A glimpse into some of the initial mistakes I made with the first round of shirts. Nothing negative. Just learning from, and trying not to repeat them.
Yearly Archives: 2008
HijiNKS Ensue is a toddler
May 11th will mark the 1 year anniversary of HijiNKS Ensue. I’ll post something retrospective on the actual birthday, but if you want to send any b-day wishes, cards, death threats, or anything else you can use my new mailing address:
HijiNKS Ensue
PO Box 1649
Little Elm, TX 75068
Podcast 14 “Male Sack” Questions
Eli’s been sick, so I don’t know when we’ll be recording. Assuming it’s Monday night, get your questions in ASAP.
You can suggest a general Topic for discussion:
- These can be non-geek related
- the idea is to get us to tell stories related to the topic
Links for discussion:
- Did you see this link? IT R LOLZ!
Actual “Male Sack” questions:
- What was your best, worst, favorite whatever, etc.
- How many _____ have you _____ed, etc.
- These can be non-geek as well.
The main thing I want to do with Podcast #14 is take the “coming up with ideas” out of our hands since we seem to do better when we don’t know the agenda ahead of time. The more we plan, the less natural it seems. Typically the funniest stuff happens when we turn the recorder off.
Iron Man and Cape 4
You’ll be hearing a LOT from me about Iron Man (and probably seeing a couple more comics on the subject) so I won’t bother with a long review.
Here’s a short one instead: It is the best comic book movie to date. They got EVERYTHING right. Casting was perfect. RDJ is Tony Stark. The effects were perfect. Gadget porn galore and CGI so believable you never noticed it. The balance of action to story was perfect. No drawn out origin, no side love story, no emo. They got him in the suit, he had two fights, it was over and you wanted more. Brilliant.
I’m not saying it was the best movie of all time (I am). I’m saying in leu of all turds Marvel has dropped recently (Daredevil, Punisher, Blade 3, other Punisher, Elektra, FF1, FF2, Hulk, etc, etc) Iron Man just got it right. And get this… I NEVER liked Iron Man in the comics. I left that movie with a thirst for more of the source material. That is what a great comic book movie should do: serve the die hard fans, while equally bringing new ones to the franchise. Well done, John Favreua, Robery Downey Jr., Marvel, et al.
Here’s an even shorter review from Josh:
Iron Man Fucking Rocked
Outdoor Fucking Starts Today
If you ordered a shirt from April 3rd to April 18th (or so), it is shipped. All except for a few unlucky Fancy Bastards that ordered XL Roslin ’08 Mens shirts. I was a dumbass and ordered 2 too few of those. I will make it up to them with special presents. Maybe I’ll send them a free print of any comic of their choice. Lesson for next time: order extras of popular designs.
Speaking of, I have 1 extra Godspeed shirt in a men’s large. If you are in need of such a thing, it will go out very quickly because it’s sitting on my desk.
I’m sending off the next round of shirts to the printer tomorrow, so if you want to get in on that batch, head over to THE STORE.
I’ll be posting a video blog shortly with my first impression of trying to be a clothing store disguised as a web comic. I made LOTS of mistakes this time, and learned many tips and tricks for next time. You’ll notice a few changes in the store based on what I learned:
- 2XL and 3XL (adding 3XL soon) will be $2 more because they cost me more to print and more to ship. I had no idea.
- Shipping to Canada will be $7. I figured it would be cheap to ship to Canada. It’s not.
- Shipping in the US will be $4.50. Turns out I have to pay for Envelopes and Labels and other crap.
- Ladies Shirts will be $1 more than mens. They actually cost me $2 more but I would feel shitty charging $2 more just because you have boobies.
The whole “Experiment” is just that, so I am learning more about the realities of full time comicing each day.
Look for a new video blog, and Podcast 13 this week, and a new comic tomorrow.
Last thing: Check out FB Aaron’s plans for the Shitty VHS Movie Challenge. (original post here) Also check out his very kind review of the comic and the podcast.
Godspeed, you Fantastical Motherfuckers! (doesn’t have the same ring to it)