Welcome to Pointless Display COmics:
This right here is a web-comic, ya see? I upload a lovely comic (whenever I feel like it) and share the comedy, action, romance, and drama with the world. Unfortunately, my uploading frequency has been piss-poor lately and I think that's the main problem that's preventing my quest for web-comic fame (increased site traffic).
If this is your first time visiting the site, this is a good place to start. I suggest reading at least up to the "About Artist" part and of course the "Disclaimer." (Because I don't want you to sue me and I don't want to have to sue you!). If you're interested, you can find my email address here and learn more about the website. Don't forget to check the archives for the comics and come back soon (hopefully with some friends who were told by you that this site is just too damn hot to miss, etc.).
Ah yes...and a lil note: use the "Home" key above your arrow keys on your KEYboard to return to the top of the page. You won't find any pitiful "take me to the top" links here. Ooooh...looky here! We have some "End" and "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys as well! Fascinating...simply...fascinating. [/end Austrailian nature guide dude accent]
About Comic: Why draw comics…well…I don’t know how to explain it other than I can, dammit! I thought visual representations did well with the whole conveying a message, complaint, fantasy, etc. Also, I felt like posing off of Penny Arcade. Originally, I was to put the exciting, pitiful, annoying parts of my life into the comic form. Basically, like a blog only with less words and more pictures. I mean, who wants to read when you can see, right?
However, this brilliant idea was naïve. Who, other than a small group of friends that go online often would check out a few comics that were limited to the realistic world? As funny, sad, happy, annoying, extreme as reality is, it is still limiting. I’d have to wait for something to happen in my craptastic life for inspiration for a comic with the concept for comics I had at the time. Thus, something had to change…
I’m not talking about my hair, though. I realize my hair should be tamed one of these days, but oh well. What I really meant was that the comic style had to change. So…even though my first few comics were based off of inside jokes, some of my comics now have a plot! Others are based off some sort of current event that all can relate to too!
Now I realize the comics aren't nearly as pretty as the website itself, but at least I try, ok? I also realize I can't even draw consistently, but just look at Snafu comics! That guy draws himself and his other characters very differently each time, but it's all good!
Drawing Materials/Tools/Techniques/Methods: Drawing: Mechanical pencil (.5mm lead) to sketch, Pilot Precise V5 Extra Fine Rolling Ball pen to ink
Eraser: Erased all the pencil after inking with a kneadable eraser (I forget the brand)
Computer stuff: Scan into compoooter for layout, color (if any), text (and text bubbles), special effects, and editing.
“I know what you we're gonna say
But were afraid to cause dismay
Your lyrics switched around
The mixture watered down
And now a pointless display”
~311 – Creatures (For A While)
About the Name:
So I like 311. So then I was pondering what the name of my web comic should be. So then I was listening to 311 when they sang that part shown above and I thought, “Hot dog! That’s some good song!...oh…and that’d make a mighty nice name for me comic!” As for the "PD COmics" part...it's just a typo that I decided to stick with. Look at me! I already got my quirky trademark styles that I must register before some fat-cats come along and steeeeeal it!
The Characters: under construction
Wood Boy
Kuu' Kuu' Bir' (Koo-koo bird)
Gosuber
Ciao
Wang, Normous
Wayne
Olds
Ren Fei
Beast
About the artist/webmaster/ugly-mofo: So enough about the comic, how about the one we can all blame for giving life to the little eye-sores? Well that’d be me. Wood Boy’s the name, and not giving away my real name is my game. However, I will say that I’m in high school (and therefore, am busy and so the site will not be updated too often), like cats ‘n maybe dogs, play tennis, play GameCube, play PC games (if they’re free), I used to be obsessed with cars, and a long walk on the beach would probably make me feel insane, not relaxed (Say what? That's right!). Enough parentheses! Why does a description of me matter?! Well, perhaps it is because my personality, my likes, my age, my everything could affect what I draw? Just maybe.
Contact Info: I perfer if you were to not bother me what-so-ever, but if you have a suggestion, want to report a dead link, wish to submit an application for affiliation, or something wholesome like that, then email me here
Site History: At conception: Version "Alpha": screenshot -Made in August 31, 2003
-Really crappy since I made the layout within a day.
-Until I added some better graphics, a vertical banner (‘cause I think the ad banners don’t look good with horizontal banners of my own), and other shit.
-I don’t consider a website to be a “version” until I release it to the public. That is to say, I tell google to put my site on their database because they my bitches and they obey me.
-Stats: 224 unique hits*, 682 non-unique hits*(*main-page hits only) from vAlpha to 1.0
Version 1.0:screenshot -Started work on this layout as early as October '03, worked on and off until late December '03 (winter break)
-Up and running January 1, 2004
-Used "slices" and "rollover effects" -both of which I had never used before
-Originally had a few extra graphics for certain pages, but it was just too much and I had to dim down the layout a bit. I consider this layout extremely simple, but still some of my best work.
-Still using Angelfire for no particular reason. I thought I might use some of that picture link referencing, but I rarely do. The advertisements Angelfire puts on the site aren't all that great either!
-Stats: 124 unique hits*, 317 non-unique hits*(*main-page hits only) from v1.0 to 1.1
Version 1.1:Screenshot
Dates: started work on 4/5/04 and released the new version on 4/9/04.
Host: still Angelfire
Software/tools: still using Photoshop7 and its slice method -screw rollover effects.
Stats: # unique hits, # page loads (no longer main-page only) before version #.#
Comments: Has a sleeker, sexier style for Gen Y-ers!...or maybe I simply changed the navigation a tad bit. I felt like a change to help me keep motivated enough to have the site keep running. Added some content, consolidated some web-pages...you know...the usual. (Also latest addition to Site History has an actual format...yay for tables!)
Click here to see some plans for upcoming site updates/changes.
