Alright chumps and chumpettes, I know you have no reason to check this page, but on the off-chance anyone happens to come here in the future, here's the deal:
1) The archive is up at http://afgraveyard.deviantart.com/gallery/
B) There will be a final episode, a farewell episode: #49. I make no promises about when this will appear.
III) This page will likely experience no further updates.
12.29.2008
11.03.2008
Explanations and Thoughts
Adding on to House's rather terse goodbye, I feel as though you folks might deserve an explanation.
The comic was featured on Digg the other day, generating a lot of hits for us. So many hits, in fact, that my host took the site down. I thought I had an unlimited bandwidth plan with them, but I was incorrect. It was, in fact, the opposite of unlimited, known also as "limited." They requested I pay for a more expensive data plan, but that's just not going to happen. I make no money from the comic, and with that I'd actively be LOSING money. We're not talking about a trivial amount either, or I might have considered it.
Anyway, I proposed a counteroffer: Instead of paying them more money, I offered to NOT pay more money. However, in exchange for paying the same amount, I would sacrifice my firstborn son to their Dark God, who dreams ceaselessly beyond the stars, waiting for the day it will awake and bring the world we know to ruin, AND I would delete the comic. I would get to keep my professional artist page and e-mail, and they'd get to keep their precious bandwidth. In the end they accepted the deal and I followed through on my half of the bargain (though I'm still waiting for a firstborn son...).
I apologize to everyone who followed the comic, because this is certainly not how I wanted to go out. We were winding down production once more because House is too busy to contribute, but I still would have liked to keep the archive up for people to enjoy, and I did actually have an idea for a "final" episode of AFG should the time come when we decided to officially declare it over.
Anyway, my plan is to put up the entire archive on Deviantart or something similar so that people who followed the comic and this blog can still look at it, but the next episode of AFG will be the last of the regular series. I'm not saying it'll be the last new AFG you'll ever lay eyes on, but it will be the last numbered episode and it would be foolish to expect regular updates after that.
Check back here for information about AFG's new archival home and the availability of the final episode.
The comic was featured on Digg the other day, generating a lot of hits for us. So many hits, in fact, that my host took the site down. I thought I had an unlimited bandwidth plan with them, but I was incorrect. It was, in fact, the opposite of unlimited, known also as "limited." They requested I pay for a more expensive data plan, but that's just not going to happen. I make no money from the comic, and with that I'd actively be LOSING money. We're not talking about a trivial amount either, or I might have considered it.
Anyway, I proposed a counteroffer: Instead of paying them more money, I offered to NOT pay more money. However, in exchange for paying the same amount, I would sacrifice my firstborn son to their Dark God, who dreams ceaselessly beyond the stars, waiting for the day it will awake and bring the world we know to ruin, AND I would delete the comic. I would get to keep my professional artist page and e-mail, and they'd get to keep their precious bandwidth. In the end they accepted the deal and I followed through on my half of the bargain (though I'm still waiting for a firstborn son...).
I apologize to everyone who followed the comic, because this is certainly not how I wanted to go out. We were winding down production once more because House is too busy to contribute, but I still would have liked to keep the archive up for people to enjoy, and I did actually have an idea for a "final" episode of AFG should the time come when we decided to officially declare it over.
Anyway, my plan is to put up the entire archive on Deviantart or something similar so that people who followed the comic and this blog can still look at it, but the next episode of AFG will be the last of the regular series. I'm not saying it'll be the last new AFG you'll ever lay eyes on, but it will be the last numbered episode and it would be foolish to expect regular updates after that.
Check back here for information about AFG's new archival home and the availability of the final episode.
The End of the Line
It is official. After 2 years and 8 months, 320,000 hits, 44 comics, Action Figure Graveyard shall cease to exist.
Mostly, this is a result of laziness and cheapness. The hosting company has decided that we are too popular and is requiring thatwe Josh pays $50 a month to continue at this level of bandwidth. Now, that might not seem like a lot, but how else are is Josh going to pay for my hookers? In addition to this, I'm generally very busy getting my legal career started, so I have little time to do anything other than drinking. And, I know you hear stories about all the greatest artists being drunks, but that's just not true for me. All of my ideas when drunk are terrible.
So, I bid all seven of you a fond farewell.
Mostly, this is a result of laziness and cheapness. The hosting company has decided that we are too popular and is requiring that
So, I bid all seven of you a fond farewell.
9.14.2008
Some times I wonder why I don't live in New York with Josh and everyone else from high school and college. Most of the time, I don't have to. Last night was one of those occasions.
I decided to go see the 9th to last game ever in Yankee stadium (in case you're wondering, I was rooting for the Rays). About 50 miles out from Philly, I started to smell something funny. I thought that a skunk had been killed but then I realized as the minutes dragged on that it was just Newark. Then I had to pay 5 dollars to get off the turnpike and another 5 dollars to get into Manhattan. After which we had to find parking and all the crazy ass New Yorkers were honking at us if we slowed down for more than a half second to see if a spot was big enough for the car. Finally we found parking.
So, we go into Yankee stadium, and holy crap it was gross. I mean, we call Philly Filthadelphia, but DAMN. I immediately wanted to take a shower. And then I found out that beers were 9.50. Are you kidding me?
After the game (the cheating Yankees won by 1 run) we got outside to find that the car behind us was broken into. And then when we finally got back through New Jersey and were just about to take the bridge back to Philly, we found out that the toll to leave Jersey was raised at Midnight last night. It was 12:04 when we got there.
So, that is why I still live in Philly and why Josh and I have to collaborate over the internet.
I decided to go see the 9th to last game ever in Yankee stadium (in case you're wondering, I was rooting for the Rays). About 50 miles out from Philly, I started to smell something funny. I thought that a skunk had been killed but then I realized as the minutes dragged on that it was just Newark. Then I had to pay 5 dollars to get off the turnpike and another 5 dollars to get into Manhattan. After which we had to find parking and all the crazy ass New Yorkers were honking at us if we slowed down for more than a half second to see if a spot was big enough for the car. Finally we found parking.
So, we go into Yankee stadium, and holy crap it was gross. I mean, we call Philly Filthadelphia, but DAMN. I immediately wanted to take a shower. And then I found out that beers were 9.50. Are you kidding me?
After the game (the cheating Yankees won by 1 run) we got outside to find that the car behind us was broken into. And then when we finally got back through New Jersey and were just about to take the bridge back to Philly, we found out that the toll to leave Jersey was raised at Midnight last night. It was 12:04 when we got there.
So, that is why I still live in Philly and why Josh and I have to collaborate over the internet.
9.05.2008
I Do Not Know Where House Is
House moved into a new apartment in Philadelphia maybe a week ago, and I haven't heard from him since. My going theories are that he was kidnapped by wizards, or that he doesn't have the internet yet. I could call him, but.....eh.
Anyway, while I could make comics in his absence, this is me and House's project, not just my project. The collaborative spirit is key. Also, if I made something he didn't like, he would whip me.
As soon as House comes back and I regain internet access at my apartment (that's another problem, though possibly also caused by wizards) we'll have something for the four of you.
Anyway, while I could make comics in his absence, this is me and House's project, not just my project. The collaborative spirit is key. Also, if I made something he didn't like, he would whip me.
As soon as House comes back and I regain internet access at my apartment (that's another problem, though possibly also caused by wizards) we'll have something for the four of you.
8.18.2008
AFG Trivia
You people drive me nuts. The longer posts we make, the fewer the comments. If I posted "omg diarrhea sunglasses" I would probably get 93 replies. But whatever. I'm not going to let you people drag me down. I'm going to persevere in spite of glaring indifference.
If you'd actually read the last post you'd know we're mulling over AFG merchandise, but we're not going to bother doing it unless we think there is enough interest to warrant it, so I highly suggest speaking up if the idea of AFG merch sparks your nads at all.
As for the actual content of this post, I was going over the comics and put together a handy trivia list for you all:
First appearance of House and Josh: Episode 3. House kills a horse.
First appearance by a mythological figure: Episode 6. Aphrodite works at Starbucks.
First appearance of Dr. Kratz: Episode 7. Kratz invents the worst memory hat.
First instance of time travel: Episode 9. Werewolf time travel powers
Number of episodes House and/or Josh appear in: 16
Number of episodes Kratz appears in: 7
Number of episodes featuring time travel: 6
Number of episodes featuring mythological figures: 13
Number of times House dies: 7
Number of times Josh dies: 6
Total number of "on-screen" deaths: 72 (or so)
We actually decided to stop using our deaths as a punchline after we did the comic making fun of that, but I realized when doing this list that when Dr. Kratz turned us into cake he technically killed us.
If you'd actually read the last post you'd know we're mulling over AFG merchandise, but we're not going to bother doing it unless we think there is enough interest to warrant it, so I highly suggest speaking up if the idea of AFG merch sparks your nads at all.
As for the actual content of this post, I was going over the comics and put together a handy trivia list for you all:
First appearance of House and Josh: Episode 3. House kills a horse.
First appearance by a mythological figure: Episode 6. Aphrodite works at Starbucks.
First appearance of Dr. Kratz: Episode 7. Kratz invents the worst memory hat.
First instance of time travel: Episode 9. Werewolf time travel powers
Number of episodes House and/or Josh appear in: 16
Number of episodes Kratz appears in: 7
Number of episodes featuring time travel: 6
Number of episodes featuring mythological figures: 13
Number of times House dies: 7
Number of times Josh dies: 6
Total number of "on-screen" deaths: 72 (or so)
We actually decided to stop using our deaths as a punchline after we did the comic making fun of that, but I realized when doing this list that when Dr. Kratz turned us into cake he technically killed us.
8.07.2008
Not Just a Feed, a FEAST!
So a few years ago I was all, "Wow Ryan North from Dinosaur Comics, what is this RSSpect thing you are wasting your time on? No one will ever use that! No one uses RSS feeds, and also what are RSS feeds?" Except then cut to the future (now) and in addition to flying cars and moon colonies we also have people asking us for an RSS feed of AFG.
Now, me and House don't really know much about making websites. If the site is up and has the JPG of the latest comic visible, it's a good day for us. So when we were most recently asked if we had a feed we gave the unfortunate but true answer that we are retarded and you people should just be glad we can run a website as well as we do (which is not very well). However, I happened to see an interview with Ryan North again recently where he was talking about his various projects and I was all, "Wow Ryan North from Dinosaur Comics why are you still going on about this RSSpect thing no one could ever use that except us oh my god are you kidding me."
So yeah, we have a feed now, sort of. The link is here http://www.rsspect.com/rss/afg.xml The deal is, it will automatically check the site every so often and if there's been an update it'll send out a post to the feed. However, what I'll be doing on top of that is posting the comic in the feed itself, if I remember.
P.S. Oh yeah, and we're still making comics and stuff. I sketched out the latest episode last night. We've settled into a fairly comfortable bi-weekly schedule, and I think the new episodes are turning out pretty well, so we're gonna keep on truckin'.
P.P.S. My busty wench of a girlfriend suggested that we set up a store to sell merchandise. Would that be cool? I think we'd probably try Cafepress or something like that, since if we made REAL shirts someplace we'd be committed monetarily to whatever we had printed and I'm not sure too many people would buy it. Through Cafepress we could just put the designs up and if you like 'em you can buy 'em. We'd set it to the minimum price so we wouldn't actually make money, but people could walk around wearing our crap which is almost as cool.
Anyhow, it's audience participation time. Would you buy AFG merchandise for yourself or loved ones? Do you have any preferences about what kinds of stuff we make? Any preferences on what kinds of stuff we put ON the merch? Let us know.
Now, me and House don't really know much about making websites. If the site is up and has the JPG of the latest comic visible, it's a good day for us. So when we were most recently asked if we had a feed we gave the unfortunate but true answer that we are retarded and you people should just be glad we can run a website as well as we do (which is not very well). However, I happened to see an interview with Ryan North again recently where he was talking about his various projects and I was all, "Wow Ryan North from Dinosaur Comics why are you still going on about this RSSpect thing no one could ever use that except us oh my god are you kidding me."
So yeah, we have a feed now, sort of. The link is here http://www.rsspect.com/rss/afg.xml The deal is, it will automatically check the site every so often and if there's been an update it'll send out a post to the feed. However, what I'll be doing on top of that is posting the comic in the feed itself, if I remember.
P.S. Oh yeah, and we're still making comics and stuff. I sketched out the latest episode last night. We've settled into a fairly comfortable bi-weekly schedule, and I think the new episodes are turning out pretty well, so we're gonna keep on truckin'.
P.P.S. My busty wench of a girlfriend suggested that we set up a store to sell merchandise. Would that be cool? I think we'd probably try Cafepress or something like that, since if we made REAL shirts someplace we'd be committed monetarily to whatever we had printed and I'm not sure too many people would buy it. Through Cafepress we could just put the designs up and if you like 'em you can buy 'em. We'd set it to the minimum price so we wouldn't actually make money, but people could walk around wearing our crap which is almost as cool.
Anyhow, it's audience participation time. Would you buy AFG merchandise for yourself or loved ones? Do you have any preferences about what kinds of stuff we make? Any preferences on what kinds of stuff we put ON the merch? Let us know.
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