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About the Site
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About the Donations
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About Me
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What's this strip all about?
Read it and find out (or you can click here to
download a description).
Are there any fees or registrations required?
Nothing. It's completely free to anyone. You don't
have to register or anything. There is no compunction whatsoever on
your part to donate, apart from being an altruistic person.
How often will you update?
At best, once a week. I'm very busy.
Can I use your art on my site?
Yes, you may, as long as it's attributed to me and
you provide a link to my site to promote it. I'm willing to share my
art with the world, but it's still my work. Don't take credit for
something unless it's your work - didn't they teach you that in about, oh, the
first year of school? Also, it must be unaltered
except for scale. Under any circumstances, my copyright should be
legible.
Finally, you may not use it as any sort of avatar or
identifier. Be yourself. If you're going to be original, at least make
it your own work.
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Can I use your writing?
Unless you have my explicit written permission, the
short answer is "no". In fact, that's the entire answer.
One word. No.
Currently, only one person
has permission to use my writing and that's after she's finished with
her homework, eaten her dinner and finished her post-graduate degree.
Further, you can't use my characters or
concepts in any sort of fan fiction. For Jack's sake people, if you're
going to write, come up with something original! I used to
really like Batman and Star Trek. Now, I can't bear the thought of
Yet Another
Wayne at Night
movie. Kirk as a teenager? Yergh!
While it's unlikely that I would bring any legal
action to those who use characters and concepts from my novel for their
own work, I will think that they're sad and pathetic.
What's this about an e-book?
I used to let anyone download the e-book for free. At the moment, this is
suspended. Lots of people download. Few donate.
Why don't you do bonuses or other extras?
I provide free fonts and I have a sketchbook. Beyond that, I don't have
time. I have a day job and a family. Enough said, I think.
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Do you accept fan art?
At first, I (reluctantly) put up a forum. However, after three months
I got two posts from readers and four posts from spammers. End of forum,
thus end of fan art. At this stage, I'd be astonished if I got an email telling me
my art, my writing and my web-design skills do not surpass those of the
average orang-utan (or however it's spelled).
I will post links to sites that I think deserve it,
but that's totally at my discretion (i.e. Don't ask me to do it).
Do you take commissions?
Yes, for $90/hour, minimum of two hours. As a licensed
professional engineer, this is about half of my usual rate, but then again, I'm not
a professional artist either. I just hope that there aren't any professional artists out there
doing freelance engineering work at half price - but if they were, I'd bet they're not giving
all of the proceeds to charity either, like I am.
Is my artwork worth that kind of money? In my humble opinion, not even
close. You want bespoke
art? Commission a real artist. They need the money more than I do and they're
much better at it.
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What's the picture on the donations link?
My art skills are limited (I'm an engineer, not an artist) and the canvas was
really small, so I can understand that it's difficult to make out, but
it's supposed to be bread being thrown onto a lake or river (see the swan?).
In case you missed the allusion, it's from the expression "casting bread upon
the waters," which is from Ecclesiastes. Generally, it means to give to charity,
but google it for more information.
What's going on with the donations page?
My original plan was to take donations and then forward them
to (unnamed) charities. Well, nobody donated and I can't blame them. The
charities wouldn't let me use their name on my website and I can't blame them,
either, so...
Regardless, I still want to use this site to raise money for
charity, but I've abandoned my original approach as it was spectacularly unsuccessful.
I now use Just Giving and First Giving. They take only a tiny slice of the donations
(unlike others I won't mention) and the rest goes directly to the charity. I cannot touch
one penny of the donations even if I wanted to. I don't get a 'cut' or a commission or
anything at all.
Sadly, one of the downsides is that there is no easy way for me to
thank those who donate with at least the offer of a reward using Just Giving and First Giving,
unless the donor leaves an email address. I'm a private sort of person, so I can understand
that people who have donated have given enough and don't want to give their email as well.
If anyone can think of a way around this, let me know.
Also, any revenue from advertising will go to charity as well,
so clicking on the links for the ads makes them more valuable.
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Who are you?
I work for a large telecoms firm. It's boring,
pointless and, quite frankly, an insult to my (rather limited)
intelligence. I just
hope my boss doesn't read this and figure out who I am.
I have a wife and 1.5 kids. I also support a
mother-in-law and a house that are both far too large for my liking. These,
and the job, take up the vast majority of my time. They also have
priority over my web-comic and writing.
For those of you who know me personally, please
respect my privacy and don't tell the world who I am. I rather enjoy
my anonymity and I don't want any
weirdos stalking my home (apart from myself).
Sorry, no pictures or clues as to where I live.
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