The TfC Ramble is a weekly digest of content from the intersection of technology and comics.
San Diego Comic-Con 2023: How to Watch ← If you are at home like me! 🍿
GT: Did anyone have any luck with the IGN Apple TV app?
Digital Comics
Digital Comics Platform GlobalComix Announces $6.5M Investment Led By Point72 Ventures TL;DR More money to build things and spread the word!
“Piracy isn't a price issue; it's a service issue." - Gabe Newell, CEO of Steam
NFTs
July 27: mcfarlanetoys.digital
weebox.io - San Frantokyo - Coming Soon
TL;DR - A project with officially licensed anime collectibles.
AI
Just Charts
Data sources: Marvel_Comics.csv & Complete_DC_Comic_Books.csv via kaggle.com
This is data from the big two only. “Career” is the number of years between the first and the last time a writer is credited in an issue (across these two databases).
Writer Accountability
Ever have one of those weeks where research was about all you got done? That.
I spent a significant amount of time organizing my writing folders and files. My writing folder contains more than 1500 items.
Brian Michael Bendis and Taki Soma brought wisdom in an online class on visualization. Having access to such amazing teachers is a blessing. What a time to be alive.
Sister-in-law's apartment fire update ( My last one? 🙏 )
This week involved quite a bit of moving. My sister-in-law now has her own apartment, and her rescued possessions have been moved to the new place. Replacement items are now being acquired - a TV is already in her new home, a bed is coming this week, and a new couch and wifi are on the agenda. It’s been a long process, but thankfully, things are slowly getting back to normal around here.