Welcome to Pixelton

Friday morning I turned on my computer but it never woke up.

The hard drive died. If my back-up was corrupt I’d lose everything. All of these web comic files, my two business’ files, and worst of all my upcoming graphic novel files. After the 55 hour restore time I came back and found Time Machine had made my computer good as new. Amazing.

So the lesson here is back-up often, use different methods, and always plan for failure. Backup now - the comics will wait.

Pixelton Hero: Ryan of bluboycomics.blogspot.com! I’ve mentioned before that for the most part I hate comics. Reading them makes me angry for a great art form which is wasted. But even being the cold, heartless bastard I am, I love BluBoy. Ryan is one of the few people who give me hope. Go Ryan Go!

Plugs #1! The Guest Strip Project raises money for the Make-a-Wish foundation. You visit, kids get their dream realized. Mike Rouse-Dean the creator works tirelessly to help others using comics. He is another shining example of good in this industry. Go there and make the world a better place. (And hey, I did a strip too!)

Plugs #2! Kidjutsu is a comic site geared for younger readers. It focuses on interesting stories that are also mom and dad approved. Brian from Kidjutsu was kind enough to pass along an invite, so Welcome to Pixelton also lives here for your viewing pleasure. Thanks Brian and best of luck with this exciting site!

Plugs #3! I’m now up on IsItFunnyToday.com. This means you can vote to tell others how funny this (or other) comics are. Brilliant idea and perfectly executed. If online comics are your thing, you need to bookmark this site. Please help spread the 8-bit hero love!

Oiled in hope/anchored in doubt,
- Josh

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Seven lucky little notes about the future of Pixelton:

1. Book one of “Pixelton and the Helmet of Infinite Win” will debut Fall 2010 on the iPad. It will be 200 pages of interactive story love. It is quite fun. More to come.
2. The platform needed to make this possible doesn’t exist – so Cubicle Ninjas and a talented partner made it. Best of all, we’re opening up this platform to all comic artists for free distribution of their content. More to come.
3. Free expansion packs for Pixelton will be released bi-monthly until the book is complete. These will be voted on here, so your ideas will impact the story. More to come.
4. WelcometoPixelton.com will be relaunching. It will host the full book online for free. It will be approximately 100,000 times better than this current site. Consider this the official relaunch. More to come.
5. This progressive WordPress 3.0 theme will be released for free so other comic artists can take advantage of its features. More to come.
6. A new animation will be released each week online before the WelcometoPixelton.com relaunch. More to come.
7. A print version of Book One will be released in 2011. More to come.

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