No Con Report Yet...

[the_gneech]

Partially because I was busy all day, and partially because really not that much happened that was exciting on my own personal scale of constuff. It's going to take a lot for Dragon*Con to beat its 2001 high. I will post one eventually, tho.

I think, starting next week, I'm going to start plugging a "Help Gneech Get a New Computer!" Fund on the SJ site. I'm not sure what I'll do exactly ... auction a few art pieces and/or commissions, probably, and maybe beg for mini-donations to the Tip Jar. I need at least $600 to get the computer I want.

I don't think I'd feel comfortable going the Pete Abrams route ("please give me money because I want some and didn't do any merchandise"), but I don't mind so much asking for a little support on a specific item that directly bears on the production of the strip.

I was rather surprised at the web comics panels to hear various other artists talking about how reader donations covered their costs every month, without merchandising or doing sketchbooks. I'm happy and pleased when I get a donation at all in a month. If I had to depend on them to make the expenses of the strip, I'd be SOL!

Do I maybe just not beg enough? o.0 This is one of those things that make cartoonists wonder about their place in the fandom. Oh well. Better to concentrate on a specific goal (i.e., get a replacement for this POS computer), than to fret about intangibles.

-The Gneech

PS: "Fretting Over Tangibles" might be a good name for a rock band, but probably isn't as good as "The Mini-Donations."

Comments

[nekomimikun.livejournal.com]

Well, the comic "Real Life" has some interesting ways of making money. They have the "Real Life Support Group". For donating, people get special desktops and some strips that aren't posted anywhere else. Or you can have people do advertising on your site.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I'm working on a few ideas along those lines; haven't worked them all out yet tho.

-TG

[kesh.livejournal.com]

The comic "Shifters" has a members-only gallery of artwork. And only members get access to the Adult folder. ;)

Not something you'd likely do, but hey! I'm just tossin' out ideas here. :)

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Heh. :) I'm not sure what I'd put into a members-only gallery. High-res versions of select pieces, maybe.

-The Gneech

[(Anonymous)]

How long have you lived with the computer you’re using right now? ’Cause I got mine in 1998 as a gift from my great-grandmother and I’m still using it. Before then we had to make do with an outmoded Macintosh.

-Joe “Gatorman” Kristoff

P.S. The Mini-Donations does sound like a good name for a rock band.

[(Anonymous)]

How long have you lived with the computer you’re using right now? ’Cause I got mine in 1998 as a gift from my great-grandmother and I’m still using it. Before then we had to make do with an outmoded Macintosh.

-Joe “Gatorman” Kristoff

P.S. The Mini-Donations does sound like a good name for a rock band.

[graveyardgreg.livejournal.com]

Why not just do character auctions? They work well for you in the charity auctions, and charity does begin at home, you know...