To all my comic book folks

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To all my comic book folks

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I am currently redesigning my comic book blog with a new theme and hopefully new content. And I am asking/begging for help.
The new version of the site will be more informative than blog like. The layout will be similar to that of other informative sites, including this site's homepage, instead of a list of blog posts. To do this I will need help and am looking for people to join me.

The old content that will continue:
- LWIC (Last Week In Comics) reviews of last Wednesday's comics every Monday.
- Friday Night Fights which is currently the biggest draw to the site.
- Print-N-Pixel which will be greatly overhauled to just focus on a master list and reviews of comic book related video games.
- WebComic the old site focused on the comic strip heavily. It will still be published weekly, but now it will be taking a back seat to all other content.
- Some of my random content: Weekly Roundtable, Cover Spotlight, Throwback, etc.

Content that I would like to add:
- M.O.C. News (Mostly Official Comic News) This would a summary of recent comic news with a slight humorous twist on a daily (or M,W,Sat) basis. A "what they said" vs "what they mean" type of thing.
- New DCU Database With the help of others, I would love to keep a running list of characters, teams, and storylines when DC Comics relaunch their whole comic universe.

The purpose of this post is that what I want to do I can not do alone. I am looking to open up my site to a couple other people to help write and publish. I'm looking to turn it from my site to "our" site.
Currently I only review the comics I read. Whether its because of money or time I only review a couple comics a week, with help the site could feature reviews of many different comics not just the ones I am interested in.
Also, keeping track of the whole New DCU will be a challenge.
All other content and ideas for content would be appreciated and encouraged from any coauthor.

I have really thought this out. I have everything, other than the content, mapped out and ready to go so that any coauthors would only have to write and click the "publish" button. I am ready to share my site and give full access to a couple others to make it everything we would want from a comic book site. I will be giving full access of spacebooger.com to whoever jumps on board and that is why I am posting all of this here. I feel that through this site I have met many people who I would trust and many people who share a love for comic books. Don't worry, I asked Racket himself before posting this request and spacebooger.com will have a prominent link back here to racketboy.com

If you are interested, or have any questions please PM me.
The new site design is almost ready to go live and there is only a month or two to work out the kinks before I want to go live with the new content... assuming that I get anyone to join my... er the site with me.

Again if you are interested in helping or know anyone who would be please send me a PM.
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So I guess there is no one interested in joining me...

Oh well, the site redesign is up but not new content. I plan on starting the new content (more/better reviews, news, and database) in August if it's not too much for me to handle alone.
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I've got a lot on my plate right now, and I don't have a pull anymore due to money and time constraints, but I am definitely interested in reading the new material. Good luck with everything!
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jfe2 wrote:I've got a lot on my plate right now, and I don't have a pull anymore due to money and time constraints, but I am definitely interested in reading the new material. Good luck with everything!
Thanks! I hope the content improves and is worth reading.

I was contacted by someone who said they don't read DC Comics but might be interested... that's awesome! I do mainly focus on DC stuff because other than Spider-Man that's all I really read. This is why I am looking for people to join the site as authors so that there is more than just DC Comic content.

As for the database, DC is relaunching their comics and I thought that could be something that could be used to make this site a little more unique than others, but I do want to focus on all comics. SO the database will focus on just the New DC Content.

So if anyone wants to be a coauthor (full access and credit to publishing on the site) by writing reviews and focus on comics do you read regularly. That would be sweet maybe each author could have their own "niche" at the site. i.e. "X-Men Xpert" "Green Lantern Guru" or any other name (corny or not) Or would you be like me and a little of everything.

Anyway if you are interested send me a pm.
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Ok, last bump.

Other than one person who is already providing great stuff, not too many people here seemed to be interested.
So if those of you who know other people who dig comics and may be interested can you please share this link: http://www.spacebooger.com/2011/07/02/s ... -for-help/

Thanks.
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