So, I did something dumb.
I’ve been working really, really hard on MC of late. I’ve always worked hard on it, but lately I’ve worked even harder.
I’ve been trying to make the story more interesting, I’ve been creating more new characters and new places in MONSTRU that we’ve never seen before, and I’ve been spending more and more time on the art.
With all of this work, I’ve been trying to find a larger audience for MC. It’s not that I don’t appreciate you early adopters (because I do) but having more readers = more opportunity and success for our business. Advertising revenue goes up, and more folks get turned onto what I’m doing here.
I’ve posted MC strips on some steampunk forums (who tend to read a LOT of pages) and daily on Facebook, on Twitter, on Stumbledupon, and Reddit.
But here’s where I got myself into greedy trouble: I’m a member of a private forum for webcomic creators, and we had a thread where we upvoted comics that we liked, and they could upvote our comics too.
In effect, we cheated. (Even though the number of upvotes that members gave each other was pretty minor. 1-3 votes per day, by my figures.) Our page views and visitation went up, and more people saw our work. Maybe even a few of you found us that way.
This isn’t exactly kosher in the Reddit community. Somebody posted this on Reddit, and it’s caused a shitestorm of hate over there. People are calling for our heads, and generally considering us douche-heads.
And I stand out as one of the larger assweeds.
Why?
Most folks in that thread that post comics 2-3 days a week. But I post a Monster Commute comic 5 days a week.
SO, if you’re looking at the reddit thread you’re seeing MonsterCommute.com listed over and over again. (Once per each day of the week.)
So, I’m kind of embarrassed. I really haven’t done anything like that before, but I was tempted to see if there were other ways for me to show off my work to more folks.
I got greedy. I got impatient. I was dumb.
I won’t be tempted to do it any more.
Instead, I need to focus on making a better comic; one worth talking about.
- Daniel
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Alien Abduction? Pure bunk.
Monsterologist Daniel m Davis (of Steam Crow) takes you on a guided tour of monsters and the “facts” behind “real life” monster abduction. It happens. It hurts. It must be stopped.
Mr. Davis has been abducted 218 times and he wants to make sure that you avoid his fate. See the proof for yourself! LIVE!
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Where: Red Hot Robot – Central and Camelback – Phoenix, Arizona
When: September 18th, 7-8:30 pm
What: Snacks, drinks, and a slideshow presentation.
Who: Daniel m. Davis, Level 4 Monsterologist and Artist Level 2.2
Why: So you can survive the Monsterpocalypse
Cost: Free to the public. DO. NOT. DRESS. LIKE. A. MONSTER.
RSVP here on FaceBook and YELP. (Doing both helps get the word out.)
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Steam Crow will once again grace the largest comic convention in North America, SDCC!
Here are the Steam Crow SDCC quick facts:
- Steam Crow/Monster Commute booth #4207
- Same spot as last year (for the first time)
- It’s our 5th appearance
- We started Steam Crow after attending SDCC 2004
- We’re across from Sony and Fox mega-booths
- We’re next to our friends Ben Walker!
Here’s a map of how to find us!
San Diego Comic-Con floor map
We’re bringing all manner of oddities to share with you:
New 8×10 Kawaii food prints:
- 16 different food designs
- $10 each or all 16 for $100 (Save $60)
- Super cute, ideal for kitchen or ?
- Easy to find cheap frames in 8×10
(There is no “Steam Crow” watermark on the front of the prints.
Feratu Friend resin cast toy/idol
- SDCC Exclusive
- Hand-cast by Daniel and Dawna in the Steam Crow kitchen
- Only 10 available (total) in antique copper finish
- Comes with 1 inch button
- Chunky cool
- Comes with a little poison bottle
- $50 each
10 SDCC exclusive Feratu Friends available
Monster Poster Prints
- 12×18 on 50 year archival satin film
- Cheap 12×18 frames are available at Aaron Brothers
- We’ll ship them to you, if you don’t want to carry them at the Con
- Frankenstein, Singing for the Brains, Doomtooth Toothpaste, Metropolis, Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde, Nosferatu
Steampunk Goggles
- We took some cool welding goggles and punked them up!
- Several different designs, with hand-cast resin details (that we made by hand) and hand painted details
- 19 pairs available
- Prices $25-$45 a pair
- Not intended for real eye protection anymore
- Don’t stare at the sun
We’ve been keeping these Feratu Friends resincast toys a secret for way too long.
I’ve been sculpting on them for what seems like months. Though they were started way back this spring, I ran into all kinds of casting troubles and foibles, which then was made worse when my original got knocked onto the floor by my son, shattering it.
A couple of months later my frustration abated, and I went back to salvaging the project, resulting in these 10 poison bearer idols, fresh and ready for the San Diego Comic-Con.
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- 10 available
(Permission is granted to use any of these images on your site.)
This first release in copper will be our SDCC exclusive and the first new resin cast from Steam Crow since 2005.
Each Friend idol stands 5 and a half inches tall, and is quite a hefty piece of cast resin. They’re hand painted in steampunk copper, and each one is unique with their own distressing, fault lines, and cracks.
Individual idols hold a tiny little poison flask (empty) which it butlers on a teeny tiny platter. They’re modeled on the Feratu bloodsuckers, from Steam Crow’s Monster Commute webcomic.
10 will be on sale at the Steam Crow Booth at the San Diego Comic-Con, #4207 for $50 each.
- Daniel
