On the Topic of Self-Promotion...

Fil3r · Post by **Fil3r** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 7:10 pm

How long's the best time to wait before really going out there and plugging yourself? A week? Two weeks

Procrastination: Alex · Fri Aug 02, 2002 7:20 pm

Do it when you feel you're ready. That's probably the best I can give you, though I would suggest at least having a decent archive for people to read.

I dunno when I'm gonna start. I think I should at least get a decent string of updates first.

ZOMBIE USER 10963 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 10963** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 7:58 pm

Yeah, it would be best if you did it when you got a couple comics in your archive, and a somewhat navigational layout.

Sidwood · Post by **Sidwood** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 10:24 pm

Yeah. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's people who post a plug that goes like: "My comic starts next year! Everybody count down the days with me! It will change your life, I swear!" and then they put out some crappy comic that looks as if it were done by a retarded ape.

Definitely wait until you get some strips in your archive before you plug. And never, EVER let retarded apes draw your comic for you.

DunnBoyz · Post by **DunnBoyz** » Fri Aug 02, 2002 10:55 pm

I sure learned my lesson. Of course, it was lemurs...not retarded apes

Jamie! · Post by **Jamie!** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:23 am

Man, that brings back memorys of MY retarded apes.... they were so cool... untill they choked o death on a toilet peper roll.
I swear, they eat anything....

Fil3r · Post by **Fil3r** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:20 am

sidwood wrote:And never, EVER let retarded apes draw your comic for you.

You know what they say...give a hundred apes a hundred sets of pencils, ink, and paper, and they'll draw Shakespeare. Or something.

...

Damn, dirty apes.

SpectralAesthete · Post by **SpectralAesthete** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:51 am

fil3r wrote:You know what they say...give a hundred apes a hundred sets of pencils, ink, and paper, and they'll draw Shakespeare. Or something.

Does this mean Shakespeare is a congregation of a hundred demented apes?

...dude, that'd be cool.

-wen

SpectralAesthete · Post by **SpectralAesthete** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 1:52 am

fil3r wrote:You know what they say...give a hundred apes a hundred sets of pencils, ink, and paper, and they'll draw Shakespeare. Or something.

Does this mean Shakespeare is a congregation of a hundred demented apes?

...dude, that'd be cool.

-wen

McBean · Post by **McBean** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 5:50 am

SpectralAesthete wrote:
Does this mean Shakespeare is a congregation of a hundred demented apes?

No, This means Francis Bacon was a retarded ape.

TheWhiner · Post by **TheWhiner** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 6:45 am

BAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!!

hehe - okay I --

HAHAHAHAAAAA! BAAHAHAHAAAA!!

hoo boy, yea.

THECapedCaper · Post by **THECapedCaper** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 9:49 am

Eh...

Gee, I have no clue. I say just tell some people that you have a comic and hope they read it everytime you update. I've only posted about 6 or 7 comics, and I have about 14-17 readers. What I'm saying, though, is don't go on every single board and plug your site. That's annoying. Try getting your friends to tell friends, and so on.

But, I dunno.

I'm just blabbing mindlessly. ::dances off stage::

ZOMBIE USER 10963 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 10963** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:22 am

No, This means Francis Bacon was a retarded ape.

HA! How witty!

Fil3r · Post by **Fil3r** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 12:22 pm

THECapedCaper wrote:Eh...

Gee, I have no clue. I say just tell some people that you have a comic and hope they read it everytime you update. I've only posted about 6 or 7 comics, and I have about 14-17 readers. What I'm saying, though, is don't go on every single board and plug your site. That's annoying.

Well, of course. I know well enough to not go on ever board on a single forum and do that. That's no better than spam.

McBean · Post by **McBean** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 7:06 pm

Ha, Other Boards? With this and maybe a few others, Message Boards are silly rotten disturbing places. This one is very nice though. Most of the posters appear to have functional brains in their heads.

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 7:43 pm

McBean said: Message Boards are silly rotten disturbing places. This one is very nice though. Most of the posters appear to have functional brains in their heads.

Are we on the same forum, McBean?

*dances around the car that drove her to Insanity*

~*~somesuch~*~

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ZOMBIE USER 10963 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 10963** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:39 pm

Actually, he's right. Most message boards have overpompous people who don't let in the "newbies". People on message boards with 2000 posts, most of the time, just say "WAHT AER YOU DIONG YUO N00B!!!???1//1" and want you to get out. I was actually surprised (and Bean was surprised, too) when people here were nice to us when we first posted... 2 weeks ago.

Twentyfour · Post by **Twentyfour** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 10:55 pm

As of right now... you only have 29 posts.... GTE OUT OFF HEER YUO NOOB!!?!?!!?11!!11!!!!!!!!!!! I an L33T ph33r me.. yadda yadda yadda..... why use numbers when it's easier to speak english eh? Actually yea, the Keenspace group has always made up for it's unprofessional art with it's professional attitude towards eachother, always lotsa nice people, not everyone saying useful stuff tho.. but still nice people... I'm gonna go flame someone... HEY WIEBE!!! YOU SUCK!!!

Fil3r · Post by **Fil3r** » Sat Aug 03, 2002 11:13 pm

McBean wrote:Ha, Other Boards? With this and maybe a few others, Message Boards are silly rotten disturbing places.

It depends largely upon the type of community that occupies the board. I've never really participated on a board where newcomers were treated badly or severely looked down upon (unless they did something really stupid repeatedly), although I've heard of that before.

Right now, the only other forum I participate in is the Family Guy forum at Damnyouall.net. People are quite friendly there.

Wiebe · Post by **Wiebe** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 2:12 pm

twentyfour wrote:As of right now... you only have 29 posts.... GTE OUT OFF HEER YUO NOOB!!?!?!!?11!!11!!!!!!!!!!! I an L33T ph33r me.. yadda yadda yadda..... why use numbers when it's easier to speak english eh? Actually yea, the Keenspace group has always made up for it's unprofessional art with it's professional attitude towards eachother, always lotsa nice people, not everyone saying useful stuff tho.. but still nice people... I'm gonna go flame someone... HEY WIEBE!!! YOU SUCK!!!

How did I know I would be your target?

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