Where do the authors of dead comics go?

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:37 pm

I think we all know after looking through the guide 90% of KS comics dies after less than 5 updates, but whatever happened to the authors?

Friend · Post by **Friend** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:08 pm

I'm one!
After my comic died I descended into reclusivity for a year, and then came back to the community. With my return, happiness returned to the forums and a peaceful joy descended over the kingdom.

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:34 pm

... he says. Most likely they find something to fill the time they would have used to make the comics. Or they grow out of the comic-making stage and move on.

Van Douchebag · Post by **Van Douchebag** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 9:56 pm

I'd say me, but I can't take the credit away from Captain Apathy and the Boy Lazyass.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:35 am

They were mercilessly sacrificed to the Great Muse so that the rest of us would find inspiration.

ManyWorlds · Post by **ManyWorlds** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:41 am

I'm afraid I'm to blame. Well, at least, the other me....
Or maybe I've just been watching too much redubbed anime...

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 8:13 am

Definitely because it's work, a fact I have to face everytime I sit down at my computer to start drawing.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:17 am

They're forming a coalition that will eventually rage across the planet, capturing those of us who have kept our comics going and consuming our brains so that they might gain our powers.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:49 pm

Jim North wrote:They're forming a coalition that will eventually rage across the planet, capturing those of us who have kept our comics going and consuming our brains so that they might gain our powers.

With all those people there wouldn't be enough brains to go around. Each person would only get some of our powers. That's just what the world needs, a bunch of under powered webcomickers.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:47 pm

Vorticus wrote:
Jim North wrote:They're forming a coalition that will eventually rage across the planet, capturing those of us who have kept our comics going and consuming our brains so that they might gain our powers.
With all those people there wouldn't be enough brains to go around. Each person would only get some of our powers. That's just what the world needs, a bunch of under powered webcomickers.

...AND THEY FIGHT CRIME!

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 6:08 pm

mcDuffies wrote:
Vorticus wrote:
Jim North wrote:They're forming a coalition that will eventually rage across the planet, capturing those of us who have kept our comics going and consuming our brains so that they might gain our powers.
With all those people there wouldn't be enough brains to go around. Each person would only get some of our powers. That's just what the world needs, a bunch of under powered webcomickers.
...AND THEY FIGHT CRIME!

and then they got drunk.

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:04 pm

Warren wrote:
mcDuffies wrote:
Vorticus wrote: With all those people there wouldn't be enough brains to go around. Each person would only get some of our powers. That's just what the world needs, a bunch of under powered webcomickers.
...AND THEY FIGHT CRIME!
and then they got drunk.

In accordance with the Prophecy

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:23 pm

I wish to take all the dead KS comics and incorporate them into Spare Change! I'll have the biggest webcomic ever!

Lupus Ignis · Post by **Lupus Ignis** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:15 am

Well, for my part, I'm just waiting for my depression to die out, so I can start being creative again

Verdammt!

ManyWorlds · Post by **ManyWorlds** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 6:40 pm

When I feel uncreative, I read the most stupid-funny comic I can find.
Usually 8-Bit Theater or Bob and George.

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 7:18 pm

If I had to guess, I bet a lot of them got discouraged after they saw some of the other comics here on Keenspace. They probably joined thinking that any jerk with a pencil and a scanner could make a web comic (which, I guess is technically true) and that all web comic artist suck, otherwise they'd be professional artists or something. Then they realized how many really good comics there are hear and got discouraged and gave up. I know that almost happened to me a bunch of times. Like when I first saw Deity Permit and Alex and Ilia, I felt like crumpling up all my comics and hiding under a bed in the fetal position sucking my thumb.

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 8:54 pm

The people who quit after 5 comics, they probably only had 5 comics to start with signed up and left their buffer there then went and found something else to interest themselves with for a while leaving their comic to rot and take up space which could be better used to give our comics publicity. I say we light them on fire.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:34 am

ruxen wrote:The people who quit after 5 comics, they probably only had 5 comics to start with signed up and left their buffer there then went and found something else to interest themselves with for a while leaving their comic to rot and take up space which could be better used to give our comics publicity. I say we light them on fire.

The comics or the cartoonists? Because I'm cool with either, though one would be a lot more fun.

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:32 am

Warren wrote:
ruxen wrote:The people who quit after 5 comics, they probably only had 5 comics to start with signed up and left their buffer there then went and found something else to interest themselves with for a while leaving their comic to rot and take up space which could be better used to give our comics publicity. I say we light them on fire.
The comics or the cartoonists? Because I'm cool with either, though one would be a lot more fun.

We should gather both up into a big pile and create a Keenbonfire.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:10 am

Keffria wrote:They were mercilessly sacrificed to the Great Muse so that the rest of us would find inspiration.

that would obviously have to be Melpomene. The taking up of all that glorious space by comics that never bore fruit is a great tragedy.

Comic Genesis Forums

Where do the authors of dead comics go?

Why do so many authors abandon their comics?

Where do the authors of dead comics go?