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est:
if my sources are correct (and they are) she has a clitoris that looks like a baby's penis.  absolutely no steroids in her workout plan.  no sir-ee.

Mnementh:

--- Quote from: est ---(i mean, one of those gals looked awesome in Chun Li's cheong-sam)
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That would be Brittney.  I believe she and Tim Buckley are boning.

Why do I know this?

ebullientsoul:

--- Quote from: Mnementh ---Hmm, well I feel that this needs to go in the Comics forum.

My two cents on this.  Anyone with a half a brain saw this coming as far back as CTCon 2004 when it was announced that they were holding it during Comic Con International in San Diego.  Not exactly the wisest decision, most of the talent is going to go where they can see the most fans, sell the most gear, and get the most exposure.  Most of the fans are going to go were they can see more action.

In terms of webcomicing I think that the biggest name at CTCon this year was Tim Buckley, and I doubt he would be there if he wasn't personal friends with Brianna.  I think Aido might have been their too, but Dayfree and Dumbrella went out west, Dumbrella was at CTCon last year.  Last year Sluggy was at CTCon, I've no idea what he is up to these days.

It's their own poor planning.  I've got little sympathy for them running their enterprise into the ground.
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Funny, when a pair of people near universally beloved by webcomics, puts in hundreds of man (and woman) hours putting something together for webcomics, anime and so on, you all become business majors.

Dude is $35,000 in the hole and all you have to say is 'running their enterprise into the ground'? It never was an enterprise. It is a labor of love that they only broke even on last year.

i'll be brief. The pair of people put on, out of their own pocket, a convention dedicated to webcomics and anime/manga esque things. They treat webcomic artists well, and the thanks they get when they're in the hole is "well, shouldn't have done it during comic con."

Hell, i don't even know these people, but they've got tim, hank, scott and ian all behind them, which is good enough for me.

Mnementh:
I'm not debating how nice they are.  You need to have some semblence of business sense before you enter into something like this.  Unless of course you don't mind being tens of thousands in the hole.  Unless you've got tons money to burn then you need enough revenue to cover your expenses or the creditors will come knocking.

They should have seen these coming last year when they scheduled it for the same weekend as Comic-Con.  Believe it or not, a con is a product, and in order to make that product successful you need to make it something people are interested in.  They failed at that.

Fuck, I'm nice to the webcomic community.  I buy teeshirts, books, even the occasional bottle of whiskey.  Does this mean they owe me when I spend too much money and need help?  I didn't think so, but hey, I should host a con instead huh?  I guess this concept of fiscal responsiblity is an outdated one and I'm old fashioned.  Entitlement is the new black.

They're nice people, it sucks when bad things happen to nice people, but I have no sympathy for them creating a bad situation that should have been easily avoided.

nihilist:
ebullientsoul: I've merrily run my own company for three years now, and in that time I've learned how very difficult it is to keep things afloat.  There are tons of things I'd like to do, but since I'm not going to put my personal financial situation in flux, I hold off.  I do what I can, when I can, for websites/... when I think they deserve it, sometimes even when I don't have the money.  But not to the tune of 30+k.  Bad planning or not, that's a HUGE hole to have not seen coming.

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