comic

Just kicked in, yo

Warp Drive Active the comic was started in December 2003. While attempting to do something interesting with an EVE screenshot in order to make myself a new desktop background, I realized I had something that looked almost inked and painted like a graphic novel. Something clicked, I put a bubble and some joke text on it, and unleashed the first comic to the masses in the morning before going to work.

I came home and read the forums, and saw a flurry of overwhelmingly positive replies. I decided to keep at it, and now years later I continue to try to find the funny in a game which prides itself on being the hardest of the hardcore.

Welcome to www.warpdriveactive.com, a site for the Warp Drive Active comic and podcast.

If this is all very confusing to you, then you’re probably not an EVE Online player. I’ll forgive you for that, but at least go look at the game’s page. It’s fracking amazing, no? Once you get past that, the progression of inspiration for the site is thus: the comic is about the game, the podcast is about the game too but is riding on the fame of the comic. Some folks take in one and not the other, some enjoy both.

Feeling it necessary to unite the comic and podcast under the same banner, I finally got off my ass and registered the domain with the intent of providing one home for both thingies. So far it’s working well, and had the amusing side-effect of finally getting the comic its own domain after almost being around like five years.

Procrastination for the win.

If you feel the need to toss an email or something at me filled with any kind of constructive criticism, feel free to do so.  I can be reached here: winterblink(at)winterblink.com.