanks again for the tank and the buttons! They look awesome pinned to my messenger bag.
Archives are great, especially for people who are new to the strips. It definitely helps to have them labeled and/or linked by date though if there’s a lot. Makes it so much easier to find your place if your bookmarks/favorites get deleted.
Sooner or later God and the Devil will get their revenge.