| August 8th, 2005
 he plugs keep
on comin'. Normally, I don't think a webcomic creator would make
such a big deal about being plugged in someone's journal. However, I
had a year and a half of no updates. I've been adding episodes here
and there, trying to get back into the funk and rebuild the
fan-base. It's a tad bit more difficult than I'd expected it to be.
For a brief history lesson in the
life of LIPP, I present you with a few examples of what one can
expect when putting their creative axe to the stone.
Today's payback plug goes to a
guy calling himself
Gawker.
The entry he'd put together about LIPP inspired this news update
topic.
He writes:
"I chanced upon [Life in Plastic
Pants] recently, while surfing 'Ann
Coulter Tossed My Salad' (that's a different story altogether).
Worth a look if nothing else, just for the sheer batshit creativity
in coming up with this idea."
-- Gawker
James, a friend from back home,
left a link to LIPP at
IGN Sci-Fi back
in October of '99:
"But thanks for the great Lego
link ('Methinks
it must suck to be thou right now, Sir Qwert.')! It has inspired
me to darker, more dangerous things."
-- Tobor
Around the same time, Hayes
dropped Steve Jackson (of
Steve Jackson
Games) an e-mail about LIPP. At the time, my knowledge of HTML,
servers, and hosting was still pretty limited. As a result, LIPP was
hosted by Tripod. Mr. Jackson didn't let the minor faults stop his
heavy-handed spanking of the site:
"Well, it's Lego, but the first
two strips were pretty lame, and with Tripod loading time, that's
all the chances he gets."
-- Steve Jackson
Since then, though, I'd like to
think my HTML and graphics skills have far surpassed
whatever
monkey they've got putting together their site now.
Rob (LIPP's first host that
wasn't Tripod, Xoom, or GeoCities) decided he'd throw in his own
review minutes later:
"Steve Jackson doesn't write that
great of RPGs if you ask me. I read the first two pages and, well,
they weren't turning fast enough. That's all the chance he gets."
-- Rob
For a little while, I had a few
LIPP link graphics that said, "Life in Plastic Pants. Steve Jackson
says, 'It sucks!'"
We got a good laugh outta 'em.
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