Pirate Monkeys Inc. update!
Nov. 30th, 2003 07:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gmonkey42What, another one? Yeah. This is a big one too. A whole new page about The Sims. I'll put up my Snape and Lucius heads soon, once I've got them looking juuuust right.
I've also downloaded a program so I can uncompress the .far files and get at all those skins from the expansion packs. Yay!
Edit: monkey needs some advice.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pottersues wants to make t-shirts with some kind of Sparklpoo thing. That isn't a problem. The thing on which I need advice is this: should I make a Sparklypoo site? I've been thinking about it. Getting the e-mail from pottersues just made me think Sparklypoo may be more popular than I realize. It bothers me that links to my comic are floating around all over the place and people rarely seem to click on the link back to my main pages, so they end up having no idea whose comic it is. I mean, obviously I like that a lot of people are seeing it but it would be nice if they saw the rest of my site too.
I looked into setting up a CafePress store and I can do it for free. I could have Pirate Monkeys Inc. shirts but I don't know if enough people would want those to make it worthwhile. Cafe Press' base price for a babydoll t-shirt (here, I was thinking of Sparklypoo shirts) is $16.99. So to make any money, I'd have to charge more than that. And then there's the problem of copyright infringement. I think I'm safe enough if it's just the Sparklypoo logo but the comic certainly rips off the Harry Potter characters. And, to be honest, I really want to focus on expanding the pirate monkeys thing. The fan stuff is fun but, especially with a fandom as populous as Harry Potter, it's hard to be original. Especially if my niche is making fun of Mary Sues. There's only so much you can say. I've got vague ideas for two more Sparklypoo comics but I think that'll be it. And I can't help thinking it's a little, ehh, mean-spirited. Don't get me wrong, I like making fun of things, but some of the people who write Mary Sues are kids. I wouldn't have liked it if people had applied adult standards to my stuff when I was 11. But then there are the people my age who try to insist that they should be praised for writing stories with poor characterization, nonsensical plotting and awful spelling and grammar, simply because they took the time to write a story. So I'm fine with making fun of Mary Sues, up to a point. I can still enjoy it when other people do it. I'd just like to be known for something else.
...Snape is sitting right on my mousepad. And I think I've figured out why my back hurts. I can't sit close enough to the keyboard with Snape on my lap, where she was for most of yesterday. I try to get her to go and play in the living room but she just comes back and if I shut the bedroom door, she just sits outside, meowing to be let in. Oh well. I'll just try to sit up straight more.
I've also downloaded a program so I can uncompress the .far files and get at all those skins from the expansion packs. Yay!
Edit: monkey needs some advice.
pottersues wants to make t-shirts with some kind of Sparklpoo thing. That isn't a problem. The thing on which I need advice is this: should I make a Sparklypoo site? I've been thinking about it. Getting the e-mail from pottersues just made me think Sparklypoo may be more popular than I realize. It bothers me that links to my comic are floating around all over the place and people rarely seem to click on the link back to my main pages, so they end up having no idea whose comic it is. I mean, obviously I like that a lot of people are seeing it but it would be nice if they saw the rest of my site too. I looked into setting up a CafePress store and I can do it for free. I could have Pirate Monkeys Inc. shirts but I don't know if enough people would want those to make it worthwhile. Cafe Press' base price for a babydoll t-shirt (here, I was thinking of Sparklypoo shirts) is $16.99. So to make any money, I'd have to charge more than that. And then there's the problem of copyright infringement. I think I'm safe enough if it's just the Sparklypoo logo but the comic certainly rips off the Harry Potter characters. And, to be honest, I really want to focus on expanding the pirate monkeys thing. The fan stuff is fun but, especially with a fandom as populous as Harry Potter, it's hard to be original. Especially if my niche is making fun of Mary Sues. There's only so much you can say. I've got vague ideas for two more Sparklypoo comics but I think that'll be it. And I can't help thinking it's a little, ehh, mean-spirited. Don't get me wrong, I like making fun of things, but some of the people who write Mary Sues are kids. I wouldn't have liked it if people had applied adult standards to my stuff when I was 11. But then there are the people my age who try to insist that they should be praised for writing stories with poor characterization, nonsensical plotting and awful spelling and grammar, simply because they took the time to write a story. So I'm fine with making fun of Mary Sues, up to a point. I can still enjoy it when other people do it. I'd just like to be known for something else.
...Snape is sitting right on my mousepad. And I think I've figured out why my back hurts. I can't sit close enough to the keyboard with Snape on my lap, where she was for most of yesterday. I try to get her to go and play in the living room but she just comes back and if I shut the bedroom door, she just sits outside, meowing to be let in. Oh well. I'll just try to sit up straight more.
