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 Lessons from Dollhouse

November 16, 2009October 18, 2022 vaehling Inspiration

I’m sure you heard about FOX sacking DOLLHOUSE, Joss Whedon’s current show featuring Eliza Dushku? They won’t get a third season, for the usual reasons – not enough viewers by Fox standards. If you know me, you know how much of a Joss Whedon fan I am. So, bummer. But I’m not just writing as […]

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 Hit Programming: Assumed Audience Approval

May 12, 2009October 18, 2022 vaehling Inspiration, Marketing

Recently on the Whitechapel forum, somebody posted a link to America’s ‘most unwanted song’ that got me thinking (and ranting, on Twitter – if this seems familiar to you, that may be why). This weird yet strangely compelling composition was based on a survey asking people what they really wouldn’t want to hear in a […]

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 The Original Soundtrack

November 16, 2008October 18, 2022 vaehling Inspiration

A while ago, there was an interesting thread on the apparently short-lived Webcomics.com forum. The initial question was: “If your webcomic had a theme song, who would play it?” Questions like this don’t seem to concern a webcomic very much at first glance, but thinking about these things is a useful exercise. It helps you […]

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