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Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:52 am

http://howto.keenspace.com

... is getting novelized! thirty of the 35 comics will be printed over at cafepress dot com for a one-a-day-for-a-month tip on how to do stuff. should be posted within the week.

in the mean time, there is a short story about a guy digging a grave for his princess. VERY GOOD story, check it out!

http://www.cafepress.com/interpryse

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:37 pm

Do you know that we parodied the name of your comic:
http://hownottorunacomic.keenspace.com

Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:43 pm

MCDUFFIES! long time no see. i know ive been gone, but im back now

you parodied me on purpose? im honored. even if youre makiing fun of me

at least that means i meant something enough for someone to wanna insult me

LOL

check out the short story if you want, its really good! i know the guy who wrote it. good to hear from you again!

oh and LOL those comics are funny. "how not to kill off a character" expecially!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:06 pm

Why insult? It wasn't ment to insult you, at the most to jab you a bit.

Bustertheclown · Post by **Bustertheclown** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:25 pm

Can't.

Stop.

READING!!!

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:10 pm

I remember you! YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME ALIVE!

*dives through window*

*keeps running*

Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 4:19 pm

laaaaaaaaaaaaaag

im commin for you! *bolts out the window after the noggin*

im comin for youuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:15 am

Shouldn't this be in comic pitching?

Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:22 am

Shouldn't this be in comic pitching?

everyone is a critic.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:38 am

Yes we are. Don't make me review you!

--Sij

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:52 am

Luprand wrote:Yes we are. Don't make me review you!

--Sij

hmmmm... I would have liked to see more exclamation points used in that post. particularly in the first sentence. And would it have killed you to use a

or two at the end.

overall post rating: B-

please try harder next time.

Odd1 · Post by **Odd1** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:37 am

Yikes, JD! Wow. Good news about the printing! Keep up the great work.

Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:50 am

liz! how you been???

yeah thank you very much for the good wishes. im slowly crankin out pages making the book look nicey nice for the masses. it should be up soon

and as for reviewing my work, let me be the frist: it sucks

i aint kidding! my art is HORRIBLE, but my funny is objective, and i think its funny, but thats just me, and i aint qualified to critique comics. there are better ppl out there to do that

Carlin · Post by **Carlin** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:51 am

You obviously have a style going here. My only critisism would be to put the "How to ???" in the top right corner. Makes it akward to read it at the bottom then go back up to read the joke. Kinda ruins the joke for me.

Otherwise congrats!

Terotrous · Post by **Terotrous** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:49 am

mcDuffies wrote:Do you know that we parodied the name of your comic:
http://hownottorunacomic.keenspace.com

I felt it was necessary for me to check if this was actually accurate. Much forum searching later...

Phalanx wrote:Hmm... I think I like hownotto.keenspace.com.

It does feel like we're doing a mickey-take of howto.keenspace.com though...

But ooooh! think about the possibilities! We could even progress to other topics like 'How not to kill off a character in your comic' or 'how not to keep your readers not that you had them anyway'

I like it!

So there you go. I was kinda suprised, but your name was indeed brought up.

Phalanx wrote:I tried registering but got a messsge saying keenspace was sorting out their servers and weren't accepting submissions again.

I was thinking of calling it hownottorunacomic.keenspace.com, as it expands the possibilties more than just starting a comic.

Oh well... look at the bright side: at least this gives the opportunity to include the typical 'keenspace-down not my fault' rant instead of a comic, so as to annoy the heck out of everyone

And here's where we got our actual name.

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 7:57 am

Actually, this is something of a bubble burster, but I had no intention of parodying howto.keenspace.com at all. I was just mentioning that some people might get the wrong idea and think that we were.

The name for hownottorunacomic comes from the first comic, remember? "An example of how NOT to start a comic".

Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:08 am

well hell, i was and yet i wasnt the inspiration. i mean mcduffies knew me before yall started that comic and well... hold on...

WHO CARES

few ppl liked my comic anyway, but im back and turning it in to a book for friends and family. i just wanted you guys to get the head start.

oh and my associate says thank you to the ppl who bought the story. he promises you wont be let down. i say MORE PPL! BUY MORE STORY!!! its really good. he is a talented writer!

a MILLION times better than me

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 10:37 am

You should start again. It isn't nice to quit.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:40 pm

Phalanx wrote:Actually, this is something of a bubble burster, but I had no intention of parodying howto.keenspace.com at all. I was just mentioning that some people might get the wrong idea and think that we were.

The name for hownottorunacomic comes from the first comic, remember? "An example of how NOT to start a comic".

If I remember correctly, it was oposite: we suggested "hownotto", but then that evolved to "hownottorunacomic".

Johndisko · Post by **Johndisko** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:43 pm

meh, im still the fatherly namesake

or would your comic be my namesake...

or am i your fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate?