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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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Denyala
I never thought of that! Someone get a pillow cloning vat for the Giant, STAT!
Fixed that for you. :smallwink:
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Denyala
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Originally Posted by
Happy Me
The KS charts should be made as pop-up book! :smallbiggrin:
I second this motion :smallbiggrin:
While that's a fun idea, I guess it would have to come with protective goggles, otherwise the steep red line would take some eyes out :smalltongue:
I wouldn't want poor Therkla to spend her afterlife pining after Elan. The very idea makes my eyes water :smallfrown: she deserves to move on.
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Denyala
I never thought of that! Someone get a pillow cloning vat cloning pillow for the Giant, STAT!
Third time's the charm. :smallwink:
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tomaO2
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Edit: Meh, I say the vewer picks the character, Rich picks the story. If it was that easy to pick the timeline then you could just ask for the origin of the Darkness monster.
Rich's answer to that would be "Bzzt! Try again."
If it were me, I'd have asked for a Tarquin-narrated Stick Tale - Tarquin Andronicus. It fits his ethos completely.
Or Beowulf done as a Stick Tale.
The pledger gets to request the story they would like, within reason.
Or is "some sort of law enforcement story parody starring the Cliffport Police Department" too specific for a pledger to pick too?
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I'm a long time reader of the Strip and really wanted to say thanks to Rich for all the great work he does for us. Unfortunately I was a bit late trying to get the books, so i missed OtOoPcs (and NCftPB - only had the luck to grab a WaXP after it was out of print). So after nearly waiting two years, I'm really happy to see all of those coming back to print :smallsmile: and finally get to read how the Order got started :smallbiggrin:
Thank you Rich for making my favorite comic! (on my favorite hobby, altough I never played D&D - I'm from Germany and other roleplaying games are more widespread here)
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Hey folks, I just wanted to pop my head in and say that it was fun participating in the kickstarter, and watching all of you chatter in the forum. I didn't really have much to say as it was going on, but I did want to say thanks and well done now that its all done and over with.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
Hold on, wasn't there supposed to be an 8th comic or was it only ever 7?:smallconfused::smallconfused:
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As a Spaniard, I agree with the German guy in the first page. If a proper receipt is included in the outside of the package, it will much it much easier for it not to be mishandled in customs.
Also, if it's identified as a gift, it may avoid custom charges entirely.
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ChristianSt
Thank you Rich for making my favorite comic! (on my favorite hobby, altough I never played D&D - I'm from Germany and other roleplaying games are more widespread here)
Are they? DSA, SR and WoD are popular, too, here, ok, but more played than DnD? Maybe my Group(s) were more into testing than others, that could be.
(Are the comas around the "too" not necessary?)
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Sunken Valley
Hold on, wasn't there supposed to be an 8th comic or was it only ever 7?:smallconfused::smallconfused:
Yesterday morning the Giant commented on Kickstarter saying that a comic was coming that night. He may be running a little behind - I can't imagine why.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
It sure was nice getting that man updates during the kickstart drive.
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I agree, I think that if people want a successful kickstarter project, they would do well to check out ours. The drive wouldn't have gone nearly as well if Rich had posted rewards and then went away for 30 days, even if he'd posted all the rewards and package options on the first day. It was the excitement of new things and not wanting to miss anything that kept me glued to the screen pressing F5.
At this point, my F5 key feels lonely and neglected...except for those times that I forget, hit the key and wonder 'why isn't anything happening???'
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peshk
Are they? DSA, SR and WoD are popular, too, here, ok, but more played than DnD? Maybe my Group(s) were more into testing than others, that could be.
Well, let's not forget Midgard :smallsmile: On the whole I tend to think that the various D&Ds are the most popular, too. Myself, I prefer a rule system where a single high level mage can't take out an entire army, but tastes vary.
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I think DSA clearly outshines D&D at least in Austria.
and the typical DSA-player usually has strong prejudices against D&D-players (*coughhackcoughandcoughslaycough*)
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btw, I was pondering about pledging the cameo-appearance and making my DSA-mage appear and asking the Giant to lampshade the vast powergap between D&D-mages and DSA-mages
for those of you who don't know DSA (das schwarze Auge = the dark eye), a mage there is far less powerful than in D&D. in direct confrontation he can perhaps take out 2 or 3 other people before being completely spent, but most of the existing spells aren't even meant for combat. a spell like "feather fall" is deemed pretty powerful in that setting instead of being laughed at.
and when a mage is completely spent, it takes days if not weeks until he has fully replenished his arcane ressources.
luckily, I didn't need to ponder for long as the slot was taken quite early in the run.
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Nimue
Well, let's not forget Midgard :smallsmile: On the whole I tend to think that the various D&Ds are the most popular, too. Myself, I prefer a rule system where a single high level mage can't take out an entire army, but tastes vary.
Midgard I still have to test. I only know some people who play(ed) it.
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Chess435
Fixed that for you. :smallwink:
I don't care how you phrase it, a cloning pillow sounds utterly gross. :smalleek::smallyuk:
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Pheldagriff
btw, I was pondering about pledging the cameo-appearance and making my DSA-mage appear and asking the Giant to lampshade the vast powergap between D&D-mages and DSA-mages
for those of you who don't know DSA (das schwarze Auge = the dark eye), a mage there is far less powerful than in D&D. in direct confrontation he can perhaps take out 2 or 3 other people before being completely spent, but most of the existing spells aren't even meant for combat. a spell like "feather fall" is deemed pretty powerful in that setting instead of being laughed at.
and when a mage is completely spent, it takes days if not weeks until he has fully replenished his arcane ressources.
luckily, I didn't need to ponder for long as the slot was taken quite early in the run.
I rather doubt DSA is even known in the US. But I could be wrong, though. I for one wouldn't mind to try a round DSA, it's just that my group which introduced me to Roleplay just had bought DnD books. So 3.5 it is for me.
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The Giant
then I know of no reason that it wouldn't go out by the end of April.
:smallbiggrin:
Awesome, just in time for my 40th birthday! Best present ever.
Rich, I think this kickstarter has been a fantastic thing on so many levels; books reprinted, magnet, PDF extras, stickers, colouring book, fun to participate, etc. Over and above all of this, the best part has been seeing the penny drop with you about how much we all love OOTS. My OOTS books are prized posessions, and I wish I could afford to have a 2nd set for lending out.
I truely hope you are able to invest in new PC and cintaq or whatever makes your job easier - it will benefit us in the long run, so it was frustrating earlier in the drive when you were saying you didn't want the money to be for these kinds of things. Glad that worked out and I can stop trying to change your mind via telepathy. lol
Lastly congratulations and get some sleep.
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Sunken Valley
Hold on, wasn't there supposed to be an 8th comic or was it only ever 7?:smallconfused::smallconfused:
O-Chul
Julio Scoundrel
Dim Sun
Haleo and Julelan
Pre-Origins Belkar
Therkla
Cliffport Cops
Looks like 7 to me. That's quite a lot! That's probably around 80 new pages.
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ThePhantasm
O-Chul
Julio Scoundrel
Dim Sun
Haleo and Julelan
Pre-Origins Belkar
Therkla
Cliffport Cops
Looks like 7 to me. That's quite a lot! That's probably around 80 new pages.
He meant an 8th oots in a row. Also you forgot the Sir Francois and Elan PDF.
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Ahhh, but you missed Sir Francois...so the total is 8 pdf's plus the minis! :)
EDIT: And still being Ninja'd *sigh*
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Sunken Valley
Hold on, wasn't there supposed to be an 8th comic or was it only ever 7?:smallconfused::smallconfused:
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Originally Posted by
Shale
Yesterday morning the Giant commented on Kickstarter saying that a comic was coming that night. He may be running a little behind - I can't imagine why.
Yes - regarding Mystery Prize #6 "OOTS Every Day" - I was going to ask about that, too.
I recall a post/update somewhere (that I cannot find now) that he admitted missing a day in the middle, pushing the end out to Wednesday. Since the last update was on Monday, then aren't we due TWO more (Tuesday's, and then Wednesday's) to complete Mystery Prize #6??
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Originally Posted by
peshk
Are they? DSA, SR and WoD are popular, too, here, ok, but more played than DnD? Maybe my Group(s) were more into testing than others, that could be.
(Are the comas around the "too" not necessary?)
No, commas aren't necessary. :) But kudos for knowing the correct kind of "too" to use.
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SteveDJ
Yes - regarding Mystery Prize #6 "OOTS Every Day" - I was going to ask about that, too.
I recall a post/update somewhere (that I cannot find now) that he admitted missing a day in the middle, pushing the end out to Wednesday. Since the last update was on Monday, then aren't we due TWO more (Tuesday's, and then Wednesday's) to complete Mystery Prize #6??
Nope, just one. But I for one don't mind at all. Rich's been more than generous at this point, and I'm sure that as soon as the comic's done it'll be up.
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for all you F5ers with too much time in their hands:
I just noticed that the wikipedia OOTS page doesn't mention a thing about the kickstarter drive. Care to change that? (I've never tampered with the fabrics of Wikireality, so I won't even try lest I ruin an otherwise perfectly fine webpage).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Order_of_the_Stick
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Is there any chance of the exclusive digital comics being released as CBR/CBZ files as well as PDFs?
(For those that dont' know, here's the wiki page about these filetypes.)
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CloakedDancer
Nope, just one. But I for one don't mind at all. Rich's been more than generous at this point, and I'm sure that as soon as the comic's done it'll be up.
Agreed if things get a little wonky schedule-wise around here I'm cool with that. Just repeat this mantra:
Oh-Chul PDF
Julio Scoundrel PDF
Dim Sun PDF
Haleo and Julelan PDF
Pre-Origins Belkar PDF
Therkla PDF
Cliffport Cops PDF
Sir Francois PDF
Stickers, patches, notepads, wallpapers, drawings (at least some of which will get shared)
Walk-on cameo
And anything else I forgot about.
As rewinn said;
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There is only one Giant and we can't afford to break it
So let's follow Denyala's advice and look for a very large pillow. (non-cloning variety please, that is a little creepy, plus Rich already has a beard so what would his evil twin/clone do)
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tomorrowboy
Is there any chance of the exclusive digital comics being released as CBR/CBZ files as well as PDFs?
(For those that dont' know,
here's the wiki page about these filetypes.)
Creating your own CBZ or CBR file is incredibly easy.
Unrelated to that, I don't think the Giant would release something like that because of the quality loss from PDF to JPG.
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Originally Posted by
nogall
for all you F5ers with too much time in their hands:
I just noticed that the wikipedia OOTS page doesn't mention a thing about the kickstarter drive. Care to change that? (I've never tampered with the fabrics of Wikireality, so I won't even try lest I ruin an otherwise perfectly fine webpage).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Order_of_the_Stick
It's there:
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On Jan. 22nd, 2012, Burlew launched a Kickstarter campaign to get The Order of the Stick: War and XPs back into print, which eventually raised enough money to reprint the whole book series. The drive was the most funded creative work in Kickstarter up to that point, getting more than twenty times the original goal for a total of $1,254,120. During the reprint drive Burlew commited, as rewards for meeting increasing funding goals, to write nine new short stories of the characters in alternate settings or about the background of several characters; the characters for three of these stories were chosen by backers as part of the pledge reward.
Although it should read "eight new short stories", unless I missed something.
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Skavensrule
So let's follow Denyala's advice and look for a very large pillow. (non-cloning variety please, that is a little creepy, plus Rich already has a beard so what would his evil twin/clone do)
Will Riker had a full beard, Thomas Riker had a goatee. Simple! :smalltongue:
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It sure was a lot of fun to watch all the kickstarter stuff. I've been reading OOTS since 2004 (right after Rich did the 8-bit theater guest comic) but I never bothered joining the forum. Just joining up now to say that it was fun to see Rich have such success with kickstarter, and to say thanks for all the great entertainment over the past years.
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Xapi
Unrelated to that, I don't think the Giant would release something like that because of the quality loss from PDF to JPG.
Why should there be a quality loss? If anything, CBR/CBZ are better as these are just losslessly compressed original pictures.
The pictures in a PDF on the other hand are scaled and possibly compressed using a lossy algorithm.
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How do Kickstarter funds qualify re: taxes?
Straight income? Because...ow. Add State/Local, and you'll be looking at about half going to the gubmint.
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Xapi
Creating your own CBZ or CBR file is incredibly easy.
Unrelated to that, I don't think the Giant would release something like that because of the quality loss from PDF to JPG.
They can be PNG.
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Baelzar
How do Kickstarter funds qualify re: taxes?
Straight income? Because...ow. Add State/Local, and you'll be looking at about half going to the gubmint.
We have been previously advised by the mods before not to speculate on this as we are not tax lawyers or accountants.
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RMS Oceanic
Will Riker had a full beard, Thomas Riker had a goatee. Simple! :smalltongue:
Sneaky, I had forgotten about that one.
And thank you for reminding everyone about what the Mods said: Fellow Forumites, we are not tax-professionals and the Forum Rules do specifically mention things like this.
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RMS Oceanic
We have been previously advised by the mods before not to speculate on this as we are not tax lawyers or accountants.
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Skavensrule
And thank you for reminding everyone about what the Mods said: Fellow Forumites, we are not tax-professionals and the Forum Rules do specifically mention things like this.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/annou...t.php?f=22&a=1 Hint: I've done the most I can do as a courtesy.
Anyways I'm surprised how many people have been worried about taxes both here and on kickstarter. Revenue != Profit
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Xapi
Creating your own CBZ or CBR file is incredibly easy.
Unrelated to that, I don't think the Giant would release something like that because of the quality loss from PDF to JPG.
I haven't seen those file types before, but what are the benefits of CBZ or CBR vs making a pdf slideshow especially since you'd need a special viewer to look at them? Also Rich just said he is sending us pdfs; I doubt that he draws directly in them. He probably uses an image format and converts to pdf.
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Armitage
Why should there be a quality loss? If anything, CBR/CBZ are better as these are just losslessly compressed original pictures.
The pictures in a PDF on the other hand are scaled and possibly compressed using a lossy algorithm.
I disagree, I'm quite certain Adobe exports directly to PDF with little to no loss.
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Moorbo
I haven't seen those file types before, but what are the benefits of CBZ or CBR vs making a pdf slideshow especially since you'd need a special viewer to look at them?
Putting pictures into a PDF is like sending someone pictures as a Word file.
Why use a file format that's not intended for that kind of information?
PDF is a format for documents - mixed content. If you only have one kind of content (pictures) a dedicated format is the better choice.
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Moorbo
Also Rich just said he is sending us pdfs; I doubt that he draws directly in them. He probably uses an image format and converts to pdf.
Which means information (read: quality) gets lost by converting them into PDF.
But yes, I'm aware that most people prefer the convenient over the sensible.
So I expect the stories to arrive in PDF format, and I just have to overcome my IT sensibilities. (Just as I have to accept my customers sending me screenshots as Word files...)
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Originally Posted by
Moorbo
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/annou...t.php?f=22&a=1 Hint: I've done the most I can do as a courtesy.
Anyways I'm surprised how many people have been worried about taxes both here and on kickstarter. Revenue != Profit
I haven't seen those file types before, but what are the benefits of CBZ or CBR vs making a pdf slideshow especially since you'd need a special viewer to look at them? Also Rich just said he is sending us pdfs; I doubt that he draws directly in them. He probably uses an image format and converts to pdf.
1 - CBZ and CBR are in my opinion nothing at all, they're just a zip with a bunch of jpgs or pngs that a given software unzips (or unrars) and shows to you. Personally, I'd prefer the jpgs or pngs over that.
2 - The Giant works in Adobe Photoshop. From my admitedly short experience, Photoshop files are quite heavy and require special software to see (IE, not necesarily Photoshop itself, but a Photo editor of some sort at least, like GIMP). He will ALWAYS have to export that into a more reader friendly format. The quality loss from Photoshop to PDFs is minimal, I believe in the same ballpark as the loss to PNG (Which is what we see in the comic).
The difference is that a single PDF file can carry a full story, while PNGs are one page at a time.
And we go back to CBZ/CBR, wich lets you treat a bunch of PNGs as a single file. But you need a CBZ viewer (not something every computer has, like a PDF reader), and The Giant would have to take an extra step (first exporting everything to PNG, then creating the CBZ/CBR.
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Originally Posted by
Armitage
Which means information (read: quality) gets lost by converting them into PDF.
But yes, I'm aware that most people prefer the convenient over the sensible.
So I expect the stories to arrive in PDF format, and I just have to overcome my IT sensibilities. (Just as I have to accept my customers sending me screenshots as Word files...)
Loss of quality will happen regardless of the format, because he will not send us the original Adobe file he worked on.
Given an equal standing between PNG and PDF, PDF is better because it allows a single file to carry all the strips.
Also, I made a mistake before, it should say Ilustrator where I wrote Photoshop.
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Originally Posted by
Xapi
And we go back to CBZ/CBR, wich lets you treat a bunch of PNGs as a single file. But you need a CBZ viewer (not something every computer has, like a PDF reader), and The Giant would have to take an extra step (first exporting everything to PNG, then creating the CBZ/CBR.
Not every computer has a PDF reader, and the versions on those mean that not every PDF reader can read all PDFs.
It's not like CBZ/CBR files require you to buy Photoshop or something to view them, the programs that use them are available online for free.
Also, the extra step of creating the CBZ file would be pretty minimal.
Personally, I've read comics on computers both as PDFs and CBZ files, and I prefer using the CBZ programs. I'm not saying that only CBZ files should available, I'm just wondering if they could also be made avaialable.
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Xapi
I disagree, I'm quite certain Adobe exports directly to PDF with little to no loss.
Didn't know that. Never used Adobe for generating images so I assumed Rich would need to convert from a image format to pdf.
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tomorrowboy
Not every computer has a PDF reader, and the versions on those mean that not every PDF reader can read all PDFs.
I've never had a problem with PDF versions that stopped me from reading what I was going to read. Also, we both know the vast mayority of computers have already installed the software to read such a widely used format, whereas this is certainly not true for CBZ/CBR.
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It's not like CBZ/CBR files require you to buy Photoshop or something to view them, the programs that use them are available online for free.
I found CBZ software to be clunky, but that's not the issue because as you say:
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Personally, I've read comics on computers both as PDFs and CBZ files, and I prefer using the CBZ programs. I'm not saying that only CBZ files should available, I'm just wondering if they could also be made avaialable.
I know, I just think you'll be in the vast minority there, and it would probably make more sense that you make those files for yourself.
It's not just converting to another format, he'd also have to ask each backer in which format he wants his stuff.
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re: The whole PDF-CBZ/CBR debate:
I like to think of myself as at least somewhat computer literate, and I've never heard of these files before today. And if I've never heard of them, I think it's a fairly safe bet that a large chunk of Rich's readership hasn't either.
So what's the point of Rich devoting time and resources that is only going to appeal to a sliver of the readership base when he could use that time on other things?
You see, standards are a standard for a reason: Ease of use and simplicity.
And whether it offends people IT sensibilities or not, I suspect a heck of a lot more people have PDF readers right this very second than CBZ/CBR ones.:smalltongue:
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I had a question about the Kickstarter stories. I know that there is a possibility that at a point during/after 2013, they could be released in book format (I hope this happens!), but for the PDF release, will there be any commentary on the stories like there are in the print compilations?
And unrelated to that, I am so glad the kickstarter succeeded as much as it did. I own all the print books already, and I intend to buy any more that come out. I backed it early, figuring I'd get a fun story out of it before O-Chul comes to prominence in the main book and help reprint one of the books, but holy crap! I'm amazed to see how much attention Mr. Burlew put in to the kickstarter, and what both he and the fans will get out of it. I know tortured artists can put out great work, but I'm looking forward to what a happy artist will put out!
Also, there's a part of me that hopes the newest Mystery Prize is...
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A bi-monthly Julio Scoundrel release, all the way from Issue #1.
And I know that won't happen, but I can dream, can't I?
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Don't know how much quality it keeps but there is an online converter for pdf to cbz: http://pdf-to-cbz.net/
Edit: Although if the pdfs are larger than 10MB that won't work.
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I haven't forgotten about the last comic in the consecutive run, it's just taking a very long time and I couldn't finish it yesterday. Lots of complicated art. It will be up in few hours.
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The Giant
I haven't forgotten about the last comic in the consecutive run, it's just taking a very long time and I couldn't finish it yesterday. Lots of complicated art. It will be up in few hours.
Looking forward to it. :smallsmile:
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Hi Rich. I just want to say thank you for being awesome. :smallsmile:
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The Giant
I haven't forgotten about the last comic in the consecutive run, it's just taking a very long time and I couldn't finish it yesterday. Lots of complicated art. It will be up in few hours.
This news makes me very happy.
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The Derider
I had a question about the Kickstarter stories. I know that there is a possibility that at a point during/after 2013, they could be released in book format (I hope this happens!), but for the PDF release, will there be any commentary on the stories like there are in the print compilations?
I remember mentioning the Giant somewhere in the first thread (y'know, the one with 100+ pages) that he might consider it. It'd be cool to have some commentary in the PDF stories :smallsmile:
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The Giant
Lots of complicated art.
Waiting for complicated art is no problem for me :smallcool:
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The Derider
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A bi-monthly Julio Scoundrel release, all the way from Issue #1.
That would be AWESOME!!! :smallbiggrin:
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Originally Posted by
Xapi
I disagree, I'm quite certain Adobe exports directly to PDF with little to no loss.
This is correct. I'm the production manager at a print magazine and everything we send to the press is in PDF, and all of the ads people send us are PDF. As far as I know most publications and ad agencies use a PDF workflow now. Back in the early days of digital prepress (~10 years ago) I would get people arguing with me because they thought PDF was a lossy web format, but the beauty of it is that it can do everything: lossy low-file-size versions of the document, or press-ready font-embedded high-res lossless perfection. It can pretty much contain anything you want, as long as you know what you're doing.
For something like this comic, PDF is awesome because it can contain vector graphics and fonts without rasterizing them (rasterize = convert to a pixelated image) - meaning you can view it larger on your screen or zoom way in without it getting all jagged and blurry. PNG, JPG and GIF can't do that. (Now, I don't know enough about how The Giant creates his files to say whether it is feasible to do it that way or not, but the file format is certainly capable of it.)
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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The Giant
I haven't forgotten about the last comic in the consecutive run, it's just taking a very long time and I couldn't finish it yesterday. Lots of complicated art. It will be up in few hours.
"Lots of complicated art." Sounds great to me!
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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Xapi
He will ALWAYS have to export that into a more reader friendly format. The quality loss from Photoshop to PDFs is minimal, I believe in the same ballpark as the loss to PNG (Which is what we see in the comic).
No, we see .gif in the comic.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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Elder Tsofu
No, we see .gif in the comic.
You are right, it is the Kickstarter Drive banner that was a PNG. Still, the point stands.
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
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honigmuffin
Waiting for complicated art is no problem for me :smallcool:
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ThePhantasm
"Lots of complicated art." Sounds great to me!
Ditto and ditto!
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
Yay, money was taken from my account today :smallsmile: Which is a weird thing to cheer about, but meh! Just happy that it didn't mess up. Now there's just the waiting (luckily had lots of practice at that when waiting for Snips, Snails and Dragontales :smalltongue: ). I'm sure it'll be worth it as usual though :smallwink:
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Re: The Post-Kickstarter Discussion Thread: Bask in the Afterglow
as an aside, the files which are sent to the printer to print the super-high-quality glossy books we're shellin' out for? in all probability, PDF.