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Cribbage Rules
(This page explains the old version of Cribbage known as 5 card cribbage.
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is traditionally supposed to have been invented in the early 17th Century; it evolved from the earlier game Noddy. It is basically a game for two players, though adaptations for 4 players in fixed partnerships, and for 3 players also exist.
The more modern Six Card Cribbage has now almost entirely replaced the original Five Card Cribbage game described on this page. However the five card version does still survive in parts of Britain. For example, in South Wales it is played in pub leagues in combination with Nine Card Don. Matthew Probert reports that Five Card Cribbage is popular around Hampshire and Surrey, although the six card game is also played there.
Players and cards
Two players using a standard 52 card pack. Cards rank K(high) Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A(low).
Object of the Game
To be the first to score 61 points accumulated over several deals. Points are scored mainly for combinations of cards either occuring during the play or occuring in a player's hand or in the cards discarded before the play, which form the "crib".
Board and Pegs
The points are recorded by means of a board and pegs. The holes in the board represent scores from 1 to 61.
The above diagram shows the players starting at opposite ends of the board and pegging in opposite directions, which is consistent with for example Popular Card Games by Lawrence H Dawson - Wills, Bristol & London (1933). However it is clear that it is now more common for both players to start from the same end, like this:
In any case, each player has two pegs: the forward peg shows the player's score to date, and the rear peg shows the previous score. When a player scores points, the rear peg is moved in front to show the new score. That way the distance between the pegs shows the amount most recently scored, and the opponent can thereby check it has been scored correctly.
Cut cards to determine who deals first. The player cutting the lower card deals, and the other player immediately pegs 3 points for "last" as compensation. This is scored on the first deal only. Subsequently the turn to deal alternates.
The dealer shuffles, the non-dealer cuts the cards, and dealer deals 5 cards to each player one at a time. The undealt part of the pack is placed face down on the table.
Each player must choose two cards to discard face down to form the "crib". These four cards are set aside until the end of the hand. Any card combinations in the crib will count for the dealer, so non-dealer will try to throw cards that are unlikely to make valuable combinations.
Start Card
The non-dealer cuts the pack of undealt cards, lifting the upper part without showing its bottom card. The dealer takes out the top card of the lower part, turns it face up and, after non-dealer replaces the upper part, places it face up on top of the pack. This turned up card is called the "start" card.
If the start card is a jack, the dealer immediately pegs 2 points - this is called "two for his heels".
Play of the cards
Starting with the non-dealer, the players take turns to play a single cards face up in front of themselves. In this stage of the game the total pip value of the cards played by both players must not exceed 31. The pip values of the cards are:
Ace = 1; 2 to 10 = face value; jack = 10; queen = 10; king = 10.
As each card is played, the player announces the running total. If a card is played which makes the pip total exactly 31, the player pegs two points. This ends the play.
A player who cannot play without exceeding 31 does not play a card but says "Go". If your opponent says "Go" then you may continues playing cards and scoring for any combinations you make (see below). If you bring the total to exactly 31 you score 2 points as above.
Play may end at a total lower than 31, either because both players have played all their cards or because all cards left in the players' hands have pip values so high that they would take the total over 31 if played. In these cases whichever player was the last to play a card pegs 1 point for "last card". This ends the play.
Note. Players familiar with Six Card Cribbage will be used to carrying on playing until all the cards have been played, starting again at zero each time 31 is reached or both players say "Go". Five Card Cribbage is different: you only play up to 31 once and one or both players may have unplayed cards at the end of the play.
Scoring during the play
A player who makes any of the following scores during the play pegs them immediately.
If you play a card which brings the total to 15 you score two points ("Fifteen two")
As mentioned above if you play a card which brings the total to exactly 31 you score 2 points.
If you play a card of the same rank as the previous card (e.g. a king after a king) you score 2 points for a pair. Note that (for example) a 10 and a queen do NOT make a pair even though they are both worth 10 points.
Pair Royal:
If immediately after a pair a third card of the same rank is played, the player of the third card scores 6 for "pair royal".
Double Pair Royal:
Four cards of the same rank, played in immediate succession. The player of the fourth card scores 12.
A "run" or "sequence" is a set of 3 or more cards of consecutive ranks (irrespective of suit) - such as 9-10-jack or 2-3-4-5. Note that ace is low so for example ace-king-queen is not a run. The player of a card which completes a run scores for the run; the score is equal to the number of cards in the run. The cards to not have to be played in order, but no other cards must intervene.
Example: cards are played in the following order: 4-2-3-5-6. The player of the 3 scores 3 for a run, then the player of the 5 scores 4, and the player of the 6 scores 5.
Another example: 4-2-3-4-3. The player of the first 3 scores 3 for the run 4-2-3. Then the player of the second 4 score 3 for the run 2-3-4. The player of the second 3 scores nothing because the 3 does not complete a run.
Last Card:
If neither player manages to make the total exactlt 31, whoever played the last card scores 1 point.
The Show
Players now score for combinations of cards held in hand. First the non-dealer's hand is exposed, and scored. The start card also counts as part of the hand when scoring combinations. All valid scores from the following list are counted.
Any combination of cards adding up to 15 pips scores 2 points. For example king, jack, five, five would count 8 points (four fifteens as the king and the jack can each be paired with either five). You would say "Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six, fifteen eight).
A pair of cards of the same rank score 2 points. Three cards of the same rank contain 3 different pairs and thus score a total of 6 points for "pair Royal". Four of a kind contain 6 pairs and so score 12 points.
Three cards of consecutive rank (irrespective of suit), such as ace-2-3, score 3 points for a run. A hand such as 6-7-7-8 contains two runs of 3 (as well as two fifteens and a pair) and so would score 12 altogether. A run of four cards, such as 9-10-J-Q scores 4 points. This is slightly illogical - you might expect it to score 6 because it contains two runs of 3, but it doesn't. The runs of 3 within it don't count -you just get 4.
If all three cards of the hand are the same suit, 3 points are scored for flush. If the start card is the same suit as well, the flush is worth 4 points. There is no score for having 2 hand cards and the starter all the same suit. Note also that there is no score for flush during the play - it only counts in the show.
One For His Nob:
If the hand contains the jack of the same suit as the start card, score 1 extra point.
Note that when scoring a hand, the same card may be counted and scored as part of several different combinations. For example if your hand is 7 8 8 and the start card is a 9 you score "fifteen 2, fifteen 4, and a pair is 6, and a run is 9 and a run is 12" - 12 points to peg, with each of your 8s forming part of a fifteen, a pair and a run.
After non-dealer's hand has been shown and the score pegged, dealer's hand is shown, scored and pegged in the same way. Finally the dealer exposes the four cards of the crib and scores them with the start card. The scoring is the same as for the players' hands except that:
a flush in the crib only scores if all four crib cards and the start card are of the same suit. If that happens the flush scores 5 points
it is now possible to have a run of five cards, which scores just 5 points.
Winning the game
As soon as someone reaches 61 points, that player wins the game. This can happen at any point - during the play or the show, or even by dealer scoring "two for his heels". Note that it is not necessary to reach 61 exactly - for example if you overshoot by scoring 2 more points when you had 60 you still win.
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A new survey is bringing renewed attention to the hideous crime of elder financial fraud — and the results show just how underreported it is. In a survey of 2,000 people, only 5 percent of people age 65 and up admitted to being swindled. Yet 19 percent of younger respondents (ages 40 to 64) said they knew of a family member or friend who'd been a victim of elder financial fraud, according to the survey by the Minneapolis-based life insurance …
Posted: 04/18/2014 by Sid Kirchheimer | Comments
Silence is golden, at least for scammers. Say nothing and their bilking can continue until you and others are bled dry. Speak up and it can stop. Take, for example, another impressive yet little-publicized bust recently announced by the Federal Trade Commission. It ended a telemarketing scheme believed to have scammed more than $20 million from tens of thousands of older Americans. The agency alleges that for 31 months, a network of scammers in the U.S. and Canada cold-called retirement-age Americans …
Posted: 04/07/2014 by Bill Newcott | Comments
On the night I got to know Mickey Rooney, I had to keep reminding myself that the little – very little – old man sitting across from me was once the biggest star on Planet Earth. The high-water mark for Rooney, who died yesterday at 93, may well have come in 1939, when the world's top box-office draw was not Clark Gable but "a rope-haired, kazoo-voiced kid with a comic-strip face," as Time magazine described him at the time. When …
Posted: 02/17/2014 by Elaine Ryan | Comments
AARP is fighting for older Americans and their families in states across the country, focused on the key issues they are facing, front-and-center, in their daily lives. Our state advocacy work is driven by AARP's state offices – located in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands – where we work with governors, state legislators, other policymakers and in collaboration with numerous community partners. In 2014 AARP is focusing on: Supporting Family Caregivers AARP is …
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Hi there, blog readers! This is Gerardo Cardenas with the AARP Illinois Communications Team. We are certainly grateful for our nation's laws, but our legal system can often be challenging and confusing, especially for older adults, making them vulnerable to the growing problem of financial and legal abuse and exploitation. Fortunately in Cook County, Ill., the hard work and vision of a judge, a former state government official and a group of volunteers is helping thousands of elderly citizens navigate …
Posted: 07/19/2013 by Trish Vradenburg | Comments
On July 2, USA Today reported that more than 20 former employees of a Georgia Alzheimer's care center are facing dozens of criminal charges after a three-month state investigation uncovered allegations of cruel treatments of patients. The cruelty ranged from physical abuse – slapping patients and throwing water on them – to outright neglect and financial exploitation. Other abuse included shackling patients to their beds with sheets and 'double diapering' so the staff wouldn't have to change soiled diapers so often. As it …
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Here's what their spawn is gonna look like.
'I had to get rid of the kid. The cat was allergic.'
HOLY SHIT! Warn a bitch before posting a pic like that. Scared me half to death.
(276): Michelle Duggar likes to fuuuuck
OK, I can't sing, I can't act, I'm dumb, I'm a hillbilly, but I can twerk, so whatever.-Miley Cyrus
OT - Where the hell is Kesha these days? Haven't heard from her in a while.
HA! I love that "If they mated [and unfortunately they did]" pic. I will laugh my ass off when it happens, even though it won't be that poor child's fault it's so ugly.
That pic is gold.
When your daughter plays "House," she pretends to be an annoying doctor with a pill-addiction and a limp.
I'm lighting candles, shaking ju-ju beads and splattering blood onto heathen statues in the hope that my prayers are answered and she bloats up like a helium filled whale.
We can't stop here. This is bat country.
How big would a T-Rex wang be?! - Karistiona
what a great picture.
i found some more:
"This is not meant to be at all offensive: You suffer from diarrhea of the mouth but constipation of the brain." - McJag
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Proponents of the Kabul-Washington security pact in Parliament came out in full force on Wednesday, calling for the agreement to be signed immediately and warning of catastrophe if it goes un-finalized.
Lawmakers said the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) involved more than just whether or not U.S. troops would stay after the NATO combat mission ends in 2014, or if military aid would continue to the Afghan forces. They argued the nation's economic health and place in the international community, more broadly, were hinged on the accord.
"You are well aware that our economic, political and security situations are interrelated to the signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement," an MP from Ghazni province named Nafeesa Sultani said. "If the BSA isn't signed, Afghanistan will face new disaster."
On Sunday, President Hamid Karzai rejected the Loya Jirga's recommendation to sign the BSA before the end of the year. He said he would not sign it before the April elections, and only then, if the U.S. met three preconditions: transparent elections in April, no raids on Afghan homes and a breakthrough in talks with the Taliban.
U.S. officials have scoffed at these demands and said they have no "magic wand" to establish peace in Afghanistan overnight. U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice met with Karzai in Kabul this week to address these concerns, but the Afghan President refused to budge.
Washington has said the BSA must be signed before the end of the year so that plans for residual troops can be made with NATO allies. If not finalized by 2014, the U.S. has indicated the entire deal could be in jeopardy, which could mean no foreign troops will stay in Afghanistan after December of next year.
"All people support the signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement, but Karzai has taken hostage the agreement hostage and he doesn't want to sign it," a Kabul MP named Nazifa Zaki said on Wednesday. "This was his personal decision, and the people of Afghanistan aren't satisfied with his approach."
Business insiders have indicated the doubt recently cast over the future of the deal has already had an impact on markets. But, for many Afghans, a post-2014 Afghanistan without a close partnership with the U.S. and its NATO allies could mean something worse than a halt in economic growth.
"If the BSA isn't signed, Afghanistan will move towards civil war," Zaki said.
Representatives from the newly founded Mawj-e-Tahawol Afghanistan political movement, which has pushed hard for the BSA to be signed, expressed similar opinions. The argued that Karzai was endangering the national interests of Afghanistan through his own petty political games.
Many have questioned what Karzai's motivations are for setting the preconditions and remaining so intransigent in negotiations. Some have said it is unchecked pride, others have suggested more nefarious intentions related to his standing once out of office next year.
Either way, the legions of critics are growing by the day, and on Wednesday, Parliament did not show any support for the President.
"Karzai's precondition for restoration of peace and security in Afghanistan with the span of one month is really funny," MP Fawzia Kofi said.
"If the U.S. can guarantee the holding of transparent elections, then what are the jobs of the Afghan government and the election commission?" asked Panjshir MP Zaheer Saadat.
Others suggested Karzai be taken out of the equation all together.
"This is a security agreement, if Karzai doesn't intend to sign it, then he should allow the Minister of Defense to sign the agreement," Kandahar MP Mohammad Naeem Lalai Hamidzai suggested.
If the BSA is not signed, U.S. negotiators have indicated no foreign troops would remain post-2014 and some 4.1 billion USD in aid to the Afghan military would be frozen.
The U.S. troops who stay beyond 2014, expected to number around 10-15,000, would primarily train and mentor Afghan forces. Some special forces would stay to conduct "counter-terror operations."
The only outspoken opponents of the accord have been the Taliban, Hezb-e-Islami, the Islamic Student Association and Jabhe Wahdat Milli. They have said the continued presence of foreign troops would violate Afghan sovereignty and perpetuate the insurgent conflict, looking to reduce foreign involvement in Afghanistan.
However, lawmakers on Wednesday said they spoke for the Afghan people, and said that if Washington pulled back all troops from Afghanistan next year, Afghans would never forgive President Karzai.


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A twistlock and corner casting together form a standardised rotating connector for securing shipping containers. The primary uses are for locking a container into place on container ship, semi-trailer truck or railway container train; and for lifting of the containers by container cranes and sidelifters.
The twistlock was developed in Spokane, Washington in the 1950s by transport engineer Keith Tantlinger.[1] The relative obscurity of this invention belies its importance to a more efficient world trade and transport, as the Tantlinger lock made handling and stacking standard containers much easier.
The female part of the connector is the 7×7×4 1⁄2 in (180×180×110 mm) corner casting, which is fitted to the container itself, and has no moving parts, only an oval hole in the bottom. The hole is an oval 4.9 in (124.5 mm) on the long axis with two flat sides 2.5 in (63.5 mm) apart. The male component is the twistlock, which is fitted to cranes and transport bases. This can be inserted through the hole (it is roughly 4.1 in or 104.1 mm long and 2.2 in or 55.9 mm wide), and then the top portion (normally pointed to make insertion easier) is rotated 90° so that it cannot be withdrawn. The mechanism is the same as that of a Kensington lock, but on a much larger scale. The maximum size and position of the holes in the connector is defined in international standard ISO 1161:1984.
The tensile strength of a twistlock is rated at either 20 or 25 tonnes.[2]
A major advantage of this approach to attachment is that containers, which may be stored or transported without being inspected for months at a time, do not require any maintenance in order to function effectively. Even with long term exposure to the weather the container remains as simple to move as ever. Only when corrosion is very extensive (to the extent of being easily visible by the mover) does the twistlock become dangerous to move the crate by. The male part is placed on vehicles and equipment that are inspected very frequently and will work with all containers while working effectively.
Corner casting on a shipping container. The twistlock proper is done through a larger oval hole on the bottom.
Twistlocks on the base of a container ship. Foreground: unlocked; background: locked. The turnbuckles are "lashing rods" used for additional stability
Special types of twist-locks are also used in Double-stack rail transport to secure the lower stack container with the upper one.
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to twistlocks.
- Peck and Hale (2000). "Container Stowage and Securing Systems" (PDF). West Sayville, NY: Peck & Hale. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
- Levinson, Marc (2006). The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12324-1.
- Nichols, C. Reid; Williams, Robert G. (November 2008). Encyclopedia of Marine Science. Infobase Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8160-5022-2. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "The Lives They Lived". The New York Times. 22 December 2011.
- ^ A Master's Guide to Container Securing, Lloyd's Register, London
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BURLINGTON, Vt. - The University of New Hampshire women's soccer team remained undefeated in 2001 with a 1-0 victory against Sacred Heart University in Sunday afternoon's Vermont Soccer Classic action at Centennial Field.
UNH, which tied Tulsa in the tourney's opening game on Saturday, is now 1-0-1 on the year. Sacred Heart, which was outshot 32-18 and did not create a corner while surrendering seven to the Wildcats, is 0-2-0.
Following a scoreless first half, Courtney Papaz (Ringwood, N.J.) netted the game's only goal by capitalizing on a crossing pass from Ana Tobon (Philadelphia, Pa.) at 59:46. Cyndi Poehner (Greenwich, Conn.) was also credited with an assist on the tally.
UNH junior goalkeeper Kristen Ouellette (Weatogue, Conn.) recorded her fifth career shutout by stopping all eight Sacred Heart shots on target. Ouellette finished the tournament as the leading goalie by recording a 0.85 goals-against-average in 210 minutes of action in two games.
Sacred Heart goalie Leslie Konsig, who was named to the Vermont Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team, recorded 13 saves.
Senior back Michelle Thornton (Gloucester, Ont.) was the UNH representative on the All-Tournament Team. Other honored players were Megan Galbreath of Vermont and Tulsa's Beth Taruscio.
New Hampshire returns to action for its home opener Sept. 7 (4 p.m.) vs. Colorado College.


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The Jackson Library is not primarily an exhibition space and its facilities are limited, however the library does have wall space, floor space and glass display cases available in our lobby for exhibition purposes. The library invites Lander University faculty and staff to propose special exhibits. All decisions as to the use of the cases are made by the Dean of the Jackson Library.
Any material displayed in the Jackson Library should be relevant to the University and its educational and philosophical mission. The Jackson Library assumes no responsibility for the artistic or intellectual content of any of its exhibits. The Jackson Library is a forum for the free exchange of ideas and does not act as a censor.
All exhibitors must observe the following requirements:
Display duration The library does not have any permanent exhibitions. Materials on display should rotate out of the building during a time agreed upon in advance by the exhibitor and the Dean of the Library.
Display case location All display cases are permanently located on the first floor of the library and cannot be moved.
Security The Jackson Library is not responsible for any damage, loss, or theft of exhibited items.
Labels All exhibits are required to have descriptive labels. Flat labels mounted on foam-core or cardboard are recommended.
Storage The Jackson Library cannot accommodate the storage of any artwork(s) before or after an exhibition.
Supplies Exhibitors should use their own supplies when creating displays.
Perishable items No perishable items can be accommodated in any of the exhibit areas.
Lighting No extra light, or lighting devices, can be provided or used in any exhibits.
Painting No part of the cases or the lobby may be physically altered.
Receptions Receptions are not normally held in conjunction with exhibits.
Uninstalling Exhibitors must leave the cases and/or wall and floor space clean. All materials must be removed from the Jackson Library at the close of the exhibition.
The Jackson Library reserves the right to remove displays that do not conform to these requirements. Questions may be addressed to the Dean of Library Services.
*NOTE: This policy was adapted from the library display policy of Pratt University


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Italian Rum Cake
|Fruit salad/Zabaglione
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Pound cake
|12 Ounce, cut into medium-thin slices
|Any prepared fruit in season
|5 Cup (80 tbs)
|Chopped candied fruit
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Egg yolks
|Fresh strawberries
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Grated chocolate
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|2 Tablespoon
|3 Tablespoon
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Whipping cream
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
Prepare Fruit Salad and Zabaglione.
Arrange slices of pound cake in a large glass bowl.
Sprinkle a little rum over each slice.
Cover cake with a layer of Fruit Salad.
Cover Fruit Salad with a generous amount of Zabaglione.
Continue layers until bowl is filled.
Refrigerate overnight.
Before serving, decorate with fresh strawberries and/or grated chocolate.
Fruit Salad: Combine fresh fruit, candied fruit, rum and sugar in a medium bowl.
Refrigerate until ready to use.
Fruit Salad can be prepared several hours ahead.
Zabaglione: In a large bowl or the top part of a double boiler, beat egg yolks and sugar until pale and thick.
Set bowl or top part of double boiler over simmering water.
Do not let water boil.
Gradually add rum, beating constantly.
Continue beating until Zabaglione has doubled in volume and is soft and fluffy, 4 to 6 minutes.
Remove from heat and set pan or bowl containing mixture over a bowl full of ice water.
Stir with a whisk until mixture is warm.
Whip cream and fold it into warm mixture.
Zabaglione can be prepared several hours ahead and set over a bowl of ice water until needed.


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Since 1929, The Grand Theatre has served as the cultural centerpiece of Bartow County. The theatre provides a wide range of educational, performing arts and entertainment programs throughout the year. It is also the premier rental space for other local performing arts organizations.
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114 West Main Street, Cartersville, Georgia
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This 1930s movie house is today an intimate black-box theatre which is home to Cartersville's Pumphouse Players, one of the longest running community theaters in Northwest Georgia.
The Public Square Opera House
Housed upstairs in the 1902 Stock Exchange, a beautifully restored mercantile in downtown Adairsville, the Public Square Opera House stages six dinner theatres annually.
For a schedule of performances and group reservations call 770-773-1902. Visit online at 1902 Stock Exchange.
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Twelve screen movie theatre with stadium seating and digital screens. Located at 1129 North Tennessee Street, Cartersville GA 30120.
For showtimes call 770-382-4999 or see Carmike.com.
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The gallery features pottery, paintings and handmade art by local and regional artists. Additional artwork includes fiber wearable's, yarn, walking sticks, piano art, soy candles, painted glass and furniture, clay sculpture, bath products, note cards, kaleidoscopes, enamel jewelry and much more. Spring Place Pottery & Gallery is located at 15 East Main Street in Historic Downtown Cartersville and is open Tuesday-Saturday 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Call 770-383-9910 or see www.springplacepottery.com.
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The Downtown Gallery sells original art by members of the Booth Artists' Guild and Booth Photography Guild. Selections from these regional artists include paintings, prints, posters, books and sculpture. More than 100 artists are featured in themed quarterly exhibits. The Downtown Gallery is located at 13 North Wall Street, Cartersville, Georgia and is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 AM-6 PM. Call 770-387-4330 or visitONLINE.
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Artist Skip McNutt discovered his love of drawing at the age of 12 when immersed in comic books. Skip majored in art in college and then pursued his artistic career as a "part-time artist." Today, Skip devotes his full attention to art and has his works in more than 7 countries and in all 50 states in the USA. Specializing in pencil drawings of historical architecture, Skip also does commissioned work. At his studio in Historic Adairsville, he teaches perspective drawing and operates an art supply store open Monday, Thursday, Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday 3-6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Art lessons are by appointment. Visit online for more details or call 706-602-4955.
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Tamar's blog
My best guess is that all the anger i could never put on the appropriate people was hanging around me, literally. In the last month, as a new KoRn fan, i've lost fifteen pounds, almost ten percent of me. I didn't try to and haven't felt really hungry. But i have noticed a new anger that i never was able to access. KoRn offered the safe space to find the anger, the rage, and realize where it...
First picture drawn in 2006. Second picture drawn in 2012.
Empty chairs first one in 2006 at CBTL on Ventura and Louise http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7001/6773417805_8dc24ae0fd_s.jpg second one in 2012 at CBTL on Ventura and Woodley http://farm8.static.flickr.com/7147/6773422225_96247dcf74_s.jpg Never done this before so it's kind of a test.
There was a KoRnCentral tweet about KoRn performing in a mini concert for Jimmy Kimmel next week. I'm sooooo excited. Must. Calm. Down... Nyaaah.
Just listened to "Untouchables" for the first time. Well, I listened to it twice bc I couldn't believe what I was hearing and had to repeat the album. Dang! How does he know how to get in my head? Phew.
It's been a year and a half since I've seen my latest therapist. She's really just fine - - the first to keep up with me and realize when I've "left" the room and make sure I come back. But a lupus flare last Sept. made extra trips too difficult. Since discovering KoRn and having my insides turned outside and upside down and spit out on the ground in front of me, I realized the time had come...
We tasted the same poison We licked the same knife But the knife didn't cut the tongue The knife was soft and slippery and repulsive in the most unimaginable ways The knife hurt much deeper Our hearts bled Our self Died Screaming not allowed We shed shared blood Small faces shoved into the same place No I don't want to No I don't like it No No No I won't...
Today I went to go see you. It was the first time in 15 years and the time before that was when I was 8 and you punched me in the chest. Not my fondest memory of you but it's better than some of the others. I heard that you moved to a home for the aging in my neighborhood. Although you asked me not to contact you the last time we spoke, I felt that I needed to see you. I bought a...
It's been 8 days since I first heard "Daddy" by KoRn and I haven't stopped listening every moment I can sneak away from the world. I bought the S/T album, KoRn III, and Path of Totality. I am loving every song on every one of them. I have watched countless youtube interviews and videos just to get an idea for the people behind the power that is their music. Multiple loops of lyrics from...
Two nights ago was the first time I had ever heard a song by KoRn or even was interested in listening to screaming and banging sorts of music. Someone mentioned how creepy Anne Geddes photography was. I agreed and immediately thought of Mister Rogers, who creeped me out so much as a kid that I couldn't watch him. But I seemed alone in my thoughts. I googled Mister Rogers and saw the link...


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People, eh?
Nothing irks me more than dishonesty. Chief amongst the world's population of dishonest fucktards are creationists. It's not entirely their fault of course (well mostly it is); it's just impossible to be a creationist and not be dishonest. To assert a biased faith-based world view you must be dishonest, there's no other way of avoiding evidentially supported reality. Case in point; New Scientist magazine published an article in January 2009 sensationally titled 'Darwin was wrong'. This was just asking to be jumped on by creationists (henceforth known as retards), and so it was.
Essentially the article was regarding the nested hierarchy of biological taxa, and how this could be incorrect due to horizontal gene transfer in early organisms.
Evolution happens by reproduction with variation in organisms, simply put children inherit genes from their parents but also have individual mutations in the genome. That is vertical gene transfer, while horizontal gene transfer applies to organisms sharing genes without any reproduction. For example, it would be like me sharing my genes with Scarlett Johansson despite us not being recently related.
What this means is that the Tree of Life Darwin posited to show evolutionary history would not have a base like a tree trunk, but more a base of inter-connected vines. But creationists being fucking retards take this out of context and spew their ignorant filth like it was fact. Not happy with being morons themselves they want to force their moronic take on reality on the rest of us.
That's why I think they're a bunch of cunts.
Clearly someone didn't like this blog.
you're so bigeted that you can't have imagination or faith.. yay, you're an ass hole.
While I'm loathed to take a lecture from someone who can't even spell the accusation they're accusing me of, it raises a point I can address.
Creationism isn't about imagination. If it is then essentially it's been relegated to a fairy story. It also doesn't say much for it's truth value if you need to imagine Genesis is true for it to be true. Imagination is about inventing scenarios, not corroborating past events. Faith, also, is not a good thing. It's essentially gullible en mass, believing things for which there is no evidence or reasonable compulsion is akin to believing anything you're told. Just because it makes you feel better, doesn't mean it is right.
Why try and justify an indefensible position by invoking faith or spurious calls for imagination when reality, demonstrable and verifiable, is so much more wonderful and awe inspiring than anything ever written in any holy book. I'll take the accretion model of solar formation over 7 day creation any day. I'd rather discover the reality of reality by learning, not by saying "God did it" then sitting in ignorance until I die.
That's not to say ALL religious people are creationists, but faith is still not an intellectually defensible position. End of.
It wasn't funny the first time you posted it, it certainly wasn't funny the second time.
That you are willing to insult someone you haven't or ever will meet or even interact with, solely to try and piss me off, says more about your character than it does mine. You are a shallow, pathetic and insignificant nothing of a person. I have no cause to call you ignorant? How about your personally attacks on a woman you know nothing about except for a picture you've seen. You want to talk about ignorance then perhaps you should do so in front of a mirror.
You exist solely in in the 4-5 minutes a day I look at this forum, and even in that time you are nothing more than text on a screen. You're the one getting your panties in a knot while I'm laughing my arse off.
You complain about me waiting in "anticipation of a message board response"? You're awfully quick to reply yourself. Hypocrisy, thy name is riklite. You accuse me of a being a troll, well if that be the case your constant replies to only play into my hands. If you truly believed I was a troll you'd ignore me, but then you're clearly not that smart. By all means carry on replying, every time you do I win.
It's one thing to be interested and want to learn. It's another to spend your every waking moment in anticipation of a message board response so you can call the other person ignorant without cause. If you are so interested in the advancement of the human race, do us all a favor and never mate with that beast you call a girlfriend. The two of you combined would make the turd I just dropped in the toilet look good. Sadly, it probably has more intellegence and people skills as well.
Any more uninformed bullshit you'd like to say or are you done displaying your own ignorance? If you think the advancement of human knowledge is pointless kindly remove yourself from the gene pool and let those of us with a vested interest in learning and standards of education continue not being a dumb fuck like you.
"you're so bigeted that you can't have imagination or faith.. yay, you're an ass hole."
I find it hard to take a lecture from someone who can't spell, also no, I'm not a bigot. I just dislike dishonesty, especially when it's perpetuated by people who claim to have divinely granted absolute morality. Also, I dislike people who want to force schools into teaching bullshit because they think faith is more important that facts.
Nice try though, better luck next time.


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Fan art prints are allowed at Expo as long as you've drawn them yourself. What's meant by "copyrighted" image in that sense is that you're not allowed to trace or use existing artwork (either official or from another artist).
It's a grey area, but aside from a few properties where selling (or sometimes even producing) fan works is forbidden, most people seem to either be cool about it or aren't that bothered.
Also the emails that have been going around are to deter people using the Comic Village tables as a merchandise outlet when they should be using a dealer table (thereby taking tables away from artists who could use them). The CV organisers have said as long as you're promoting your comic or comic-related work, they're fine with most other things.
Last edited by Ryuuza : 22-05-2012 at 12:11 PM. Reason: Adding a bit to my first statement
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Slightly more on topic, I think you bring up a very good point about how we might externally project ourselves and what that causes others to think. This is a homely forum, so when people start avoiding it because of the crossfire, that probably doesn't really project anything good.
Actually on topic, similar applies at comic conventions I guess! A lot of people (me included) have a bit of a habit of hunching over a sketchbook and not engaging with people walking past. Really we (I'm) perpetuating that anime-tracer/introverted-shut-in stereotype by not engaging. I've found once I have started being vocal, and actually standing up, making eye contact, being cheerful and such, I've attracted a lot more custom.
That still doesn't equate to breaking even though haha! Cons are very expensive to get to and stay at (well, depending where you live). Where I live right now, I have to drop about £400 to go to London expo - that doesn't include any printing or anything, that's just travel, hotel, food. I suppose that old 'pick your battles wisely' saying applies here. The expense hurts, but it's a chance for me to meet up with friends I never see otherwise. If I was going to be more business-savvy though, I would completely change which cons I went to.
So in that sense I feel it's more about striking a balance than doing one or the other. Instead of calling it a financial success or a financial flop, it succeeds in some ways and less in others. Of course this kind of all goes without saying.
The print part of it all has quite a feel-good factor for me. Despite being mostly a digital artist, I feel a lot of disconnect with the screen. Apart from a select few webcomics (Morag's, always Morag's comics), I just can't keep up with anything - reading comics on a screen really irritates me. They end up having to be cream of the crop (subjectively in my onion of course) for me to remember to check them.
It may be to do with my reading speed. Even on fast connections, pages don't load fast enough for me to stay immersed. By the time the next page loads, I've finished processing the previous page and then some - it means my reading experience becomes disjointed, not very attached. When I have something in my hands - especially a complete book - I can go exactly at the pace which is good for me and absorb the impact properly.
However web does have advantages; Homestuck has already been brought up, and of course Darth Mongoose does a suggestion comic in the same lines called Herobreak. My own interactive webcomic What is it Katy would never have worked in print the same way either (though I have now made a compiled book of it). There's still yet-untapped potential in webcomics (that Homestuck is pretty much leading the way in as far as I can gather- I still haven't gotten around to reading it for exactly the reasons I mentioned above), Scott McCloud mentions the potential in a few of his books I believe? It's exciting stuff at any rate, and I think after one webcomic that pushes boundaries a bit, I'm definitely going to have to do another.
I think this continued evolution of experience that is the webcomic is something that's really bringing me back to them in a new way. Its still relatively new, most webcomics are inspired by their print counterparts and honestly are far better offline than they are on for reading - but the few new ones pushing experiences are really getting them to come out as their own brand new sort of area. If that makes sense!
My conclusion for me: Right now I definitely prefer print, but webcomics are slowly evolving into something I love about twenty times better than print. I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS.
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But all's fair I believe. What's not fair was the people who we're selling plush toys who could take a couple of grand a weekend (based on known characters) while the guys selling the comics struggled to make their money. But one of my regulars, (Niki) had all kinds of original merchandise, T-shirts, mugs, plaques, prints and the works all with her own designs on them. I believe she always did quite well and all fair and square too.
It seems to pay to broaden the scope of your original merchandise, because even if they won't buy a comic, anyone can use a mug or T-shirt.
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Offtopic again, sorry, but a pet peeve...
illegal in the UK to copy artistic works, in whole or in part, if the copyright owner has not given you permission to do so, and the use does not fall under one of the exemptions (hint: making moolah at Expo is not exempt). It doesn't say anything about tracing versus just having your source material side by side and doing it yourself by eye. It doesn't say the copy has to be complete, or perfect.
Moreover, Expo may also be breaking the law if it knowingly permits its premises to be used for selling infringing art.
Now, it may be that people selling fanart have permission to do that, whether given to them personally or generally stated by the copyright holders (a public statement along the lines of "yeah, we don't mind fanart, it's cool" would be enough, I expect). Also, if you're not making a great deal of cash from it, they might choose not to go after you if they knew, and/or it might fall under their radar so they won't find out; kind of the way that if you shoplift sometimes the shopkeeper won't notice, or they might decide it's not worth chasing after you. Also, publishers mostly tend to decide it's a huge own goal to go after children dealing in fanart in terms of PR.
So in that sense it might be ambiguous - it's not certain that something bad will always happen to people who sell fanart.
But crimes don't stop being crimes just because sometimes you get away with it. People should not, by default, just assume that it's OK to make money from items based on others' designs unless they've been *told* by the owners that they can. There is no "grey area", the law is quite clear. To use someone else's design, you need their permission.
(Note that drawing fanart for non-commercial purposes is *much* more ambiguous. The copyright holder needs to show that what you're doing "affects prejudicially the owner of the copyright" in order to do pretty much anything other than send a cease and desist letter).
(ObDisclaimer: IANAL)
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Nowt wrong with using some fan works to build up a fanbase first, but yeah if it's only derivative merchandise (not even artwork) and they're making that much money from it, they really do need a dealer table.
I'm building more and more original work into my repertoire, in the form of the relaunched Soulsnatchers comics and the Anime Convention Survival Guide, but I've only really been able to do this in the last couple of years (before then, it was just about making a pittance in the artist alleys of anime cons).
It is slowly starting to work for me as people are getting interested in my comics, so hopefully I'll get to a point where I can get people to stop at my table with my original characters alone.
Moonshadow - I think you're confusing copyright with trademarks and intellectual property.
Copyrighted material is material that has been recorded, i.e a text exactly as it is written, a particular picture of a character. Selling things that are taken verbatim from existing pieces is most definitely illegal, as is making obviously derivative works and passing them off as your own idea (excluding parody).
The reason fan art is a legal grey area is that, as you mentioned, people don't really make a killing on it and most companies don't mind so long as that remains the case. It's an intellectual property/ trademark issue rather than a copyright one, and while there are individuals that choose to act upon it, typically it's ignored.
It's also not really correct to equate such a thing to shoplifting either, since that is taking a physical object and preventing the shop owner from making money on that particular object.
Last edited by Ryuuza : 22-05-2012 at 01:46 PM. Reason: New post since writing.
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That may be the case, but it's still pretty much allowed at cons unless otherwise stated. Can't really call it black and white, or else it would be flat out banned rather than the mere technicality it currently exists as.
Also I'd rather I wasn't compared to a common criminal or someone committing physical assault. I keep my hands to myself at cons.
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Anyway, on topic!
Just to weigh in on the GN versus webcomic discussion. My personal view is that as someone who is still building themself up, working on improvment every day and most notably NOT getting paid (Oh the agony! XD) I find the web extrememly helpful just to my sanity (which is questionable at best... ). Working on a GN sized book unpaid, as a self-directed project is tiring on the heart. The web opens us up to feedback update by update. It can be a bit of a hurrah for the work you do every day and also, for amateurs like mehself, a space for some constructive criticism.
That said, I like to have the best of both worlds. Who's to say you can't run the webcomic however you like with a view to print a lush GN book by the end? From what I can gather and just going by my own impulses, I don't see how having your work freely available online hurts sales. As En says, webcomics can be tedious to read for most people. I know I certainly share that viewpoint. One thing webcomics do, however, is very effectively advertise your work for people to then go ahead and buy. It's not really news to people here though I suspect but I feel that sort of begins and ends the choice between the two. There is no choice for me, I WANT BOTH!
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I said I felt shocked at the defensive posts, and didn't understand why they had become defensive.
I didn't say I felt 'attacked'. I'm not saying people were aggressive and drove me out of a thread and I'm oh-so-disappointed in everyone or anything like that. Afterall, I wouldn't have any reason to feel attacked. What others do in their comics are up to them. My study was just as impartial as Hunter and Morag have both pointed out on occasion. It was an observational study, nothing more and nothing less.
Maybe I worded my post badly, but let's not have any more twisting what people are saying shall we? There's enough of that in this thread as-is.
Anyway, I think I've said my piece on how I feel about print vs web, so I won't clog up the thread any more.
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Woah! okay... sorry.
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Whoa in return, no apology necessary Anna! I guess that was a misunderstanding all round - I think I often sound far more heavy-handed than I actually am. Comes part and parcel with the uni course I'm on I think. ;D
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Back on topic once again...
I am a complete old fogey about webcomics. Not that I have anything against them on principle, just that I don't really like reading them, and because I don't like reading them, it never really occurs to me to produce one. I guess it's just being old-fashioned, most likely. I like waiting for the book to come out.
Selling at cons can be a mixed experience. I personally have never had a problem selling comics at cons - I usually do reasonably well. Anyway, so I thought, until I saw Claude (don't know if you guys know him - he dresses up as the Green Goblin) selling over 200 of his latest comic at one Expo. The thing is that selling at cons is heavily reliant on the quality of your salesmanship - equally so, or more so than the quality of your product. (Not to diss Claude with that, his comics are very cool and funny!) If you sit behind your stall looking like a wet weekend you won't sell anything, you have to engage with people. Misanthropy has to be put aside for a day - yes, pretend to be nice, even if you aren't! Seriously, it works.
Example: I was at an Expo recently sitting next to a stall where the product was, let's say, amateurish. The comic was fairly mediocre, with the basic plot everyone thinks of when they are a teenager, artwork likewise not great. But the sales team were like a hurricane. They made so much money my jaw dropped open, and they had a mailing list for people to sign to where they collected a vast number of email addresses. It was staggeringly good marketing. Truly! And I have to compare this one with people I know (not on this forum) who have given up going to cons despite having a very awesome book because they just sat there looking bored and vaguely hostile all weekend, the punters naturally, walked by without bothering to stop and look.
If sales aren't going well at a con, it's worth thinking about how you present yourself and your work, and whether the way you do it is reaching people. I think making a small-press manga con is kind of interesting, but TBH I can't imagine the amount of people who would attend would be very large. It's by no means universal for small-press manga to have bad sales at Thought Bubble, or Expo.
What are people's experiences selling their print comics at the anime cons? I've never been to one, so I'm curious. How does having a web version (or not) affect sales of printed books?
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Going back to web vs print - I truly don't understand why people are so adamant to print their work and sell at events if your aim is to merely "get it out there". Taking London Expo for example, you sell 100 comics, that's awesome! But if there were 50,000 people who came through that door only 0.2% of them bought a comic off you. The market of people interested in small press work at events is pretty small, and then only a few of them actually dig into their pockets to buy.
Compare that to when my own webcomic was moderately popular - I could pull in 50k readers in a week, every week. And that really isn't much at all compared to some of the far more established webcomics. By not putting your work online you're missing out on a potential audience of millions. It's also worth noting I had two publishers contact me interested in printing it, I declined to maintain control and work in SD. All with no printing costs, no hauling ass to events and sitting at a table all weekend. Just me, at home, drawing happily, updating regularly with the best work I could do, only really promoting myself by posting on forums, setting vote incentives for webcomic ratings polls and interacting with my readers in comments.
Sure, I also made no money, but I work dayjobs to pay my rent like any sensible person should.
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The big anime cons are shit for selling comics. It's all about cosplay these days. The smaller comic events, hotel-based cons and of course Expo are far more welcoming to self-published works, in my years of taking-stuff-to-sell-on-my-own experience.
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Time to wade in on this methinks, what with Cafe Suada being available in both web and in print form.
I agree and disagree with lots of points raised in this thread (herp derp, captain obvious waving from the fence here) but I would suggest this is because both forms of "publishing" your comic can have advantages.
Cafe Suada started out as a short comic in print form in one of the Leek and Sushi anthologies. This was how I initially found out that people liked the story and wanted more of it - so print gave it it's initial audience. This is not, however, something I would recommend, and it was purely by accident that this became my way of 'testing the waters'.
However, once I reimagined Cafe Suada and started again online, the limitations of print were gone. With webcomics, there are no deadlines but your own. Your pages can be any size. Anyone, anywhere in the world (except where perhaps censorship interferes) can now see the comic - and here's where things can go wonderfully or terribly! Now that everyone can see the comic, they can also let you know if it's brilliant or crap! And one of the worst things is seeing reader comments get to webcomic creators. You gotta be able to take a few harsh punches to the chin, metaphorically speaking. And of course, the opposite can hold true too; I've heard of a webcomic artist quitting because they got NO comments or feedback. It's great when you DO get great feedback, though, and it's a great way of staying motivated. With webcomics, you can see site stats and such that give you numbers of visitors to your webcomic - you can physically see there are people either curiously checking it out, or eagerly waiting for more. And wherever they may be, it's reassuring for anyone to know their creative efforts are being witnessed.
However, this is where I would also argue that print has advantages too. When I first printed Cafe Suada and took it to a convention, it was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had. I'm going to go a little bit personal and say that I have a love/hate relationship with human beings. I find people fascinating, which is of course why I make comics about them - but on the other hand, I absolutely LOATHE nipping to the shops. Just passing a few people in the street is a bit stressful for me. So when I took my printed book to a con full of thousands of people, I was terrified, but more importantly, a little excited. And by the end of the con, my excitement had won over the fear, because PEOPLE WANTED MY BOOK. Physical, real, existing people came over and enthusiastically read and purchased the book. It renewed all of my creative energy to see people smile and laugh and enjoy something I had made. Something that I couldn't see through a computer screen.
So yeah. If THAT doesn't make you want to keep making web AND print comics, then I don't know what will! People have mentioned that Cafe Suada suits print much better because they can read it in chunks rather than at an unintended pace, but as long as there are people wanting to offer support as I update on the web, then I shall continue to do both.
Aaaand so in conclusion, I'M ON THE FENCE STILL! I guess I've talked more about the motivational and reader aspects as opposed to monetary or creative aspects, but I felt this bit needed mentioning
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Sorry off topic again, but I go back on topic below!
"Definition of Madness; continuing to do the same thing, hoping for a different outcome."
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In regards to selling fanart wouldn't intellectual property owners consider it as free exposure? but I never did understand this area, I was once told though it is taboo to draw and sell artwork of Marvel and DC characters unless you worked on it, the men in black will come etc.
Back on topic, webcomics are the greatest medium right now I believe for monetizing your work, in some cases earning $8 a day on one advertisement header like Nedroid. Having said that it also has it's problems, with the rise and popularity of ad-blocking it's crippling for the webcomic artist. I'll admit, I am using said software as I type this, but I do turn it off for certain sites.
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Hands up, straw poll: how many here have clicked on a banner advert and gone on to pay for whatever it was selling in the last year?
I imagine there'll be one or two outliers, but I'll go so far as to suggest that advertising banners are bankrupt as a means of monetisation; most people ignore them and/or actively take steps to block them.
The companies placing the adverts are paying through the nose, for no return. A situation where one relies on someone else to pump money into a system for no return is not a sustainable one: you may have a revenue stream now, but as advertisers realise they're being suckered, it'll dry up; and as the euro crunch spreads and companies reassess their books, this process is accelerating. Money is being pulled out of passive banner advertising, and placed instead into more intrusive (and therefore more abhorrent) forms like animated overlays and interstitial pages that are harder to ignore, and harder to integrate within the context of a webcomic site in a way that is not immediately offputting to visitors; or directed elsewhere entirely (astroturfing social networking sites is becoming increasingly more popular, though there is little correlation between number of views and increase in sales there either so that will likely be another bubble in the long run).
Content providers (across the board, not just webcomic artists!), meanwhile, are shifting to other forms of monetisation: donation buttons (though some feel these are akin to begging, and find that degrading); selling merchandise; freemium models, wherein most content is free, but an option to subscribe to obtain extra content / features exists (The Browser is the latest of the sites I read daily to go that route, and it works - I'll likely subscribe). Advertising is arguably useful for freemium sites, but not so much as a direct revenue source - rather, as a means of annoyance that is removed for premium users. For this purpose, arguably, nastier is better, so I see popups / interstitials winning out here in the long run over banners too.
Still, perhaps I am being too bleak here. I do not generally find the state of this industry inspires optimism, but perhaps others have different experiences.
Sorry to pull out such a short quote, but I have read the rest of your post and I'd have to agree that ad banners are probably a dead-end venture nowadays!
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Nedroids Europe adspace peaked for $0.82 with just 6300 pageviews from Europe.
But lets compare to a routinely updated comic, Questionable Content with unique hits;
$78.81 US (236,000 views from US)
$18.86 CA (33,200 views from CA)
$16.75 EU (59,200 views from EU)
$9.49 Other (28,900 views from Others)
$123.91 Total.
This graph clearly shows that when the comic is updated, the ad revenue comes in and the pageviews skyrocket. Thats why routine and consistency is important.
Something interesting to note, is some might remember VGCats webcomic and it's popularity, and if you ever visit other webcomics project wonderful page you will see VGCats as a referrer. When VGCats linked to Fanboys-Online, VGCats appeared as the highest referrer to the site, just from a hyperlink.
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