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December 27 2005 pt. 2

Amazingly, Mr. Straub responded to me again! You can read his comment and my response by scrolling down to December 19 2005's post. I'm really elated that he offered such encouraging words to me and means alot to me. I don't know, its really encouraging that someone that high up on the webcomics ladder whould take time out for me. Further, its really nice to hear such things when stupid fucking Keenspace co. decides that all the keenspace.com domains need to go away and I have hassle with adjusting all my page code so that it conforms to the new comicgenesis domain. So like, if you're links are suddenly broken and/or the page looks odd, I'm sorry and I'm working on it as fast as I can. I hope the page survives the new year in one piece. Thanks Mr. Straub. You've made my day when keenspace co. tried to ruin it.

posted by Derek - Author of Superpeoples @ 8:28 PM 0 comments  

December 27 2005

ok, sorry about the late comic. I got kinda busy yesturday with new videogames and whatnot. Anyway, I hope everyhow had/has a Happy Holiday!

posted by Derek - Author of Superpeoples @ 10:33 AM 0 comments  

December 19 2005

-"I thought Starslip Crisis was pretty good, but I guess you got my number!" Kristofer Straub
Mr. Straub actually left that comment himself (you can scroll down to find it, naturally if you like). Imagine! And here I thought that I was a blip. But I guess if you accuse someone of sucking they are more likely to stand up to their defence. Anyway, my response is also posted below if you're interesting in looking. I'm amazed that such a high profile comic guy whould even tell me the time of day. Maybe I can spark conversation with him or something, I don't know. I don't know any other comic peoples. I'm just amazed and flattered beyond belief. Boy, maybe I should insult David Willis next so he actually responds to my e-mails (the whore is probably busy beyond belief with lots and lots of other ridiculously fannish e-mails anyway. I'm actually glad that he didn't get to my exceptionally lame ones). Anyway, webcomics are a notoriously dangerous forum where we all go around big headed and intentionally insult people. I wasn't insulting Mr. Straub for response or to get his back up or anything. I really feel that Starslip Crisis sucks. More power to you if you like it but its not for me. I'm not saying my comic is good though. That whouldn't be right cause my comic sucks too. Perhaps in webcomics we all get too angry and inflamitory and really, we all just suck. What I'm afraid of, is that not only do our comics suck but that we're also lousy people inside. Which (goes without saying) is why I've been writing a superhero comic. I briefly considered writing a geek gag strip, by the way. I mean, that whould be so easy for me and I really could do it; maybe I'd even have a chance at fame then but I don't want to. I don't really want to, anyway. It whouldn't be contributing anything worthwhile into the world. (Granted, what I am putting out now might not be worthwhile either but roll with me here.) The world is a lousy dingy place. And there arn't heroes. SO thats why I read and write superhero comics. To believe that the world really could be place with good people in it. I just want to contribute something that holds that belief. Then again, I guess the world might not need another superhero comic any more than it needs another Geek humor comic. I guess there's always hope.

Geez, all that from a really short comment. I must be losing my mind.

posted by Derek - Author of Superpeoples @ 10:26 PM 2 comments  

December 12 2005

well, I have arrived in Florida for time with my family for the holidays. Anyway, comics will continue more or less as they have. Uhm....yeah, today's comic might be a little larger than previous comics, I'm sorry. I don't have Photoshop on the computer here to shrink it like I have been with the other ones. I may or may not fix that soon, we'll see how things go. Anyway, thanks for your continued support. :)

posted by Derek - Author of Superpeoples @ 10:56 AM 0 comments  

December 07 2005

Hope the color is working for ya, cause its working for me! Also, considered that Double-M will be showing up shortly, I put up a new bonus, that being The Nukular Missile (sic). He's another somewhat older character of mine. I wanted to draw him in something other than overalls but oh well. World enough and time.

posted by Derek - Author of Superpeoples @ 9:15 PM 0 comments  

December 01 2005

Checkerboard Nightmare returns....at least, infrequently. Kristofer Straub's Starslip Crisis isn't good. Its as simple as that. Checkerboard Nightmare is the good stuff he's done, it fills a natural niche in the webcomic market, its self-referential and makes fun of other comics. Its only natural that fans go nuts and beg him to write more. Checkerboard Nightmare is essential to the scene, Starslip Crisis just sucks. For today's comic, what Checkerboard Nightmare is poking fun at is this, which is obviously a huge (nee important) step for Ctrl+Alt+Del. Animation? Yeah, that might be sensical step for it, though, personally, I whould love to see TV animation for the comic because Geek humor like that isn't done as much. Now, I'm not saying that I should have to pay that much for it, or even at all, mind you. I'm not gonna be a griefer about paying, really. I mean, he can and probably is making money off the comic and good for him. But I'm just not certain that I want to pay that much for it, irregardless of quality. Still, its a pretty brave and important step here, and I congratulate Tim Buckley for it. Soooo....do I want to make money with my comic? Not really. I think what I really want is recognition. If I make one book and it shows up somewhere and some people buy it, I think I'd be happy regardless of the money gained. And to that end, I'm sure my art is good enough. I mean, I don't want to do whatever everyone else is doing. That whould be bad, but I really want positive recognition from people, I don't want them to say "oh yeah, that comic. I thought it was drawn by a five year old girl." Essentially, I guess I'm torn between putting out a good product and the product I want. I don't want to be rich. I don't need to be rich. I'm just a storyteller reaching out with my story. I'm just gonna tell my story and thats that. Any money comes anncilliary from that.

posted by Derek - Author of Superpeoples @ 9:41 AM 2 comments