Reflections Reflections

Don't make promises you can't keep

2009-05-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

Well as many of you have pointed out we have been consistently missing the 6 day deadline that I set. I do always offer to return the money I technically keep the promise of 6 days if or your money back. The donors just stubbornly re-donate the money. So really blame them.

But truthfully it my fault for making a promise about things I have no control over. I don't draw the comic I can't control that side of things. The only thing I could do is find another artist to draw the page and honestly I am not going to do that. Krakken puts his heart and soul into these comic. Yes he doesn't make the deadlines but there is a good reason for that. I am not going to betray him just because he is a little behind. I know for a fact he is doing his best to get these comic in on time and that is all I can ask of him.

I suppose if this was a business I would drop an artist as soon as they missed a deadline. But I never thought of this comic or any of my comics like a business. Honestly I don't really think of them as "My" comics. We all work together on these comics. Writer, Artist, Reader we all own equal portions and all have an equal input. This is more of a family to me than a business. I want to support the readers and the artists not profit from them. After all I have not made a dime off of this comic or any of my comics to date.

This is what I love about this comic. We all communally pay for it (I donate $25 for each page myself). It belongs to us all not me or any one individual. There is no members area no restricted content we all get the same comic get to see the same pages. It it truly an open system.

So I will resend my promise of 6 days. Although that will always remain a goal. I will instead make this promise. When the goal is met I will promise a page will be posted, and it will be posted as fast as possible. A donor can all ways ask for their money back no questions asked. That is all I have control over. That is all I can do.

I appreciate your support and all your help in bringing these comic to life. I owe you more than I can express. I will do everything I can to repay you for your kindness. Except draw the comic we have been down that path and none of us want to see that again. And if I can draw it then I can promise time-lines. That is the simple truth of these things.

Another Freebie

2008-10-26T07:59:00.000-07:00

Master Krakken was kind enough to give us this page for no charge as a thank you for all your generous donations. So enjoy and we now have 2 more pages coming down the pipe for us. Thanks so much.

Quick New

2008-09-05T09:08:00.000-07:00

Just a heads up. Master Krakken got hit with a hurricane. No power or internet right now. So the next page will be slightly delayed.

Freebie

2008-08-27T07:34:00.000-07:00

Well new page but you will notice that the donation meeter is still at the same place. We decided that since this page was a splash page without much story it would be a free update. The real next page will come later in the week.

Thanks for your support and for reading.

Well, whew!

2008-08-15T12:39:00.001-07:00

That was a wild ride. We finally paid off our debt to you guys. It was fun seeing this comic move along so quickly. I would like to thank all the people who donated and all the artists who worked on this comic. And I would really like to thank all you guy for donating and supporting the comic.

Well not moment of truth. We a burned off out extra money. Master Krakken is wait pen in hand. Next page will be posted once we meet our goal again. And again thanks so much for your support.

Breaking Promises.

2008-08-13T06:57:00.000-07:00

Ok I need to clarify my promises a bit. I promised a 3 day turn around on the comic however there are some addendums I have to add.

1) I the 3 day system only works if the status bar is at 0 and then paid up to the donation level. For the last 3 week we have had a backlog of comic that we have been desperately trying to catch up with.

2) Master Krakken has informed me that 3 days is too fast and that 6 days is a better number. So in the future we are promising a 6 day turn around provided the status bars starts at or near 0.

Still a promise is a promise and I have send letter to all the donors asking if they want their money back. Thank for reading and for your support.

New Artist is a Comming

2008-07-16T11:09:00.001-07:00

We are in bit of a transition here. Dazzler is leaving us to go an make his own comic. It sounds like it should be fun.

But not to fret I have located and new artist one Master Krakken, the one responsible for the artwork above. And there is some good news with this switch. Master Krakken is cheaper and faster than our old system because he draws and colors the comic himself.

Our new donation goal is now set at $90 instead of $120. This should make it easier to reach or donation goals. And once that goal is met the next page will be up in less than 3 days instead of weeks. In fact I am going to guarantee that from now on. If the page is not up within 3 day I will return everyone’s money and pay for the page myself.

Those of you familiar with some of my other projects will recognized Master Krakken from the webcomic Uesutan (www.uesutan.com). He did great work on that one and I think he will do even better work on a comic where he actually gets paid money.

Other changes you will notice is that I have brought back the shot box. I would like to hear what you have to say and you have made it perfectly clear you are not going to sign up for the forums.

We are getting a number of new wallpapers coming in this month as well. That with the lower rate and the money we have received so far means that there are going to be 4 updates in rapid succession. Twice a week if Master Krakken is to be believed.

It is shaping up to be an interesting month and I appreciate you hanging in there with us. If you have any question or comment feel free to get in contact.

Me Too!

2008-06-04T11:39:00.001-07:00

Well Dazzler beat me to the punch here. So yea what he said.

Basically I put up the shoutbox to encourage community but I had the opposite effect of preventing thoughtful discussion and people getting to know one another. So it’s got to go.

Breaks Over

2008-05-27T17:56:00.002-07:00

Well we are back in the think of things again with a very generous donation. Which should be good because the next page should be "intersting".

We need to repent

2008-03-21T09:45:00.000-07:00

Ok it is time we made some changes around here. We have as you can tell been having some problems meeting the deadlines. That is in a word “bad”. When you the readers do something incredible and give us money that comes with an expectation of getting a comic on time. Not delivering a comic violates that trust and undermines a very important relationship between the comic and the reader.

We have now reached the point where we have to rebuild that trust. We have to prove that we can deliver.

To that end I am going to start paying for the comic in advance. We will no longer wait till the donation goal has been met before starting work on a comic. In addition you will notice that the paypal button has been disabled. From this point on no donations to Dark Reflection will be accepted until the comic has been completed and is sitting on my hard drive. From now on there will be no delay between reaching a goal and posting the comic.

I am sorry for the problems and I hope that you can begin to trust this comic and it creators again.

-Drowemos

Wallpapers Sent

2008-01-13T07:23:00.000-08:00

Well blasted is such a strong word, more like slowly dribbled to your location. But I think everyone who donated got a wallpaper at this point. If you didn’t get a wallpaper let me know.

TG Beauty contest.

2008-01-06T20:47:00.000-08:00

Ok I need you guys to settle a debate I am having. I recently got talking about the filler with a DR reader. He stated that a certain character was really hot. I disagreed with his choice. Instead of the standard monkey knife fight to settle things we decided to have a poll. So I asking you to decide which of our lovely ladies it the most lovely.

Poll link:

http://www.exiern.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?p=134

Hurry Up and Wait!

2008-01-04T12:41:00.000-08:00

Ok. You guys love Dark Reflections. The response for the comic has been phenomial. Unfortunately the moving companies hate Dazzler. He has no furniture as of right now so even though we have made our goal for the next comic it will take a couple of day to get the comic out. A flat surface being an essential part of the drawing process.

Thanks for your support guys.

Nothing to See Here

2008-01-01T07:51:00.000-08:00

So on Dazzlers prompting I am starting a second blog for Exiern: Dark Reflections. Odd really since I hardly ever post in the Exiern blog. So...

Um...

Hi?