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FACEBOOK GROUP

November 2nd, 2007 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

A few months ago I created a Facebook account and I’ve been very cautious about who I accept as a member of my group of friends. My MySpace account was overrun fairly quickly. Not just by fans, but by spambots – and I didn’t want to repeat that with Facebook. I wanted the social interaction element to shine through.

So instead of accepting everyone to my personal account, I created a Facebook group for Theater Hopper where everyone can get together and shoot the breeze.

If you have a Facebook account and you’re interested, you can join up here!

Thanks and see you on Facebook!

└ Tags: Facebook, group, social media
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POPULARITY CONTEST

November 9th, 2007 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

I’ve been getting some great feedback from people about this latest arc. Thanks for taking the time out to shoot me an e-mail, guys!

If you could link today’s comic through whichever social bookmarking site you prefer, that would be great way to help bring a little attention to this arc and a high note to head into the weekend on!

I appreciate it!

└ Tags: bookmarking, feedback, share, social media
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DUGG-GONE IT!

February 11th, 2008 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

So I was skimming around on Digg.com today and I learned that someone Dugg my comic “Harrison Ford Never Rides Bitch” from a couple of months ago. The article had almost 2,000 other people Digg it, as well. Pretty cool, huh?

Well, actually no. It wasn’t cool because the person who Dugg the comic linked directly to the image and not back to the page in the archvie where it’s being displayed. So not only did I miss out on a huge revenue generating opportunity, I was also denied credit on the piece and people are unaware that there’s a larger site behind the comic – so it’s unlikely that I gained any new readers from the exposure. What’s worse, is because the dude linked to the image itself, it’s sucking down my bandwidth without any of the positive side effects!

So here’s the thing – you know that I appreciate it when you link Theater Hopper through the various social bookmarking outlets. But you’re doing more harm than good if you’re not linking back to the site itself. So be cool, please?

I understand that this is the nature of doing business of the web and you can’t control how people choose to disseminate your stuff. I suppose if I’ve learned anything, it’s that I need to start putting the title of the comic, my name and the URL of the site into the comic image so at least then I’m getting credit for my work if this happens again. Either that, or I need to slap some code onto my server that keeps people from directly linking to my images. Does anyone out there know how to do that? Let me know.

└ Tags: bandwidth theft, Digg, social bookmarking, social media
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CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

October 17th, 2011 | by Tom
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CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

People you have NO IDEA how long this joke has been percolating. I think I came up with it months ago – on Twitter, naturally.

I don’t know why, but the term “retweeted” also kind of had this ominous tone to me. This, despite the fact that I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with pithy one-liners to achieve exactly that designation.

But, y’know, think about it. Big, booming voice like James Earl Jones bellowing at you – “YOU’VE BEEN RETWEETED!” It would kind of shake you up a little, wouldn’t it?

Something else I’ll tell you, figuring out the logo for this fake movie took a lot longer than I thought it would! I guess I’m a stickler for these things. Although, in retrospect, a Twitter bird in a pool of blood is maybe a little on the nose.

And by the way, I’m completely aware of the anachronism of having a girl talk into an phone with a cord on it when I’m proselytizing for a horror movie about technology.

Not much else to say about the comic except that I hope you enjoyed it. But I will bring a couple of other issue to the fore:

  1. I introduced a couple of new features to the comment area including giving you the ability to give a thumbs up/thumbs down to comments AND uploading images or files into the comment thread. Hopefully this will help promote greater conversation with the comics. Let me know how that works out for you!
  2. I wanted to remind everyone that you can now buy prints of your favorite Theater Hopper comics. Just look for the “Buy Print” button in the comic navigation to submit your order. All comics are printed on 8.5 x 11″ cardstock and are signed by me. For $5.00 you can have a piece of Theater Hopper mailed to you in a re-enforced envelope. It’s a pretty good deal!
  3. Lastly, there’s a conversation happening on the Theater Hopper Facebook page that I would like you to participate in. Recently, I got the wild idea to do a children’s book about manners at the movie theater. This project would likely use Theater Hopper characters in a different context and I think the idea has legs. The twist is that the kid already knows how to behave, but comments on the things ADULTS do that are inconsiderate. At any rate, I’d like your feedback on it and if you’re not following Theater Hopper on Facebook, maybe gimme a little “Like” action. We’re 6 followers away from 1,000 and I’d like to pass that mark sometime before I die. You could be a part of history!

Anyway, that’s all I have for right now. Thanks for checking out the comic. Don’t forget the ShareThis plug in at the bottom of the blog to share the comic through your social networks! Facebook it, Twitter it, Google+ it – Heck! Even e-mail it! Everything you do to spread the word helps.

Have a great week everyone!

└ Tags: backtracked, cyberpolice, horror, parody, retweet, social media, technology, tropes, Twitter, When A Stranger Calls, you dun goofed
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