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The Ask Jeph thread
DevastatorIIC:
Have you ever heard of pngcrush? I was able to reduce the size of comics 1-652 from 87,301,516 bytes to 80,233,979 - saving a lame 7,067,537 or 8.1%. Probably not worth the time and effort, eh?
Also, for those readers stumbling upon the site for the first time, I wonder if it would be a good idea to put the next comic shrunken down (width=1 or something) somewhere near the bottom of the page, so by the time a reader has finished reading the current comic, the next one will already be loaded (like magic!). Presumably this won't effect the majority of the readers, who are just sitting on the latest comic.
Also, ever thought of an image dump for the new readers (a zip or something)?
Pengraffe:
I can answer the rabbit question. We have two mini-rex rabbits. Wilbur-a 6 lbs male with a white and black spotted coat. (He is a little large for a mini-rex and has large ears, so we think he might be a mix.) His mate is Fiona- a 4 lbs castor velveteen mini-rex. She is tiny and has smaller ears. Wilbur is super friendly and Fiona is a little shy.
Skrattybones:
One comment.
You must be a mind-reader, delving into my subconcious...even though we've never met or spoken before.
A question.
How did you come up with my ideal girl in Hannelore? Seriously, I can't imagine a better girl for a friend or anything. I'm not even being sarcastic.
Snark:
Somewhat rude question: why do you have guest weeks? To be blunt, they're always kind of lame and disappointing, and I just end up tapping my foot waiting for the regular story arc to begin again. The art is always jarringly different, the guests are always trying way too hard to be amusing (I think in particular of that silly White Ninja strip last week), the strips are purely throwaway, and a week is a long while to go without advancing the story. I've noticed that basically all webcomics do this, and I think it works to their detriment. If you need to take a week off to do something like go to a convention or something, I'd almost rather see a hiatus.
Skrattybones:
--- Quote from: Snark ---Somewhat rude question: why do you have guest weeks? To be blunt, they're always kind of lame and disappointing, and I just end up tapping my foot waiting for the regular story arc to begin again. The art is always jarringly different, the guests are always trying way too hard to be amusing (I think in particular of that silly White Ninja strip last week), the strips are purely throwaway, and a week is a long while to go without advancing the story. I've noticed that basically all webcomics do this, and I think it works to their detriment. If you need to take a week off to do something like go to a convention or something, I'd almost rather see a hiatus.
--- End quote ---
Not to be presumptuous, but I kinda wanna try and answer this one. Guest weeks are good because it promotes co-operation between webcomic artists. It gives a chance for other webcomics to give readers a taste of their work, and perhaps attract some readers of their own.
The same works in reverse, as well. Readers of other comics seeing J.J's work might be drawn to this comic... creating a giant eco-web of comic readers! yay!
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