Comics leaving Keenspot: Does it affect us?

[Starline]

So 4 big comics have left Keenspot in the last few months. 3 just this last week alone. Do you think this will affect 'Space in anyway? Will 'Spot be looking for new comics to fill in the gaps? Who knows?!


Starline

[Ida]

4 comics left? Which ones were that?

[Spriteville, USA]

From what I know (very little) KeenSpot will pull people in from anywhere, I don't know if they have a history of favoring KeenSpace comics to pull into the fold. Being purely objective [Edit: Wait... objective means leaving out an opinion doesn't it? Damn.] here, I don't always enjoy the comics they host anyways, so new additions/leavings don't always excite me.

However, I do greatly appreciate Spot. Without it where would we be?

[DOEvil]

I doubt it.
They'll pull someone else in who wants a swing at being in KeenSpot, I'm sure there are enough despite what the leavers say.

Only comic I read on spot is CRFH!!!, Most of the others I dont really bother about or hardly update.

[KathleenJ]

Apparently Melonpool, It's Walky, and Krazy Larry left this week.

I had no idea Krazy Larry was still going! He was around when I first got into this scene about five years ago.

[K-Dawg]

So 4 big comics have left Keenspot in the last few months. 3 just this last week alone. Do you think this will affect 'Space in anyway? Will 'Spot be looking for new comics to fill in the gaps? Who knows?!


Starline

Probably not, Keenspot does not seem to have a quota to the amount of comics they want. So whenever they feel like it they'll look for other webcomics to join their ranks.

[Starline]

Ah! One more left! Checkboard Nightmare has left Spot too!

Starline

[Col]

Where are they going?

[Col]

And why?

[Mooman]

TO ADVENTURE!

[DOEvil]

Probably somewhere with less restraints/ problems than keenspot. They are probably also following Sluggy freelance who says he tripled his income from his site after leaving Spot.
Lets face it, both the keens have thier problems:
Server hiccups, adverts, the controversy it generates (Which may not be all bad for a comic, but still) can all contribute to leaving.
Keenspot is not a garden of eden, but its no hell either. Go figure.

[Spriteville, USA]

I remember reading somewhere of one person leaving recently and basically going Indy. He made more money he said alone than with Spot so maybe more people are following that person's lead?

(My memory is fallable though)

[TheGoobla]

Why on earth would I want to be hosted someplace where people keep leaving? It seems to me thats the opposite of what I should desire!

[War]

Probably somewhere with less restraints/ problems than keenspot. They are probably also following Sluggy freelance who says he tripled his income from his site after leaving Spot.

Schlock Mercenary.

[RemusShepherd]

Hmmn.

Are Keenspace comics revenue-neutral? That is, do we bring in as much money in ad income as we cost in bandwidth?

If not, what will Keenspot do when they're no longer making money because their top comics have fled?

I blame myself for this, you know. Everything I touch turns to dust. My getting hosting here has doomed you all. So sorry.

[Ryuko]

I'd like to be Keenspotted... If only because I'd like my comic to gain popularity, but I also don't know much about the internet. To have someone there who can help me with whatever, that would be nice.

But that said, I'm not sure that this will have any direct consequences on all of us, or at least if it does, it won't show until much later.

[Ida]

Probably somewhere with less restraints/ problems than keenspot. They are probably also following Sluggy freelance who says he tripled his income from his site after leaving Spot.
Lets face it, both the keens have thier problems:
Server hiccups, adverts, the controversy it generates (Which may not be all bad for a comic, but still) can all contribute to leaving.
Keenspot is not a garden of eden, but its no hell either. Go figure.

What controversy?

[The Neko]

I'd like to be Keenspotted... If only because I'd like my comic to gain popularity, but I also don't know much about the internet. To have someone there who can help me with whatever, that would be nice.

But that said, I'm not sure that this will have any direct consequences on all of us, or at least if it does, it won't show until much later.

Ditto on both accounts.

[Starline]

Where are they going?

Independant.

And why?

They all say "business reasons".



Starline

[Starline]

Probably somewhere with less restraints/ problems than keenspot. They are probably also following Sluggy freelance who says he tripled his income from his site after leaving Spot.
Lets face it, both the keens have thier problems:
Server hiccups, adverts, the controversy it generates (Which may not be all bad for a comic, but still) can all contribute to leaving.
Keenspot is not a garden of eden, but its no hell either. Go figure.

What controversy?

You gotta keep an eye out for it. But it pops up here and there.

Starline