Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

Tue, 05/17/2005 - 20:40 — TSal

Checkerboard Nightmare announced that it's leaving Keenspot. Kristofer Straub writes that it was a business decision -- "Any time a cartoonist can say 'I'm making a business decision,' it's a positive thing."

Checkerboard Nightmare's departure from Keenspot also coincides with the debut of his new strip, Starshift Crisis, this coming Monday, May 23rd.

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Tue, 05/17/2005 - 21:58 — DJ_Coffman

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

The Keenspot Meltdown continues!

Wow, this is intriguing. We were just complaining that there was no news in webcomics... and BLAMMO! Meltdown!

Tue, 05/17/2005 - 23:29 — Chris_C.

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

There does seem to be an alarming amount of comics all jumping ship over at KS. Not the end of the world alarming but it makes you wonder if something else is up.

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Haunted Pixel Studios
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Wed, 05/18/2005 - 08:15 — DJ_Coffman

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

I think it COULD be that a number of contracts are up all at once maybe? I dont know. I dont even know if they have contracts that bind you there.

Creators should probably be allowed to split whenever they feel like it.

Wed, 05/18/2005 - 08:36 — Airsick_Moth

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

There is no "your contract's up" at Keenspot. Creators can leave whenever they want to, after giving notice, as per the contract.

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Kristofer Straub www.starslip.com

Wed, 05/18/2005 - 10:18 — PoisonedAl

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

Bar one, a handful of comics that hardly ever update or nobody reads leave KS who just announce almost the same amount to replace them. "OH NOES!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!111"

Anyway, Checkerboard Nightmare is, and always will be an unfunny, in-joke riddled, attention seeking waste of space. Knickers to it!

Wed, 05/18/2005 - 15:04 — Airsick_Moth

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

What on Earth did I ever do to you, Foreman? You've wished failure and poxes on all the departing cartoonists. What's gone and made you so incredibly bitter?

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Kristofer Straub www.starslip.com

Wed, 05/18/2005 - 15:30 — PaulSouthworth

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

Well that's uncalled for, Al. Declaring someone's work crappy and belittling their audience is no way to respond to a pretty benign comment. Besides, "People in glass houses..." and all that rot.

Cheerio!

Wed, 05/18/2005 - 15:44 — Ghastly

Re: Checkerboard Nightmare Leaves Keenspot

Actually, of all the comics that are leaving Keenspot I think Checkerboard Nightmare was the only one I actually enjoyed reading.

And is it just me or is "I'm making a business decision" quickly becoming the Webcomic industry's equivilant to the Music industry's "artistic differences". Althought it's certainly more honest because believe me working in the Music industry I can tell you it's only the small bands that ever break up over "artistic differences". Big bands only break up when they're "making a business decision".

Wed, 05/18/2005 - 16:09 — PaulSouthworth