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Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Friday, January 06, 2006
Clickwheel Goes Live.
Now you know why I've been too busy to blog.
I've been determined not to use the word "launch" in relation to this move. After all, it's really the second time around for Clickwheel, and I don't want people calling me a big old hypocrite. But I grudgingly admit I understand a bit better why some execs at Marvel called Digital Comics a "launch," because this FEELS like a launch. It feels entirely new.
The last version of Clickwheel had a relatively few features and was aimed a bit more at the art-house crowd, with the exception of Penny and Aggie. (That's me, always breaking the barriers for the less highfalutin.) Now, I love me my art-house comics and you should all download Lama right now, but one of the first things I did as editor was widen the lens.
Here's the crazy thing: everyone at the company freely admits that WE DON'T KNOW which kinds of comics are going to be most successful on the iPod. So go ahead and apply for an account now, while the applying's good!
(PS: If you did apply for an account and haven't heard back in a day, let me know at tcampbell(at)tcampbell.net. The e-mail system should notify me quickly, but we haven't been able to test how it performs with dozens and hundreds of applications at once, because, well, you know.)
(PPS: An editor is nothing without stuff to look at and claim a disproportionate share of the credit for. Thanks to all the cartoonists who have signed up already who are making this thing special.)
I've been determined not to use the word "launch" in relation to this move. After all, it's really the second time around for Clickwheel, and I don't want people calling me a big old hypocrite. But I grudgingly admit I understand a bit better why some execs at Marvel called Digital Comics a "launch," because this FEELS like a launch. It feels entirely new.
The last version of Clickwheel had a relatively few features and was aimed a bit more at the art-house crowd, with the exception of Penny and Aggie. (That's me, always breaking the barriers for the less highfalutin.) Now, I love me my art-house comics and you should all download Lama right now, but one of the first things I did as editor was widen the lens.
Here's the crazy thing: everyone at the company freely admits that WE DON'T KNOW which kinds of comics are going to be most successful on the iPod. So go ahead and apply for an account now, while the applying's good!
(PS: If you did apply for an account and haven't heard back in a day, let me know at tcampbell(at)tcampbell.net. The e-mail system should notify me quickly, but we haven't been able to test how it performs with dozens and hundreds of applications at once, because, well, you know.)
(PPS: An editor is nothing without stuff to look at and claim a disproportionate share of the credit for. Thanks to all the cartoonists who have signed up already who are making this thing special.)
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