This thread is for the collection of mentions of OOTS, GITP, and me personally in media sources, especially as a result of the Kickstarter drive. If you find an article that hasn't been listed yet, post it here. Try to avoid sites that are just reposting material from elsewhere, or personal blogs (unless that blog is a Big Deal), but feel free to list anything older, too.
I'll edit in the best ones back to this post and we should end up with a nice list.
The Washington Post article says you're in Philadelphia, but I thought you resided in Queens, NY.
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I did live in Queens when OOTS started. I've just never changed my forum location for some reason. I guess I should do that; once the Washington Post says I live somewhere, who am I to argue?
I did live in Queens when OOTS started. I've just never changed my forum location for some reason. I guess I should do that; once the Washington Post says I live somewhere, who am I to argue?
The guy who can print stuff on dead trees and still increase his subscriber base? ~rimshot~ :)
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Rich, to echo some of the comments on the Kickstarter blog, you really did everything right here, you nailed it. I haven't looked in on too many other kickstarter projects, but the ones I've looked at seem fairly static... "Here's our project, here's some rewards. Thanks for pledging." The way you kept the ball rolling, with new and varied rewards, mystery goals, even the entertaining updates and graphs, that's something other project organizers should take note of. The demands that must have been placed on you trying to keep up with comments and emails while trying to arrange new rewards and still produce the webcomic had to have been staggering. Yet throughout it all you never once came across (in my opinion) as "a guy asking for money". You came across as a grateful professional who was busting his ass to reward and entertain his fans and backers.
of course, this is your business, so reap those rewards sir. You deserve it.
Oh and as a suggestion, later in the year when you do another strip-a-day sprint... just save some up ahead of time and don't tell anyone. We'll never know the difference.
A pair of stories from Digital Spy, one as the drive was approaching $1M and one after it shattered it. Content is on the light side, but as DS is one of the larger websites in the UK, it probably deserves a mention:
Checking some more, I see The Guardian (!), one of the major newspapers in the UK has weighed in (it'll probably be an onlne only mention, but still a hige deal):
I did live in Queens when OOTS started. I've just never changed my forum location for some reason. I guess I should do that; once the Washington Post says I live somewhere, who am I to argue?
You are living in Philadelphia or still in Queens.
P.S- Queens as in the one in King of Queens?
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I did live in Queens when OOTS started. I've just never changed my forum location for some reason. I guess I should do that; once the Washington Post says I live somewhere, who am I to argue?
You appear to have lost your gender in your profile update. Was that intentional
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What are you talking about? Queens is a borough of New York City and a county in New York State, one of two on Long Island (the other is Brooklyn which is closer to Manhattan, Brooklyn is sometimes known as Kings County but nobody calls it that). Queens is probably one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world; over 150 languages are spoken there.
Irritatingly, several commenters don't quite have their facts right, and no-one *twitch* has corrected *twitch* them.
Eg this incorrect assumption: "any ad-revenue generated from hits goes directly to him, and not to pirate website owners (MangaFox) or sites hosting the torrents (megaupload- now dead)."
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What are you talking about? Queens is a borough of New York City and a county in New York State, one of two on Long Island (the other is Brooklyn which is closer to Manhattan, Brooklyn is sometimes known as Kings County but nobody calls it that). Queens is probably one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world; over 150 languages are spoken there.
From New Zealand, just a brief mention along with an excerpt from the Forbes piece, but I think it is important to note that folks are now pointing to OOTS' Kickstarter success as an indication of important ground breaking trends in publishing. Rich Burlew, Pioneer.
What are you talking about? Queens is a borough of New York City and a county in New York State, one of two on Long Island (the other is Brooklyn which is closer to Manhattan, Brooklyn is sometimes known as Kings County but nobody calls it that). Queens is probably one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world; over 150 languages are spoken there.
What I mean for "King of Queens" is from the Television show named after this quote.
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Miko Miyazaki, Thanh, Durkon- Order of the Stick
Krunch- Looking For Group
Bill- Left 4 Dead
Soap Mactavish- Modern Warfare 3
Sandman- Modern Warfare 3
Ghost and Roach- Modern Warfare 2
Gabe- Dead Space 2
Dom- Gears of War 3
Carmine Brothers- Gears of War series
Uriel Septim VII- Elderscrolls Oblivion
Commander Shepherd- Mass Effect 3
Ned Stark- Song of Ice and Fire
Apple Jack's parents
"But recently a writer/illustrator broke $1-million in pledges on Kickstarter – probably more than a publisher would have given him as an advance."
I guess the use of the word "probably" means they think there was some small possibility that, 6 weeks ago, some publisher could have been offering Rich a million-dollar advance, if he'd only thought to check in with them? Now that's optimism, right there.
"But recently a writer/illustrator broke $1-million in pledges on Kickstarter – probably more than a publisher would have given him as an advance."
I guess the use of the word "probably" means they think there was some small possibility that, 6 weeks ago, some publisher could have been offering Rich a million-dollar advance, if he'd only thought to check in with them? Now that's optimism, right there.
Wizard's might be happy to do so. However, Rich would lucky to have his soul after that.
Yes I know TheGiant has worked on some official D&D books and has had OOTS in Dragon Magazine, but the point is i am sure publishers would give Rich a lot of money, but he would probably lose most of his rights, including the right to sneeze.
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