So after some messing around with just about every solution for the hosting and managing of online comics that exists I finally found one that is just as simple as I wanted and has all the features I feel are desirable.
There are a few things to mention here at the start. First, there are some who might remember this comic under its old name “Pointless” a relic from a time where I thought that self deprecation would be a wonderful first impression to give everyone who visits the site. That name had a very long history for me and I feel that the reasons I used it at first and the reason I kept using it were good enough for the time, but a change needed to be made- especially considering that for a long time this comic had fallen from the internet almost entirely. Having already lost all the viewers that I had for those years there was no cause to cling to the old needlessly.
The new name stands for “Relic Technology” a term coined much later in the comic.
If you are rediscovering this comic, welcome back. For the next 215 or so days this comic will be re-updating daily with all of the old content of the site. This will be something akin to a re-cut of the original content. This directors cut will include new pages in places that will serve to flesh out the story as well as slight reworking of much of the dialogue. As the work progresses the changes will become less and less extensive, but it is my intent to not change any of the comic radically. Additionally I will be maintaining a running commentary under the pages, looking back on the old. After the re-posting ends new pages will be uploaded continuing and eventually finishing the story.
It is my hope some new people will find the site, of course. For the most part it will be entirely safe to ignore my comments on the bottom. In fact it might be preferable.
For the first six pages there will be a redraw of the original intro. Little actually changed from the original version- it does, however, look better. The older version of this intro will be available on this site eventually.
Ah, I’m so glad to re-find your comic! I was an ardent follower in the days of the “Pointless” title, and was saddened by its disappearance. I’m glad to see you’re still well and cranking out work; I look forward to seeing where the story goes once we’ve caught up.
Glad you’re back!
Comment by gabriel — June 25, 2010 @ 9:40 pm