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TOP WEB COMICS

by Tom on April 1, 2009 at 8:31 am
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In my earlier post, I talked about my re-affiliation with TopWebComics.com and I wanted to take a minute to explain to everyone what it is and what my goals are.

People who have been visiting the site for a while remember that I was once affiliated with Top Web Comics. For the uninitiated, the site is a web comic promotion tool that gather votes submitted by readers and ranks the most "popular" comics on their homepage.

Top Web Comics was helpful resource when I was getting my start. It put the comic in front of a lot of readers as I ascended into the Top 10. I walked away from the ranking sites once I felt Theater Hopper could stand on it's own two legs.

It's been a few years since Theater Hopper and Top Web Comics parted ways. In that time, some readers have moved past web comics as part of their daily routine. Other people are being introduced to web comics for the first time. Now is a perfect opportunity to familiarize Theater Hopper with the next wave of readers and Top Web Comics is part of that strategy.

Here's how it works: I post a new comic every Monday, Wednesday and Friday just like I always do. But in the blog post, there will be a link to Top Web Comics where you can "vote" for Theater Hopper and contribute to it's higher ranking.

For you're trouble, you'll be treated to a bonus sketch that may or may not be related to that day's comic. It might be an addition to the punchline or a little extra scene. People who own a copy of Theater Hopper - Year Two will know what to expect. I collected several similar sketches from my previous tenure with Top Web Comics in that edition.

If you don't want to vote, that's fine. If you do want to vote, that's great! It's totally voluntary. But voting for Theater Hopper helps the site by raising its ranking on Top Web Comics and potentially bringing in new readers. Basically, it's a very high profile opportunity for some free advertising that I'm not going to pass up.

I should also mention that I'm thinking about selling these bonus sketches in the store sometime in the near future. So if you vote for the comic and see a sketch you like, there will be an opportunity for you to own it at a very affordable price. Look for updates on that in the future.

So there you have it. Pretty cut and dried. Now you know why I'm affiliated with Top Web Comics again and you also know what additional value you get out of the arrangement.

I want to say thanks to the people who have already voted. So far, we're up to #18 on the list. That's really good! Now let's see if we can crack the Top 10 in the next few days.

In the meantime, if you have questions or concerns, please feel free to leave them in the comments area below. I'd be happy to continue the conversation there.

Thanks!

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LIKE KITT

by Tom on April 1, 2009 at 12:00 am
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Fast & Furious, Vin Diesel, tagline, New Model, Original Parts, Ford Mustang, Model-T, horsepower, navigation system

If you're curious what a car with a Vin Diesel navigation system might be like, I drew a sketch that you can view if you vote for Theater Hopper over at Top Web Comics. (I'll be talking about my affiliation with Top Web Comics in another post. So stay tuned for that).

As it pertains to this weekend's Fast & Furious (note the conspicuous absence of the word "The"), we spent a little time discussing the tag line on Monday night's episode of The Triple Feature.

All three of us are excited for this movie and no one is more surprised by that than I am. I'm not really a car guy and I was also kind of annoyed by the super-modding trend that seemed to take hold after the original movie came out. Don't even get me started on Tokyo Drift. What a pile of garbage that film was!

But the original movie was an engaging twist on the action genre and I have to admit my heart fluttered a little bit when I learned that they were able to bring back everyone in the original cast.

Then again, when you've been stuck in movies like The Pacifier, Into The Blue, D.E.B.S. and BloodRayne for the better part of a decade, it makes sense to show up in a film like this. I guess you CAN go home again.

I'll be at the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle this weekend, so I don't know if I'll have an opportunity to see Fast & Furious. My time off the show floor will probably be spent doing something else. I mean, I love movies. But I've also never been to Seattle. So it would be kind of lame if I spent two hours watching Vin Diesel flex instead of... I dunno... drinking a Starbucks coffee.

If you're planning on attending Emerald City Comicon, don't forget to visit me on Artist Alley. I'm in the back, near the gaming area at table H-05. Here's a link to a map of the show floor. I'm on the opposite side of the entrance, so just skip past all those other exhibitors and retailers and see me first! I'll be selling copies of Theater Hopper Year One and Year Two, plus my Spoiler I and II t-shirts and also original sketches. I have limited inventory since I'm only bringing what I can cram into a suitcase. So if you have your eye on something, be sure to get there early!

Or, just come by and chat me up for a while! I'm very interested to talk to my West Coast fans and I'll sign anything you like.

Don't forget that I will also be sitting on the Business of Webcomics panel at 1:00 PM, Sunday, April 5 in panel room 3AB with Robert Khoo from Penny Arcade, Danielle Corsetto from Girls With Slingshots and Jeph Jacques from Questionable Content. I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be a good time.

That's pretty much all I have for the moment. Be sure to check back later in the day for an brief post about my re-affiliation with TopWebComics.com.

Talk to you soon!

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