Time to Get on That Book

Plenty of people have suggested and/or asked that the "Coffee with Jesus" comics be put into a book that they can purchase. It's time to seriously tackle that project.

Of the 300 or so comics created thus far, quite a few are duds, so we're going to pare it down to the best 150. Then the real fun begins of recreating each strip to be sure the images are high-res enough for print. Also, we'll be getting rid of the title panel, because you'd be like, "Duh! I know what I'm reading! I don't need it to say 'Coffee with Jesus' on every page!"

So they'll probably end up looking like this:

...with the only branding being "Radio Free Babylon" vertically in the fourth panel.

This is one of those "strike while the iron is hot" opportunities that we plan to knock out in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned. 

People Love a Bunny

This chart tells the story of how over the Easter weekend people started sharing our "Big Weekend" comic featuring the Easter Bunny and Jesus making plans for Sunday. The blue bar at the bottom represents around 20,000 people reached per day, holding steady at that baseline for a good while. That little bunny is responsible for the drastic rise at the right, topping out at 700,000 in the last couple days.

But stats can be a trap. Based on these numbers, it would be so tempting to start pandering to the bunny people. We can't do that.

What we might do is make Phase II of RFB a priority. (Phase II is not to be confused with Phase XXII.) With an audience apparently pleased with some aspects of what we're doing, it's time to offer them other diversions and pleasures. But don't worry, "Coffee with Jesus" isn't going anywhere.

After we have debated internally about just exactly what Phase II will be, you'll know it too. Meantime, buy a shirt or something.