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It is with great sadness that i have to report that, after 19 long years on the web, the Space Jam website has finally been laid to rest.

Please pay your respects with a moment of silence, though know that it will be fondly remembered forever.

Many apologies for the false alarm, the Space Jam Website seems to live on. It went offline and I panicked, but truly it is unstoppable. Please spread the word

“It went offline, I panicked”

How often do you fuckin check that shit?!

it’s set as my homepage so i see it almost every single day of my life

I can still see it because I BELIEVE

Jesus tumblr, giving me a heart attack.

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MPoC Reviews: Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed

This is definitely the kind of book that blurbs are always calling “a romp.”

A lot of the time I find the term offputting, since it seems to suggest a certain amount of energy output involved in reading it, when I might be in the mood for a more soothing form of escapism. I lucked out here, because this book was much better than most throwaway fantasy romps.

Throne of the Crescent Moon starts out fairly action-y, in your Massive Fantasy Metropolis of Dhamsawwaat, and paints a rather provocative portrait of Doctor Adoulla Makhslood, Ghul Hunter as your elderly, hedonistic protagonist. He’ll make you smirk, and comes dangerously close to the precipice of Dirty Old Man Trope Ravine without falling into it. I’d say the saving grace for our not-so-humble protagonist is his interpersonal engagements with everyone from his long lost love, his stiff-necked protege, two dear old friends, and even a renegade Prince of Thieves.

Something I very much appreciated about this book was how little information about the characters, the magic system, the political intrigue, and the villain was revealed while still keeping me fully engaged and emotionally invested in what was happening. During the scary parts, revealing less made me imagine the horror more (perhaps a little too viscerally; good job, Mr. Ahmed!), the deftly simple character sketches it made me crave backstories and in-depth internal monologues, and the glimpses of court etiquette (and breaches thereof) made me want to know all about the history, trade routes, and proper table settings of the Khalif’s court and country. Are these City-States? Nations? I must know the possible diplomatic repercussions of these events!!! Either way, I hope it’s clear that my further interest in this world and its inhabitants was piqued, to say the least.

My favorite POV character was Litaz, an elderly Alchemist/Healer and long time friend of The Doctor, whose intriguingly hinted-at past as a spoiled noblewoman from The Soo Republic contrasted remarkably with her current circumstances and location. I am absolutely 100% smitten and would read ten novels about her life, adventures, affairs, travels, and recipes.

One of the most surprising and interesting aspects of this work for me was the attention to detail and reality of conflicts between generations. Raseed, Adoulla’s young apprentice, is an internally conflicted and obnoxiously preachy religious fighter, and Zamia’s fervent and almost religious commitment to her people and traditions comes off much the same. The older characters are quite understandably frustrated by this, but they also lack the patience and empathy the younger characters probably deserve. The younger characters, on their parts, certainly should be extending more respect and consideration toward their elders, and the entire mess is a surprisingly compelling dance between very flawed characters who share a rather important goal: Saving The World, of course!

From what and whom, I’m not even going to tell you, because I was just so impressed by how unsettling it was. I’m not even sure I could describe it properly, but let me just say small amounts of gore deployed effectively were enough to convince me that this evil certainly needs to be stopped.

You can read an excerpt here at SaladinAhmed.com

Barnes and Noble | Amazon | GoodReads | Powells

After the sour taste Jay Lake’s “Green” left in my brain, I should read this one again :)

Maybe up your alley, ilruvain?

This book was awesome, highly recommended.  I want to read 400 books from this universe, especially Litaz’s adventures throughout her life.

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PHISHING WARNING: AVOID WALLPART AT ALL COSTS

Over the past 24 hours I have been notified by several people about pages of Peter &
Company and other pieces of my artwork being supposedly “available for
sale” through a site called Wallpart (which I will not link in this post, for reasons explained below), and in the same time span I have seen many
other artists make journals/submissions/posts talking about finding their own
work on there as well. Naturally, the inclination of any artist finding
their work available for sale without their consent is to head to the
“Report Violation” link attached to every listing and file a complaint
to have it removed.

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT FILL OUT THE VIOLATION REPORT ON WALLPART’S WEBSITE.

This site already has a bit of a history, and I’ve read several posts from people who dove into their site code and snooped around. Long story short, there are some very devious bait-and-switch tactics going
on. Essentially:

– I have not found any confirmation that they are actually selling any of the images/prints that appear on their
site. Their “search function” is nothing but scraper software, which
essentially just loads up hits from Google Images and displays them
within a pre-built “shop” template based on the image’s resolution. This
is why every single piece on there has a title that is lifted directly
from whatever gallery site (FA/DA/Weasyl) or general website was hosting
it. Example: They have my title card from my Kickstarter page for the
P&C pilot, with the title lifted straight off the description.
– The dependence on Google Images is also why doing a search for your
own name will turn up different results each time, or possibly no
results at all, even though the listings still seem to exist if you have a direct URL to them. Their “search” function never actually searches their
own listings; it even offers the same real-time suggestions that you’d get from a Google search bar. Confusingly enough, performing the
same search multiple times often returns different results at different
times throughout the day. I was able to find dozens of P&C pages
supposedly for sale by searching my name yesterday, but today none of
them show up in search results – even though the direct links to the
page forms (which I saved) still exist.
– Their “Report Violation” link is actually a 100% phishing form. If you
fill it out, no matter what you put there, you will be sending them a
LOT more than you anticipated. This is
actually the main purpose for the site’s existence – they completely
anticipate artists being upset about their work supposedly being sold,
so they developed a system to exploit those who complain.
– Various pieces of malware and other malicious code have been found
embedded throughout their pages at different times. This site is just
bad news all around.
– The site itself is hosted in Russia, and has already swapped web hosts
4 times in the past few months. The current host is listed as ENOM, and
other bloggers/artists have already sent complaints and reports to
their contact page, with little luck. It looks like it’s already been
branded and caught in the past and is trying to keep itself alive.
– Also, for a site claiming to have “billions of images” available for
print, to only have a little over 3,000 “happy customers” should be a
pretty big red flag on its own.

So please – DO NOT VISIT THIS SITE. Do not attempt to search for your own artwork in its listings; if your work shows up on Google, it is guaranteed to be on that site. They’re even listing “prints” of web banners and other graphical elements that were never intended for printing. Do not give it page views, and
most importantly DO NOT FILL OUT ANY VIOLATION FORMS, EVEN IF THE
ARTWORK ON THE PAGE IS YOUR OWN. Instead, there is a Change.org petition asking for the domain to be stripped and brought down.

Please share the word around as much as possible so other artists don’t
potentially fall into their trap by thinking that their “Report
Violation” page is actually what it claims to be. These people are pure
scam artists, plain and simple. Avoid them at all costs. 

Buhhhhhhh this is the worst.  I found a couple things of mine on there and “reported” one before I got exasperated and “I don’t have time for this” and left the site.

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black webcomics, a selection – Pastebin.com

kezhound:

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d-pi:

  1. Ants, by Julian Lytle: http://ants.julianlytle.com
  2. A variety of comics, by Terence Wiggins: http://godspeedyoublacknerd.com/tagged/comics
  3. MFK, by Nilah Magruder: http://www.mfkcomic.com/
  4. Star Trip, by Gisele Jobateh: http://www.startripcomic.com/
  5. Monster’s Garden, by Ash: http://monstersgarden.com/
  6. Agents of the Realm, by Mildred Louis: http://www.agentsoftherealm.com/
  7. Winona, Inc., by Edwina Owens Elliott and Danita Carter: http://winonainc.com/
  8. Check Please, by Ngozi Ukazu: http://omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/
  9. Orchid Colored Glasses, by Indigo: http://orchidcolouredglasses.blogspot.com/
  10. On the Edge, by Leisl Adams: http://ontheedgecomics.com/
  11. A variety of comics, by Jennifer Cruté: http://www.theartistcrute.com/cartoons
  12. Saturn Return, by Whit Taylor: http://whimsicalnobodycomics.tumblr.com/saturnreturn
  13. Serial Box, by TyraWM: http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=112503
  14. Fashion Forward, by Shawnee’ Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, Linda Chung, & JM Tolman: http://www.gofashionforward.com/
  15. Angry D Monkey, by Keon Brown: http://www.angrydmonkey.net/
  16. Sack of Oranges, by Keon Brown: http://www.sackoforanges.com/
  17. A variety of comics & sketches, by Chris Kindred: http://chriskindred.tumblr.com/
  18. Full Circle, by Taneka Scott: http://fullcirclecomic.com/
  19. Super Mega Awesome RPG, by Prince Neo VII: http://smarpg.com/

Thanks iamdavidbrothers

!!!!

20. Epic Ethel by Habilis Orian (and other works). <3

21. Templar, AZ, by Spike Trotman: http://templaraz.com/