Thread "I'm home" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 1:07PM, Jul. 25, 2022

I have decided that I'm going to be more active here, again. I had the most fun being a webcomic artist, here, in this community.

I kept wandering away, for various reasons. Sorry.

But, I'm back, you guys just have to deal with that. :)

Posted at 1:07PM, Jul. 25, 2022

Welcome back.

I checked out Maynard and Grimm, looks promising, I'll have to attack the archive of Phineus soon.

Posted at 3:07PM, Jul. 25, 2022

Thanks!!
Maynard and Grimm will post daily, til we catch up, sometime in December.
Phineus+ Magician for Hire will post on Mondays.

Posted at 7:07PM, Jul. 25, 2022

Haha! I came to a very similar conclusion not too long ago. Welcome back! It's a nice place to be!

Posted at 12:07PM, Jul. 26, 2022

It's fun seeing a return of all the olds! Welcome back, Phin.

Posted at 5:07PM, Jul. 26, 2022

It IS so nice seeing us all coming back. I know I left because of Wowio. They destroyed DD and Wevolt (whom I signed a contract with). This place was, and is the best, again!

Posted at 9:07PM, Jul. 26, 2022

phinmagic wrote:
It IS so nice seeing us all coming back. I know I left because of Wowio. They destroyed DD and Wevolt (whom I signed a contract with). This place was, and is the best, again!

They didn't mean to I think, they just didn't really "get" DD at the time, Seeing it as an asset because of the comics and not realising quite how tied in everything was as a social community that really relied upon the comic hosting tools as they were.

WeVolt was Jason and Maddie's (formally Matt), special project that was supposed to take comic hosting so much further, but it was just TOO complicated and buggy for prime time. It was like their own version of WordPress. Wowio really thought that would be the way forward and they'd transition the DD people to that instead eventually.

And then the redesign of DD ran into issues… It stripped off usability from the site in an effort to streamline and simply things and couldn't be finished or bug fixed because the GFC killed all funding.
None of the players at Wowio meant harm to DD, it was just a whole series of wrong assumptions and bad luck and bad timing. :(

Chief bad assumption was that the community would go along with and adapt to big changes. Nope XD

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You know all that history haha!

Welcome back man! ^_^

Posted at 5:07AM, Jul. 27, 2022

Welcome, great to see you and others coming back from the future. The most obvious signs of the Wowio redesign will soon disappear too, making this will feel like a whole new/old place.

Posted at 8:07AM, Jul. 27, 2022

Thanks, Ozoneocean for the history lesson. I wasn't privvy to all the backdoor shenanigans. And thanks for having all my stuff achived! Glad to be back!

Ironscarf- I can't wait for the new design, looks so cool! Also, been reading your comic, fun stuff!!

Posted at 9:07AM, Jul. 27, 2022

hpkomic wrote:
It's fun seeing a return of all the olds! Welcome back, Phin.

totally !

Posted at 8:07PM, Jul. 27, 2022

phinmagic wrote:
Thanks, Ozoneocean for the history lesson. I wasn't privvy to all the backdoor shenanigans. And thanks for having all my stuff achived! Glad to be back!

Ironscarf- I can't wait for the new design, looks so cool! Also, been reading your comic, fun stuff!!

Welcome back to the Duck… the home of backdoor shenanigans!

Posted at 1:07AM, Jul. 28, 2022

King Slacko wrote:

Welcome back to the Duck… the home of backdoor shenanigans!

That's why I always come in through the garage. Welcome back to DD.

Posted at 1:07PM, Jul. 28, 2022

Thankis, everybody! THIS is why I love this place! I feel dumb for wandering away!

Posted at 6:07PM, Jul. 28, 2022

I just wish I hadn't lost all my trophies, but that's what I get for leaving.

Posted at 2:07AM, Jul. 29, 2022

phinmagic wrote:
I just wish I hadn't lost all my trophies, but that's what I get for leaving.

I can restore them f you tell me what you had :)

Posted at 7:07AM, Jul. 29, 2022

Ozoneocean wrote:
phinmagic wrote:
I just wish I hadn't lost all my trophies, but that's what I get for leaving.
I can restore them f you tell me what you had :)

Well, I don't quite remember what they all mean, but 1 page, 500 pages, 1000 pages & featured for sure.