Another year has come and gone for my little nook and cranny of the Internet. Once again it's time for the obligitory navel gazing and number crunching.
The Comics
Number of new Comics: 49 Total number of panels: 324
The overwhelming majority of comics were of my weekly 'Drawing Board'. That there are not 52, belies the fact that I skipped the script here and there. Much better than last year's tally of 31.
But the real benchmark to my productivity on the comics front is the number of panels. The output there is only a tad better than last years 304 panels. Still a far cry from the output level I'd like to be at, but given the number of things I'm currently juggling, it's not bad.
The goal for the following year is 500 panels.
The Blog
Number of entries: 60 (same as last year)
Again the blog is a surprise to me. Last time I'd thought I'd only written half as much as I did - this time I was sure I'd written twice as much. On the other hand, I do think the quality of the posts has improved. The blog is starting to gain a definite direction and focus; something it was sorely lacking a year ago.
Visitors
Number of visitors to the site over a year: Webalizer shows 19,826 visits
A definite improvement over last year's 16,625 visits. My gut feeling is that I've maybe 35-40 regulars who visit once or twice a week, probably an equal number who visit maybe once a month, and the remainder are one time visitors who have Googled in or followed a link to a specific comic.
Money Money Money
Of the 95 comics on the site, 32 require payment via BitPass.
Cash generated by the site has made a decline from last year's $72.84 with donations and BitPass sales taking the greatest hits. I believe the drop in sales can mainly be attributed to a lack of new for-pay material.
BitPass donations vanished - something I attribute to the site redesign. As originallydesigned the site was much more a personal endeavour. As such, I think folks were more inclined to leaving me tips. When the redesign shifted the focus to my professional offerings, the tips, understandably, dried up.
That's a trade-off I'm willing to accept. Income from my web design and illustration work jumped from being the occasional extra spending cash to accounting for one out of every five dollars I earned.
So there you have it. Here's to year two - now on to year three.
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