Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The Lure and Peril of Web Comics



Hello Again.
Recently I have decided to take Neuropsychosis to a place new and different for the series. Online. That's right soon Neuropsychosis will be a web-comic at ComicGenesis.com. I have come to this decision after realizing that, while I don't personally care for reading comics on the internet, That is where I will reach an audience that appreciates a work like mine. The internet been an interesting place for comics over the past decade. It is the place where things that are different are the norm. I've also noticed that it seems more people read comics in serialization online than from trips to the comic shop.
Looking back I find it interesting that I actually thought about the internet as a forum for my comics back in the late nineties, When I'm sure there were already online comics, but I had never really heard of any. But due to the combination of my lack of knowledge in making websites and my own observations of the attentions spans of the readers of my friends' online comics I opted to go the old school route and print 'zines. Since my comic unfolds slowly (to say the least) I wanted nothing to do with online delivery. That is until I read Mega Tokyo. When I noticed how popular this comic was and having read it myself (admittedly in print not on screen still have problems with that). I realized that there is in fact an attention span amongst online readers. Here was a comic with all my values of storytelling not just vacuous video game based gag strips that I always saw as "shining examples of web comics". So I decided that I should give things a shot by putting my comic on the old "inter-web".
The Internet version of Neuropsychosis will begin with, "Attack of the Killer Cheeps and continue in order as I keep making them. It will be a twice weekly single page upload going up on tuesday and thursday nights. It will be on time because the work will be done long before the post date.
Now those of you who like my 'zines or don't want to wait until the web version catches up to where you are, rest assured i am going to keep making them. I like the idea of Making a comic from the moment of writing to the moment of sale all by myself, It is very rewarding when you meet someone at a con who buys or obtains my work. I also love it when I buy a 'zine from someone at a con. I feel that this is something that should not be lost.
So come on over to my comic online and I hope you enjoy....

David

I believe that the Url for my comic will be

Neuropsychosis.comicgenesis.com I'll let you know if it ends up different.