Comic #296

Also how Cyril is standing on his own grave. That’s got to cause some very, very strange spinal shivers.

Hopefully the comic schedule can get back to some sort of normal now! Sorry it’s been messed up lately, but I recently got home from two successive vacations and am now starting a new job. I still enjoy making the comic and I want to continue with it, but you’ll have to bear with me if I have to do something like change the schedule in the future. The comic’s fun, but it’s also very time-consuming and a hobby, so when my personal life gets shuffled around the comic often takes the hit. Maybe I’ll have to look into some way to make it pay for itself in the future…

In fact, could I ask you guys a little favor? I’ve been meaning to do this as a sort of social experiment for a while now. Could you all click that ad on the right side of the screen? You may not realize this, but every click translates into a visible spike in my revenue, mostly because clicks are so rare compared to views. I want to do this partially because I like money, and partially because I’m curious to see how many people will do it. Thanks!

EDIT: Oh, don’t worry about clicking the ad if it’s one of those really skeezy ones with the MALE GAMERS ONLY and junk like that. I’d happily do the comic for nothing forever if it meant the end of that crap.

EDIT 2: As UltimaRCR pointed out, it’s actually against Google’s policies to encourage ad clicks or views. So I’d like to a) thank everyone for participating, you guys are seriously the best, and b) say that the experiment by necessity is over PLEASE GOOGLE DON’T CRUSH ME UNDER YOUR GIANT MULTICOLOURED FOOT

-Jesse

77 thoughts on “Comic #296”

  1. So much nope. Also I deleted my Chrome tabs on accident so I thought i forgot about the update.. nope… 2 mintues ago.

  2. The problem with clicking the ad, I have an ad blocker. I could disable it but…. Then every website starts to look strange.

      1. In spite of June’s crusty exterior I think she really likes Maxx’s humor. Great comic! hmmm…and ad for flights…

  3. haha June we saw you snicker.
    By the way Jesse, I’ve heard that on YouTube, people are not allowed to tell their viewers to click on their ads… I don’t know if this is the same way, but just be careful.

    1. Ooh, you know what, good point. I couldn’t remember seeing anything like that in AdSense’s terms of use, but after you mentioned it I took another look and they do say that. WELL, let’s turn this into another game called “see what Jesse can get away with without being banned from AdSense!”

      But seriously everyone: thanks a bunch for participating as much as you have, but I suppose that I stepped out of line by asking you guys to click. You really shouldn’t unless you have “genuine interest”, according to Google.

      1. I agree. Nothing preventing viewers from suggesting it, though, so we can just remind each other. Click

      2. Oh, guys… in all seriousness, you can click the ads if you want, but I have to discourage talking about clicking the ads for no reason. The key here is that Google wants impressions to be generated by ‘genuine interest’, so even if I’m not encouraging you to click, talking about clicking for the fun of it probably isn’t the greatest plan. Thanks for your enthusiasm, though!

        To answer your question, Terraria player: it really depends on how quickly the script comes together, and how many new assets I need to create for the comic. Usually, anywhere from one to a few hours.

      3. Until this happens…, “So I just realized that the comic I’d been working on is inconsistent and makes no sense. Time to scrap it all and start again…” and then you have to start all over again!

  4. KosmiComicReaderGR

    She might tried to not laugh because they were floating and shining.Also they caught a reference.A Zelda one to be exact.

  5. Justimagine how amazing it would be if someone hand knitted a full size wizard robe out of cobwebs silk just for you….

  6. before reading the whole description, who here googled “DON’T CRUSH ME UNDER YOUR GIANT MULTI-COLOURED FOOT!”?

  7. I just remembed something: isnt it supposed to be the other way with dying? Because NPCs don’t respawn but the player does? (NPCs get replaced)

    1. In Hardcore mode (not the same as Hardmode) you die… you die and your world gets deleted. I suppose Maxx is a Hardcore Player Character or at least it’s implied that is the case with Maxx.

  8. Hey, anyone notice the two red pixels appearing on Cyril’s head? What is that?
    Could it be a flower growing? I mean… he ate one, and it’s magical…
    If so, well, he should be fine so long as a quarter-sized spaceman with a whistle doesn’t come by…

  9. Why do they put ads like that on public websites instead of porn websites or something? Seriously, there are little kids that don’t know about that sort of stuff and just click on it. Some stuff like that could scar them for life.

  10. I’m back and here to say jeese, you should make a 300th comic blood moon special startiing at the…. well 300th comic! also.. maxx+moon charm= bad stuff….
    yeah… IDEAS (p.s once agian, I’m sorry for what happend months ago)

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