T Campbell's Blog
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...Saturday, March 25, 2006
Quick Takes...
Clickwheel faced a denial of service attack today (Friday), and came out okay. (Sniff) The little site is all growed up.
Also, one of the paid Clickwheel cartoonists asked when the next payday was. March 30, that's when!
Between these minor crises, spent a good chunk of the day talking with William about my arrival in Oxford and getting all my stuff into the new storage unit.
My fellow alumnus has gotten caught in a huge plagiarism scandal. I have a smidge of sympathy after my History of Webcomics cover blunder, but only a smidge... after Jason Blair, dude COULDN'T have POSSIBLY thought this was okay. And copying from Salon.com is just BEGGING to get caught.
People ask me what I think of the MegaTokyo DC Comics deal. Not much to think about as far as I can see. DC recognized its CMX line was stumbling badly and was looking for a magic bullet. For MegaTokyo, getting published with Dark Horse is good, but spearheading a major division of DC Comics is even better. And like Fred keeps saying, he's interested in life after MT, and DC's probably the best single publisher to ensure that sort of thing. It ain't rocket science. As one of my contacts (anonymous unless she wishes otherwise) says, the only thing that seems a little odd is how smart a move this is for DC. I don't know who approached Fred about the deal, but I wouldn't be surprised if whoever it was goes on to much bigger things.
Much to do tomorrow!
Also, one of the paid Clickwheel cartoonists asked when the next payday was. March 30, that's when!
Between these minor crises, spent a good chunk of the day talking with William about my arrival in Oxford and getting all my stuff into the new storage unit.
My fellow alumnus has gotten caught in a huge plagiarism scandal. I have a smidge of sympathy after my History of Webcomics cover blunder, but only a smidge... after Jason Blair, dude COULDN'T have POSSIBLY thought this was okay. And copying from Salon.com is just BEGGING to get caught.
People ask me what I think of the MegaTokyo DC Comics deal. Not much to think about as far as I can see. DC recognized its CMX line was stumbling badly and was looking for a magic bullet. For MegaTokyo, getting published with Dark Horse is good, but spearheading a major division of DC Comics is even better. And like Fred keeps saying, he's interested in life after MT, and DC's probably the best single publisher to ensure that sort of thing. It ain't rocket science. As one of my contacts (anonymous unless she wishes otherwise) says, the only thing that seems a little odd is how smart a move this is for DC. I don't know who approached Fred about the deal, but I wouldn't be surprised if whoever it was goes on to much bigger things.
Much to do tomorrow!
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