06-26-2019, 06:19 AM
ok real talk:
i think the comic tournament is such a cool and great idea, and i see people with webcomics getting instapopular and i imagine theyd love to collaborate with other artists, make dumb jokes, etc
at least, this is what i thought- but ive tried posting to facebook groups, discords, bringing back old personalities, reaching out to some of our own comic people... and ive got nothin
i mean, you get drowned the hell out of the facebook groups. either advertising is allowed and your post never, ever gets seen OR it isnt allowed and you can't advertise
in discord, it's totally a buyer's market and nobody looks at anybody's anything. i mean, there are 90,000 comic makers and none of them want to read each other's comics but want everyone to read theirs. comic tournament is a great way to cross-pollinate this, but if nobody wants to look in the first place then you're fucked
i reached out to our peeps but got nowhere. honestly, the most disheartening part of it all was putting so much work into this stuff and then reaching out to them and getting replies that look like they were written by an AI that learned all it knows from corporate e-mails. like, "dont forget where you're from" is a lame weirdo thing to say but, we need them now and they're too busy to help promote or whatever. do they think theyd be doing comic stuff if they didn't have an outlet on the old forum? i get that everyone's lives are busy, i do. i really do
and finally, the most important point- who am i? i mean, im not personally an artist. i'm a terrible marketer, terrible at dealing with people, and the classic "ben cares too much about this" is once again my failure. i dunno how to EXPLAIN the tournament. if you can't share it in a facebook headline, it's over. if i'm not putting something out that can get to the top of reddit with a dumb pun or meme template, it's over.
playing to the cheap seats with lowest common denominator humor and minimum viable product art then ask to donate your chaturbate tokens: good, acceptable Original Content. btw does anyone else hate capitalism? ha ha ha
asking people to share each other's time, attention, and talent with no commitment other than time, attention and talent with the opportunity for money out of my own pocket: no advertising pls
anyway, ive thought of three options:
1) do a tournament with like 4 people. it'll be funny at least
2) postpone to another date and take another stab at advertising
3) postpone indefinitely
i think the comic tournament is such a cool and great idea, and i see people with webcomics getting instapopular and i imagine theyd love to collaborate with other artists, make dumb jokes, etc
at least, this is what i thought- but ive tried posting to facebook groups, discords, bringing back old personalities, reaching out to some of our own comic people... and ive got nothin
i mean, you get drowned the hell out of the facebook groups. either advertising is allowed and your post never, ever gets seen OR it isnt allowed and you can't advertise
in discord, it's totally a buyer's market and nobody looks at anybody's anything. i mean, there are 90,000 comic makers and none of them want to read each other's comics but want everyone to read theirs. comic tournament is a great way to cross-pollinate this, but if nobody wants to look in the first place then you're fucked
i reached out to our peeps but got nowhere. honestly, the most disheartening part of it all was putting so much work into this stuff and then reaching out to them and getting replies that look like they were written by an AI that learned all it knows from corporate e-mails. like, "dont forget where you're from" is a lame weirdo thing to say but, we need them now and they're too busy to help promote or whatever. do they think theyd be doing comic stuff if they didn't have an outlet on the old forum? i get that everyone's lives are busy, i do. i really do
and finally, the most important point- who am i? i mean, im not personally an artist. i'm a terrible marketer, terrible at dealing with people, and the classic "ben cares too much about this" is once again my failure. i dunno how to EXPLAIN the tournament. if you can't share it in a facebook headline, it's over. if i'm not putting something out that can get to the top of reddit with a dumb pun or meme template, it's over.
playing to the cheap seats with lowest common denominator humor and minimum viable product art then ask to donate your chaturbate tokens: good, acceptable Original Content. btw does anyone else hate capitalism? ha ha ha
asking people to share each other's time, attention, and talent with no commitment other than time, attention and talent with the opportunity for money out of my own pocket: no advertising pls
anyway, ive thought of three options:
1) do a tournament with like 4 people. it'll be funny at least
2) postpone to another date and take another stab at advertising
3) postpone indefinitely
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