Ralf the Destroyer

I just received my table confirmation at the Baltimore Comic Con. A quick trip over to the Con site (click image to go there) confirmed that I am indeed listed in Artist Alley, Woohoo! I’ll be displaying original strips, selling my first issue mini comic and generally promoting Ralf the Destroyer during the show, August 28th and 29th. So if you are planning on attending the Baltimore Comic Con, please come on over and visit me in Artist Alley!

UPDATE 2010-08-20: I just received my table assignment at Baltimore! If you are attending the Con you will find me at table #A28

I am beginning the process of transcribing all of the comics on the Ralf the Destroyer site. I’ve hear other web cartoonists using it to better catalog their collections but also saw something that implied that WordPress/Comicpress transcripts allow for language translation (which I find an intriguing prospect).

While it may take me a little time to work my way back through my archives I feel it’s a better now than later situation. If you have any thoughts or experience in using transcripts with-in Worpress/Comicpress, let me know what you think.

I’ve had a personal profile of Facebook for a while now, but I’ve finally decided to set up a fan page for Ralf the Destroyer. I discovered a couple of RSS plug-ins and added them to both the Profile and Fan pages. If you have a Facebook account I invite you to add the Ralf the Destroyer Fan Page to it, just click on the badge in the left sidebar. Regular updates should occur.

Well, I got back from ConnectiCon and WOW! It was a great show with major Cos-play going on there. I’ve been to the New York Comic Con and this one actually had two to three times as many costumes in a much smaller convention (at the very least per density).

In spite of getting a table at the absolute LAST moment possible the staff helped me to find a spot to set up my meager display for Ralf the Destroyer. They were very accommodating and extended me a great deal of help. My wife and I managed to print our own comic books (with color cover and real newsprint inside) each night before the show. I was mostly in “promotion mode” but was really pleased with the enthusiastic reaction the strip generated as well as the comic book. I handed out a ton of web address cards and sold quite a few comic books.

I met some great folks there, like Michael of That Monkey Tune fame, Rob of Webcomics Community Forum, Mat and Steve from Free Lunch Studios and Blake of The Others LOST Band, Heather and Kate of Cyber Gen 2027… (there are more but I need promotional material with notes to help my memory, LOL).

Anyhoo, it was a very positive experience and I am really looking forward to the next con I am able to attend (I’ve got my eye on the Baltimore Comic Con at the end this August). Hopefully I can get the Ralf the Destroyer table 2.0 together real soon (as this was a meager presentation at best, I had a week to prepare… oy)

So I was aware of ConnectiCon a few years ago and thought, “Great! A local Comic Con!” I was then told that the main focus was on Manga and Anime and not to bother. Well, I do like doing things people tell me NOT to do, but I was busy looking for work and such at the time so I never got a chance. With the launch of Ralf the Destroyer I find myself looking into the idea of Comic Conventions once again.

Rob Tracy of the “Webcomics Community” forum brought up a great opportunity to attend the New York Comic Con at Javit’s Center, but it fell through at the last minute (no fault of his). It was a bummer, but Rob mentioned that ConnectiCon was very web comic friendly and I should attend. Rob seemed like a trustworthy fellow (in the know) so I investigated the ConnectiCon site.

It looked like all the Artist Colony spaces were taken up, but I put in for the waiting list to see if I could get in and just last week I found out spots were available. I purchased my three day membership, but it looks like I need to have it manually upgraded to Artist Colony. I haven’t heard of any confirmation yet, but I’m hoping it all went through. This was all very last minute and I am scurrying to get some things thrown together for the show. This will be my first bout with a Comic Con unattended, so hopefully I won’t freak out too badly.

Either way I have a pass and will be attending and seeing what other artists are up to and trying to promote Ralf the Destroyer, I would just prefer it if I actually got 3′ of table.

Today marks the 100th strip of Ralf the Destroyer… Whew! To all the readers out there, thanks for making Ralf the Destroyer part of your personal funny pages. I hope that the future holds even more success for the strip so I can bring you even more content. Thank you all.

Well, in addition to my Comics Buyers Guide write up I was asked by Sketch Maven to do an interview for their Artist Profile.

My favorite part (besides just being asked) was on their front page…

“Scott Lincoln, the cartoonist of one of the funniest webcomics, Ralf the Destroyer…”

I didn’t even have to pay them to say that!

Anyhoo… If you would like to check out the interview just click the image to the left and it will take you straight to the interview. The image was actually taken from their front page.

As Ralf the Destroyer starts gleaning more attention, I want to take a moment to thank you the fans who make Ralf the Destroyer a regular part of your comic reading experience. You guys are the reason I work hard to create this story… that and some sick compulsive behavior.

I’d also like to, again, thank Sketch Maven for considering me and adding me to their profiles.