The TfC Ramble is a weekly digest of content from the intersection of technology and comics.
Digital Comics
Tools
Comics by Perch*: Is it time to go all-in with digital comics? (*language alert)
NFTs
News & PR
Drops This Past Week
Veve.me
July 25th1 New Avengers (2004) #4 The first Appearance of Maria Hill. List Price: 6.99 Total Editions: 7,500 (some still available)
July 27 Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #98 The first appearance of The Spot! List Price: 6.99 (sold out) Total Editions: 5,000
July 29 License: Tezuka Production Brand: Go Astro Boy Go! List Price: 25.00 Editions: 3,500 (Sold out)
nft.dcuniverse.com
July 27 HOUSE OF SECRETS (1956-1978) #92 Featuring the first appearance of the Swamp Thing by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. Edition Size: 5,000 Max purchase: 1 per account Price: USD $9.99
Just Charts
Data sources: Last 200 Tweets Xeets? What are we calling them now? from six comic industry creators who have a larger following.
On an unrelated note *cough* , “according to relationship researcher John Gottman, the magic ratio is 5 to 1. What does this mean? This means that for every one negative feeling or interaction between partners, there must be five positive feelings or interactions.2” While this ratio comes out of intimate partner research, I can’t help but think a similar ratio might be in order building a friendly and safe social media audience. (Any grads out there want to do the research to connect the dots?)
Writer Accountability
“Real life” was the priority this week. My wife was on holiday this week, so we’ve been spending quality time together. Yes, fixing the concrete in the driveway legitimately counts as QT in our house. 😉
I begrudgingly started writing the “Bitcoin Ordinals” section of my Comic NFT book for the next edition. This NFT-like tech arrived after I finished the book, and it needs to be addressed even though it really hasn’t overlapped with the comic NFT space yet. The podcast's next episode will be released once I have completed this section.
On Friday, I had the pleasure of sitting in on a portfolio review session held by Todd McFarlane on the ODDkey.com discord server. This session had value for me, even though I am only a writer. This session was yet another example of this NFT site’s efforts to build a positive community.
Just for Fun
It took me a second… 😂
I found that advanced notice of drops was too hard to come by reliably to fit a weekly drop schedule, so I have returned to posting information about drops after the fact.
Poulsen, S. S. (n.d.). A Fine Balance: The Magic Ratio to a Healthy Relationship.