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KeenSpot Updates: Zebra Girl, Fans and Profits?

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on September 3, 2003 - 10:16

In this thread over at Keenspot Central, LCARS (longtime forum poster there) notes that Zebra Girl is getting an invitation to the 'Spot.

Further down the thread, Chris Crosby responds to discussion of FANS moving from Keenspot to Graphic Smash with an interesting post on Keenspot profitability. Read on for Chris' post.

It should probably be noted that (as far as I know) FANS! will be profitable on Keenspot as of the 2nd Quarter 2003 income disbursement in October, and WOULD'VE been profitable in Q1 2003 if not for the much weaker ad revenue in 2001-02, which put it in the hole. In 2003, ad revenues have greatly increased while average bandwidth costs have lowered, which means that even very high-bandwidth-per-page should be profitable for the forseeable future.

Having a high-bandwidth-per-page site does NOT immediately equal unprofitability on Keenspot, generally.

The difference between a high-bandwidth site and a high-bandwidth-per-page site should also be noted. Being high-bandwidth is great because it usually means you're popular and you're generating high revenues. Being high-bandwidth-PER-PAGE is not quite as great, because if the bandwidh on a page costs more than the revenue generated by the ad on that page, that's unprofitable. The good news is that ad revenue increasing and bandwidth costs lowering means that even pages with big giant colorful 150K file size comics on them can be profitable.

Yes Virginia, There Are Superhero Webcomics

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on August 22, 2003 - 16:34

Another edition of your irregular Friday Rookie Roundup. This week we point your attention to new superhero webcomic Dasien, which has a slightly manga-ish art style; Riboflavin, a comic that seems to have really evolved its artwork over its existence; and Element's Song , which is manga-ish and furry-ish.

And a note to whoever runs the "SuperKeen!" dropdown list - lots of broken sites and no-longer updating webcomics on it. Holy 404s Bat-dude!!

Classic Webcomic Cross-overs

Submitted by Xaviar Xerexes on March 26, 2003 - 12:22

It doesn't seem to happen like it used to but back in the day all the hep kids were dropping science in each others' backyard:

1999

Sluggy Freelance and User Friendly: AJ drops in on Riff; and Torg gets a job with Columbia Internet.

User Friendly and Superosity: Dust Puppy visits Superosity-land.

Bobbins and Waiting For Bob: The Bobbins crew met up with Waiting for Bob's Bernie and Sean.

Bobbins and Goats: Jon from Goats meets Holly from Bobbins. Small sparks gain a little altitude. Later Jon and Philip actually make it to England.

2000

When I Grow Up and Waiting For Bob: Zoe investigates Sean.

Bobbins and Superosity: Holly and Shelley visit Boardy and Bobby goes to England. Somewhere along the way Professor Ash shows up.

2001

When I Grow Up and Diesel Sweeties: Roger finds true robot love! (not entirely sure where in the DS archives its half is)

I'm sure there's lots more I'm forgetting - feel free to post more classic crossovers below. Thanks!