Langdon, Kevin, Ishan, Ahmed, Harry, thank you so much for the fun opportunity that almost took off but allowed some of us to continue our work. We've almost been a subreddit for 2 years now, and that's been the amount of time i've been working on The Desert Knight (Which is now renamed). I want to thank every one of you for helping me push my creativity to the limits and have endless fun nights on Skype my freshman year of college. You guys rock and I wont forget you guys even though we disbanded months-years ago. You guys will always hold a special place in my heart even though there were some kinks along the way, you guys are my writing family, and I wouldn't trade you guys for anything else.

I hope everything is going well for everyone of you. Langdon, Kevin, Ishan, Ahmed, Harry, you are all such magnificent bastards. We were the first ones here and we were the last ones as well. I would love to stay in contact with any of you if you see this, but everybody seems pretty disbanded lately, so it's hard to tell. I appreciate you guys so much for moments like our talks about Boxxy, or the departure of Ahmed, or when we'd just have insane brainstorming sessions in skype.

I miss every single one of the people who contributed to this radical subreddit because it allowed our creative ideas to flow, we could critique, have story battles, it truly pushed our imaginations to the max no matter what age we were. I hope everybody is doing well and living their lives to the happiest and fullest.

If ANY of you need to talk or are going through a tough time right now, i'm here for all of you. I honestly think we should group up again and have just... A brainstorming subreddit. Nothing complicated, just something to allow us to flourish and do whatever we want while still being able to contribute to one another's ideas.

Rock on, everybody!

http://www.reddit.com/r/BubblegumNLightning/

I have restarted /r/InfiniteComics as /r/TheChronicle, however the concept is a bit different to make sure that it doesn't face the same problems which Infinite did.

• Comics aren't the main focus - stories are. So, there won't be a problem about there being less artists. If we do get an artist, we could make a comic out of a story though.

We just started world-building and creating the universe. You can join if you're interested. :)

I appreciate all those users who helped me with my comics, but this sub has been dead for a quite a while. I was skeptical for a long time, but I appreciate the opportunity it provided me. I would like to take my characters and stories as I leave. For those who don't know I was heading Man and Machine and I was never able to get an artist to help me with it. I'm still available to work with but, I will be taking my characters and doing work on my own for now. It was a fun run, hope you all the best, there are some good artist here who deserve more.

Just a random work in progress. Thought I would start to try and get some art content up here again and started this pic last night cause i couldnt sleep. Not sure what I'll do with it from here.

http://i.imgur.com/qUu0fna.jpg

Bit of a redesign i guess because I didnt bother to look up the description again and just went off memory, plus i made it a bit futuristic.

Sort of a redo over there. Not sure I'm completely committed-but I do like what's being discussed.

This is where we can talk about a new name, share our ideas, etc. It's an important place to start, because once we have a concrete name, we can make a new subreddit.

Personally, I like Comix Populi, as thought of by /u/ApugalypseNow. It's got a nice ring to it, and encapsulates the idea of community-created work. What about you guys?

So, I was pretty involved in IWC, writing an ongoing and doing a lot of design work. Once everything started to crumble, I disappeared. In the last few months, however, I've missed this place. Here's what I think needs to be done.

-Abandon this subreddit. We can't build a business on the foundation of a burning pile of wreckage. In addition, we need the fresh start.

-Name change. We all know about this.

-Limited submissions. One of the reasons IWC fell was because it was bloated. There were way too many characters and only twentyish consistent contributors. In the new year, I'd suggest heavily scrutinized submissions and a manageable amount of contributors.

-Webcomics. Taking printing out of the equation is a great simplifier, and if we really needed to print, we could make trades on Lulu.com.

-Artists-we need to whore ourselves out to as many artists as we can find. IWC never had enough artists.

Thoughts?

Hey everyone,

Since it has been a month since my last update and people have been asking I wanted to take this time to just post up a quick update.

First off, the sub isn't dead yet, just slowed down. On my end, I do not have a computer to work with until after the holidays, so any progress from me has been slow.

I was hoping that the community still stayed interested in things without someone like myself constantly pushing for content, but it seems like everyone is at a stand still themselves as well.

Name change is going to be a huge thing, so if anyone from the community has any ideas, please speak up! I am going to make a larger post about changing the name, but haven't had time yet. So... any suggestions from what is left of the community?

It also seems as if No_Fruit and some of the other mods have created another sub and taken their stories there, so once we figure out the name change it is going to be time to kind of clean shop and start anew.

Those that are anxious about things bear in mind that it is the holiday season here in America, so things are unusually busy, I am older and married, and I have very limited access to a computer.

I look forward to your questions and comments, and thanks for sticking with the community!

Are there any updates the mods can share with us?

Or is this place really turning into the graveyard I dreaded seeing?

This link will take you straight to the company's webpage which is full of information about the company and crew and even a few of their stories and blogs. If you would like to donate you can find the button to do so in the sidebar to the right. Any size donation is accepted as all projects to date have been self-funded and they need a bit more to get over the hump to finish their first big project.

For some quick basic information about the company here is their mission statement:

Here at Pink Dollar Comics we strive to create comics that, because of their compelling stories and effective artwork, have a universal appeal. Our mission however, is for these comics to feature LGBT heroes and protagonists. To say that these goals are incompatible is to demean the inherent dignity and equality of us all. It is our greatest hope that by treating our characters, our customers, and each other with dignity and respect, that we can enrich the lives of people within our community, and encourage diversity through our own unique perspective and worldview.

Hey there IWC -

As many of you can see, there is a lot of confusion and unanswered questions about this sub and this venture as a whole ever since things got slow and /u/No_Fruit_Juice jumped ship.

Well hopefully we can work towards figuring things out here and start moving in the right direction again.

First off, I apologize for not being here much over the past month. As I mentioned before I have been having computer issues (mainly being that mine is now physically broken) so I haven't been able to do any kind of real updating or work. I have since made myself a temporary rig to be able to use the internet, etc., so I'll be a little more active until I can get myself a permanent solution. On the flip side - there was pretty much no additional activity from the community; no teams submitted anything, no concept art, very few posts. Everything kind of kicked into a low gear, putting IWC into the place it is in now.

As I have said before, I have been placed in charge of this and i would like to see it succeed. I believe the core idea behind everything is great, however the old way the original creators were trying to run things was severely flawed in its execution and concept. Before /u/No_Fruit_Juice left, I had been working to slowly alter the original plan to make the concept work better, while still trying to maintain his original business venture. Now that he bailed, there will be more freedom to adapt and change the concept to be successful.

I will outline some of the necessary changes here, however there will probably be more coming that either I can't think of now or run out of room. I understand if people don't agree with some of the ideas here, or if they are just fed up with everything, and want to leave; that's ok - nobody here owes me anything or needs to feel obligated to stay - I won't be offended, as this is evolving into something different than what the original creators intended.

To start things off, IWC needs to be rebranded to reflect the immediate changes. This is going to not only include another change in name, but also changes in style and structure.

The name is an important change in my opinion. Not only is the name "Infinite World Comics" a misnomer, but it also extremely close to the existing Marvel-based company of a similar name. In my opinion, keeping the word "Infinite" would be cutting it close to infringement. While it may not seema strong reason to some, bear in mind things like that will fall on me, and I would rather avoid any chance of a hassle at all.

Another, and possibly more compelling, argument for changing the name is the fact that things pertaining to "Infinite World Comics" and "IWC" are spread out through a number of people now. /u/No_Fruit_Juice still owns infiniteworldcomics.com, he's disabled the old forums, he owns /r/InfiniteComics (this sub), infiniteworldcomics llc (the company) is registered under him, i think his cousin /u/mierkatmansion owns some other part of the company, another member of the community owns /r/infiniteworldcomics and /r/iwc, etc etc etc etc.

Everything is all over the place, but more importantly, the important stuff is stuck in the wrong hands.

Since /u/No_Fruit_Juice is no longer a part of things, it not only makes sense, but it would make things far easier to take what we have learned here so far, and start fresh.

Which brings me to my next point, and that is the change in concept here with everything.

It had always been quite evident to me that the old creators of this concept had always one thing underlying in their mind: how can doing this make the most amount of money. Now, that is not necessarily a bad thing at all, and it is no saying anything about the integrity or motives of anyone involved; from my experiences from the time I was brought on everyone seemed to be genuinely good people and always treated me with respect. That being said, I think the allure of making money creating comics sometimes clouded their thought processes on the logistics of making things work.

The problem was that the original creators wanted to create a digital publishing studio: a self-contained company that employed artists and writers to produce a regular series of digital comics. Somewhere in there there was something that was supposed to do with reddit, and finding people online, and a bunch of other stuff that was not as important to the original creators.

While the initial idea was ultimately flawed, the ideas behind it were sound, and invited exciting possibilities if executed properly. So when they brought me on to help out with things, I had quite a few ideas on how to help mold this into a worthwhile venture for everyone involved. However due to such factors as nieviety, poor judgement, and lack of experience, more of the responsibilities such as website design and business management were placed on me. Which was always fine with me, it just meant things would take a bit longer, but at least be done in a logical and professional manner.

This all leads up to the natural evolution of the concept and idea behind IWC. More thought was put into what was done with the characters after they were published rather than actually putting thought into how to publish them.

The new IWC (or whatever we end up calling it) is going to move away from trying to be some big indie publishing studio and focus more towards helping people actually create their own comics. IWC is now going to focus more on being more geared towards creating a "one-stop-shop" community for comic fans and enthusiasts. We are going to create a place where people can gather and discuss comics, and create ideas, stories, and pictures. We hope to offer not only a platform to publish, share, and sell your comics, but also a place to refine your skills a learn by offering tutorials and how-tos. Ultimately, we want to make a place where comic creators can meet up with others and make their very own comics.

Taken right from the new website:

"Infinite World Comics is a new way for people to create and publish comics. Have you ever had a great idea for a superhero, or found yourself sketching your favorite villian, but never had any idea where to go from there? IWC uses the power of community to bring together people like you – people who want to create their own comics – and helps provide an outlet for them to create and publish their very own comics!"

The old IWC was focused more on trying to make our amateur comic creators follow excessive rules and restrictions in order to be published by IWC. Now, we're going to make a shift more towards rewarding comic creators for putting out quality work rather than restrict creativity by limiting our community members.

I am far more concerned with helping people find an outlet with which to share their ideas rather than I am trying to make money off of everything. The new IWC is going to focus more on community over company, not the other way around, because I feel like the heart of everything here is the community of people from all around the world teaming up to make their own comics.

I am starting to run low on characters allowed here, so I will start to wrap things up. The moral of the story here (the tl;dr if you well) is that IWC is going to continue on, however there are lots of changes that are going to happen in order for it to work. The first of which, is going to be changing the name. As I believe this is a community endeavor, if anyone would like to help suggest names, that would be great. Another benefit to restarting everything is that it will weed out some of the inactive 550 members, and will help up get a real idea as to who wants to stick with this community.

Once I get some more time, I will also post some more updates for everyone. The more the remaining active members here communicate with each other, the better we can get an idea on how things are going to work moving forward. I will be moving forward with everything in my direction, regardless of how many people stay or go. When this restarts, I will be doing everything the right way from the start, rather than making impossible promises to people without any real direction or answers. Being realistic, it is still probably going to take a while to get things up and running properly, even with the headway already made. If you think you might be impatient, or are unsure if you can wait, please feel free to explore other avenues. As I have said plenty of times before, I am more concerned with putting out a quality product than trying to rush through something - especially if there is going to be monetary transactions involved.

So in short, there is a lot of work to be done now, and it is going to take some time. Anyone here is of course invited to come with me if they so please, if not I get it - things have been all over the place for the past few months. I invite any and all discussions - not only here on the forums, but also feel free to PM me anything specific. Once we get some discussions on a new name, I can start moving everything to a new subreddit and we can start up this this v2.0, and do it right from the start.

Thanks again everyone for your time! I will try me best to get on to reply to any questions, suggestions, or comments anyone has. Thanks guys!

Hi there!

As many can see, there are some changes happening around here.

Don't worry though, nothing is dissolving - no need to stick a fork into IWC just yet!

Within the next few days hopefuly we'll have both questions and answers for everyone here - including exciting updates for everything!

On my end, I've been stalled the past few weeks mainly due to unavoidable technology issues - my primary computer (my laptop) spectacularly dying in a blaze of video card frying glory. As a result, my responsibilities, such as website design, have been suspended until I can resolve my computing issue.

On the flip side, however, since the last update on 10/15, we have had very low activity from our member base - whether it be comic updates, or fan art, or just anything.

While things may be slow now, I am committed to making something out of this - I believe in the idea and community behind it.

Stay frosty, team!

Hey there! Trying to figure some things out... someone owns /r/iwc and /r/infiniteworldcomics and both subs are private.

If anyone has any info on this, please PM me...

Thanks!

So I'm a writer who has developed a few cool ideas that I'll never be able to make because I can only do stick figures. But those guys have the deepest emotions!!!!! Ok, back to the topic: I'd love to be involved and eventually hook up with an illustrator of any skill to get some ideas out there. Basically, who do I have to talk to around here to join something epic?

It has been a good and long run guys, but I can no longer run IWC. I have done what I could and everything here has taught me something. I have learned a lot from my own mistakes and from the great things that came out of IWC. I do not want to write a long good bye letter so best of luck. I am leaving everything to Ben. [Geltoid]

I would like to say I am sorry for being out for so long. I kinda on a whim cut my connection to the community so that I could work through some mental and emotional issues as well as work on FORCE. I was making pretty good leway untill someone spilled coffee on my work and ruining the 15 pages of wwork I had sketched out. I of course broke down. Lately I have been trying to recover from this and restaet my work. My passion for the company is still here I love this place. I have been playing a lot of pokemon lately to also make sure I don't go [more] crazy. Please bare with me because I want to bring you all a wonderful experiance when you all read the first issue of FORCE.

Hi there,

you may have noticed some minor aesthetic changes to the subreddit and to the forums - this is to bring a little bit of color and layout uniformity between the sub, forums, and upcoming website.

Thanks for your patience!

Just wanted to update everyone and say that the first issue of Deathmuse has been rewritten and sent off to the editor! I still don't know if there's been an artist attached to the series, so again, we'll see on when art might be coming out for it but I have to say, I'm seriously very, very proud of this script!

The more I write the characters the more I'm falling in love with them, it's going to be tough to take them through the wringer like I have planned but I think this series has so much potential and I can't wait to get even further in depth with it all.

Thanks, guys!

Ever wonder what No_Fruit's favourite colour is?

What harryboom eats for breakfast?

What it is that makes me so amazing?

Then join us in our Skype chat! We are here if you want to discuss plot points for your series, help when you have writer's block, or just want to tell someone about your day. We have quite a few users with us already, join in on the fun!

Just add caps.rage, and I'll introduce you to the rest of the group, in case you don't know them.

Hope to see you there!

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know what was up and give you some new sketches to see how Intra Chaos was coming along.

On the writing end, Issue 1 is as done as it's going to be. Just rewrote the ending and waiting to hear back from the editor on the changes. Issue 2 is outlined and writing on it shall commence shortly.

On the art end, the foundation is being laid out. u/IsaacMendez is responsible for all art things, and he recently sent me some of the stuff he is working on, which can be seen below:

http://imgur.com/a/GCGXm

Hope everyone is doing well on their series'. Here's to IWC!

Hey IWC writers!, I recently put one of our members in contact with both a editor and artist! Things seemed to be going well so I allowed them to work together! Recently though, after asking for another comic update, I have discovered that the editor had not gotten back to him and neither had the artist! I understand that we are communicating purely via the internet and sometimes things do not work out 100 percent! If this happens to any of you guys or if you are still actively writing and have no artist please tell me. I am working on a excel worksheet that is taking all of this into account so that we can provide for writers as need!

Thank you!

Hey everyone -

Here are some updates on the current status and progress of things at IWC. Sorry this didn't get posted sooner, things in the real world have been busy. Hopefully, this will show our members and visitors the progress we have been making here. This will touch on a bunch of different things, so hopefully I'll be able to keep my thoughts coherent.

So, without further hesitiation:

• The Website

This is one of the major areas that we are focusing on now. First off, the basics: The website is being run using the Wordpress framework with Woocommerce as our ecommerce platform. We are going with this because it offers the most amount of flexibilty and options for us, in addition since it can be built from almost the ground up it allows for tons of customizations and add-ons in the future. Right now, our payment gateway is set with PayPal, because it is the most universal and easiest to set up.

Starting from the debacle with the previous website, I have taken over the construction and management of the website and web assets. I also will be having some help from one of our members who volunteered to help out with some of the website development. As of right now, a conservative estimate of completion would be about 60% or so. The layout and design framework are up, and most of the pages are either completed or in the stages of being populated with content. The storefront is in a temporary state, with the titles being mocked up with jibberish information. Bear in mind there is still a tremendous amount of work that needs to be done, and quite a lot of polish still on that work.

Not only are we integrating the comics storefront into the website, there is a bunch of other features we are integrating in. Not only will you able to learn about how IWC works and browse the comics, there will also be features and contests, tutorials and help, a "codex" or both our canon and non-canon heros/villains/characters/places, and much more. We are aiming to make IWC a "one stop shop" to meet people, make comics, and sell them.

I had originally thought that I would be able to finish it and get it up and running by our original November 1st "soft" launch goal. However, realistically I don't think that is going to happen - I could rush and throw something up just to get it up there, but I wouldn't be happy putting something up there that wasn't up to a high quality standard. It is more important to spend the time making sure everything is one hundred percent ready and complete, even if it ends up taking a little longer. Done once, done right (I hope!). More importantly, this venture involves not only peoples time and efforts, but also will function as a business medium - therefore everything has to be absolutely correct, not only for our members but also our customers.

As far as content delivery goes, we are still trying to figure out the most efficient way to do things. As of right now, our best option is still having the comics behind an integrated flash/html viewer - however, as members have pointed out, we still have to figure out a way for people to view the comics offline (i.e. bringing a tablet to the beach, etc). Copy protected PDFs are an inexpensive option for now, but we are looking into other avenues.

• Content.

Actual comic content is our other issue that we are working on right now. Without comics, what do we have to share and sell?

As of right now, here is the status of comics (to the best of my knowledge):

The Alchemist: Issue #0 done (needs colors) - Issue #1 in progress

New Age of Spellcraft: Issue #1 in progress (last update: pages inked)

Force: Unleashed: Issue #0 done (needs colors) - Issue #1 in progress

Mask: The Desert Knight: Issue #1 in progress (last update: issue artwork)

Blue Ghost and The Dragon: Issue #0 in progress (last update: full page artwork)

Erik and the Internet: In progress (last update: received several pages)

I have omitted anyone with scripts only and no artwork progress.

Our biggest issue here is that we are waiting for comics to be finished, or for new artists to start working on concepts. Another reason I am reticent about putting up the website is that we don't have many titles complete yet. I would like to have IWC's big launch have as many finished comics as possible, with other comics in progress. Having something to present goes a long way in garnering interest from people. The more we have, the more people will be encouraged to join our community and make some comics.

Content also brings up the discussion about forum and reddit content. One of our more active members suggested as much art and content (no matter how small or trivial) needs to be displayed for everyone to see to encourage interest. We are always looking for new artwork/artists.

We are also considering the possibilty of re-opening some non-canon series/character submissions once things get moved a little further along. As I said before, we can always use new artists, and want to get a few more series started and on their way before we start taking in new writers and storylines. The general feeling is that once we have the website up and running, and things start rolling along, we will have another surge in membership/interest, and hopefully start going ahead full steam.

The biggest things to take from this are: the website is coming along slowly, be patient please - we want to make sure everything is as presentable as possible before launching; We have a few titles that are either finished or close to being finished, and are hoping to get a few more started; the more user-created content you guys can post, the better! Even small images help gather interest from not only the members, but also from people passing by.

Thanks for your time!

I will update to the best of my ability as I can. Thanks again!