Comments on: Hopes, Dreams, Etc.

By: Tovias

Tovias — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:24:42 +0000

Gods, whenever a good ole interwebs argument like this one pops up it makes me miss the good old days of the wild west of webcomics. That’s what today’s webcomics creators are missing out on Interweb Drama! Forums in flames, blogs full of vitriol and readers eating it up providing page hits to both creators’ websites. Man I miss them days when a career could be made from making an insult to a major cartoonist, and within days their legions of fans would descend upon your site bumping up your numbers for days and days, giving you an artificial sense of success.

By: More Than Taking Ten « Damn Good Comics

More Than Taking Ten « Damn Good Comics — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:51:29 +0000

[...] impressed with many recent story arcs (and while I had been disappointed to once again see Kurtz acting like a child on the interwebs),Â I found the strip itself still holding my attention quite well, and the [...]

By: The Gigcast - Your Webcomics Podcast » Blog Archive » Webcomic Wire - 11/18/08

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:35:18 +0000

[...] covers Platinum’s possible creation of a Hero By Night television series. Heidi MacDonald has [...]

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:29:44 +0000

Yeah, guys. Just a bit of professional advice: stuff like this makes people not terribly excited to work with you. I think you’re both very talented creators and hope this sort of public behaviour doesn’t hurt you both in the long run.

By: Jon Scrivens

Jon Scrivens — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:44:13 +0000

I’m embarrassed for both of you, you create equally as awesome comics yet you let each other draw each other into a petty fight.

Just put the handbags down and get back to making some comics, jeez.

By: albone

albone — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:23:13 +0000

Well there’s always the possibility that the dispute is a ‘work,’ just meant to stir things up. I’ve seen more extreme versions, in fact, every Monday, Thursday and Friday night. XD

By: iamnotachicken

iamnotachicken — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:24:10 +0000

This is just sad. That two successful webcomic creators are so easily reduced to such a public catfight, and one that is in such poor taste, depresses me. Scott’s comment was perhaps unnecessary, but Coffman’s reaction was also extreme. As far as I had known, they were both adults, but this is behavior not even tolerable in children.

By: D.J. Coffman - Sequential Artist, Thinker » No Hatchet To Bury

D.J. Coffman - Sequential Artist, Thinker » No Hatchet To Bury — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:06:40 +0000

[...] Kurtz (webcomicdom’s greatest douchebag) decided he HAD to chime in with his bloviated opinion over on Fleen.: The sad thing is, despite all the contracts in the world, DJ will more than likely never see dime [...]

By: Adam Black

Adam Black — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:46:23 +0000

If our Platinum contracts were even remotely similar, then yes, DJ should be getting something out of this deal.

I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed, though, just in case.

By: gsekse

gsekse — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:41:40 +0000

Wow, those last two comments by DJ and SK are almost civil. See, no trolling, no “strong” reaction.