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Ah, sod it, may as well tell you what *really* made me uncomfortable about this shouty Kickstarter email (buckle up kids, it& #39;s thread time!).
So then, this shouty email I got from a UK indie publisher asking/pleading with me to back their Kickstarter. They have a reputation for aggresive marketing tactics, but given the amount and general quality of their output, it works for them, so... cool. I guess.
They were exhibiting at a con I went to 3/4 years ago. We& #39;d met before in person, exchanged emails. We& #39;d played the review/interview game before. We were chummy. They ask how I was doing with their comics. I said I hadn& #39;t read them yet.
Their response: "YOU WHAT?!?!"
Their response: "YOU WHAT?!?!"
I& #39;m thrust into this squat chair by their table. A copy of their flagship comic flung into my hands. "Read that", they said. "Read it now. But just the first story and tell me your reaction, because it& #39;s got a really cool twist."
"Help", I scream internally.
"Help", I scream internally.
I& #39;m sat in this small chair feeling like I& #39;m in everyone& #39;s way. The hubbub of the con swirls around me. I& #39;m awkwardly caught in the middle of strangers& #39; conversations. I& #39;m trying my best to compose a decent reaction to a comic I& #39;m barely processing.
I finish the comic. There is indeed a twist. I close the book and get up from the chair.
"Well well well what did you think? Pretty cool, twist, right?!"
-externally- "Yeah, it was great!"
-internally- "Please, let the ground swallow me up."
"Well well well what did you think? Pretty cool, twist, right?!"
-externally- "Yeah, it was great!"
-internally- "Please, let the ground swallow me up."
