Ralf the Destroyer

Fellow Connecticut web cartoonist Luke Foster had a nice interview on the site Champion City Comics. Luke’s web comic Moon Freight 3 is linked in the left column and has been running steadily for a while now. I also wanted to show my appreciation as when he was asked which Sci-Fi webcomics does he read on a regular basis, Ralf the Destroyer was in the top four. Thanks for the shout out Luke!

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For those of you out there that don’t already know, I was hire by Lee Garvin who is the creator of the highly entertaining Role Playing Game, Tales from the Floating Vagabond. This has been a monumental project and if I seem like I’m not commenting as much it’s likely I am chopping away at the pile of assignments that are due with this project. So far it has been a lot of fun and has stretched my abilities, I think it may be some of my best work to date. So be sure to go check out his website, where he is posting updates and progress on the project.

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I can’t deny that I get a sense of accomplishment when I’m combing the net and I find Ralf the Destroyer in places I wasn’t expecting. Thank you user, ilikeentertainment !

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Well I’ve booked my flight, my room and  I’m all signed up for the “Success in the World of Comics”seminar in Las Vegas. Looking at the list of speakers, looks like it’s going to be a great opportunity to meet some great folks in the industry and obtain important information and tools to help take Ralf the Destroyer to the next level.

Some of you may know that Ralf appears on Comics Sherpa and mirrored to the GoComics Site. I did it to try different audiences and see how newspaper readers would respond vs web comic readers and the comments have been pretty encouraging on both fronts, here’s one from the GoComics site:

Buzza Wuzza said, February 07, 2012
This strip does everything right. Good jokes daily, a solid premise to begin with, really great art, subplots that don’t drown you, etc. Why are you in Sherpa and not in 200 newspapers daily?

That’s my goal, Ralf the Destroyer running daily online and in newspapers nation/world wide and I’m hoping this trip will be a step forward in that direction.

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Just wanted to include a quick update about the website. A few people have mentioned the navigation glitch that impedes progress through the few most recent comics… I am attempting to upgrade to a newer version of Comicpress to rectify this error. I actually looked into a couple other comic plug-ins, but I am only so competent when it comes to PHP and CSS… And  I am really slow and don’t want to risk loosing all the great comments and feedback that are stored up here. The site may appear slightly different when I attempt the switch (since child themes don’t work like the actual theme did on the older version), but I am trying to minimize the changes. I’m not finished yet, but just to let everyone know.

Another thing I thought I’d announce is that even though I won’t be running a full daily schedule I will be including Sunday strips more often, every seventh strip to be exact. It may appear on a Monday, Wednesday or a Friday but every seventh strip will be in a Sunday format. I’m doing this because if Ralf makes it into newspapers on a daily basis, I don’t want to be too far behind on my Sundays and I also want to make sure I can hit the right balance with them as individual strips as well as part of a series. It helps me feel like I’m moving towards the goal anyhow. For now they will be in Black and white as the consensus has been positive for that.

Thank you for reading!

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I would like to thank Deb Wolfe for sending me this great fan strip of Ralf the Destroyer. Deb is a fan on Facebook and I had the pleasure of chatting with her there. She is also working on a strip of her own called “The Frenetic Adventures of Fred Barlowe” over at Comic Genesis. I think she did a great job and I do enjoy the gag having been a fan of all the Spielberg TV animation from the 90s.

Thanks Deb!

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For all those German speaking readers out there (Germany ranks forth in visits according to Google Analytics) Ralf the Destroyer is being translated into your native tongue. So far the comic network site “Streifenhoernchen” is only in its Beta format and there are only a few “Ralf” strips up but the translator did a great job finding a font and justifying it to fit in the word balloons.

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